#hauswitch

[gravehags]

busted out the big guns (witchy fall candles)

[dontblamethewitches]

📸 hauswitch on insta.

[ledesertwitch]

A highly recommended book to make your home your a witchy haven 🔮✨

[starlessstreets]

Started this on audible and wow HIGHLY recommend

[witchtips]

Was able to stop in Salem for a few hours between Martha’s Vinyard and Boston and popped into HausWitch!

[sxtanxs]

Took a trip to Salem today! Got some goodies ✨

-The Shrine ~ flower+gem essence by sister spinster

-Lavender and Honey lip balm by wild botanicals

-Angel Aura Amethyst necklace by DazyChainsDesignShop

-Black Tourmaline

-Pyrite cluster

-Selenite sphere

-Tumbled Agate

blessed be!! xx

[octoberland]

Picked this up from @hauswitch today. Special thanks to them for being so involved and working to better the community. If you’re local hurry up and pick up your FREE copy before Election Day and then don’t forget to VOTE Tuesday! EVERY election counts, big and small. #witchthevote #vote #votelocal #witchystuff #yourvotematters #salemmassachusetts #magick #hauswitch (at Salem, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4a5VxaAOgG/?igshid=1kcu11bcqf730

[xamberenergiesx]

🎤Doin' dishes in my wife B🎤

[feralgoing]

on art collectives, tarot therapy, and witches

I have always had an affinity for collectives of sorts. I just think the cooperation, when the project comes together, always showcases some great work; something so unique birthed from this amalgam of multiple minds' creativity. I have become more aware of such types of collaborations over the years, especially when it comes to the arts. A few of the more recent finds that are all women/all girl collective efforts, I've listed below.

The Secret Love of Geek Girls - this is an anthology created by Hope Nicholson and other artists, of prose and comic forms, which encompasses various topics such as divorce, coming out, asexuality, young love, and other aspects all from the lenses of women who identify and/or embody the idea of a geek. I absolutely loved it.

The Secret Love of Geek Girls: Redux - this is the sequel to The Secret Love of Geek Girls, which has many of the same authors and artists returning with more stories to tell. I excitedly await this in the mail!

Girls Drawin' Girls Tarot Deck - this is a beautiful tarot deck done by the Girls Drawin' Girls, a group formed by Melody Simpsons (who worked on the Simpsons). The group was formed to allow women a space to compete in a traditionally male-dominated industry.

Speaking of tarot, I've gotten very interested in it lately. Not only does it gave a strong history of feminine mysticism but some people in the medical and health professional fields have been starting to use it as a therapeutic device. Jessica Dore uses tarot in her clinical work as she becomes a social worker, and Dr. Art Rosengarten, a clinical therapist, uses tarot for psychotherapy. There are a few older studies (like this one from the 90s) about tarot used for therapy, and the general impression I got is that due to the symbolism, tarot helps to give the clients a more visual way to process out their thoughts and bring forth aspects that are on their subconscious. In my head, if nothing else I see it as being a therapeutic tool, much like the Rorschach (ink blot) test but more multifaceted, and I would love to see more studies done on it. I personally want to learn how to do tarot readings for the storytelling aspect, but if it makes me subsequently be more in the moment, reflexive, or mindful (or if nothing else, distracted from my eczema-induced itching), I’m not complaining.

I personally want to learn how to do tarot readings for the storytelling aspect, but if it makes me subsequently be more in the moment, reflexive, or mindful, I'm not complaining. At the least, it's fun to have a special deck that has art from multiple artists (you know me and collectives!). The current deck I own is the Light Grey Tarot Deck made by the Light Grey Art Lab. And because when I get a passion I go fully into it until it fizzles out, I currently have a friend (who has been reading tarot since age 14 and he's now 28) lined up to teach me and give me books and exercises to read/do. For anyone interested, the book recommendations he gave me so far is The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino, and then Jake (my husband) and I added to other books to this list that we think will also be useful/potentially relevant including: The Book of Margery Kempe and The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life by Jessa Crispin.

Speaking of mysticism, we must then talk about witches. The history of witches in America (as I understand it to be from listening to the tours in Salem and from this Smithsonian article), is mostly a tale of fear mongering. It started in Salem, Massachusetts (at the time the town of Danvers was also a part of Salem). A young girl and her cousin (Elizabeth and Abigail), whose slave (Tituba) used to tell them stories to amuse her and her friends, supposedly faked going into a possessed fits, their friends followed, and then religious men got involved who started calling out all witches to be persecuted (jailed forever it hung generally). A witch ended up encompassing any wayward woman (or sometimes man), such as one who didn't behave as expected, who was promiscuous, who spoke her mind with the candor of a man,  who dabbled in the art of herbal healing, etc, and evidence for arrest included visions for a time. The tension was ramped up because of various families in towns competing for resources and believing the high tensions to be the result of devilry (witches were thought to commune with the devil). I've heard it thought that there may have also been competition for tourism and so slandering the other parts of Salem (e.g. Salem Village versus Salem Town) with the threat of witchcraft was a surefire way to insure more money into your own town (but I'm not sure this is true- I just heard it by word of mouth). The culmination of events led to the infamous Salem Witch Trials, with 200 accused, and the death of 20 people (not including those who died in jail).

Today there is more of a new era of witch culture in America. Well there are two blurred and overlapping lines of "witches". There are the herbalists and healers who had had a bad rap in the past for practicing medicine and healing outside of the realm of religion/formal hospital training, and then there are the new age witches (which can also include herbalists and healers). As I live very close to Salem today and Vermont/Maine, I do get glimpses of both, but only limitedly. A lot of Salem is rampant tourism like the Harry Potter store Wynott’s Wands (though their wares are beautiful and I found out that their wands sell well as batons for conductors, which is really cool).

However then you also do see new modern witchcraft brewing up (pun not intended) as well. There are places like HausWitch, the creation of Erica Feldmann who describes it as "a modern metaphysical lifestyle brand and shop" where they sell "witchy" wares made by independent makers. The most interesting aspect of HausWitch and stores like it are the modernization of witchcraft as an inclusive movement. HausWitch for example, works to create community and thus holds many different events and healing practices and activism discussion among other activities to foster connections. Traditionally, a bunch of witches together in a group was called a coven, and was seen and portrayed as a dangerously bad thing, but in seeing covens today, they are essentially just another form of community with the commonality, instead of being location, being interest. Personally, as a person who is always trying to find ways to foster community wherever I go, I think the whole new resurgence if witchcraft is pretty cool, and I'm excited to learn more about it and see where else in the country it's happening (which reminds me I was gifted a book that is very relevant but I haven't gotten around to reading yet:  Witches of America by Alex Mar).

[etansel]

Going to be featuring some products from shops we visited during our MA & ME trip ove the next week. 🌒 Starting with the very lovely and cozy @hauswitch. Check out their IG and online store. Or, if you're in Salem, MA definitely pop in and check their store out in person. 🌑 I picked up a few things from here, but these spell kits were by far my favorite. Little haus spell kits. I picked up the Co Habitate kit but I was in the store for a while debating on which was for me. I also ordered the Dream Haus kit online and will show it once it arrives! 🌘 It was a very lovely experience doing the spell once we got back home. Definitely made the right choice. 💕 🌕 #hauswitch #witch #witchesofig #witchcraft #spells #spellkit #wicca #pagan #paganism #wiccan #witchy (at HausWitch)

[southernmagick]

I went to Salem a got a few magickal things ✨

[laceinthewoods]

Wow, we recently hit 23k followers here on instagram, so I thought I'd reintroduce myself. I'm Syd here, the head witch in charge, with my baby girl Cassidy. 🥰 . . I would love to see how many people we can get to say hello below!🔮🦋🙏 . . If youre seeing this post you are a part of a community that was intentionally built to provide a safe space for spiritual growth. Your co-creation makes it possible! It begin online and grew to a point where I had to leave my comfy full time job and open a physical space to house all the loving vibrations. I hope that you feel the love no matter where you are in the world. I hope you know how very loved you are. 💖💖💖 . . We are open 12-8 Wednesday to Saturday and Sunday 12-5pm. 🙌 . . Join us for one of our psychic faires Auguat 1 and 2 from 12-5pm!! 🌿🌿🌿 . . #witchylife #witchyshop #godrays #motherdaughter #mamawitch #motherhood #crystalshop #newageshop #energyworker #crystalsofquartz #reikihealing #psychicfaire #hauswitch #housewitch #crystals #intentionalliving #energyiseverything #tarotreadersofinstagram #psychicreadings #greenwitchcraft #greenwoodlakeny #witchlife #witchywoman #localbusiness #familyownedshop #crystalshop (at Crystals of Quartz) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtJiWfB9An/?igshid=tdnmalb50kxx

[dontblamethewitches]

📸 hauswitch on insta.

[lunarandlux]

No room for hate. Ever. Repost Ed with permission from the wonderful @hauswitch 🖤🙏 #fuckracism #fuckfacism #noroomonthebroomforhate #hauswitch (at Nottingham, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWMPTJF60a/?igshid=1jx5abpoi54w2

[frenchwitchdiary]

[dropdeadandwrought]

Turn To Stone, inspired by our favorite Gorgon, Medusa. 🐍 . . . I’ve been getting really imaginative with the supplies I have on hand, around the haus, and in the garden. Lockdown got me like... 💭🐍💎⛓🧰🛠🏡🌺🍄🌿🍅🥔🍓🥬🍉🚀 my son @isexuallyidentifyasasu152teran has been an amazing help. ❤️ . . . #dropdeadandwrought #protectingeyesandadorningsouls #adornments #design #jewelry #statementjewelry #necklace #snakes #crystals #quartz #hematite #hauswitch #witchery #witchywoman #goth #alternative #unique #unusual #inspired #medusa #moth #butterfly #tattoedgirl #supportsmallbusiness #supportblackbusiness #womanownedbusiness #worldwideshipping #bigcartel (at California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_h4TsYhRdt/?igshid=mltwqkpf1trp