Radical Animist Witchcraft
One of the several reasons that I decided to start writing publically again about my work is the loneliness that can sometimes come with it. Even in occult spaces–maybe even especially in occult spaces–there can be a sense of being isolated or misunderstood. This phenomenon made me clam up for many years and refuse to…
The sun beats down. The lakes are running dry. What do we do to celebrate the longest day of the year when the sun is no longer an ally, and the long days are to be feared?
On the Wheel of the Year and the way in which neopagan and Wiccan neotraditions are privileged over folk festivals and lived observance of the animist world around us.
Personal notes on gardening, the local ecosystem, sitting out with plants, working for social good, and experiences with the land.
Magical cleansing is typically one of the first skills that new witches today are told to learn. While I think cleansing is overemphasized, I do think it’s a useful skill, so I’m going to provide some brief notes on cleansing: What it is, what it does, when it’s useful, and when it’s not.
Reckoning with AI from an animist perspective, and in the process getting into some nitty-gritty exploration of why spirits exist and what their motives are.
Soil is the fulcrum point between rot and new growth, and it carries the histories of the living and dead within it. When I think of developing a relationship with the land, I don’t think of plants or animals first but the soil itself.
Trauma, recovery, ebb and flow, fallow seasons, false spring, garden preparation, and seidr.
A brief primer: What is animist witchcraft? What does it look like in practice? And what does it look like to work deeply with spirits as allies in the work?
My name is Rabbit, and this is Harebones, an archive of my writing on my experiences with animist witchcraft and folk magic.