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.
May Field Notes
Personal notes on gardening, the local ecosystem, sitting out with plants, working for social good, and experiences with the land.
Notes on Cleansing
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.
Does AI Have a Soul?
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.
Tending the Garden Soil
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.
February Field Notes
Trauma, recovery, ebb and flow, fallow seasons, false spring, garden preparation, and seidr.
Notes on Animist Witchcraft
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?
About Harebones
My name is Rabbit, and this is Harebones, an archive of my writing on my experiences with animist witchcraft and folk magic.