Lady Elder Tree: Northern Animism and Witchcraft tranceworking and learn how to cross

and learn how to cross the hedge (enter the spirit world) to participate in the Witches' Sabbat

Tools of the Art

and rose petals have each appeared in traditional herbal preparations connected with the subtleties that are unique to women’s wellness for generations

From the hearth to the altar

Lady Elder Tree: Northern Animism and Witchcraft tranceworking and learn how to crossNo other plant is more associated with witchcraft in parts of northern and western Europe than the elder tree (Sambucus nigra). An Old English Christian canon explicitly forbids its veneration while later tales strongly associate the elder with witches and witchcraft. Yet the plant is also personified as a goddess like figure who heals and punishes, the Elder Tree Lady. Appeals to the Elder Tree Lady are especially strongly recorded in Denmark and