Practical Magic Workshop: Washes and Baths

Floor washes and holy water are some of the most well-known methods of psychic cleansing and protective magic in the history of kitchen witchery and folk magic across the West. Whether using an aspergil, or adding a little something to your bucket and mop, participants will learn about the cleansing power of water when combined with herbs for magical intent. In this class, participants will make a herbal aspergillum, learn charms for its usage, and also create a herbal bath charm for personal protection. Guided meditation and incantations will be used to honour the ingredients we blend.

Participants will need: rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, dill, juniper berries, and sea salt

Optional: rowan, hyssop, rue

Hannah Sanders has spent almost three decades working in initiatory witchcraft traditions – treading the path of witch, enchantress and teacher. She is an award-winning folk singer and guitarist, having recorded three albums and appeared on stages across the world, and she gained her PhD in contemporary witchcraft, authoring several books on teen culture, feminism and magic, including her monograph Children of The Green: Raising our Kids in Pagan Traditions (2014, Moon Books). She was the final apprentice of esteemed writer and tarot reader Joyce Collin-Smith, and a founding member of the Norwich Chant Collective. A lover of chanting, dancing and herbal magics when she is not travelling and singing, she makes wild wines, forages and communes with our green allies.