Last Saturday Joyce and Kerriann met up with a group of
Swiss witches at the beautiful setting of the Nine Maidens stone circle at
Belstone on Dartmoor . Leading the group were Wicca and
Biba and their gorgeous German Shepherd Cheyenne of the Swiss
Witchcraft Museum
Hexenmuseum Schweiz.
It was the perfect location to talk about how traditional
magic explores our relationship with the natural world, as we handed round
examples of the wealth of magical objects derived from Nature – including a
swallow’s feather, an ammonite, and a lovely hazelnut charm from the Museum.
Wicca has recently written an excellent book about amulets
and talismans, and kindly donated a copy to the museum library (see photo above). Remarkably, it includes
a section on the strange animal muzzle amulets that have been puzzling us ever
since one was donated to the Museum in 2012. Now, thanks to Wicca, we know that
it was worn as protection against impotence caused by witchcraft! Photo of the amulet below.
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