To cleanse your home of negative energy, take your witch’s broom and start at the back door.
#WITCHES BROOM APPETIZER HOW TO#
~ Scott Cunningham, The Magical Household How to Use the Witch’s Broom to Cleanse Your Home You should NEVER sweep on a Monday, else you sweep all your money away! Also, never sweep at night, lest you disturb the spirits who walk the floors while a home’s human inhabitants sleep. In addition, the witch’s besom will function as a wand and brings prosperity and peace in one’s home. The witch’s broom can be used to cleanse your space, your home, and even a person or object of negative energy. In American folk magic, the same broom is used for house cleaning AND purifying a space. Some traditions require a witch’s broom to be dedicated solely to magical cleansing, whereas another broom is used for house cleaning. Magically, we use brooms to sweep away negative energy in our home and sacred space. Physically, we use brooms to sweep away dirt and debris.
Magical Uses for the Witch BroomĪside from flying ointments, the witch broom has one main magical purpose – to purify. The goddess Frigga riding a broomstick, early mural at Schleswig Cathedral. This is a tradition that was also common with slaves in the American South and is becoming a popular wedding tradition among African Americans and pagans today. In England, a common law marriage could be sealed by the couple jumping the broomstick. Some folks also jumped the broomstick on May Day to ensure fertility. In one town in England, a broomstick sat atop the Maypole, to be danced around on May Day ensuring fertility. The broom as a male and female symbol may also have given rise to it as a fertility symbol. This could also be the origin of the phrase getting “high”. This topical ointment contained hallucinogens which resulted in witches visions of “flying” or potential astral projection. And to have intercourse it was said you were “riding the broomstick.” Some traditions claim witches anointed their broomsticks with flying ointments and inserted the broomstick into their vaginas. Interestingly, a slang term for a dildo centuries ago was a “broomstick”.
The stick is the male of which is inserted into the twigs/plant matter, which is representative of the female. The broom is indeed a phallic symbol, but according to Judika Illes, it’s both male and female. The infamous Scottish witch Isobel Gowdie confessed to using a broomstick in a clever way: she’d place it in the bed so as to trick her husband into thinking it was her while she was out and about at night. In addition to the idea of witches “flying” on their broomsticks, witches were said to also dance with them around the ritual fire. Guillame Adeline, a French male witch in the fifteenth century, confessed to flying on a broomstick to the witches’ sabbat.
#WITCHES BROOM APPETIZER TRIAL#
In Witch Trial documents, witches who “confessed” to witchcraft admitted to using their brooms to fly to their sabbaths. The earliest depiction of a witch flying on a broom is a mural of the goddess Frigga in the Cathedral Schleswig, Germany (pictured below) dating to the late thirteenth century. But why? In the Dark Ages, many women were accused of witchcraft…and a broom was a household tool women used on a daily basis. Why Do Witches Use Brooms? A Sweeping Historyįor as long as there have been witches, witches have used brooms. Here we discuss witch broom history, magical uses and how to make a besom yourself. Brooms, also called besoms, have a long history in magic and continue to be used by witches today. Besides tasty food, Halloween tableware elevates a gathering to the next level.Witches are nearly always depicted with their trusty broomsticks. If you’re looking to dress up your spooky snacks even more, we’ve even included a few serveware items such as glass beakers and pumpkin-shaped bowls for an extra pop of seasonal spirit.
Instead of a plain orange in their lunch pail, give their fruit character by drawing a jack-o’-lantern face onto it with Sharpie, transforming it from an ordinary orange into a juicy "pumpkin" - that still tastes like an orange, of course! Many of these appetizers also make for great school lunch snacks for kids. That way, adults and kids alike can relish in the Halloween food (and fun!) Whip up these easy apps beforehand so you’re party ready, or throw them in the oven while guests trickle in, so they'll be hot when everyone arrives. Depending on the event, we’ve included classy, seasonal dishes, such as pumpkin chowder and stuffed acorn squash, as well as quirky-shaped bites, such as jack-o’-lantern sandwiches and cheesy spiders. Whether you’re throwing a Halloween bash, spooky kids' birthday party, themed dinner, or haunted sleepover, these Halloween appetizers are sure to wow your crowd.
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