and Voudon Loa

ridding of negativity

extant writings

biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the myriad lives

House spirits & protective magic

Lady Elder Tree: Northern Animism and Witchcraft Stoneware mug and Voudon LoaNo 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