What is Folkmagick || Exploring Folklore & Practices Part 1

Books mentioned:
Gemma Gary The Black Toad
Corinne Boyer Plants of the Devil
Ella Harrison The Book of Spells
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[@redblkbluewht]

Appalachian folk magick I've heard of a lot. I live in Kentucky, married a Kentuckian but was born and grew up in the South Carolina lowcountry, on the islands. Each state in the US has it's own culture and you could say folklore and magick. A lot of mine and my husbands ancestry is from the British isles, Germany, and for me, France. There's all kinds of stories about masons and voodoo and folk magick and ghosts and cryptids and on and on. :p I love the whole American gothic aesthetic and the idea of the supernatural every day. Where fairies are just out of sight but you might be able to see them if you're fast enough. Like a Charles de Lint or Patricia A. McKillip book. The world around each of us is pretty magickal and so are we. Unique and magickal.

[@theredheadedwitch]

I love this conversation! It's so fascinating to research the folk practices and magick found from region to region. It's amazing to see how different AND similar they can be! Thank you so much for this.

[@EllaHarrison]

Yes exactly thats what I especially love is being able to almost ‘track’ how a believe or practice was spread across a continent and how it is then different/similar from area to area!

[@MagischerPfad]

Since you mention Frau Holle and fairy tales, the fairy tale of Rumpelstielzchen, where the miller's daughter is supposed to spin straw into gold, possibly has roots in a myth of the Egyptian goddess Isis, who is also locked up in a tower and is supposed to spin straw into gold. Sounds strange at first, how does an Egyptian goddess end up in a fairy tale by Grimm, a German fairy tale. But it makes total sense, because the Romans brought Isis to the entire Roman Empire, including parts of Germany. That's a nice example of how stories and traditions spread and mix.

[@tayl.8398]

Folk magick feels like home 💚 Lovely video and grateful for the book recommendations too!

[@stationdisatrous647]

High magic = theurgy (spiritual magic) Low magic = thaumaturgy (practical magic) Ceremonial and folk magic are styles that can be used to practice thaumaturgy and theurgy. The same goes for kitchen magic. Some, like folk magic or kitchen magic, are better suited to thaumaturgy rather than theurgy. A good explanation of the difference between theurgy and thaumaturgy can be found in Amber K's book "True Magick: A Beginner's Guide" Beyond this, a very good video.

[@themanwithtomanyeyes8282]

Pretty much. You could say that "Kitchen Magic" is not a System. Just like "Fire Magic" or "Techno Magic". They are not real. You have terms like "Sympathetic Magic" which refer to segments of Systems or a Sub-Group of Systems. But Magic formulates into a System over time, being informed by practicioners and influences from Religions. Witchcraft, Ceremonialism and Pragmatism are general, umbrella terms. Both American Hoodoo and British Folk Magic are a type of Witchcraft. Just like Daoist Magic and Christian Cabala are both Ceremonialism.

[@IvyTheOccultist]

Can't wait to read your book!! ❤️

[@CHPetMom]

great video - may I make a request? Could you please dive deeper in the Bavarian traditional folk magick practices that you mentioned? I spent my youth there, and am half-German, and am trying to reconnect with that part of me on a magickal level. However, it is hard to find any resources about Bavarian folk magick and traditions. Thank you

[@EllaHarrison]

You read my mind! It’s already planned actually! 😁♥️

[@henriettanovember4733]

I am not German but as a historian/theologian/folklorist I know that many libraries have collections of folktales, myths, legends and such from second half of 19th century when it was very popular in Europe to collect these traditions. If you ask a librarian they will help you find these collections (very often kept in archives/storage). Such collection are a gold mine. Wish you luck.

[@rosaelinav8036]

Thank you so much for chatting with all and explaining everything. I can’t wait to get this new book you where showing us. Thank you so much 🙋‍♀️

[@theesaint8200]

clears alot of things, thanks ella ❤️

[@timpuchampu3547]

Awesome..there is so much magic rituals in our India also

[@SN-sz7kw]

Wow. This was wonderful. Thank you!

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

Fantastic Ella! 💜

[@badwolftina8716]

That was really informative, thank you! I'm Gardnerian with a strong interest in Scottish witchcraft, as I used to live in Glasgow and that's where I was first introduced to all things pagan. But I'm originally from Germany too and I've been back for about 16 years. If you don't mind me asking, how come you're living in Latvia? I spent a year in Riga working as an English teacher, it's such a beautiful city! 😊

[@foreverseeking1380]

I follow the trad craft path and a big part is ancestry work.

[@folkmagicstudio]

nice video. I love the altar in the background. :)

[@PleiadianDreams]

you have a fabulous channel

[@27sparkle73]

Thank you thank you thank you.

[@foreverseeking1380]

still a great video and loving your channel

[@jiliciar.1423]

3:16 a Venn diagram.

[@EllaHarrison]

That yes thanks 😅

[@susanmuraguri8564]

Thanks for sharing this informative video.....

[@simplywitched]

AMAZING VIDEO

[@EllaHarrison]

THANK YOU

[@roberta6795]

Wonderful and Interesting video. Thank you🙏🍀🌺

[@yellowzora]

I've just discovered your channel, this is my second video 😁 I'm German but living in England, and working towards becoming a Kräuterhexe ❤ I guess that's the same as a hearth or kitchenwitch? Working on my green thumb at any rate 😊

[@Bethany199]

♥️♥️♥️

[@yochi7751]

Do u think there would be folk magic in places like Guatemala and El Salvador?

[@EllaHarrison]

Absolutely! If there is a history of humans living in an area, there likely is folklore, ritual and beliefs too!

[@yochi7751]

@@EllaHarrison thank you so much for replying!! I really enjoyed the video I will do research to get into folk magic!! 💜💜

[@RaketeHund]

Is there a german edition of your book or just the english version?

[@EllaHarrison]

German is coming out in October! Magie für den Alltag 🤍 kann man auch schon auf Amazon oder Thalia etc vorbestellen

[@RaketeHund]

@@EllaHarrison Uhh sehr cool! So gut ich auch englisch verstehe, und manchmal die Sprache gerade in Bezug auf Witchcraft angenehmer finde, möchte ich für mich selbst mehr in Richtung Germanische Folkmagick recherchieren und dabei so gut es geht auf deutsch arbeiten. :D Ich bin auch froh darüber deinen Kanal gefunden zu haben. Bis jetzt fand ich es nämlich leichter in englisch zu recherchieren, da bei deutscher Suche für mich wenig brauchbares zu finden war ^^, zumal ich auf englisch mehr finde, was jedoch meist von Amerikanischen Creatorn war, welche gerade erst wieder mit ihren deutschen Ahnen connecten. Jetzt habe ich so wirr geschrieben, ich hoffe es ist verständlich was ich ausdrücken möchte. 🙈

[@EllaHarrison]

@@RaketeHund Ja kann ich total nachvollziehen! Es ist auf Deutsch wirklich nicht einfach, wen ich noch total empfehlen kann sind Bex The Witches Cookery und auch De Spökenkyker, die sind auch beide Deutsch und dann auch noch The Norse Witch, auch Deutsch und haben all drei auch Instagram und KZbin 😁 Zur Recherche habe ich auch auf meinem Patreon bei dem 1€ Level ein Google Doc wo ich ganz viele Buch Titel etc sammele die auf Deutsche Folklore und Folkmagie bezogen sind

[@crowgoblin]

An “intersection” of two rings overlapping perhaps?

[@EllaHarrison]

A Venn diagram! I had to google that hahaha

[@Ryuu__]

I swear i dont think there is anything in my country😭

[@sassylittleprophet]

But that means you get to create your own 💜

[@JGalegria]

It would be great to hear herstory of folk magic and not just history ie some female writers, practitioners and anthropologists views 🙏🌏💚

[@EllaHarrison]

The two books I mentioned are written by women (including the third book written by me)