Hookland 2/5/20 21:12:54

In many of the occulted coves of the county where French brandy and salt-hag blessing were once the strongest currency, the psychic coin has reverted to tidal fear. Horizon certainty, shore sureness all eroded by wave. The King-Under-the-Sea the presence beyond banishing. https://t.co/eb0QOkimoI

Hookland 2/4/20 0:02:24

Do not sing apologies for the wounds others do to the land. Do not sing apologies for the fracturing of ecologies. Sing war songs against the abusers of nature. That is the way of the witch. – Emily Banting, 1981 #WitchWednesday

Hookland 2/4/20 3:25:58

The Shirt of the Dead witches and cunning folk were said to be able to sew that would turn away blade or bullet was not simply a garment, it was an initiation. An introduction to the ghost realms and after, passport recognised at its borders. ‰ÛÒ Emily Banting, 1981 #WitchWednesday

Hookland 2/4/20 4:39:31

@SonicCircles It was created as the slogan for Hookland and as such comes with both and imaginative and political agenda. Whimsy is often the stiletto of blade‰Ûªs where you don‰Ûªt know it has penetrated till you spot the blood.

Hookland 2/4/20 5:33:06

Those that talk of ‰Û÷waking the witch‰Ûª often seem ignorant of how many of us have not been sleeping. ‰ÛÒ Vera Winterfield, author of ‰Û÷Cottage Wisdom‰Ûª series of books #WitchWednesday

Hookland 2/4/20 6:59:04

If there is a sense of danger walking the clifftops of Hookland, it is not in a fear of falling, but in knowing that the King-Under-the-Sea is grinding his tidal teeth against their base. – #CLNolan https://t.co/Lbxpu62Tsp

Hookland 2/4/20 8:12:27

Copy of the 18th century ‘Wolf-skin Grimoire’ held in the Black Library of Weychester Cathedral. Variant, usually hand-transcribed copies of the book, were popular among some cunning folk. https://t.co/HiqM22xMDL