Wisht Waters: Aqueous Magica and the Cult of Holy Wells

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Product Description The sheer diversity of popular magic connected with sacred wells and springs is remarkable. Inseparable from the ancient cults of saints and spirits of place, the natural springs and wellheads of the British Isles have come to be famed places of healing, divination, and spiritual revelation. Some, possessing long traditions of votive and sacrificial offerings, have assumed powers of spirit-guardianship, or, indeed, divinities of water. Other such wells are the repositories of eldritch lore connected with the cult of the skull and the Holy Head. Additionally, bodies of magical practice have developed around some wells, serving a variety of magical purposes, including blessings and curses, healing and the dispensation of prophetic power. Originally published as the fifth book of the Three Hands Press Occult Monographs series, 'Wisht Waters' is now available in a newly-designed softcover featuring fourteen original illustrations by the author. -- Gary ― Author About the Author Gemma is an artist and writer based in the South-West of England. Her work primarily focuses upon the rites and charms of operative folk magic, as well as witchcraft. Gemma’s published works include Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways, and The Black Toad. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. In occult thought, water is the allegorical emblem of the essence or element of being related to the stillness or turmoil; of emotion, empathy, the depth of memory, omniscience and verity. Those things corresponding with the essence of water may thus be of use within traditional magical operations of love and union, and as we have found, the popular divinatory uses of water and holy wells often related to matters of love. -- Gary ― Author