Between 3 Witches - Witchcraft in plain sight
Jul 18, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
In this episode, Vikkie, The Wheelie Green Witch, takes us into the world of folk magic… the kind of magic rooted in the hands, the home, the hedgerow, and the generations before us. This is the…
You know, one of the questions I get asked the most often is, "Where do I even start with witchcraft? What tools do I need? Help." And I think social media has accidentally convinced people that the answer needs to be incredibly complicated and a bit expensive.
You know, like one day you wake up, you need to buy 17 different candles, 4,000 different crystals, adopt a crow, rename yourself Moonshadow, and vanish mysteriously into the woods by next Thursday.
Thing is, folk craft probably began because somebody just needed to get through the winter.
Most of the old ways weren't separate from ordinary life.
They were woven directly into those kitchens and gardens, into the sick rooms, family life, bread ovens, and long winters where people needed to feel safer, healthier, and simply less alone.
A lot of what we now call folk magic was survival mixed together with belief, observation, repetition, and the need for hope.
And most people started exactly where they were with whatever they had, you know, and that really matters because somewhere along the line, people started feeling that they needed the perfect tools before they were allowed to even begin.
The right book, the correct altar, beautiful shelves of matching jars.
Meanwhile, historically, somebody was storing herbs in whatever currently wasn't holding onions.
Most people weren't building practices from luxury, and Margaret from 1683 was definitely not ordering imported moon water from Etsy at 2:00 in the morning.
Margaret was probably just trying to stop the goat eating the washing and hoping the cabbage would last until February.
People used what grew nearby.
Nettles, well, they pretty much grow everywhere.
Salt was expensive, so used very carefully.
Ash from the fire.
Bread, pins, thread.
And honestly, you know, I think that's partly why I really love knotwork so much.
You know, one of the questions I get asked the most often is, "Where do I even start with witchcraft? What tools do I need? Help." And I think social media has accidentally convinced people that the answer needs to be incredibly complicated and a bit expensive.
You know, like one day you wake up, you need to buy 17 different candles, 4,000 different crystals, adopt a crow, rename yourself Moonshadow, and vanish mysteriously into the woods by next Thursday.
Thing is, folk craft probably began because somebody just needed to get through the winter.
Most of the old ways weren't separate from ordinary life.
They were woven directly into those kitchens and gardens, into the sick rooms, family life, bread ovens, and long winters where people needed to feel safer, healthier, and simply less alone.
A lot of what we now call folk magic was survival mixed together with belief, observation, repetition, and the need for hope.
And most people started exactly where they were with whatever they had, you know, and that really matters because somewhere along the line, people started feeling that they needed the perfect tools before they were allowed to even begin.
The right book, the correct altar, beautiful shelves of matching jars.
Meanwhile, historically, somebody was storing herbs in whatever currently wasn't holding onions.
Most people weren't building practices from luxury, and Margaret from 1683 was definitely not ordering imported moon water from Etsy at 2:00 in the morning.
Margaret was probably just trying to stop the goat eating the washing and hoping the cabbage would last until February.
People used what grew nearby.
Nettles, well, they pretty much grow everywhere.
Salt was expensive, so used very carefully.
Ash from the fire.
Bread, pins, thread.
And honestly, you know, I think that's partly why I really love knotwork so much.
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