Tag: witchcraft

  • Altars & Shrines

    An altar is a work space for rituals. In Hellenismos, the Greek word for an altar is a bômós (Βωμός). Generally, any elevated flat surface will suffice for an altar. We’ve used elaborate stone tables, or made an altar out of side tables, the top of a dresser, book shelves, coffee tables, and even an…

  • Defixiones

    Defixiones

    One English translation of defixio (plural: defixiones) is ‘curse tablet,’ though they are not necessarily used only for harmful magic. This common name comes to us by way of French from the Latin ‘defixionis,’ but the practice itself originates in Ancient Greece, where the term is katadesmos (κατάδεσμος). Both words describe a ‘binding.’ At core,…