The Cunning Farmer
Practical geurgy: esoterica, spirituality, astrology and magic from a roots in the soil perspective
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Suppressed Rites: Folk Paganism in the Early Middle Ages
Saxony, Germania, late 8th Century CE.
The grey sky darkened with the approach of clouds, heralding the imminent arrival of much hoped for rain as the farm family neared completion of the vital task of sowing the spring barley crop. Aelfwa...
The Great Ancient Animal Master
The Horned God in North America and Europe
Before we dig in to the substance of this essay, namely the nearly universal deity whom mythographer Joseph Campbell referred to as the Animal Master, and my own experience with him, I would like...
Finding the Daimon: The Guardian Spirit in Astrology and Magic
The Guardian Angel as envisioned in a 19th century Russian icon.
The idea that we have a guiding spirit or angel that watches over us and guides us throughout our lives is common to spiritual systems all over the world. From the daimonion...
The Curse of Interesting Times: The 2026 Mundane Astrology Outlook
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Image of Aries from the fantastic medieval Arabic manuscript the Kitab Al-Buhan, or The Book of Wonders, 15th Century. Shown below (I’m guessing here) may be images of the three decans of Aries. It is a fitting image for a ye...
Beyond Moon Signs: Traditional Astrology, Magic, and the Art of Agriculture
By Todd Elliott
The occult science we now call astrology was developed in the ancient world in agricultural societies. Indeed, both agriculture and astrology developed, at least in the Western world, several thousand years apart in ancient...
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Natural farmer, and esoteric enthusiast. My trade is farming and my passions are the magic and astrology of the Hermetic, medieval and Renaissance traditions, folk magic, herbal and energy healing, my earth goddess wife and my two free range sons.
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