What is Hex Craft

Hex Craft is everyday magic done with what you have on hand.

·        Traditional German hex craft is more of a combination of folk magic and shamanism.

It is more tied to nature, the land/land wights/nature spirits, one’s ancestors, and your culture.

Magic of the everyday person.

• Lore is a big part of the tradition.

• Family lore is an important part of passing on this tradition.

• Folktales and Fairytales

• Ancestors worship and working with your ancestors.

• It is localized to the area where you live.

• Knowledge is usually passed down inside a family or local area.

• Tied to nature.

• Will look different from region to region and sometimes vastly different.

• There is even a difference between Pennsylvania German Hex Craft and the Hex Craft of Germany. This is due to the Pennsylvania Germans started migrating to the U.S. in the 1600’s so Germany was a completely different place at that time. There has also been 100’s of years of evolution separate from Germany here in America.

·        Evolves (A living tradition.)

Folk Lore can be much more word of mouth than written down.

• Pennsylvania German – some of the folk magic was not written down till the early 20th century and the healing arts and charms were not written down till the early 21st century.

Practicality is at the forefront.

• Based on what you need to survive.

• Protection

  • From ill willing Wights and ill will nature spirits.

  • Protection charms for people going off to war.

  • Protection for home, land, and family.

• Food for the family.

  • Hunting charms

  • Charms to protect livestock.

  • Charms to protect crops.

• Herbal Medicine to help the sick.

• Energy/Spell based healing.

• Charms and spells derived from working closely with nature.

• Much, much more.

Hex Craft is made up of the following:

• Herbology – local to your region. (People could only work with what was available to them.)

• Animal Lore – based on culture and animals in your area.

• Ancestors – connection

• Centered on the hearth and home – this is where the knowledge of your magic comes from.)

• Land and Home Wight

• Know your environment – get out of the house.

• Family connections.

• Deep meditative work and personal evolution.

• Shamanic journey work.

• Plant magic to restore or maintain balance.

• Etc.

Learn how to make what you need.

• Energy and magic go into each and every step of creation.