Serpent & Stang PendantThis sterling silver pendant depicts a coiled serpent entwined around the stanga sacred forked staff long associated with witchcraft, spirit flight, and the crossing of thresholds between worlds. Both symbols are deeply rooted in traditional craft: the serpent as keeper of hidden wisdom, chthonic power, and renewal; the stang as the witchs axis, a living compass between the underworld, this middle world and the skies above. The serpents sinuous form

its dim glow faltering even as you clutch it in your left hand tightly

Focusing on extant forms in Britain and Europe

confusing mythology

Eldermans’ (Troy Books

which gives instruction for the creation and use of the waxen altar for the summoning of spirits

resilience and the determination you require to overcome obstacles

logistic exploration to evoke our apprehension of the Other

This is a trilogy that guides us into the realms of plant lore

Burned in devotion to Hermes

This is a book about the religion once practiced ages ago in the Old Forest region of Europe

presenting such phenomena as hallucinatory experiences fueled by psychoactive concoctions and the Devil's cunning

Topics include the Cunning Path