Debora Moretti
@drdebsmoretti.bsky.social
Professional archaeologist, Magic and Witchcraft Historian, researcher of the occult. Postdoctoral researcher for the @alternativehealers18341948 project at @UniofHerts
✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
December 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
Excellent evening at Waterstones in Leeds with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social presenting their new book “Folklore. A journey through the past and present” 🥰
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Excellent evening at Waterstones in Leeds with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social presenting their new book “Folklore. A journey through the past and present” 🥰
For all my archaeological friends (and all the others interested in archaeology), here is my newest published article. This was written when I was working for Headland Archaeology.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Huntingdon’s forgotten railway station
Archaeological works carried out by MOLA Headland Infrastructure (MHI), at Huntingdon Railway Station, Huntingdonshire, uncovered structural remains associated with Huntingdon East Station, the new...
www.tandfonline.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
For all my archaeological friends (and all the others interested in archaeology), here is my newest published article. This was written when I was working for Headland Archaeology.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The last couple of weeks saw me busy at the amazing Lincolnshire Archives. Not only my search proved to be successful but I also had time to check the beauties of Lincoln while waiting for my train 😊🧙♀️
August 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The last couple of weeks saw me busy at the amazing Lincolnshire Archives. Not only my search proved to be successful but I also had time to check the beauties of Lincoln while waiting for my train 😊🧙♀️
I got to experience the Midnight Sun at Midsummer in Rovaniemi!!! Amazing although I slept only 3 hours per night 😬
Amazing ISCH2025 Conference. Thank you University of Lapland!
Amazing ISCH2025 Conference. Thank you University of Lapland!
June 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I got to experience the Midnight Sun at Midsummer in Rovaniemi!!! Amazing although I slept only 3 hours per night 😬
Amazing ISCH2025 Conference. Thank you University of Lapland!
Amazing ISCH2025 Conference. Thank you University of Lapland!
Reading today on more 19th-century folk medicine and I am of course intrigued by the apparent beautifying properties of cowslip. As the wonderful Culpepper also wrote about this…I am compelled to make my very own cowslip beatifying water! I will update you on the results 😬
June 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Reading today on more 19th-century folk medicine and I am of course intrigued by the apparent beautifying properties of cowslip. As the wonderful Culpepper also wrote about this…I am compelled to make my very own cowslip beatifying water! I will update you on the results 😬
✨🔮 Our Magic & Witchcraft Conference in York is almost here!
📅 23–25 June | Hybrid event
🎟️ Last chance for in-person tickets – closes TODAY! 💻 Online registration open until 20 June!
Join us for spellbinding talks, history, and fun...don’t miss it!
www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...
📅 23–25 June | Hybrid event
🎟️ Last chance for in-person tickets – closes TODAY! 💻 Online registration open until 20 June!
Join us for spellbinding talks, history, and fun...don’t miss it!
www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...
June 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
✨🔮 Our Magic & Witchcraft Conference in York is almost here!
📅 23–25 June | Hybrid event
🎟️ Last chance for in-person tickets – closes TODAY! 💻 Online registration open until 20 June!
Join us for spellbinding talks, history, and fun...don’t miss it!
www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...
📅 23–25 June | Hybrid event
🎟️ Last chance for in-person tickets – closes TODAY! 💻 Online registration open until 20 June!
Join us for spellbinding talks, history, and fun...don’t miss it!
www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...
When heavy metal meets academic research!!! Our new blog is live covering the figure of the seventh son of a seventh son!!!
#ironmaiden #alternativehealers #seventhsons
#ironmaiden #alternativehealers #seventhsons
When Iron Maiden released their 1988 concept album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son they were not just adding another record to their discography, they were tapping into a centuries-old well of myth folklore magic and history surrounding this figure. Our New blog👇
alternativehealer.org/the-healer-b...
alternativehealer.org/the-healer-b...
The Healer Born: Folk Magic, Medicine, and the Mystique of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Alternative Healers, 1834-1948
alternativehealer.org
June 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
When heavy metal meets academic research!!! Our new blog is live covering the figure of the seventh son of a seventh son!!!
#ironmaiden #alternativehealers #seventhsons
#ironmaiden #alternativehealers #seventhsons
Our new amazing blog is out!
Our latest blog is now live and explores the 18th and 19th-century medical marketplace as a physical space where people bought remedies, ingredients, and simples. Join us for a journey through London’s historic herb markets🌿
alternativehealer.org/come-one-com...
alternativehealer.org/come-one-com...
Come One, Come All: Herbs and Simples in the Historical Marketplace – Alternative Healers, 1834-1948
alternativehealer.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our new amazing blog is out!
Well…when in Rome 🥰
March 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Well…when in Rome 🥰
Our new blog is live 🙌
Our new blog is now live, exploring the case of Henry Eliazer Robinson, a butcher and workhouse master, and his troubling views on the treatment of the sick poor, particularly his perception of them as animals!
alternativehealer.org/treat-like-a...
alternativehealer.org/treat-like-a...
Treated Like Animals? The ‘Master Butcher’ and the Sick Poor of Altrincham Workhouse – Alternative Healers, 1834-1948
alternativehealer.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our new blog is live 🙌
Reposted by Debora Moretti
In January 1934 The Occult Digest published an article by astrologer Haasan Osiris suggesting that the great advancements in surgery at the time could be further improved if surgeons operated at "the right astrological time"
Intriguing theory or sheer nonsense? What do you think?
Intriguing theory or sheer nonsense? What do you think?
February 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In January 1934 The Occult Digest published an article by astrologer Haasan Osiris suggesting that the great advancements in surgery at the time could be further improved if surgeons operated at "the right astrological time"
Intriguing theory or sheer nonsense? What do you think?
Intriguing theory or sheer nonsense? What do you think?
Here we are again! Yeah!!!
📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
The CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2025! Come join us in York (24th - 25th June) to tackle the gnarly question - what is a witch?
Answers in abstract form, please - due 14th March 😊🧙♀️
The CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2025! Come join us in York (24th - 25th June) to tackle the gnarly question - what is a witch?
Answers in abstract form, please - due 14th March 😊🧙♀️
January 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here we are again! Yeah!!!