Melissa Love
@gnome-and-tonic.bsky.social
Just a Hedgewitch brewing tea, talking to plants and chilling with spirits in a Dutch forest. 🌿🌑
Occult-Centered Clinical Herbalist and Shadow Enthusiast shaking it up because I'm accidentally so stereotypical that the "proper" ones get mad lol
Occult-Centered Clinical Herbalist and Shadow Enthusiast shaking it up because I'm accidentally so stereotypical that the "proper" ones get mad lol
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We influence the people around us. Not even actively.
Being authenticly YOU shifts the energy fields, opinions, of people around you. Even if you do not see it. It truly matters. And you ARE breaking the narrative.
Little seeds grow even from seemingly infertile soil.
#WitchSky
Being authenticly YOU shifts the energy fields, opinions, of people around you. Even if you do not see it. It truly matters. And you ARE breaking the narrative.
Little seeds grow even from seemingly infertile soil.
#WitchSky
I had a big writing burst this week despite Mercury's retrograde.
Check out my new website blog on being a hedgewitch. I've seen thoughts about this evolve and change over time. Now this part of witchcraft is finally being recognized. #WitchSky
goldenwebmysteryschool.com/witchcraft-m...
Check out my new website blog on being a hedgewitch. I've seen thoughts about this evolve and change over time. Now this part of witchcraft is finally being recognized. #WitchSky
goldenwebmysteryschool.com/witchcraft-m...
How to Be a Hedgewitch — Golden Web Mystery School
A grounded guide to what a Hedgewitch is, including the history of hedgecraft, key practices, and how witches work with liminal spaces and spirit. A clear introduction for beginners and experienced pr...
goldenwebmysteryschool.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One day, I'll have local friends. Who'll come to my house, and I'll serve tea for tea leaf readings, we'll play plant-themed board games, discuss occult philosophy, and then we'll go foraging.
That day is not today. But some day 😅
#WitchSky
That day is not today. But some day 😅
#WitchSky
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
One day, I'll have local friends. Who'll come to my house, and I'll serve tea for tea leaf readings, we'll play plant-themed board games, discuss occult philosophy, and then we'll go foraging.
That day is not today. But some day 😅
#WitchSky
That day is not today. But some day 😅
#WitchSky
Have you checked what moon phase you were born under? Mine was a waxing crescent. 🌒
Now, I've been through... the things lol. And I'm so grateful for this placement because even through... the things, I push through them in strength 💯🖤
How is your phase manifesting in your life, #WitchSky?
Now, I've been through... the things lol. And I'm so grateful for this placement because even through... the things, I push through them in strength 💯🖤
How is your phase manifesting in your life, #WitchSky?
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Have you checked what moon phase you were born under? Mine was a waxing crescent. 🌒
Now, I've been through... the things lol. And I'm so grateful for this placement because even through... the things, I push through them in strength 💯🖤
How is your phase manifesting in your life, #WitchSky?
Now, I've been through... the things lol. And I'm so grateful for this placement because even through... the things, I push through them in strength 💯🖤
How is your phase manifesting in your life, #WitchSky?
Oh my gosh this looks so fun 🤣
Do you fancy sewing chaos and poisoning your friends? Then Potions, Poisons and Plants is the game for you! Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... #indiegame #cardgames #boardgames #witchcore #cozygames
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Oh my gosh this looks so fun 🤣
What a beautiful idea! This is also really lovely to get to know your house spirit. 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What a beautiful idea! This is also really lovely to get to know your house spirit. 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Reposted by Melissa Love
You know how each part of the body corresponds to a different sign of the zodiac? You can choreograph an expressive, abstract dance to invoke, embody, balance, and activate different astrological energies by engaging the body parts that correlate with the desired energy.
#WitchSky #OccultSky
#WitchSky #OccultSky
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
You know how each part of the body corresponds to a different sign of the zodiac? You can choreograph an expressive, abstract dance to invoke, embody, balance, and activate different astrological energies by engaging the body parts that correlate with the desired energy.
#WitchSky #OccultSky
#WitchSky #OccultSky
Ok!
This is when I start to post my friend, Bruce's Wassail recipe. He is no longer on this plane so this is my way of spreading the joy that was him 😁 Kinda like a small conversation and a nod to a very cool, funny, and silly guy.
Yule Wassail 🧵
#WitchSky #Yule2024 #Yuletide #Witchmadness
This is when I start to post my friend, Bruce's Wassail recipe. He is no longer on this plane so this is my way of spreading the joy that was him 😁 Kinda like a small conversation and a nod to a very cool, funny, and silly guy.
Yule Wassail 🧵
#WitchSky #Yule2024 #Yuletide #Witchmadness
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ok!
This is when I start to post my friend, Bruce's Wassail recipe. He is no longer on this plane so this is my way of spreading the joy that was him 😁 Kinda like a small conversation and a nod to a very cool, funny, and silly guy.
Yule Wassail 🧵
#WitchSky #Yule2024 #Yuletide #Witchmadness
This is when I start to post my friend, Bruce's Wassail recipe. He is no longer on this plane so this is my way of spreading the joy that was him 😁 Kinda like a small conversation and a nod to a very cool, funny, and silly guy.
Yule Wassail 🧵
#WitchSky #Yule2024 #Yuletide #Witchmadness
Writing the second phase (Ownership) of Shadow Work in my book Shadow Herbalism, and I wanted to make an important note here:
'Monsters' are not defined by thoughts. They are defined by actions. Just because you have bad thoughts does NOT make you a bad person.
#ShadowWork
'Monsters' are not defined by thoughts. They are defined by actions. Just because you have bad thoughts does NOT make you a bad person.
#ShadowWork
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Writing the second phase (Ownership) of Shadow Work in my book Shadow Herbalism, and I wanted to make an important note here:
'Monsters' are not defined by thoughts. They are defined by actions. Just because you have bad thoughts does NOT make you a bad person.
#ShadowWork
'Monsters' are not defined by thoughts. They are defined by actions. Just because you have bad thoughts does NOT make you a bad person.
#ShadowWork
@gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social you can use a squeegee to collect grave water right? It's still sacred... right? 🤣 #NoWaste #Necromancy
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social you can use a squeegee to collect grave water right? It's still sacred... right? 🤣 #NoWaste #Necromancy
Reposted by Melissa Love
Your CRAFT doesn't need to have any sense to others, but you and your pantheon.
Your individual connection with it, is something you can see, feel, and explain.
And it is not your work making it easier to understand for any outsiders.
#candlemagick #witchcraft #witchsky #occultsky #magicsky
Your individual connection with it, is something you can see, feel, and explain.
And it is not your work making it easier to understand for any outsiders.
#candlemagick #witchcraft #witchsky #occultsky #magicsky
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Your CRAFT doesn't need to have any sense to others, but you and your pantheon.
Your individual connection with it, is something you can see, feel, and explain.
And it is not your work making it easier to understand for any outsiders.
#candlemagick #witchcraft #witchsky #occultsky #magicsky
Your individual connection with it, is something you can see, feel, and explain.
And it is not your work making it easier to understand for any outsiders.
#candlemagick #witchcraft #witchsky #occultsky #magicsky
I LOVE how much poetry I see on BlueSky. Folx here are so talented and it brightens my day. 🖤 #WriterSky #Glimmers #Poetry
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I LOVE how much poetry I see on BlueSky. Folx here are so talented and it brightens my day. 🖤 #WriterSky #Glimmers #Poetry
Free to attend!
Hey everyone! There's a growing coalition of inclusive Heathen organizations, and this Saturday we're hosting a panel on #trans identity and experience within Norse spirituality.
Totally free to attend, you just need to register so we can send you the zoom link!
#HeathenSky #PaganSky #WitchSky
Totally free to attend, you just need to register so we can send you the zoom link!
#HeathenSky #PaganSky #WitchSky
Building Rainbow Bridges Beyond the Binary
Join us for a panel on Heathen experience with Trans identity and Norse spirituality outside the gender binary.
Live on Zoom
Saturday, Nov 15 at 4pm EST
FREE and open to all
Panelists include: Mich...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Free to attend!
Not sure who needs to hear this but for those of us who don't have a bath tub:
You can make a strong tea out of the same herbs and pour it over yourself in the shower, after drinking a cup beforehand. A lot of times I pour it over my hair as well. This soaks the inside and out. #WitchMadness #Witch
You can make a strong tea out of the same herbs and pour it over yourself in the shower, after drinking a cup beforehand. A lot of times I pour it over my hair as well. This soaks the inside and out. #WitchMadness #Witch
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but for those of us who don't have a bath tub:
You can make a strong tea out of the same herbs and pour it over yourself in the shower, after drinking a cup beforehand. A lot of times I pour it over my hair as well. This soaks the inside and out. #WitchMadness #Witch
You can make a strong tea out of the same herbs and pour it over yourself in the shower, after drinking a cup beforehand. A lot of times I pour it over my hair as well. This soaks the inside and out. #WitchMadness #Witch
I'm going to get shit for this and it is not scientific just experience. BUT
You might gain weight when you start shadow work.
Working through allllll that mess, more often than not, stirs up things. And it happens to many of my clients. Especially those with food issues. 🧵 #WitchMadness
You might gain weight when you start shadow work.
Working through allllll that mess, more often than not, stirs up things. And it happens to many of my clients. Especially those with food issues. 🧵 #WitchMadness
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm going to get shit for this and it is not scientific just experience. BUT
You might gain weight when you start shadow work.
Working through allllll that mess, more often than not, stirs up things. And it happens to many of my clients. Especially those with food issues. 🧵 #WitchMadness
You might gain weight when you start shadow work.
Working through allllll that mess, more often than not, stirs up things. And it happens to many of my clients. Especially those with food issues. 🧵 #WitchMadness
Ooooo these are some good ones!
Bills must be paid so here are some rare and signed decks that I am selling! #MagicalBazaar #Tarot
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ooooo these are some good ones!
I never do these 🤣🖤
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Psychology
Occult philosophy
Black widows
Thistles
Charcoal sketching
Absinthe
Jackdaws
A free yew
Graveyards
The smell of burning mugwort
#WitchMadness
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Psychology
Occult philosophy
Black widows
Thistles
Charcoal sketching
Absinthe
Jackdaws
A free yew
Graveyards
The smell of burning mugwort
#WitchMadness
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Plants / Fungi
Spiderwebs
Fog
Cozy Spaces
Cemeteries (the older the better)
Columns of sunlight through the clouds
Research Rabbit Holes
Rainbows / Color Spectrums
Places where I can see the whole horizon
The first sliver of a new moon
Plants / Fungi
Spiderwebs
Fog
Cozy Spaces
Cemeteries (the older the better)
Columns of sunlight through the clouds
Research Rabbit Holes
Rainbows / Color Spectrums
Places where I can see the whole horizon
The first sliver of a new moon
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Aaron Sorkin tv shows
Indie Folk Music
Large ornate gravestones
Bunnies
Indie Movies with heart
TTRPGs (D&D, Sigil, etc)
the sound of animals walking through dry leaves
Butterscotch
Quantum Sciences
Mushrooms of all kinds
Aaron Sorkin tv shows
Indie Folk Music
Large ornate gravestones
Bunnies
Indie Movies with heart
TTRPGs (D&D, Sigil, etc)
the sound of animals walking through dry leaves
Butterscotch
Quantum Sciences
Mushrooms of all kinds
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I never do these 🤣🖤
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Psychology
Occult philosophy
Black widows
Thistles
Charcoal sketching
Absinthe
Jackdaws
A free yew
Graveyards
The smell of burning mugwort
#WitchMadness
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like:
Psychology
Occult philosophy
Black widows
Thistles
Charcoal sketching
Absinthe
Jackdaws
A free yew
Graveyards
The smell of burning mugwort
#WitchMadness
Don't let other witches tell you that "sometimes a bird is just a bird". THIS bird you noticed. This bird right now, means something to you. "Three times a sign" is the golden 'law' as a symbol in magic. But THIS bird you noticed. Here and Now. #WitchSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Don't let other witches tell you that "sometimes a bird is just a bird". THIS bird you noticed. This bird right now, means something to you. "Three times a sign" is the golden 'law' as a symbol in magic. But THIS bird you noticed. Here and Now. #WitchSky
Reposted by Melissa Love
Imagine that you want to play a game with a group of friends. "The only rule is that there are no rules," you say. But, once you start playing, you quickly notice something: A game without rules isn't much of a game at all!
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Imagine that you want to play a game with a group of friends. "The only rule is that there are no rules," you say. But, once you start playing, you quickly notice something: A game without rules isn't much of a game at all!
Lovely question, how do you go about it? #WitchMadness #Herbies
For those who practice green witchery, do you find that plant spirits retreat in the winter months? Of course annuals are fleeting and present for one season, but what of the deciduous trees and shrubs? Or perennial flowers? What's your experience with reaching these spirits in winter?
#witchsky
#witchsky
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Lovely question, how do you go about it? #WitchMadness #Herbies
Ohhhh thank you @ravinewhispers.bsky.social for bringing up one of my favorite spiritual shadow allies,
Helleborus Niger - Hellebore
I'm going to show you how I personally work with this plant 🖤 🧵🌿
#ShadowHerbalism #ShadowWork
Helleborus Niger - Hellebore
I'm going to show you how I personally work with this plant 🖤 🧵🌿
#ShadowHerbalism #ShadowWork
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Ohhhh thank you @ravinewhispers.bsky.social for bringing up one of my favorite spiritual shadow allies,
Helleborus Niger - Hellebore
I'm going to show you how I personally work with this plant 🖤 🧵🌿
#ShadowHerbalism #ShadowWork
Helleborus Niger - Hellebore
I'm going to show you how I personally work with this plant 🖤 🧵🌿
#ShadowHerbalism #ShadowWork
Brilliant sigil
Was going back through my old #Sigil storage earlier today looking for ideas for my upcoming #SigilBomb, #WitchSky, and I don't think I ever shared this one. The idea was interconnectedness leading to acquisition, group effort towards a common goal. And so I went with a recurring woven motif.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Brilliant sigil
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Just remember, when doing elemental diagnostics, just because your sun sign is fire, doesn't mean you *are* fire. If the rest of your chart is water heavy, I got news for you, buddy
#WitchSky #Herbalism #WesternDiagnostics
#WitchSky #Herbalism #WesternDiagnostics
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just remember, when doing elemental diagnostics, just because your sun sign is fire, doesn't mean you *are* fire. If the rest of your chart is water heavy, I got news for you, buddy
#WitchSky #Herbalism #WesternDiagnostics
#WitchSky #Herbalism #WesternDiagnostics
I just realized that when I first got onto BlueSky, I went on a blocking spree and I'm so sorry lol That was unnecessary and I fixed it 🙃🫠
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I just realized that when I first got onto BlueSky, I went on a blocking spree and I'm so sorry lol That was unnecessary and I fixed it 🙃🫠