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Creatrix of fusion well-being and creative therapy workshops and retreats for women. Includes: gentle yoga, cacao, circles, poetry spells, journaling and more.

🔮Budding Historian of the Occult & folklore
📚Author Books Publishing
🙏🏻Yoga Wellness (Ayurvedic Hatha & Nidra)
🪔Yogic Philosophy, History & Theory
🫂Women's Circle sharings & Witch Crafts
🎨Artist, Poet and Wanderluster Ayurvedic yoga teacher
specialising in pre/post natal Ayurveda
Womb yoga
Women's circles
Cacao Ceremonies
Reiki Master Teacher

Published Poet and Writer in a variety of literary and wellness magazines. Welcome to the temple

16/04/2026

Who loves making a cuppa tea and getting cosy with a blanket to read a good book?
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Word Witchery: Walking the Path of the Poetry Priestess is a great addition to any witches bookshelf. If you're also a priestess, poetry mystic, new to the journey of poetry, wellness mentor who leads therapeutic poetry workshops or for history buffs. This book is packed with interesting archeological and historical facts as well as word craft and poetry rituals too.
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Available NOW on Amazon, Waterstones, all other places books are sold, including your local independent witchy shop
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Thank you to Vix Maxwell for making beautiful fonts and graphics.
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12/04/2026

As well as being interviewed, I have published an article on Medium. This is a trinity in association with my book Word Witchery.
This first article gives you a glimpse as to what my book is about-- the history of the power of word craft The second will go into the psychology of the more shadowy sides of communication and how that can be detrimental to our well-being and lastly the final article will be about words for healing. So stay tuned for the next two.

Click on the link below and enjoy over a cup of tea ☕

https://medium.com/%40katieness/word-witchery-the-ancient-power-we-forgot-we-were-using-1736c1d18875?fbclid=IwT01FWARIg3NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR63-Pw2-SdRfvT375cy0k50FE4XvYIbcYDmvhrTpjXs2yvZolhrcJ6PKygSWQ_aem_Or3V23xtf-y9euu2IJtYZw

06/04/2026

Hello Darlings 💐
I'm loving the fresh yet changeble spring weather we're having: April showers to absolute sunshine pouring through the living room.
I hope you've enjoyed your Easter weekend.

Here's a lil something I want to share, Its such an honour to have been interviewed by The Northern Folklore Archive (as I am a Lancashire Lass) and it's now up for you to read!
I talk about my past and how that informed who I am throughout my life and where I'm headed, the intersection between being an interdisciplinary artist, historian and yoga teacher: how they all weave as one big life tapestry for me and also how my book Word Witchery came into being.

Find a sun spot, grab a cup of ☕ and 🍫 🥚 and enjoy!

https://www.northernfolklorearchive.com/community/katieness?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzUyNDI3AAGnZChvTH1gG4s6Z35rdrpAbYks9kH91cqjhiSta_xVT6zeIl8MSDBK68N1B7g_aem_lDT4l9TGRLsmLtvKL9QZiQ

25/03/2026

A small glimpse into a side to me and life path when I'm not writing and researching.
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I've been learning Sanskrit on and off, since 2018-- first with Sharada Devi and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. More recently I've begun learning mantra sangha consistently with my teacher . This is a glimpse into a devotional aspect of me. I spend a lot of time at my altars chanting mantra. It's been very healing for me as someone shy with my voice.
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Soon, I'll also begin learning Persian (Farsi)-- drawn not only to its beauty but to the deep roots it shares with Sanskrit and the ancient cultural threads that run between them. Ancient Greek is also on the cards in the near future too.
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I know many of you are here for folklore, pilgrimage, paganism, poetry, travel and art-- which is still very much who I am. Alongside all of that sits my yogic life. My long standing love for yoga, it's philosophy, mantra and more.
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There is more of a cross over here than it might first seem-- mantra after all is a kind of ritual. Speaking into being. Not so far from what we might call a "spell".
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It's something I explore deeply in my book Word Witchery-- that words, poems, language is spoken not just to communicate but to shape, to bless, to invoke. Available on Amazon now.
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Currently dipping into all of this beautiful energy and more while attending the online festival which is happening now!
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23/03/2026

A lovely thing to share on this Spring Equinox 💐
My article about Spring Folk Customs and Rituals around the world is published in The Mardler, a gorgeous heritage magazine dedicated to everything Folk: from lore to poems to craft to stories, historical and traditional articles and more. This lush magazine is created by the in Colchester whom I've had the privilege of visiting, befriending the lovely people and where I attended a traditional straw craft workshop last summer. I'll be revisiting them again soon!
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The East Anglian Folklore Centre is a wonderful hub for those who love all things folklore, heritage, traditional crafts, the arts and more. If you wish to purchase The Mardler, go over to their website to grab a copy.
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17/03/2026

Sacred breath from which utterance, symbols, words, poetry and writing was birthed into creation.
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This book delves into the archeology of Prehistoric cave markings, ancient magical hymns to commune with deities inscribed on pottery and stone tablets, medieval magical writings on manuscripts and more. With an entire chapter dedicated to lesser known priestesses, courtly women, bards and women mystics who wrote poetry to the divine and writings about esoteric visions.
The second half of the book is brimming with poetry spells and writing rituals for contemporary witches, pagans and priestesses to try if they wish plus a plethora of extra golden nuggets of magical facts from around the world.
I dedicated this book to my grandmother, to those who consider word craft as sacred and to the goddess Saraswati
aim hrim om saraswataye namah 💕
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Published with available on Amazon, Waterstones and local independent bookshops.
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16/03/2026

Oldy worldy vibes, lush landscapes, epic skies and cosy smiles. Our first mini break of the year happened a couple of weeks ago. We ventured to Exeter for a long weekend. I used to live in Devon, specifically Plymouth but would visit Exeter and other surrounding places often, yet this is my fiance's first visit and he loved it! More mini breaks and travel on the cards as always as it informs my writing and research
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Exeter has some incredible folklore. In 1855, people across Devon woke up to find miles of mysterious hoof-like tracks in the snow, crossing rooftops, walls and even rivers. Locals called them the Devil’s Footprints, and no one has ever fully explained them. Even stranger, in 1737 fishermen near Exeter reportedly caught a creature with a human-like upper body and a salmon-like tail in the River Exe—fueling one of the area’s oldest mermaid legends. A be-headed saint, flying boats, witchcraft and Roman ghosts also add to Exeter's folk stories of magic and the macabre.
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Exeter is the start of a story I’m not ready to tell yet..this is currently a small chapter on hold, waiting to be written as a big chapter 🤫
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Until then I'll keep on being mystical, magical and macabre.
Darklings: How about you? What trips have you got planned for the year? Comment below 👇🏻
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07/03/2026

It is energy this weekend and the whole of March is as well.
I wanted to celebrate the achievements of women by sharing a glimpse of fascinating information from my book and research about incredible mystical women who created poetry and writings throughout history. These women's voices were almost lost to obscurity and their work is fragmented (unlike men writers of their time). You can find these examples and more in my book WORD WITCHERY: Walking the Path of the Poetry Priestess.
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In the book I explore the ancient connection between poetry and magic, medieval mystical writings and an entire chapter devoted to obscure poetry priestesses and esoteric writers.
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Bringing some of them to light will empower and illuminate the way for our voices.
Honouring women's voices in all aspects of life so we may weave our worlds with words!

04/03/2026

Huge thank you to Vix Maxwell of New Age Hipster for her support, for enjoying my book and for sharing about it on her socials. Look how gorgeous these graphics are!
Vix and I have been acquainted for years, she's a lovely lass and a very talented writer.

If Vix says it's a good read, then it must be!
It's World Book day soon, grab your copy of Word Witchery NOW on Amazon, Waterstones and where all books are sold.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Word-Witchery-Walking-Poetry-Priestess/dp/1803417064

23/02/2026

Our first London day trip of 2026 and we ventured out to visit St Etheldreda's church which houses a reliquary box of her hand (supposedly). I love all things mysterious, mystical and macabre so this encapsulates everything I am passionate about, plus I love visiting old churches to appreciate the architecture, stained glass art and even the Gothic graveyards.
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St Etheldreda was a medieval princess, abbess and Saint of the Anglo-Saxons. Folklore states that her staff bloomed into a tree when she planted it in the ground and many years after her death, her body was preserved and uncorrupted which symbolised her divinity.
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Although I'm pagan, I can appreciate these old and quiet places of devotion, especially if they're attributed to an interesting woman of the divine, mystical or uncanny.
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