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The Toad Folk, Santa Maria da Feira (2025)

06/09/2025

Wild Rose & Vervain

The Spirit of the Rose, the blooming symbol of the revelation of harmonies of being, beauty, life, love and pleasure. She abides in quiet and strenght guarding her perfume nectars. The essence of her devotion is manifest in her impecable manner of self-protection; her determination to thrive amidst adversity, her respect of kindred; her quiet humility, her kindred to bees and her comfort to Death.

Vervain as a whisper of something older than memory. Silence bowed before her. She speaks in subtle pulses of light beneath the skin. A cloak for the Soul, woven from the breath of stars and root-song of the Earth. To drink her is to remember, to carry her is to walk unseen of the noxious; to bath with her is to bless and purify. A Sacred one in shadow crowned, with its leaves like prayers. A tonic for the weary heart.

This tincture is a talisman in itself, of great virtue against all poisons. To neutralize the effects of maleficia. A symbol of triumph, a love philtre, bringer of harmony; possesses the virtue of attraction. It can be use as a sacrament of purification and blessing to anoint hands and body, or to wash and charge cerimonial objects and holy relics; has a great aptitude for expelling repulsive spirits. Mixed with spring water can be sprinkled on persons, footprints or objects to bless, to purify or to expell noxious forces. Can also be used internaly to get her virtues on the body and soul on a deeper level.

Serve as an offering to the spirits too.

🗝✨️🌬

02/09/2025

Prunella Elixir- Self Heal
Our intention with this Elixir is the whispering of “Heal, gently. Come home to yourself.”

Of Prunella, the common name, Self-heal, reveals much of its meaning; she helps restore inner balance, and promotes the ability for the body and soul to regenerate, especially when suffering from emotional exhaustion, old trauma, or loss of meaning in life. An helpful hand in spiritual cleansing, aiming to purify and open space for deeper insights. Helps you to dispel unhealthy mental patterns that may get you stuck, or blockages. 🌱

As she is linked to the throat too, can guide you through as an ally in expressing inner truth, promoting honesty to self, empathy, and active listening. She looks so fragile and tiny but it's virtues are powerful ones, believe me.

She can be used to treat cuts and "war wounds", in the same way that it can also heal "wounds of the spirit," such as heartbreak and deep sorrow or energetic attacks.

It also as much use in reconciliation spells.
From the old ages Prunella was included in spells to reunite broken hearts, restore broken friendships, or heal family feuds. It is seen as a plant of reconciliation and restoration in many levels.

On a physical level it acts as a natural antibiotic, fights inflamation, viruses, bacteria; cleanses the blood and supports liver detox.

So, you get it, she is one of those many amazing treasures we can cross paths with and most of the times don't even notice. When we slow down we find many many of those, and Prunella can help you doing that too! 🗝✨️

Available on our website

27/08/2025

The Amanita salve is back in stock 🍄

Our intention with this salve is to bring you a way to connect with that beautifully unique being that is the Amanita Muscaria. We as Human beings have a strong connection with this Spirit and you can easily feel that from the moment you cross paths with the Amanita.

Amanita is an old world Spirit, it's connected to us humans from our roots here on this beautiful land, being a powerful ally to many of our Ancestors. A great teacher, helping us doing our shadow work, guiding us deep on our soul to process things that we had carved there for generations. Guide us in, gently, so we can get to the root of our ‘’problems’’ and we can integrate what needs to be integrated and pull out everything that doesn’t resonate with our Spirit anymore to make the changes necessary for a positive transformation. Then we can have a better understanding about ourselves and the land we are rooted in.
Amanita also enhances one’s overall confidence and energy.

Words can’t describe how this being works on us.

This salve on a physical level works well for muscles and joints; sciatic nerve (sciatica) pain, back-pain, muscles tension and spasm in neck, shoulders, legs…

Let's open up ourselves to the mysteries under the surface 🗝✨️🍄

Link for the website in bio

25/07/2025

Some new spoons arriving 💫

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02/07/2025

Original oil paintings by the hand of Mariana ✨️
Belladonna
Poppy Somnifera
Silver Thistle
Black Henbane

Every painting is unique.

Available on our website.

26/06/2025

These spoons are born from a dance between myself and the Wood Genii (Tree Spirit), they manifest by themselves into their form. There's a profound spriritual process in the making of, no pre-drawing is made or any idea in mind about how they would look. Little by little, cut by cut they manifest into this new way of being.

These Spoons are their own worlds, their own conscious. Powerful tools for our individual journeys if used in the right way. In the making process no electricity is used, they are carved only by Axe, knife and gouge.

Spoons are tools of service. To serve you or to serve others, to serve the Spirit or to serve the Matter. They can also teach, as I said they're their own worlds and their own conscious and are a piece of an old Sacred being that is a Tree.

Just as a spoon is used to scoop up nourishment, it can also be used as a tool for scooping up knowledge and understanding for example, as well as many other virtues. They can be used in the old art of scrying with water, or they can be used as a blessing tool. Also as a sacred vessel that protects from outer/unwanted influences to pe*****te whatever you're working with.

All those Spoons are available in our website.

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24/06/2025

Woodcarving has been a really profound journey to me. An undescribable process where the Forest, the Wood and Myself engage in this beautiful dance and something really magical and meaningful emerge out of it, with no desires or pre meditated toughts on a piece.

It's been a powerful experience that I could never expected happen, a process where in Silence I've been learning so much, about Being but also not Being, about mySelf, about the Spirit of this Earth, about Life, about Death, about Rebirth, about Balance, and so on… A "place" where I can have a clear understanding and a clear vision of things with no judgement, from the moment I walk the Forest to meet the Wood to the moment I'm massaging the oil on a finished piece.

I've gained so much Respect to this process that maybe looks so simple from the outside view but from an inside one, one can realize how powerful this process is! To bridge the manifestation of something into a new Life, or way of Being.

🐸🗝🪓✨️

23/06/2025

And here another treasure by Mariana, these magic Shawls hand-woven on an artisanal loom.

Made with wool from rustic Portuguese sheeps- Bordaleira da Serra da Estrela & Churra Galega Mirandesa.

Each shawl is unique and made intuitively. Every detail is filled with love and effort so that when you wear it you feel embraced by its comfort and healing force.

Hand carved wood pins included.

Available on our website! ✨️

23/06/2025

Here is some of the beautiful Altar Tapestries hand-woven by Mariana on an artisanal loom.

Made with wool from rustic Portuguese sheeps- Bordaleira da Serra da Estrela & Churra Galega Mirandesa.

Each tapestry is unique and made intuitively. Every detail is filled with love and effort to bring force and balance to your altar.

Available on our website ✨️

16/10/2024

As a spiral that's always pushing towards the center of myself, towards the center of everything ✨️

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22/09/2024

Yesterday totally unexpected, we've found ourselves in
one of the most magical places we've been till now, into
the margins of the Doubs River. A beautiful place almost untouched by human hands, appart of the ruins of a chapel built in 1630s, completly imerged in the woods.
And, just a few meters away from that ancient chapel, while walking in awe, I was called by something, when I turned my head around I've found myself face to face with Belladonna. It was my first time meeting Belladonna growing in the wild. Such a beautiful meeting, a message and a blessing for this Equinoce that is emerging, my heart was instantanelly filled with such awe and gratitude by that calling.

It's amazing how things happen when we let ourselves go with the flow, with no expectation or destination in mind, it's when all the magic really happens. When we open ourselves and we let life manifest by itself.

So, let life breath through you because there is trully no other way around.

🐸✨️

16/09/2024

As some of you already know, since October last year
me and my partner Mariana we are living in Valeé du Jura, on France/Switzerland border.
We have moved here for foreign reasons, and plan to stay here for the next two years or so.
We are amazed by the pristine forests here in the mountains, full of life and ancient energy. It
helps us on the journey about learning more about ourselves, growing and finding our place here.

About the Toad Folk, we are working on a lot of new things, planing a website where we will have
plant medicines that make part of our journey and crafts we are working with availabe to you,
and even a blog to keep sharing with you our experience through life.

So, just a little update for you to know that we still here holding on to ourselves. Hope you too are
doing Strong, always enjoying this experience no matter where you find yourself on the path. keep learning everyday a bit more about yourself, growing and finding that peace that runs deep within you!

Paulo

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