This group has been formed to unite hedge witches in and around Melbourne.
We are witches that wish to share in our love and passion for the wisecraft.
Our group runs on a number of levels. There is no hierarchy, or titles within our structure. We supply a space where we meet as equals and share our knowledge and experience in a safe and supportive environment. We welcome those who are part of a coven as well as solitary practitioners, but we are not a coven and do not offer an initiation process.
Want to Meetup?
As a Meetup page, our main purpose is to hold social gatherings such as meet and greets, pagan parenting club, camping adventures, and our gardening bee, allowing us to meet like minded individuals who share a love of earth based spirituality and activities. We want a place where people can meet, hang out, do stuff together without having to attend rituals, formal events, or initiate into a coven.
What is a Grove?
The term 'grove' is traditionally defined as a teaching circle.
Our grove can be used as a network, bringing teachers and students together, and we encourage those with experience to come forward and share in their knowledge.
We also love to organize fun meet and greets, where we have the opportunity to socialize and get the opportunity to meet new friends.
We also sometimes run workshops and classes on such topics as candle making and magick, magickal herbalism, cauldron brews and teas, tarot, astrology, aromatherapy and shamanism, to name a few. Not only do we share and teach what we know, we also have a variety of guest teachers sharing their collective wisdom with our members - including you, if you would like to share!
We have lots brewing in our potent cauldron of ideas and cant wait to share it with all our members! If there is anything that you would like to organize please just let us know.
Finally, what is a Hedgwitch?
The word "hedgewitch" comes from the Saxon word haegtessa meaning ‘hedge-rider’.
A hedge witch is very much a free spirit. Hedge witches are also related to the village witches of old. The term, hedge witch, comes from the fact that your average European village, in time gone by, was surrounded by a hedge or woods. Beyond that hedge was unknown land, beyond their known perception... i.e. the Other World. The village witches of this era usually lived just beyond or just before this hedge. The hedge was a metaphor for some one who practiced occult arts, a walker between the worlds.
This term didn't mean just that though. It also denoted that said witch was an herb worker, a healer,because they spent much time in the hedge looking for the herbs necessary to heal or enchant. So now you know where the term came from, but what does a hedge witch do?
A hedge witch would have learned their trade or craft by word of mouth. More than likely they would have learned it from a family member or the former village witch. Once the person left, they would be on their own. So they would have been taught ways to learn from nature such as listening to the winds, observing wild animals or watching cloud formations. They would have celebrated the sabbats by the change of the seasons and not by a date on a calender. More than likely they would have other holy days besides the sabbats.
They may or may not have worshiped gods for hedge witches all view the divine differently.
If this appeals to you then please join and let the magick begin...
Our Summer theme: Bluebells.
Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia) aka harebell
Luck, Truth. Anyone who wears a bluebell is compelled to tell the truth in all matters. Comforts those left behind.
Bluebells symbolize "constancy" and can be added to charm bags or magics involving love
