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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Merry Winter Solstice/Yule 🌞🎄 I hope The reborn Sun will bless you all with Healing, Joy and Peace 💗 #WitchSky #WinterSolstice

Winter solstice altar. A statue of the God Cernunnos has a lit candle flame between his horns. Above the statue there’s a red ribbon decorated with dry lemon slices. On the altar there’s a red and green lit candles, pine cones, a chalice of milk and a couldron with a lit candle in it

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

If you’re interested in learning more about the saint in Italian folk tradition, you can read about her on my Substack! open.substack.com/pub/dianusle...

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Winter Solstice Spirits: Italy's Folklore Gift-Bearers

How to connect with them

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Happy Saint Lucy’s Feast Day! I baked these traditional italian sweets called Saint Lucy’s Eyes and prayed to the Saint last night to bless them as she passed through my home, as tradition goes. #WitchSky #Folkmagick #FolkWitch

There is an image of Saint Lucy in a frame, lit by a beeswax candle, set above a plate of traditional Italian cookies called Saint Lucy’s Eyes. Next to the plate, there is a crystal goblet filled with water.

There are traditional Italian cookies called Saint Lucy’s Eyes on a baking tray, ready to be baked

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Thank you so much! Calligraphy is a truly beautiful discipline, and surprisingly relaxing once you get the hang of it! I encourage you to give it a try. It takes practice but I promise it’s not as hard as it looks :)

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Update on the big book! I wish I had more time to draw, paint and write! The process is very very slow. I love how it’s turning out tho and can’t wait to show you more of my grimoire 💗 #WitchSky #Artsky #occultsky #Artistsky

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I wanted to inaugurate the opening of my Substack here! The Witching Torch is a space where I can share my practice and my research on witchcraft in the best way possible. I’ll also be posting more of my art! If you’d like to subscribe and follow me, thank you! open.substack.com/pub/dianusle...

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The Witching Torch | Dianus Le Fay | Substack

Letters from the Spirit-led Sorcerer: everything about witchcraft and Italian folklore. Click to read The Witching Torch, by Dianus Le Fay, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Have you ever wondered why certain saints or night creatures bring gifts during the Christmas season? Every country has its own traditions, and Italy is no exception. As witches I do believe that we can weave them into our solstice practice! #Witchsky #FolkMagick #Witchcraft #Folklore

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Long time no see witches of Bluesky! How is it going? I’ve been working on my new handmade grimoire and it’s looking pretty good so far! #WitchSky #ArtistSky

Open grimoire on a Hekate’s altar. The pages shows an hand-drawn image of witches summoning rain while throwing a snake and a chicken in a blazing cauldron

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Today is April 25th, and Italy we celebrate the liberation from the Nazis and Fascists. Today is a celebration of freedom, and I honor this day to thank my ancestors who fought so that their children could be free 🌹 Viva l’Italia Antifascista! #witchsky

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Wonderful advice! I’ll def Put it into practice, thank you 💜✨

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Great advice! It’s like going back to the basics but with a fresh twist every time 😊

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Lately, I’ve been feeling a bit disconnected from my practice. What do you do when that happens to you? #Witchsky #folkmagic

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Good job! That's so beautiful and the details are amazing! 🗝

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Have you ever considered making a scrapbook-style grimoire? Mine actually started that way! Until I felt confident enough in my skills to draw in it I used the scrapbooking technique!

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thank you! Omg keep up the work! I bet it's going to be an amazing grimoire 💗

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GorgonGoddess_The @avngmedusa.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

As the new ancestors, How are you archiving our era? Write, Journal and or Create Art.

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thank you! I made it myself but it's definetely going to be a family heirloom for my future children 💗

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

(2) Close the bag and fumigate it with a protection incense while reciting the prayer to Hekate Enodia (She who is on the road). Carry it with you everytime you drive #witchsky #witchmadness #folkmagic

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Protection Charm Bag for Driving: work on a waxing moon, on a Tuesday, during Mercury's hour. Take a red bag and put in lavander for calm, mint for mental clarity, rosemary for protection and laurel for luck. Add a taglock or any protection sigil of your choice. 🧵⤵️ #witchsky #witchmadness #folkmagic

Velvet Red Charm Bag sitting on an ardesian plate with a sigil written on it with white chalk

Open grimoire on a bed. The pages are decorated with drawings of a road disappearing behind the mountains and road signs pointing to different directions

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I'm sorry for replying so late! Thank you for you kind comment. I'm doing much better now 💜

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Yes the energy has been very chaotic lately! I'm so excited about the blood moon but here in Italy the lunar eclipse will not be visible ❤️‍🩹🥹

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

how are y'all doing? I had a very rough week and took a break from posting! #witchsky #witchmadness

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Melissa Love @gnome-and-tonic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

For Day 10 of #witchmadness, I want to do a short post about the liminal spaces. My best jumps have corresponded with the betwix and betweens. So as a tool, for a #Hedgewitch, this is probably one of the most important. 🧵

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Animism. Is the idea that all things have spirit. I literally mean everything. My spin is that not all things have enough spirit to be awake. The more life, story, and myth the greater the odds of it being awake. That doesn't mean it will want to work with you. Still Consent #WitchSky #Witchmadness

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Day 4 #WitchMadness Intentions Vs Spells: how do you use them? I use Intentions when I have no time to weave a spell, especially when I need something quickly. A spell is the transposition of intention onto the physical plane. There's no spell without Intentions. #witchsky

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Day 3 (I'm lateeee) #witchmadness What's a simple daily ritual you practice? I find a moment every day to honour my ancestors: i clean their altar, give them new offerings, just be present with them in complete silence and then I say some prayers for them, that's it 💫 #witchsky #folkmagic

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Amazing, I'm glad to hear that! 😊

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Each witch's practice differs depending on the region they live in, working with the spirits that inhabit their land and using materials from their territory

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Day 2: #WitchMadness Italian Witchcraft is a set of practices based on Italian history and folklore, which varies from region to region. It includes animistic and shamanic elements and a syncretized heritage of the pagan religion that were present on the peninsula, especially Greek, Roman and Norse

Witches flying on brooms and goats in the night. They're followed by two bats and the waxing moon is shining. They fly over an asleep town

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I'd like to know that! thank you, you're so kind 😊🫶🏻

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Oh my god this is gorgeous ❤️‍🔥

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Amazing, that's exactly what I meant! 😊

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My favourite herb has to be rosemary for its scent, taste and magical properties! But I also love and use lavender as well💜

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This doesn't mean that a modern practitioner of italian folk magic can't call themself a witch, it simply means they must be aware that this term does not apply to all practitioners

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Italian witchcraft may include elements of folk magic and syncretism with Catholicism, but they are two distinct things. Many elderly keepers of magical knowledge do not wish to be called witches because in italian folklore this word carries a strong negative connotation #witchmadness

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Also, the famous "Stregheria" is not Italian Witchcraft but an Italian American revival of Witchcraft based on a hypothetical (and historically unverified) witch-cult, primarily focused on Tuscany, without considering the history and traditions of all of Italy #witchmadness #witchsky

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Day 1 #witchmadness: What is Italian Witchcraft? Let's start with what it isn't. It is not a clearly structured body of practices and beliefs because each region of Italy has its own traditions, folklore, and history (continues below 👇🏻)

Young woman with a laurel crown, a little scythe in ther hand, pointing to the sky.

Italian traditional folk amulets: cornicello, le corna, garlic and an iron horseshoe

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Welcome on BlueSky Ethan🫶🏻💫

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"By the goddess I worship most of all, my chosen helper Hecate, who dwells in the inner chamber of my house, none of them shall pain my heart and smile at it!"-Medea, Euripides #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky

A domestic shrine for Hekate. On the shrine lays offerings of onions and garlic, two red candles, a cauldron, a sea shell, a rosary, a key, a chalice of red wine, dog bones and the statue of a snake. On the wall there's a clay rapresentation of the goddess

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

There are some italian books about her but unfortunately, I'm not sure if there are any translated editions in English. 😢 Sabrina Magliocco writes a bit about her in "Who was Aradia? The history and Development of a Legend"

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Dianus Le Fay @dianuslefay.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Bellezza Orsini was an italian folk healer who was tried for witchcraft in 1528. Although her confessions should not be taken literally due to torture, this remains one of the most beautiful descriptions of what witchcraft truly is #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky #witchcraft #italianwitchcraft

English translation of a passage from Bellezza Orsini's witchcraft confession.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

An old song, often attributed to coming from Cornwall, about a sea witch. The incredible painting "Sea Witch" by the incredible illustrator and concept artist Adrien Amilhat. #FolkloreThursday #Witchsky #FolkWitch

An old folk song, often attributed as coming from Cornwall:
"I think I'd like to be a witch,
To sail upon the sea,
In a tub or sieve, in storm or shine,
’Mid wild waves flashing free.
I'd catch the billows by the mane,
The bounding billows and strong,
Goad them, and curb them, or trample them down,
Or lull them with a song.

I'd churn the sea, I'd tether the winds,
As suited my fancy best,
Or call the thunder out of the sky,
When the clouds were all at rest.

I'd wreck great ships, if they crossed my path,
With all the souls on board,
Wretched, but not so wretched as I,
In the judgements of the Lord.

And then, maybe, I'd choose out one
With his floating yellow hair,
And save him, for being like my love,
In the days when I was fair;

In the days when I was fair and young,
And innocent and true;
And then, perhaps, I'd give him a kiss,
And drown him in the blue,

In the blue, blue sea, too good to live
In a world so rotten and bad:
I think I'd like to be a witch,
To save me from going mad."—Anon

The incredible painting "Sea Witch" by the incredible illustrator and concept artist Adrien Amilhat.
https://narrativepainting.net/adrien-amilhat-the-sea-witch-c-2017/

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