Hunting for Witches: an ancestral retelling

Kate Hewett searches the stories and symbols of her lineage to reclaim her roots and re-imagine her ancestral story.

Anting-anting: some personal talismans

'Anting-anting' ('agimat' in Tagalog) is the Ilokano word for amulets or charms. They can be made of any type of material; sometimes they are printed spells or magical words. They are worn, sewn into the skin or clothes, tattooed, or otherwise carried. Angela Natividad describes some of her personal anting-anting collection.

Why myth is more important than ever – interview with Manda Scott

Writer, teacher and activist Manda Scott talks to Edgewise about myths, gods and stories in this time of planetary emergency.

‘Troubled relations’

In text and images Anja Byg explores the challenges, joys and paradoxes inherent in our relations with human and non-human others.

Solitude, my secret joy

Security, privacy and containment: Sara Hudston finds these are essential characteristics for generating the 'flash upon that inward eye / Which is the bliss of solitude'.

‘Blodeuedd of the Otherworld’

Kate Hewett stalks the magical Celtic character of Blodeuedd through the Welsh story she appears in, the Otherworld she appears from, the land that gives her embodiment, and the messages she sends when attempts are made to recreate her.

‘The Call’

You don’t have to choose to leave the place you were born – sometimes you are pushed. And sometimes you are claimed. Angela Natividad, who grew up in California, meditates on how Paris claimed her.