WITCHES

The fair hamlet I live near, New Hope is a small borough town nestled along the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Incorporated in 1932, the town is rich in Revolutionary War history and George Washington led his troops through New Hope in 1778 on the way to Valley Forge. And my own distant family member, Aaron Burr after stabbing Alexander Hamilton, escaped and hid in New Hope for a few weeks. In addition to its historical interest and the town being settled by an artist colony, and later members of the Algonquin Round Table, the other part of the community was into witchcraft and witchery... and  New Hope has long been a hub for paranormal enthusiasts who hope to encounter the town's famous spooks and specters. While most of the witches around here don't let it be known who they are, there is actually a meet up for those who are not afraid to attend. I understand there have been witch covens here for years. It seems to almost go hand in hand with the hauntedness of the town. I comes as no surprise then that the ecclectic town features many New Age, Occult and witchcraft shops the sell all kind of provisions. While I'm not a practicing witch by any means, I do go to many of the local witch shops, to get smug cedar wood to scent the house and "clean it"  and have also been known to get some candles and herbs of wellness. Two guys I know, are witches and have a very nice shop called Mystical Tymes. They have the shop packed with anything you need.

Edward and Eric can tell you what every one of the herbs or minerals does, and can give you a potion for whatever hails you, or something you may need to put a spell on someone.  Next time I go in I want a spell for DC and Trump as part of my world domination !!! It's actually pretty cool to see some witches in there with their list of what they need. And no, I have not seen frogs legs, or hair from warts in there.

Here is their cat Morgana who is aged at 21 years!!!!!! She gauds the white sage smug.

Others times I have gone to the Witch Shop to have palm reading, or my tarots cards read and I also love a candle they have there.

I go here to sometime get my Beltane candle and incense for the festival of the same name. This variety has been  blessed by a high priests of the local coven.

The opening picture of the post is from my friends house in the room where I stay. I do believe our own Mr. DeVice would feel at home here with a selection of brooms to get around on! It's is all just another part of this interesting town in which we live. It seems like this time of year is when I gets more noticed. Especially the witches. But the ghosts and spirits are more easily felt year round. And I'm not joking about the witches either. We even have yield to witch crossings.