Symbols & stories

A familiar image is still a question.

Look beyond the seasonal stereotype: objects, marks and representations need context.

Symbols & stories · INTERPRETATION

A mark is an observation. Its meaning is a question.

How to describe a carved shape without turning an interpretation into a certainty.

Symbols & stories · INTERPRETATION

The black cat and broomstick: an image is not an origin story

Read familiar witch imagery as changing representation, rather than a single ancient code.

Symbols & stories · MODERN INTERPRETATION

Modern witchcraft, Wicca and the danger of one label

Make room for living identities without projecting them onto everyone in an old accusation.

Keep the layers visible

Primary record, later interpretation, folk tradition and modern practice are labelled throughout. A question that remains open is a useful research result.

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