Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Joann van der Hoeven, author of The Book of Hedge Druidry and the new Path of the Hedge Witch. Hedge Witchcraft is gaining in popularity, as more people are learning about the practice, and how it differs from other traditions of the Craft. Hedge Witches are mostly defined by the practice of hedge riding, a trance technique that enables the practitioner to walk between the worlds. But what are some of the signs that you might wish to explore the tradition of the hedge witch? Here are six, just to get you started: You have a strong connection to the Otherworld or a fey nature Often people who have had experience with faery, the Fair

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Joann van der Hoeven, author of Book of Hedge Druidry. Being a Hedge Druid is all about connecting to the world around you—not just this physical world, but also the Otherworld that lies alongside and overlaps this one. It is about learning where we fit in the world, where we belong, what our place is in the ecosystem. Once we have found our place, we can then work to the benefit of the whole, much like the trees, the nettles, the beetles and the geese. It is about living as naturally as possible, and that means not only being authentic, but also living as close to nature as you can within your own environment. It's about knowing what