Moons & Musings

  Hi Guys, Going back to animal symbolism today with our little snuffly garden friend, the hedgehog. Hedgehogs are largely nocturnal mammals; they usually hibernate during the colder months and eat slugs and snails in your garden. There are seventeen species of hedgehog found across Europe, Asia and Africa. Due to their habit of curling up into a ball when they feel threatened, they have come to be linked very much with protection and defence. Although people think of them as being related to the porcupine (which is a rodent) these little garden friends are more closely related to shrews! Did you know that up until the Victorian era, they were considered a good source of meat, and that their meat is said to cure variously: Tuberculosis Arthritis Impotence Urinary tract disorders Their blood was touted as a cure for ringworm, cracked skin and warts. They are also said to be immune to snake bites. In Finnish  folklore, the hedgehog is a part of the creation myth, ...

  Hi Guys, Continuing our Spirits series today. This is one animal symbolism post that we have all been dreading having to do as we are all, unfortunately, arachnophobes, so I decided to bite the bullet and get it out of the way. I have put a picture of a web rather than a spider, as I know how much that can trigger people. It used to trigger me! So, spiders are strongly connected to spirit in various ways, some are venomous (lots of things that can speed you to the afterlife are seen as having a connection to Spirit), and the web itself is ethereal, and symbolises the weaving of life. Folklore: There is a lot of folklore and myths regarding spiders, some of which I will cover in this post. The Hopi tribe have a teacher guide called 'spider Woman' who weaves the universe into existence. The Cherokee  have a Grandmother Spider who bought light to the world, caught in her web. In Judaism and Islam spiders are protectors as they hid David and Mohammed from pursuers behind their ...