4/20/2023 0 Comments Magic broom![]() For this, the broom of the witch or the disenchantress or the broom of the mother whose child is haunted by the mother of the forest is used during a disenchanting ritual by sweeping the entrance to the home or by placing it next to the child’s bed. The broom is also a potent tool against Muma Pădurii (the mother of the forest). The Wormwood broom is also used by the Romanian people to bring someone back home, to sweep away evil forces, and even illness by sweeping around the ill. Strigoii, which are believed to mount the brooms of the villagers to go to their nocturnal gatherings on the nights of Sângiorz (April 23) and Sântandrei (November 30), were unable to mount the brooms made of Wormwood. They believe that these special brooms not only sweep away the dirt, but also bad luck and spirits such as the strigoi. For example, for Marina’s Day which is celebrated in Romania on July 17, mothers celebrate Marina, the protector of the souls of dead children, by crafting brooms with bristles made out of Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and offering them to each other alongside flowers, corn, and chicks, and they keep the brooms which they use to sweep their homes and yards. In Romanian lore, the besom is a potent object which becomes truly magical at special occasions. Not only does it make for a protective magical besom, but it is also an important ingredient in the making of Absinthe and it takes its name from queen-commander Artemisia, named so after the goddess of the wildland and the Moon beloved by all witches, Artemis. This plant is used by Romanian women to create bristles for magical besoms on Marina’s Day. Artemisia absinthium or Wormwood from “Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz” by Dr. While every witch knows that you can use the besom for cleansing and energy sweeping, there is more to the power of the broom that is often overlooked. While nowadays the besom is not a flying vehicle anymore, it is still very potent in ritual magic and witchcraft. It was believed that an ointment was used on the handle of the broom that either made it levitate or made the witch hallucinate and gave her the sensation of flying when mounting it. It became associated with witchcraft at a time when it was believed that witches concealed their wands among the bristles of their brooms and consequently used them to fly on them to their nocturnal gatherings and sabbaths. The besom or the witch’s broom is a humble and apparently common household object. As depicted here, the broom is most constantly thought of as a magical vehicle that carries the witch or the wizard to the sabbath or to a metaphysical world. “Los Caprichos” print by Francisco Goya from 1799.
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