Scottish Witchcraft: A Complete Guide to Authentic Folklore, Spells, and Magickal Tools

Written by Barbara Meiklejohn-Free and Ronald Hutton

Narrated by Ruth Urquhart

Hear the Call of the Highlands for Powerful Magick, Healing, and Divination

Take a journey through the magickal folk traditions of Scotland. Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, a Scottish hereditary witch, shares her own spiritual awakening into the craft and shows you how to integrate these practices into your own life. Discover the secrets of divination, scrying, faery magick, and communication with ancestors. Explore herb and plant lore and specific rituals to address what you most desire. Filled with inspiring anecdotes, craft history, and step-by-step instructions, this book will help you begin a new chapter of spiritual discovery.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jul 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705236628

Barbara Meiklejohn-Free

Barbara Meiklejohn-Free (United Kingdom) was born and raised in the Highlands of Scotland. She is an author, singer, drummer, flautist, and storyteller—all of which she employs in weaving together the ancient craft of the shaman, seer, and mystic. After the passing of her spiritual mentor, Barbara was bestowed the title of Highland Seer. She is also the cocreator of the Dark Goddess Oracle Cards, Witches' Kitchen Oracle Cards, and Witches' Wisdom Oracle Cards.

Reviews for Scottish Witchcraft

[Maxine Kurtz · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

As someone who's practiced Irish and Scottish folk magic for years, this book wasn't quite what I was hoping for. Rather than focusing on the history of Scottish witchcraft ( though, to be fair to the author she does leave a few bread crumbs here and there ), much of what she wrote about pertained to her own personal experiences. This read more like a memoire than a book about the practice itself, so the title feels a little misleading to me. It's also misleading that the author brings up the 'rule of three' several times throughout the book without clarifying that this is a uniquely Wiccan ideology that doesn't apply to witchcraft on the whole, or to Scottish witchcraft in particular; despite the number three being culturally significant throughout Scotland and Ireland. Had this book been published in the 60's or even the mid 90's I probably would have felt a bit more inclined to overlook that wee detail, but... 2019? Again, much of this is her personal practice, but to state it as fact is a stretch.
Apart from this, the author is clearly a skilled writer and there is certainly value to be found in her experiences as a hereditary Scottish practitioner. The tidbits of culture and history she includes are absolutely lovely and I enjoyed hearing about the sacred stones scattered throughout Scotland and Ireland, as well as the many uses for 'hag stones' or 'witch stones', etc., that are mentioned.
If you're looking for factual information regarding the history and cultural impact of witchcraft in Scotland you'll probably be disappointed, but I wouldn't go so far as to skip over the book entirely. It's interesting to hear about another person's practice and how their cultural background has influenced it in this much detail.

[Diane Isa Devine · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a very thorough book of Scottish lore and old world practices.