Summer is gone, harvest is done!
All the fresh seeds are now available in the shop and can be purchased single, in bundles or as part of new seed boxes. This autumn there will also come a new small edition of Black Flower Seed Boxes. Pre-order is open now!
September 18, 2026
Posted In: Herbs & Seeds, Boxes, Garden, News & Site Updates
Tags: poison path, black flowers, gothic garden, seeds, witch herbs, seed boxes, garden, witch garden
While spending 3 days weeding the pavements in my mom’s abundant wild herb garden in Dresden, where the aromatics simply burst from every vacuole, the heat of August took it’s sacrifice elsewhere. To say I was devastated at the sight of my raised bed back in Düsseldorf is an understatement.
It took 2 hours, cutting everything back to the base and getting accustomed to the sight of this dead bed.
The above pictures show the flower bed in spring – with sweetgras, snow heath, fritillaria and lenten rose in bloom and wet from the rain – and now. The rain had been missing a little too long.
Two nights and a cigarr later I pursued my long forged plan – the production of ashes from herbs harvested long times ago. The dead bed is now my ritual table on which I cremate the bodeis of my allies.
It is tabula rasa.
The blackening thus commences.
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August 26, 2026
Tags: ashes, cremation, plant allies, ritual, alchemy, garden, august, august fire, combustion
Time flies and Ostara feels like an eternity away, even though we came back from our spring vacation in Dresden just 2 weeks ago… and now it’s already straight towards Walpurgisnacht and the May full moon, which happens to fall right on the 1st!
Meanwhile, and while waiting for last seed and tumble stone orders to arrive, I’ve been digging further into the wonders of stones (mainly their colors and appearance, but also their alleged esoteric qualities)… now the Beltane boxes come with gorgeous and rare lavender jade pendants, hopefully blessing its wearer with inner and outer peace. In addition I am awaiting the arrival of four rare green (!) moonstones, vibrant yellow-green lizzardite and purple stichtit inside of serpentine to be included in the next treasuries…
I am also planning to organize the sowing instructions according to the best time of sowing. And while I do so, and while you may be waiting for the arrival of your box, you can already begin cleansing and setting up sowing pots as well as planning your sowing calendar.
At the time of posting this, there are precisely one Beltane box and one Seed box left in the shop.
I am working on more, but these will likely take another month or two before nearing completion – but therefore will inlcude fresh hellebore seeds from new varities that have developed in our garden. 😉
April 23, 2026
Posted In: Boxes, Herbs & Seeds, Feast Days
Tags: beltane, garden year, seeds, witch herbs, sowing, seed boxes, boxes, witch garden
Preview of new spring treasure boxes taking shape: as Ostara approaches, I am spending every free hour on completing these works. The spring blessing boxes have received their pyrogravure (done with a laser printer), simultaneously the new set of seed boxes have been pyrgraphed (by hand). The Spring boxes are colored in a yellow green inspired by the catkins of birch and hornbeam and come with miniature phytograms, a beautiful prehnit tumblestone pendant and some more extras. The seed boxes also received their colors today. More details and photos of the ready boxes will follow the coming days…
Both are available for pre-order – only 1 left of the spring boxes and 3 of the seed boxes!
March 29, 2026
Posted In: Boxes, Herbs & Seeds, Feast Days
Tags: ostara, seed boxes, boxes, pyrography, spring, the blessing seal of spring
Moos-Monat
Das Licht der Februarsonne reinigt
Die goldenen Kätzchen der Hasel gleichen dem Goldregen, mit dem Frau Holle ihre treue Dienerin segnete
Frau Holle hat sich verjüngt und sendet ihre ersten Frühlingsboten
February 20, 2026
Posted In: Nature
Tags: february, moss, snowdrops, winter, nature, photography, imbolc
Out of the dark and turmoils of January emerges the first light of 2026 – my offering for Imbolc:
Box, lasered with the image of the reborn goddess carrying the sun, surrounded by the first flowers of the season, while Lupercalia are lurking in the distance…
Soon it is time to sow the new seeds.
The box includes:
-handmade sweetgrass doll
– white cloth blessed under the February full moon
– Ametrine, rutilated quartz (venus hair quartz), moss and tree agate
– Imbolc incense
– 3 beeswax candles
– birch bark, for drawing spells upon
– witch hazel phytograph (nature print) with Imbolc seal drawn on the backside
January 31, 2026
Posted In: Herbs & Seeds, Feast Days, Boxes, Ritual
Tags: feast days, wheel of the year, holle, imbolc, candlemass, #lent, incense, box set, ritual tools, boxes
“As someone who has studied these things for all of my life, I really loved and appreciated this writing. I was still able to learn some new things and see some new angles that she explored that I hadn’t yet myself. The writing arrives at the same conclusions that I myself have in many things but often arrives there through different references than what I had used. She also adds a lot of regional German and older secular references that were new to me.
The only possible criticism that I could dare to offer is that her extensive attention to detail and references could come across as thick to some. Then I re-read my last piece and realized I do the same thing but somehow worse.
~Hangedman’s Seed”
Part 1 of my winter essays is now up for download!
“Winter I” is a summary of the natural and supernatural phenomena that occur during the cold and dark half of the year.
Content:
❄️Hunters in the Black of Night and White of Day: birds of prey, overwintering birds, subterreanean life, hair ice
❄️Celtic calendar, Samhain, Winter Solstice, Mutternacht
❄️Time of Taboos and Dark Folklore: household taboos, Perchta/Frau Holle, Spillaholle, Irish Phuca, Raunächte
❄️Elusive White Deer of the Otherworld: Arthur, Pwyll Pen Annwfn, St. Eustache, St. Hubert
❄️Of Hunting and Haunting: black huntsmen, wild hunt, cursed hunters, Herne
❄️Ancient God of the Wild: Cernnunos
❄️Hunting Goddesses and Hunters: Artemis, Actaeon, Orion
❄️The Wrath of Winter: Wendigo
I am already working on part 2…
November 19, 2025
Posted In: Essays
Tags: essays, saint eustache, wendigo, pwyll, winter folklore, herne, winter tales, mutternacht, winter, cernnunos, frau holle, orion, wild hunt, winter hexagon, percht, artemis, perchta, actaeon, rauhnächte, saint hubertz
Say hello to Radha Juggernaut and Bodhi 🙂
These two healthy mandrake roots are now available in the shop.
Bodhi (to the right) is named so for its posture and serene appearance, radiating ease of mind and inner peace. It is currently thriving with lots of strong green leaves.
Likewise is Rahda Juggernaut (to the left). A dear colleague suggested the name and I could not think of any better title. Though not quite as big, it appears massive and has dozens of root tendrils (a sign of its health). A juggernaut was an Indian temple wagon, but later became associated with something mosntrous and unstoppable, perhaps because once the wagon was set into motion, it could not be stopped anymore. At the same time this root has something gentle and giving about it, hence I added the surname Rhada.
Over the years I have sent many mandrakes with their portraits to new homes and together we experienced wonders and transformations, all tied to these powerfull root allies. It is thus a tradition that we keep alive by fostering and caring for the mandrake.
By purchasing this root and artwork you agree to care for the root and handle the art according to the standards outlined in my form for purchasing original art from me.
Ships with DHL Express. Please e-mail me at info @ teufelskunst.com for exact shipping cost.
November 13, 2025
Posted In: Mandrake Project
Tags: alraune, mandragora officinarum, mandrake project, witch herbs, Mandrake, roots
