Witch Dance

A Magical Performance
of Power & Beauty

Dance is more than movement—it is magic in motion. In this ground-breaking work, Oscar Tusk unveils a forgotten yet vital aspect of Traditional Witchcraft: the Witch Dance. Long depicted in folklore and ritual as central to the Craft, dance has too often been overlooked as a true source of magical power. This book restores its place at the heart of witchery.

Through a blend of history, practical guidance, and lived tradition, Witch Dance explores both the communal circle dances that raise power in covens and the solitary movements that open the gates to the Lunar Astral. From subtle gestures and postures performed by candlelight to ecstatic expressions of will, Tusk shows how the body itself becomes a spell—an offering of power, beauty, and transformation.

With step-by-step instruction, chants, and ritual practices, this book invites witches of all abilities—young and old, beginner and adept, able-bodied and disabled—to discover the liberating truth: if you can move, you can dance, and if you can dance, you can weave magic.

A guide to preparation, ritual tools, sigils, and sacred visualization grounds the work, while practical dance sequences unlock the mysteries of knowledge, power, balance, will, and insight. Whether performed in solitude or with others, Witch Dance offers a path to embody magic, to become the spell, and to let the spirit move through you.

Witch Dance is both a call to reclaim one of the oldest arts of the Craft and an invitation to embrace dance as a magical performance of power and beauty—accessible to every witch who dares to step into the circle.

Available in the following editions:

Paperback Edition: Gloss with cover, full colour images throughout, printed on white matt coated paper – To follow.

Hardback Edition: Gloss dust jacket with gloss with cover, full colour images throughout, printed on white matt coated paper – To follow.

Special Edition: a purple faux leather case binding of 250 examples with gold foil blocking to cover & spine, printed on white matt coated 115gsm paper stock with full colour images, black end papers, with black head and tail bands.

Size: All editions – 187 x 114mm 111 pages

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Prologue
Alternate Dance Practices
Chapter 1 – Preparation
Chapter 2 – So you think you can’t dance
   Basic Movements
Chapter 3 – Creating the Mood
   Dance Ritual Timing
   Introduction to Astrology
   Planetary Rulers and Aspects
Chapter 4 – Musical and Other Accompaniment
   The Components of Rhythm and Melody
   Instruments for Witch Dance
   Vocal Accompaniment
Chapter 5 – Dances for Individuals and Groups
   Individual Dances
   Small Group Dances
   Medium-Sized Dances
   Large Group Dances
   Dances for Children
Chapter 6 – More Beginning Musical Theory for Dance
   Musical Composition
   A Basic Understanding of Time Signature
Chapter 7 – Book of Songs
   Blessings
   Blessing for Good Health
   Blessing for Cure
   Blessing of a Home or Domicile
   Blessing of Safe Passage
   Blessing of Good Fortune
   Blessing of Knowledge
   Blessing of Discernment
   Celebrations
   Celebration of Wedding
   Celebration of Solar Returns (Birthdays)
   Celebration of Sexual Union
   Celebration of Childbirth
   Charming (Charging)
   Witch Bottle (Dark)
   Witch Bottle (Bright)
   Goofball (Black Wax)
   Goofball (Red Wax)
   Emblems and Talismans
   Witch Ladder
   Curses
   Relief from Affliction
   Quell the Torment
   Harm Me Not
   Torment be Vanquished
   Fire and Smoke
   Defeat in Battle
   Revenge (Simple Form)
   Revenge of the Witches
   Union and Joining
   Dance of Union
   Death (Funerary)
   Calling of Souls (Receiving the Soul)
   Dance of Slack Arms
   Journey of the Interregnum
   Distribution of the Ashes
   Reunification of the Ashes
   Interment of the Cremains (Grove of Remembrance)
   Recording of Death
   Greetings (Formal Festivals)
   Dance of the Three Crones
   Serpentine Dance
   Maypole Dance

Table of Figures
Figure 1 – The protective Sigil worn during Witch dance magic.
Figure 2 – An explanation of the features of the Dance Sigil illustrated in Figure 1
Figure 3 – An ambigram with an important message
Figure 4 – An ambigram which illustrates the close relationship between magic and ability to form a mental image
Figure 5 – An altar prepared for a dance ritual followed by water or obsidian mirror scrying
Figure 6 – Altar Layout from Figure 2 With Tools and Implements Labelled
Figure 7 – View of the celestial sphere as imagined by ancient Astrologers
Figure 8 – Illustration of the position of the Sun at Summer Solstice
Figure 9 – The Houses of the Zodiac (the equal house system is illustrated)
Figure 10 – Aspect of Opposition (Detriment)
Figure 11 – Square Aspect (Fall)
Figure 12 – Conjunction (Harmony)
Figure 13 – Trine Aspect (Exalted)
Figure 14 – Sextile as stated in Table 2
Figure 15 – The Quadruplicities are associated with the four elements, Air, Water, Earth, and Fire
Figure 16 – Modalities and the Seasons
Figure 17 – An overview of the concepts which underlie the practice of Astrology
Figure 18 – A dance diagram for a small group employing the concept of balance
Figure 19 – The Dance of the Three Crones
Figure 20 – Layout for a Serpentine Dance
Figure 21 – Pathway schematic for the May Pole Dance
Figure 22 – A musical scale in the Key of C Major with pitch notation
Figure 23 – Diagram of Sigil of Sexual Union
Figure 24 – Annotated Sigil of Sexual Union
Table 1 – Guide to the Astrological symbols for the Signs of the Zodiac and the Planetary bodies
Table 2 – Aspects
Table 3 – Various Aspects by sign, planetary ruler, and effect
Table 4 – Book of Songs by Category

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