People of Seed and Stone

[FrodoSwaggins]

Do you know the difference between evocation and invocation? Do you have sympathies within the far realms? If so, this post is for you.

A new Scottish tartan has been created to honor the thousands of people—primarily women—executed for witchcraft in Scotland between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Witches of Scotland is a movement seeking  “Justice for people accused and convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1563-1736”

The Witches of Scotland tartan is part of a campaign to recognize what advocates call one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the nation’s history. The design was registered on February 11, 2025, on the Scottish Register of Tartans.  The new tartan design will serve as a living memorial to those persecuted under the Witchcraft Act.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/02/newly-appro...t-act.html
   
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartan...?ref=14651

This design was created to memorialise those who suffered as a result of The Witchcraft Act 1563 to 1736 in Scotland. This tartan will be woven to make products to help create a ‘living memorial’. The black & grey colours are intended to represent both the dark times of this period and ashes of those burned. It also incorporates red & pink colours, symbolic of the legal tapes used to bind papers both during that time and now. The threadcount of this design incorporates the years 1563 and 1736, represented as single entries, 1+5+6+3 = 15 and 1+7+3+6 = 17. These are shown in black and grey surrounding a white check of 3 threads, these threads represent the core objectives of the organisation, which are to ensure a pardon, an apology and memorials are achieved. The large black section of 173 threads is intended to represents the 173 years of darkness and red & pink sections are repeated 3 times, for the 3 prime objectives of the Witches of Scotland organisation.

And may I highly suggest visiting (and bookmarking!) the people behind this movement at Prickly Thistle?
https://pricklythistle.shop/
Wild Hunt also looks spectacular:
https://wildhunt.org/