Witch’s Besom Making Workshop

Name: Witch’s Besom Making Workshop
Start: 2025-10-19T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-19T15:00:00-04:00
Location: 2470 Anderson Highway, Ste K, Powhatan, VA

Schedule

Sun Oct 19 2025 at 12:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

2470 Anderson Highway, Ste K, Powhatan, VA | Powhatan, VA

Join us for this unique and sure to be fun Besom making workshop! We will supply all the tools you need to complete your very own besom! If you have something special you’d like to add to your creation, bring it 🤩 REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please follow the ticketing link to get signed up!
The Witch’s Besom
Bedknobs and broomsticks. Witches are nearly always depicted with their trusty broomsticks. Brooms, also called besoms, have a long history in magic and continue to be used by witches today.
For as long as there have been witches, witches have used brooms. But why? In the Dark Ages, many women were accused of witchcraft…and a broom was a household tool women used on a daily basis. The earliest depiction of a witch flying on a broom is a mural of the goddess Frigga in the Cathedral Schleswig, Germany.
Aside from flying, the witch broom has one main magical purpose – to purify. Physically, we use brooms to sweep away dirt and debris. Magically, we use brooms to sweep away negative energy in our home and sacred space. Some traditions require a witch’s broom to be dedicated solely to magical cleansing, whereas another broom is used for house cleaning. In American folk magic, the same broom is used for house cleaning AND purifying a space. The witch’s broom can be used to cleanse your space, your home, and even a person or object of negative energy. In addition, the witch’s besom will function as a wand and brings prosperity and peace in one’s home.