For centuries, the word witch has conjured up images of characters dressed in black wearing a pointed hat riding on broomsticks, creating potions and brews, casting spells and following the cycles of the moon but in modern times – minus the riding on broomsticks part – if you look a little deeper, those practices follow nature and the ancient knowledge of years past to help remedy some of today’s ailments. Meet Jocelyn Laferriere, founder of The Belden Witch Metaphysical Shop & Apothecary in Minturn. The self-described witch, empath, healer, yoga instructor and cacao practitioner aims to help you cure what ails you with age-old remedies that have stood the test of time.
After all, to quote Laurie Cabot, witch, psychic, medium, teacher and author: “The witch knows nothing in this world is supernatural, it is all natural.” “All these natural remedies that people have been using for years and years, whether they’re wild harvested ingredients or homegrown ingredients, is a return to or coming closer to the land in a multitude of ways. It can be so simple, but it’s so powerful,” Laferriere said.
“I have people who will refer to this practice and say, ‘this is so New Age,’ and I’ll say, ‘this is not New Age. This is old, very old, and has an old wisdom to it, which is why it works.” “Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
” That famous line spoken by the three witches in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” may paint the pi.
