Wisht Waters

The Cult & Magic of Water
By Gemma Gary
Troy Books 

The numinous hangs heavy around bodies of water - places of liminality and otherworldly congress, haunted by eldritch presences and rituals of magic and custom. Wisht Waters explores the spirits, deities, magical traditions and ceremonies of holy wells, sacred springs, pools, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, the sea and dew, alongside matters of hydromancy and the use and significance of water within the witch-cult. Wisht - a dialect word from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, UK meaning 'weird', 'uncanny' or relating to supernatural influence. First published by Three Hands Press in 2014 as part of the Occult Monograph series as Wisht Waters - Aqueous Magica and the Cult of Holy Wells, Troy Books is pleased to reissue the title with the addition of complimentary photography.