hedge riding

English

Etymology

From hedge (“boundary”) +‎ riding (“traversing, crossing”), where the boundary is that separating this world from the spirit world.

Noun

hedge riding (uncountable)

1. Shamanic journeying, as practised by a hedge witch.
   • 2012, Harmonia Saille, Pagan Portals - Hedge Witchcraft, John Hunt Publishing, page 10:

     Hedge riding is shamanic in nature and is usually solitary as the hedge witch is solitary, but there is no reason why you cannot practice with others.

   • 2014, Trevor Greenfield, Witchcraft Today - 60 Years On, John Hunt Publishing, unnumbered page:

     Hedge riding may be part of the spell a hedge witch puts together.

   • 2018, Rachel Patterson, Witchcraft...Into the Wilds, John Hunt Publishing, unnumbered page:

     The hedge is the symbolic boundary between the worlds. Hedge riding is the journey your spirit takes into the Otherworld or Underworld realms, sometimes called the upper and lower realms. The middle realm being our everyday world that we live in.
     Hedge riding can take our spirit travelling back into the past to connect with our ancestors and we can meet and talk with our past-life selves.

Translations

shamanic journeying as practised by a hedge witch

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References

• "Hedge Riding Series: What Is Hedge Riding?" (blog post) at Flying the Hedge

Further reading

• Soul flight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spirit world (Spiritualism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia