Tag: Balkan

My Travelogue: The Balkan Express — Part 1

Departure from Berlin Central Station on a Friday morning in February 2023, with minimal luggage and a cloth bag of supplies for the following eleven-hour train journey to Budapest. There was no precise plan where to go after that, just towards the Balkans and the sea. My luggage was light becaus...

An Introduction to Balkan Folk Magic

Like many old world practices, traditional Balkan magic has historically been carried out by cunning folk, healers and seers who were gifted in communicating with the “other world”. These community healers practiced generational family knowledge, remedies and prayers passed down fro...