The Witches Apple: Forbidden Fruit and Folklore Magick.

Beneath the sweetness of the apple lies an ancient darkness — the echo of temptation, the whisper of death, and the promise of rebirth.

No other fruit bears such duality: beauty and danger, wisdom and deceit, life and decay. To the witch, the apple is not a snack — it is a spell in disguise.

The Lore of the Poisoned Fruit

Since time immemorial, apples have appeared in the tales that shape our shadows.

In Celtic myth, apples grew on Avalon, the Otherworldly Isle of the Dead, where priestesses tended orchards that bore fruit all year round. The apple was their key — a portal between the mortal and spirit realms.

The Norse goddess Idunn guarded her golden apples to keep the gods young, for without them, even immortals wither.

And in darker corners of folklore, the apple tempts and destroys — from Eve’s fall in Eden to Snow White’s cursed bite, where beauty conceals betrayal.

To slice an apple crosswise is to reveal the witch’s secret: a pentagram hidden in the heart of the fruit — the five points of the elements, the star of protection, the mark of the old ways.

The apple bridges opposites: the sacred and the profane, sweetness and rot. It is both blessing and curse, a vessel for magic that mirrors the witch herself.

Apples in Witchcraft and Spellwork

The Apple of Love and Blood

Carve the names of two lovers into the red skin of an apple.

Drizzle it with honey and rose petals, then bury it beneath a blooming tree at dusk.

As the fruit decays, so shall the spell root itself — love taking hold in flesh and soil alike.

(Beware, though: love magic has a price, and the apple remembers every vow whispered into its skin.)

The Apple of Sight

To seek truth from the unseen, cut an apple crosswise beneath the moon.

Gaze upon the pentacle within — it is the mirror of the soul.

Burn a black candle beside it and whisper your question.

When the flame flickers, watch the reflections in the apple’s flesh — for that is where the spirits speak.

The Apple of the Dead

At Samhain, leave an apple on your doorstep or altar for wandering souls.

The fruit guides the restless, a lantern in edible form — a token of remembrance.

Witches once cast apples into running water to carry messages to the Otherworld.

The current knows the path to Avalon.

The Apple of Healing

Not all apple magic is dark. The fruit is tied to renewal and wholeness.

For emotional wounds, slice an apple horizontally and anoint the star with honey.

Eat it beneath the waxing moon, calling upon Venus to soften your sorrow.

The sweetness returns balance to the heart — and the heart governs all spells.

Apples, Death, and the Turning Year

As the nights lengthen and the harvest rots, apples fall from the trees like crimson offerings.

In the old witch’s calendar, this is the time of descent — when life ferments into spirit, and sweetness fades into wisdom.

At Samhain, the apple becomes a charm for passage:

it honors the ancestors, beckons the departed, and marks the threshold between the seen and unseen.

To the witch, the apple is never just fruit — it is forbidden knowledge made flesh.

Each seed holds the memory of Avalon, each slice a reflection of mortality.

When you next bite into one, taste carefully. You are partaking in the oldest spell ever cast: the spell of knowing.