about us
Join your local trickster spirits in our dance down the Trickster’s Path toward Mischief, Merriment, and queer folk Magic!
The Trickster’s Apothecary is run by a queer, trans married couple: Robin and Loki. Together, they work to craft the Trickster’s Tradition of queer folk magic. This spirit-led tradition focuses heavily on rediscovering old traditions and reimagining them through a queer lens. They draw on ancient texts, archeology, folklore, folk art, and biology, building their practice from the bottom up while keeping their roots firmly planted in ancient tradition. Their practice is polytheistic, pagan, and animistic. Their magic is rooted in a queer perspective, bringing the magic of the outsider into the center where it can be shared with everyone whose heart is open to it. Their aim is to uncover understandings lost to the telephone-game of history to return that wisdom to modern practitioners. They hope sharing what they have learned will help others build their own unique, fulfilling spiritual practices, knowing not only that their folk magic works, but why it works. By sharing their practice, they hope others will share their own in turn, and that we may all continue to grow together.
The Trickster's Apothecary is based out of the Pacific Northwest where we forage and process plants from the surrounding area and create handmade devotional items for your practice. We give new life to discard items and plant material to create bespoke jewelry, apothecary crafts, and pagan altar decor designed to fit all spaces, large and small.
Robin (he/they): Robin is an Italian-American folk witch who has been practicing for 10 years, reading runes and tarot for 8, and reading professionally for 1 year. They use their background in history and gender studies to delve into existing folk magic traditions and rework them through a queer, nonbinary lens. He draws particularly on the Italian folk magic traditions he caught glimpses of as a child, reimagining them in a queer, pagan light. He also studies queer cultural traditions through the ages to uncover their latent potential for folk magic. Their practice is spirit-led, pagan, and polytheistic, working closely with spirits and deities of the Greco-Roman and Norse cosmologies. They hope to be able to share the knowledge they’ve uncovered with curious minds and open hearts.
Loki (he/him): Loki is a queer Asian Pacific Islander folk witch whose practice centers on animism and helping to navigate the very real intersection between magic and how modern science continues to support knowledge that is centuries old and spirit led. His background in science, education and illustration gives him the ability to help people connect to spirits of nature through understanding and fostering relationships. He works closely with plant and nature spirits, the land and the fey of Celtic and Filipino traditions. His practice is spirit-led, pagan and polytheistic, with a focus on Greek, Egyptian and Celtic cosmologies. He hopes to be able to share the joint knowledge he has connected with his husband, Robin, to anyone with open hearts and minds.