Haus Of Ophidious LLC

Haus of Ophidious - a House of Serpents - is an act of devotion and adoration: a living expression of the currents of Witchcraft that have shaped and sustained me. Haus of Ophidious is a serpent’s nest - alive and thrumming with the verdant blood of the forest, a fertile field of star-fire tilled and tended by those who dwell in the belly of the earth. Founded in 2016 originally as Earth and Bone Apothecary, Haus of Ophidious shed its skin and adopted its current name in 2018, and has grown through years of study, devotion, and disciplined practice. While I started this work in the southern foothills of the Appalachian mountains, I am now located in the Hudson Valley in the shadow of the Catskill Mountains, where I serve as a co-caretaker of land and steward of a farm which serves as temple grounds for several traditions. I am a Macumbeiro in a Quimbanda de Angola lineage, initiated in Cabula Maville Kitula kia Njila under Tata Nzundu, Gary Noriyuki, and an initiate of Witchcraft, endlessly inspired by European folk magical traditions. The currents and traditions that I am a part of are blended here with precision, respect, and an understanding of lineage, obligation, and a desire for ethical spiritual practice. Building on a relationship, relationality, and blending of the land, the traditions that I am involved with, that which inspires me, and an emboldened desire for an enchanted future, I strive always for Haus of Ophidious to be a place where the serpents of earth and firmament, past and future, coil together in writhing desire.

Working hand in hand with spirit, impulse, and muse, I forge effective vessels of spirit-driven magic. Every oil, powder, talisman, and working is approached as a relationship rather than a commodity. Great care is taken in the ethical, moral, and spiritual procurement of ingredients, whether sourced, gathered, or prepared by my own hand - so that what is offered carries integrity alongside power. Haus of Ophidious exists for the rooted and the erudite: for witches and workers who live in ongoing dialogue with their ancestors, their spirits, and the tides of the Soul. 

Through the eyes and the mouth of the Serpent,

Jackson Walker