‘I’m a witch from Birmingham and I use spells to improve the weather’

Meet the married witches who live in domestic bliss - as they can fix any issues with the power of SPELLS.

Anne and Timothy Edge regularly use witchcraft to help around the home and to improve the weather. The loved-up pair even use spells for health purposes - drinking mullein tea to help the lungs and using metal on the shoulder blades to help with nosebleeds.

Anne, 49, met Timothy, 56, in her friend's car in February 1998, and they ''instantly fell in love''. She quickly introduced her witchcraft, spells and rituals to Tim and displayed the domestic benefits of asking the universe for help.

Now the couple cast spells to help them find their adventurous cat from their home made spell book, The Book of Shadows. Anne, an event organiser, from Birmingham, said: "We cast spells in our daily lives. They can help in all sorts of ways.

"A find a familiar helps with the cat. This spell will locate or draw an animal to us. We even cast weather spells to clear the sky. Spells bring us closer to each other and nature. Our souls are intertwined and connect us to a higher power.''

Anne first noticed her natural talent for spells when she astra travelled - a way to travel your consciousness through the material plane - to a friend's house. After confiding in her grandma, Connie Animes, who passed away in 2003, Anne discovered she also had magical powers. Grandma, Connie set about teaching her remedies like drinking nettle tea for hay fever and doc leaves for nettle stings.

Anne said: "She was incredibly clever, and we were very close. My parents found it weird that I loved playing with plants with my nan. I loved country witchcraft.'' Country witchcraft is a form of spellcasting that uses the natural world- like plants and nature- to redirect energy and cast spells.

Anne continued to explore this world after having her daughter, Charlotte, 29, and meeting Tim in 1998. Anne said: ''Tim and I met in his car. After just 20 minutes I asked to see him again it was a powerful feeling."

Anne, a mother-of-three, said: "I was quick to show my witchcraft to him. We both loved nature so I know he would understand. The first spell I showed was a sending healing ritual.

"Before you do any spells you cast a circle of protection made of energy. He actually broke the circle the first time. He loved it, and now he hasn't turned back. And it wasn't long until he started to cast his own spells.''

Soon, Timothy and Anne began to write their own spells to help with everyday living. In the garden of their home they create protection circles to keep the house and family safe from harm. Additionally, when they lose any of their 13 cats, they cast a find a lost familiar spell to bring them home.

Anne said: "Every spell consists of rituals with different components. Sometimes we burn some of the cat's fur. We like to ask guardians of the watchtowers for guidance. The protectors of the east, south, west and north. We ask them for help and for insight."

The married pair's date nights normally consist of attending ancient sites or circles. The couple even joined a coven over five years ago, named The Coven of Gaia, with over 26 members that wear purple robes, plan festivals and perform rituals together.

Now, Anne is one of the coven heads and arranges their weekly communes and rituals. Since Anne was diagnosed with COPD, osteoporosis and a non-operable brain tumour, in June 2015, the couple and their coven are researching lots more health spells to help her.

The events organiser and part-time witch, said: "Doctors are shocked I'm still on my feet. I believe it's all the energy we've put into our healing spells. We also draw energy from each other which helps ease the physical pain. Even after 25 years together, we still learn new ways to work together. Every spell together connects us." The Coven of Gaia is holding their next festival named a festival for pagans and witches on the 11th and 12th of May - find out more information at: A Pagans and Witches Festival