Any Witches Here ? Part 3

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Or Wiccans. or Pagans? Or anyone who is interested in a magical path or feels some magical stirrings.

A place for support, learning, swapping ideas and magical inspiration

All welcome.

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Thank you.

Just dropped my DD back at university, came home to find OH and DS st the kitchen table doing some cabling(( IT- Cat5- no idea what that means!) and drinking a glass of beer each- wires and crimpers every where.
Seems like a small step, but the brightest I have seen him all week,
Now having some peppermint tea and an early night- I have a 9am body pump class- exercise really helps get my emotions in a good place.

Bellecose2

THank you.

Mawkish I've been learning tarot (combination of practising by myself, one to ones with a medium friend and going to groups) for a couple of years. I've never really felt comfortable with my cards though, they felt too powerful and scared me a bit. I feel much happier with the Everyday Witch set.

Elphame the witchy shop is great isn't it? I love Cornwall

User and Bellecose thank you for your kind words and advice. I’m trying to encourage my knee to knit by drinking lots of water, Vitamin D, and rosehip capsules. Weirdly, the pain is minimal. I really only get sore after the surgeon has taken a good old poke around.

speakout hope tomorrow is a brighter day.

Hello everyone.

My night away in Glastonbury is coming up next week. I’ve had to scroll through the second thread to find the advice and recommendations some of you kindly gave me. Thank you Elphame, BlankTimes and TooManyPaws. I’ve jotted them down.

I will be there for the night of the New Moon.

Wandering, exploring, adventuring. Walking and observing and absorbing. It’s very mindful I guess, and I get a lot from it. It doesn’t necessarily matter where, as long as the purpose of being in a place is to simply be in that place. Funny that I’ve picked Glastonbury to be my first solitary trip away since having kids.

I feel an urge to draw a card tonight, an image and an idea to mull over in light of my trip. Still tarot card-less though! Maybe I’ll stumble on a deck during my trip.

Tarot users here do you also get this natural urge to draw a card to guide your thoughts before an event? It’s the first time I’ve felt it and it seems a very natural way to gather thoughts. Like a distant echo of some subconscious muscle memory.

FitzsFool What an absolutely brilliant idea! I am currently laid up in bed and casting around for ways to connect to my inner witch (beside reading) Drawing May be just what I need. I am not familiar with tarot. Perhaps simple line drawing will focus my mind on symbolism.

Ah secretwitch I meant draw as in pick.

But funnily enough, drawing as in pencil and paper is my go to for organising my thoughts. So not so much a misinterpretation as a reinterpretation.

Your response has inadverntly served as a reminder of the tools I already have my disposal. Thank you.

Hope you feel better soon.

Ohhh, FitzsFool I must have been searching for my own answer! So strange how things work out, though...

Sending you and your son positive thoughts Speakout
What you said about the exhaustion of being an empath really resonated with me - it’s something i’ve Been experiencing with my family over recent weeks too.

I’m currently awake for no particular reason except anxious energy and feeling rather restless, though reading this thread, surrounded by my familiars and a cup of chamomile tea is definitely helping me to feel sleepy again - I definitely need to focus on self-care at the moment.

Speakout - glad to hear that your ds had a happier evening. Its hard when our kids struggle.

I have an odd question about static electricity. Does anyone notice that they are more prone to it dependant on their mood? Since I decided to start my journey I have suffered horrific static electricity and the fizz of shocks (occasionally complete with sparks, regularly loud enough for other people to hear it). It is not what wearing/doing related because I can wear the same thing and do the same thing and not have problems at other times. Eg spend all morning receiving painful shocks, not get a single one in the afternoon, vice versa, or even not at all. It is worse at work but not limited to it. Tracking it appears to be mood linked. Any suggestions, ideas about what is either causing it or course of action to tame?

I am working on the suggestions I have previously been given, visualisation is improving and I have to work on being very mindful of my thoughts, I never realised the paths my mind wanders off on on its own were so destructive , Nurturing my inner child is going slow but i realised that is probably related to past events and probably means that when I master it, it will be more beneficial to me.

Morning, and thanks everyone for your kind words.

SecretWitch I hope you are feeling a lot better soon, I too send healing thoughts.

Veterinari I hope that you managed to get a restful night, and that your relative is feeling calm and managing the situation.

I was going to body pump this morning, but may go shopping for a few hours with OH instead. Supermarkets are open 24/7 here in Scotland and OH and I spend so little time together. It's hardly a date, but we can have a coffee and a catch up.
Usually Sunday mornings we are tied as one of us has to drive my mother to church for 10am then pick her up again.

I also so super busy with work, keeping on top of ordering supplies is a job in itself! So I want to spend this afternoon working.

HillsBesideTheSea I hadn't considered mood and static shocks, I get them a lot too, especially when out in shops or large buildings.
But my biggest source is when I touch my 18 yo daughter. Her and I have sparks flying on a daily basis.
I don't get the shocks when I touch any other family member, and neither does she- it' seems just us two who have the static communication!

Happy Sunday!
speakout, hope you had a lovely coffee with your husband.
Hills, I don’t notice any static electricity increase. I seem to affect things like watches and clocks. They either slow down or speed up.

I am currently sat up in bed surrounded by my cats. They are good and loving nurse maids.

Wishing everyone peace for the upcoming week ✨✨

Hi all, I really need to catch up properly with the thread. I've had a rollercoaster of a week, good and bad. secretwitch I hope you are better soon and speakout I really hope things improve for your son. I think I am putting my poor mum through it at the moment too- she has been with me constantly whilst I have been going through this horrible separation. I don't know how I will manage when my DC are older! The worrying never stops, I think it must only get worse!

I had a lovely trip to Glastonbury yesterday, which really lifted my spirits. I could have spent a fortune but came away with some books, crystals and some essential oils from Starchild. I can't wait for my next chance to go!

InTheTempest

You have been in my thoughts.

I have been through a horrible separation too, but stay strong, light is ahead.

And yes I have come to the conclusion that worrying or stress doesn't stop- it may do for some brief periods, but some difficult situation is normal for all of us.
The job we have is to find self preservation, and to find joy in aspects, moments, a few hours at a time.

We all have complex lives- I think that is part of being human.

Hello everyone, catching up on all the posts.

Speakout hope you had a nice day with your husband and hope your son has a better week this week.

Inthetempest Glastonbury is lovely isn't it? So glad you enjoyed it and hopefully took your mind off your separation. I've been though a messy one too, it's really important to take time out and look after yourself.

Secretwitch hope you feel better soon. Sending healing vibes.

I'm back home now from my trip to Cornwall. Had a lovely time, but looking forward to being on my own tonight as I've been with people all weekend. Love being with my friends but I do need my alone time as well.

Hope you all have a lovely evening.

Speakout thank you for your kind words. Women who have come through these horrible situations are such an inspiration to me. Yes I think we all have problems and challenges- I think until now I have led a relatively sheltered life! It has been very difficult, to deal with someone intent on making things as horrible as possible, when at every stage I have tried to be amicable. But that's a whole other thread!

Incidentally, I took some magical steps to limit the effects of the negative in my life, which so far seems to have actually worked. The results I have had with trying to bring about something positive haven't yet yielded the result I was hoping for... I wondered if this was perhaps due to lunar phases? I know the moon has been waning so perhaps a good time for banishing the negative influence. Will I perhaps stand a better chance with the positive thing when the moon is waxing?

Rediscovering all this witchy stuff has been a real pleasure for me, it has felt like a treat. A little bit of light during a bleak time, and a source of strength and comfort.

VioletCharlotte

You have such a beautiful powerful energy.

Violet thank you as well. I loved Glastonbury yesterday, I went about 10 years ago so it had been a while. Spent hours going in and out of the shops, it was brilliant. Such a special place. Had a lovely lunch in one of the cafes, when I walked in one of my favourite songs was playing. Another good sign! It was just a really uplifting experience yesterday.

InTheTempes

to deal with someone intent on making things as horrible as possible, when at every stage I have tried to be amicable

There comes a time....

Speakout thank you! What a lovely thing to say 😊

Inthetempest being at Glastonbury feels 'right' somehow doesn't it? I feel it's a place people like us really feel at home and can be ourselves.

Inthetempest and VioletCharlotte*; thank you both for your good wishes! Lying in bed, trying to plan for Samhain, wondering how to celebrate with greatly limited mobility. My lovely daughter brought me a sweet white pumpkin to decorate my altar. I will ask her to bring me some lovely red and orange leaves too.

So lovely to read all the uplifting messages.

Today did not go as planned here. The plan was to join some witch friends for a guided tour of a large Victorian cemetery in the city after dark. Well we got there but the historian didn't!

Decided to head for the pub sweeping up a couple of extra local friends as well. Chosen pub is closed - permanently.

At this point we're thinking we're doomed to going home!

Elphame sorry your night did not go as planned! I adore cemeteries and would have loved to hear of this one. I fell asleep on a bench in a very old, secluded cemetery only to have “Wake Up”! shouted in my ear. There wasn’t anyone in sight. I feel that perhaps some soul felt I was being disrespectful having a nap in their final resting place...

My physical therapist has come, we exercised my knee and know I’m lying in bed recovering.

Wishing everyone a peaceful Monday evening.✨✨

Elphame that's a shame things didn't go plan. Sounds like it would have been a great evening!

Secret I hope you're recovering from the therapist's visit.

I lit a candle earlier on today, with the hope of ridding myself of all the recent negativity. I'm hoping the new moon will bring me some better luck, it feels lately like anything good has been drifting away.

I'm reading The Hedge Witches Way by Rae Beth at the moment, thanks to the recommendations on these threads, really enjoying it.

Many thanks, InTheTempest. I really have little pain, except for the enforced therapist visits! I’m strangely exhausted though. Can’t seem to get enough sleep.

I also feel the need to release some very negative vibrations into the universe. I really need a good cleansing. I seem to absorb other people’s feelings into my own.