Any Witches Here ? Part 3

[speakout]

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.

@Elphame not read the Apocrypha but find it so interesting that you say that because as an adult I started to feel there was a direct link between the rituals of Christianity I knew and old school paganism it's probably obvious to a lot of people but the point of realisation was a big revelation to me at the time

It's all Earth, Air, Fire, Water

It's a shame that so much of the Old Arts have been kind of lost to Christian Purge and the passage of time.

All that lost unreachable knowledge of how things were during the age of Tree Worship

@passthemead..how wonderful to own your own pagan and witchcraft shop. I have yet to find one.

@speakout.. I forgot to ask whether you find with this tarot pack that you can read for both yourself and others? These cards give me such a different slant to any others I've used.

Elphame, that's an interesting article. Ronald has stated in one of his books (the one of short papers just after "Triumph of the Moon" IIRC) that he was raised in the UK Pagan community so he has a very sound knowledge in addition to his academic research. I've been lucky enough to meet him several times.

In addition, I have a US friend who has also written several Wicca books for Llewellyn (Jason Mankey) who knows Aiden Kelly. Aiden takes some flak for Mabon at this time of the year on Facebook and I get to see his comments on Jason's feed. 😅

Bellecose

Hi, yes I love the slant this deck gives, very feminine, very positive energy.
I find many decks quite dark and very masculine, I love the tone of this one.
I know some say that you can read for others or yourself but not both- personally I don't buy into that.

If we believe that is true then we set up blocks for ourselves- I have always been able to read just as well for myself as others.

PassTheMead

Welcome, how lovely to hear you have a shop- there isn't a pagan shop in my city- I would love one close.

I also work in witchcraft/pagan supplies but my work is mostly online.

@TooManyPaws - yes Ronald is lovely isn't he? I've also had the pleasure of meeting him many times as we have lots of friends in common.

As for Aiden Kelly - being Welsh I don't feel the least bit sorry for any flak that goes his way ;) !

Elphame, why do I get the feeling that we may know each other or have friends in common?! 😂

My post just disappeared into the ether

Anyway, I wanted to say I can really resonate with the sense of unease and flux described by so many this week. I too can feel a shift and and lightening of energy now. Both energising and calm.

My equinox activities will involve meditation/reflections on balance in light of recent 'clearing' work I've done, along with celebrating incoming crone energy. I'll be celebrating the 'space' I've created and continuing to fill it with positive intentions and practices

I have some lovely oils recently delivered from starchild to be used during different moon phases to help tap into maiden mother and crone energies. This thread is exceptionally good for my soul and some of the ideas/ reminders are not so great for my bank balance

I'm really enjoying hearing the activities and ideas of the wonderful kitchen witches here. I'm very 'airy' and can be all in my head sometimes- I need grounding and your inspiration (and the earthy energy of your posts) nourishes me. Thank you.

Also wonderful to hear of family time planned over the equinox period. I was treated today to a long conversation with my DS, recently back from a road trip to Uluru. I love his free spirited energy and am also grateful of the wonder that is Facebook messenger calls! It's left me with a warm glow.

Sending love to you Elphame as you support your parents. Wishing a straightforward and speedy recovery for your mum.

Recent years have seen me also taking on a more supportive role with my mum (and dad before he died) I've been surprised to observe how much like parenting it can feel. For me it's been both hard going and ultimately healing of a previously difficult relationship (with DM) I'm fascinated by the cycles of life in this way.

speakout I share your philosophy here: If we believe that is true then we set up blocks for ourselves I think it's true in most situations.

I love this path for it's freedom and subjectivity, for not following a specific set of rules and tapping ever deeper into my own 'knowing' and hearing others do the same.

What a beautiful and powerful thing to trust the goddess present within all of us

thanks everyone, I feel rather blessed. I lucked out finding an affordable space. @speakout do you have a website? I love to support other witchy businesses!

PassTheMead

I'll pm you.

Oooo also PM me please @speakout always interested in that sort of thing.

Just marking my place, I'll come and catch up later :)

Can you PM me too @speakout - thank you. I would love to buy some stuff from you

Me too please @speakout xxxx

Elphame, why do I get the feeling that we may know each other or have friends in common? I was thinking exactly the same thing!

Welcome Mead and Equinox blessings to all

I know some say that you can read for others or yourself but not both- personally I don't buy into that

I've been fortunate never to have heard that piece of "wisdom" so it's not something I've ever considered.

Ronald Hutton seems like a nice guy, he seems the go-to person if the media want to comment on anything pagan. I met him at the Chalice Well, we were both filling a bottle at the spring at the same time.
Wonder if his ears are burning whilst we're all talking about him.

I'm just trying to bumble through the chaos at home, but for equinox, my heart is in CairnT at Loughcrew.
voicesfromthedawn.com/loughcrew/

Happy Autumn equinox!

Welcome passthemead !

Speakout I hope you have a lovely weekend with your daughter. I enjoyed reading your reflections on your card draw. You sound like a superb mum! That’sNotEven hope you enjoy your weekend with your mum and Elphame I hope your mum’s op goes smoothly. TooManyPaws enjoy your crafty weekend - you’ve reminded me what a lovely thing cross-stitching is.

Boldlygoingsomewhere if you manage to get rid of those pesky silverfish, let me know hope you did it - noticed the same blighters in our downstairs bathroom recently!

GeeINever it sounds like you are reaching a positive place. I liked your description of ‘underground water’. No wonder you’ve been feeling unsettled as you learn more of this internal reservoir in you. After all, vast lakes in cavernous chambers exist underground, but you have to climb through some pretty nasty dark, dank tunnels to find them first.

sockportal and mawkish twaddle sounds like you are both reaching a calmer plain after an unsettled time. Maybe it’s the change in seasons?

bellecose would love to learn more about sigils. If you have any experiences regarding them I’d love to know more.

yashmi your posts always seem to vocalise my own thoughts:

I'm very 'airy' and can be all in my head sometimes- I need grounding and your inspiration (and the earthy energy of your posts) nourishes me.

Ditto.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences and lovely to hear you uplifted by talking to your son. Though I haven’t the faintest idea where Uluru is.......

I hope you have a chance to relax this evening and perhaps mark the equinox in some way. Here kids are sleeping, DH working, so a quiet cosy evening with the cat, wine, chocolate, candles, incense and probably falling down a black hole in YouTube as I search for wonderful new music. I think I will sketch tonight too. I’ve rediscovered drawing and like geeINever’s underground water it’s allowing me to tap into something within myself. The goddess within perhaps.

Gosh I still find it so hard to refer to an inner Goddess. As if I’m expressing delusions of grandeur and are somehow not worthy of it.

All part of the learning curve.

Autumn blessings.x

I’m so sorry my posts are so long.

So much air!

Hello also blanktimes. You must have posted whilst I was composing my essay.

Been a good day here- DD is happy to be home, we have had a cuddle and a chat she is not up in bed with the two cats eating hot chocolate cake and ice cream.
Also DS was offered a job today- some of you may remember things have been a struggle for him in the past while- he had an interview this afternoon, was offered the job at 6pm and starts this week.

So all good.

Well done to your son, speakout and glad you’ve enjoyed your DD’s company today.

FitzsFool, will keep you posted on the silverfish. Apparently they don’t like strong scents so going for that first. Love your username btw - I take it you’re a Robin Hobb fan?

Hope all goes well with the op, Elphame.

I’ve got some lovely candles burning and lights turned low. Love this cosy time of year - time to dig out the crochet and carry on with the blanket I’m working on. It’s slow going and I won’t finish for a very long time as I can’t do more than a few rows at at time! Might be done by next Christmas....

Trying to catch up. I hope everyone is ok.

As a teacher we joke that the wind always gets the kids riled up but I feel like it’s definitely had the same effect on me this week! Something is in the air.

Speakout congratulations and best wishes to your son!

By the way, is anyone else getting hacked off with the wilful misunderstanding and inconsistent arguments of Vitalogy or whatever she calls herself over on the Christian ritual and witches thread? She is definitely deliberately pursuing an agenda about witches and evil, completely taking the thread in a direction to pursue her own twisted agenda. Pointing out Christian wickedness only got a reply that she wasn't Christian so it wasn't applicable. Um, she's not a witch either so supposed witchly wickedness isn't applicable to her either! It's surely impossible for her to be as stupid as she patently appears to be so it must be intentional. I shall just ignore that thread now as there is none so blind as those who refuse to see and I'd much rather share the joy and unity over here. It's really rather amazing how busy this thread(s) is and it is full of women sharing and strengthening each other.

A couple of days ago, I was reminded of a song that a Netherlands 🇳🇱 witch shared with us in a women's circle at a witches' camp (possibly in eastern Germany but I can't remember which one). It was written by Libby Roderick but was recorded on more than one album by Julie Felix and that is the version that I know:
How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole
How could anyone fail to notice
that your loving is a miracle
How deeply you're connected to my soul.

Love and support to all here, and congratulations to Young Mr Speakout! ❤️❤️❤️

Mabon blessings everyone!

I have spent the evening with chocolate, wine and pen and paper. Some quiet reflection and planning time has been lovely. I've brioche dough slow proving overnight and intend to make stew, apple pie and jars of mincemeat this weekend. Been for some energizing walks in the wind, blowing off the cobwebs and also feeling the crackle!

Thank you to those who are sharing their experience of tarot, what a beautiful craft to have. I've never got on with it personally, although I seem to be good at dream interpretation. Not in a 'psychic' way but more like counselling through a person's dream imagery.

Thank you ladies for sharing so many beautiful thoughts on motherhood. This thread is a very welcome outlet for speaking metaphorically and spiritually that I don't really have in R L. The feeling of being underwater resonates with me and also playing catch up. Motherhood came fast and with a fury for me and I feel I've been trying to catch my breath for 5 years now. There's so much work to be done that it's difficult to find the space to stand still and take it all in.

Sorry I ramble on about myself when posting, I do read the thread and send well wishes to each of you as i read your news. I'm not sure how well it gets through over a thread though, social media magic is a new one!
@Speakout and @Elphame i know you are moving into the crone stage but I always get a sense of you having young souls. There's a youthful energy to you posts, sort of fresh and new. Does that make sense? It s odd to be feeling a person's energy when I've not actually met you so maybe it's just nonsense!

Hi Too Many This is only my own personal opinion and I'm not having a go or telling you off. I'm one voice among a crowd. For me, this is the third thread and as stated in the OP, it's A place for support, learning, swapping ideas and magical inspiration

If you have something to say to someone posting on another thread that not all contributors here have read or are interested in, or if you have something to say about someone posting on another thread that not all contributors here have read or are interested in, then please go over there and do that. It's general 'netiquette'

Please don't attract negative influences over here to cause any more disruption, it's already been dealt with once and it would be beyond tedious to have to go through it all again.

One of the hardest lessons to learn in the Craft is that all actions have consequences, I don't need to use my crystal ball to forsee a likely one in the immediate future. I'd say at the least, copious quantities of salt are likely to be needed now, scattered widdershins, to try to reinstate this thread's intention and its harmony.