Any Witches Here Part 4 [Edited by MNHQ]

[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.

A blessed Samhain to all.

Had my candles and 🎃 lit up outside and had lots of little visitors.

Have a candle lit next to family photos and just enjoying being part of the overall energy. 😊

Good morning witchy friends.

I slept the sleep of the goddess last night, very vivid dreams. woken a little later than usual, very refreshed.
Hope you all have a magical day.

Hello all,

Not sure where I lay my cloak exactly but I would like to join too.

Marvelling at some things this morning - which is nice because I had a very bad day yesterday, in fact it has been a bad week all told.

1 ) the sunlight hit the fields and houses I can see from the windows at the back of where I work in a magical and beautiful way at dusk yesterday.

2. the photos app popped up with a relive a day from notification. I had forgotten but a sparrow hawk had taken refuge in my garden during Halloween night and was still resting there when I looked out in the morning.

3. other people's kindness and support and their understanding of what I need.

The web of connectedness in the universe is definitely at work and I feel supported by that. I am a little lapsed with my own connectivity so I think I need to address this moving forward.

Tealslate

Welcome, hang up your cloak, I will make a brew.
I too feel the web of connection. Many of us do.
We are an eclectic mix on this thread, a magical journey does not need a destination, nor a definition.
You don;t have to belong to a certain group of think a certain way, or follow any set rules - you can if you like of course, but working without structure is fine.
I am a witch, a hedgewitch if you like, I am an atheist too, although definitions can feel constraining, they do help to explain.

How lovely that you had a visitor over Halloween night.
Take your time to settle in here, we are a welcoming bunch, and love new faces. There are a couple of previous threads that became full, but still there to read, there is a lot of information and wisdom there, you may like to browse through them.
Feel free to post, comment, listen or ask.
I hope you have a magical day.

Good morning everyone,

I had vivid dreams last night too speakout. One of a distant relative who always causes some kind of drama. I'm hoping it's not a premonition that she's turning up on my doorstep with her suitcase again

@"Elphame... still smiling that you got banned from a needlepoint group. Hope your egrigore went well last night...sounds really interesting.

Welcome @ Teaslate

Bellecose2

Good morning.

I woke up with a cut across the palm of my hand. It had been bleeding.
Not there when I went to sleep last night, and no sharp things in my bed.
Very strange.

Morning all,

Had a rather intense Samhain last night. Meditating with all my bits and bobs, did what I needed to do then did some tarot. The cards were excellent but after I'd interpreted them I got very emotional and ended up having a crying fit for 15 minutes! I must have needed it.

Bless my dear cat Heidi, she saw me sobbing on my bed and was giving me lots of meows and snuggles, trying to lift my head.

Feeling better this morning although rather exhausted. No dreams to speak of here though, just a deep sleep.

Morning all.

I had a lovely Hallowe'en - I'd spent a little time feeling melancholic about the fun Hallowe'ens I spent with my children when they were little, but decided to embrace the nostalgia and have a different kind of fun.

So I took my two biggest dogs for a nice long walk in a beautiful nearby wood. I was bathed in the most gorgeous autumn colours and it felt like a real replenishment.

Then I took myself off to have my hair done!
Even us crones like to look our best 

In the evening we put out pumpkins to welcome Hallowe'en visitors, and we had some real little cuties.

I made our traditional Hallowe'en feast of sausages, baked potatoes and treacle tart, and cider. Then I read DP's tarot for him, at his request, then we settled down to watch a spooky programme - The Haunting of Hill House.

So, a much more grown-up celebration now I'm transitioning into my crone years - but I enjoyed it so much I'm thinking of fully embracing my transition by buying this t-shirt!

too much? 

I've no idea why, but I can't get any emoticons to work...there should be a couple of winky faces in there somewhere...

MawkishTwaddle

Glad you had a good Halloween. This was the first Halloween for me too without children.
It felt different.
Didn't celebrate much, OH was on call which guarantees interruptions during a meal, but I did make a pork and apple casserole in the slow cooker, with Cavelo Nero - Black cabbage.

We had plenty little ones at the door though, which was lovely.

Love the T shirt. I adore being a crone, not sure where I would wear it though.

Had the best nights sleep for months,last night.

Had my altar set up - whisky and cigarette for the ancestors. Had a mouthful of whiskey and felt a hand ruffle my hair like grandad used to do. The rest of the whiskey went into the earth -what a lovely evening out there!

Was a lovely atmosphere last night (still is) It felt warm,loving and very peaceful . "They" are still around me.

Will leave my altar as it is until the weekend.

@speakout.... a cut palm? I wonder if you did some sleep/trancewalking...

@MawkishTwaddle... Sometimes I want to fully embrace being a crone and stop the effort with hair etc. But then I think I may have years ahead of me with grey hair and real old age so want to make the most of this time. I feel happier too without all the pressures that I had as a young woman. I like being this age... who knew that would happen

Hello all. I'm enjoying reading about how you spent your Samhain/ Halloween. I went to my spiritual development group. We took part in a visualisation and connected with our ancestors. It was wonderful, but not long enough. I don't want to come back. The energy in the group was extremely powerful and I was able to make a link with a wonderful woman in spirit and deliver a message to another lady in the group, which was lovely. I was wired after the group and it took me a long time to fall asleep. I was hoping my grandparents would come through in my dreams, but I think I just slept too deeply.

I've got some challenges at the moment with my 17 year old DS. He's unhappy and I'm feeling his low mood. It's so difficult with teenagers to know what to do for the best 

speakout, I also have an unexplained cut on my hand today, though this one’s on my finger. Strange?!

I just bought a lovely piece of pistachio opal in my local woo shop, and have it tucked in my bra (do others do that?! 😆). It’s good for anxiety and depression which is apt for me.

Whatsallthisaboutthen

How strange.

We were discussing stones in bras here a day or two ago- it seems it's quite a thing amongst us cunning folk!!

VioletCharlotte

Your groups sounds lovely- empowering and nurturing.

I symapthise about your 17 year old, it's not easy> My DS suffers low moods too I feel it so eagerly.
A much as we love them we have to sometimes think of ourselves too.

My only worry with the crystals in my bra is if I'm ever in accident and my clothes have to be cut off. The emergency services are going to wonder WTF is going on 😅

Halloween was rather hectic here in the end, between son's after school club, forgetting my purse after we'd got to the shop, DD's club, then a really quick bout of guising! I hadn't realised some people will celebrate Samhain on the 7th, that might be something to consider, I'd like a more sedate celebration!

I have managed to cut my hand screwing in a lightbulb today. I'm looking up lots of soup and casserole dishes to keep my family warm now that the temperature has dropped.

Just a gentle reminder for all of you have familiars, please keep them inside with it now bring the lead up to bonfire night/ Diwali 😺

GruciusMalfoy

I think it's nice to celebrate all festivals over a longer time.
When the kids were young we would do small amounts of fun stuff over a week or so. rather than trying to cram everything into one day.
So we may make ghost biscuits one day, make and decorate a home made broomstick, another day, make pumpkin soup etc.

I still take the same approach to chriatmas too, it starts early december with home make snowflakes on the windows, make Yule logs, cinnamon buns, frozen ice decorations outside on a frosty night, make clove studded oranges tied with ribbon, take cat treats to the rescue centre up the road, used to do loads of craft withe the kids, and decorate the house as we go, then the Yule tree around the 16th. That way the fun of christmas lasted a month.

Hello everyne

Very quiet day today - it was close on 2am by the time we'd finished and I had one friend stay over as we'd arranged to meet anyway today and she's about an hours drive away. She's just gone and I'm shattered.

Lots of black mead got drunk which actually looks a very witchy green in the glass. I think all the elderflower mead went too but I still have some hawthorn.

Just time to grab something to eat and it's off to friends for the evening. I don't know how long I can survive this level of socialising!

I usually enjoy spreading things out too, @speakout. We definitely do that during December, abd the kids enioy that. It's much better than feeling rushed and hectic (like yesterday!)

I really like the sound of your decorations, I can almost smell the oranges.

@sockportal I hope you haven't hurt yourself too badly!

That's 3 of us cut our hands today!!

It sounds like many of you have have a lovely Halloween.
As predicted I was driving. Can't have dreams if sleep is very limited. But there has been some very interesting learning points from my trip and I have a list of research to do (and probably a billion and one questions).

I now have some theories as to why the place that draws me when theoretically similar places don't so that will be interesting investigation. The theory that it is stress that is causing all the problems with static is pretty much given. Before the trip static shocks from pretty much most things touched, after trip nothing. So if mindful that could be a interesting tool to help prevent the build up of damaging stress levels.

Stunned a few people, no idea what I did. Don't know that I did anything but they were either left discombobulated or under the impression that our paths would be crossing again soon. One gentleman was very discombobulated. Fine with other customers but I totally threw him. Never had that effect before. Most unusual. I do wonder if locality played a part. Both locations were in areas known for their strong connections with witch craft.

Managed to fit in a trip to Glastonbury. It was an interesting town this visit. Nicer than the last visit.

With the theory that Autumn seemed wrong, I am beginning to think that the condition of the local trees is very much playing a part. Evident in the fact that the tree surgeons were having to remove yet more trees (with even more trees marked for removal) from the route I normally venture.The feel in the south west was one of anticipation of destructive winter storms. No worse than that of any other year. My stress levels were also probably influencing things. Very interesting to analyse and observe.

Speakout
Thank you, and sorry to hear you have similar worries about your DS. It's very difficult to know how to help them isn't it? I wouldn't like to be a young person in today's world. There's such a huge amount of pressure 

Just had a lavender and salt bath, all cosy in my pyjamas drinking peppermint tea, Cinder, one of my familiars curled up beside me.
Early night tonight as 7am yoga class tomorrow morning.