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.

I definitely feel magic in my daily life, or a sense that the world is more than meets the eye.

This isn't alway easy as it can make you feel isolated, or a sense of alienation from people who see the world in a surface way.

Or that's what I've experienced anyway.

Elphame @TooManyPaws - yes me too. I think it's a pretty universal practice isn't it?

I would have said so until I came across some US Wiccan initiates who had been taught that blood should never get on your blade... 🙄🤔 I suspect a fluffy crossover but us Europeans seem to be a lot more down to earth and less squicky until you get to the more traditional roots and hoodoo side across there. However, I do run workshops at witch camps with a German witch on how to discover your inner fluffy 🐰bunny 🐇- cue for tough kickass witches having fun letting it all out! 😂😜🐰🐇

Good morning everyone, I have loads to catch up on in this thread!

It's been quiet here, I've woken to a very pink hue in the air, storms later maybe?

I hope everyone is well.

GruciusMalfoy

It was a lovely pink sky here too- quite windy, I haven't seen the weather forecast, my feet haven't touched the ground since I woke up this morning.

Morning everyone. The sky is pretty grey where I am. Bit of blue breaking through though. It's very mild.

I'm working from home today which feels like a real treat after a full on week. No motorway to navigate in the dark this evening!

I'm looking forward to development group tonight and a quiet weekend 😊

Grey and miserable here - suits my mood. I'm being bounced like a ping pong ball between my merchant card account and my bank, both blaming the other for the failure of the mandates. Just about ready to scream.

@TooManyPaws that sounds great fun. Can I be a dark bunny please!

Afternoon all. Hope everyone is having a good day.

Once again life seems to be living up my username... dating dramas and the like! I need to just take care of myself but its hard when it would be so nice to have some distraction and company. One person in particular is causing me trouble in a sense- not in a bad way. Didn't think they were on my mind too much but the fact that I don't get the same chemistry with anyone else means I keep revisiting them in my mind. It really does seem to be a no-go, despite the chemistry. Unless it was one sided all from me I suppose.

I ordered some things from Star Child the other day and have a beautiful new incense censer and incense, and I've just made some of their Witches' Brew tea, which will hopefully help give me some peace and clarity!

InTheTempest

Sometimes chemistry isn't enough. Sometimes it's those pragmatic relationships that win though.

But all things are possible, and relationships are varied.

Ultimately I like a relationship that makes me feel good about who I am- that's the one that has stood the test of time for me.

When we care for ourselves then others will see us in the same light- having compassion towards ourselves and seeing ourselves as worthy allows others to see that too.

A nice at home day here.

Wild weather, DD back home- tonsils flare up again, but she is enjoying being pampered.
OH off work so cooked a nice dinner while DS was out running and me working.

I love these darker days and earlier nights.

As much as I adore bright sunshine and warm summer months there is something so magical about this time of year.
Cosy lights, everything in half shadow, seems so magical, perfect for my Brownie and other house dwellers, the shadows give hide and shelter to shy creatures and fuel for our imaginations and idea weaving.

Thank you speakout. There's a bit of a 'what if' with this one, and I have never in my life had such a physical reaction to somebody. If you remember I had that situation where I felt like I had willed something to happen, well it was relating to him. And I didn't even get the intense reaction until after it had happened. But it didn't exactly go as well as it could, not that I wanted anything serious but it would have been nice for it to last longer. And whenever I meet someone else, the chemistry isn't there and it brings my thoughts back to him. Maybe I need to give it up as a lost cause and think about doing something magically to help me move on from it.

I definitely agree with having to care for ourselves- I think if you can't love yourself you give off energy that shows this and I think there are people out there who prey on this as well. That is what I struggle with as well- I'm very anxious of going through the same thing again and have lots of trust issues. I genuinely felt only good things around chemistry guy though. Perhaps I should do some work to help me sense things better- I don't mean I was wrong about him but so I feel I can get a better idea with other people. Sorry I don't want to de-rail the thread with my dating woes!

I hope your DD feels better soon speakout tonsilitis is rotten. Nice that you can look after her. I love this time of year as well, except when I have to take the rubbish outside in the rain! Freezing now!

Here for a catch up and some witchy comfort. I lost my familiar today for the second time. My little cat went to the winds this morning. She was one of 3 but the other 2 are pets she was my helper and I firmly believe was my old one eyed girl back in a different body. Every reading I did she was looking too, every charm I made or anything I made cooked or did she was at my shoulder. I'm worth nothing today and my dds and my big boy cat not much better.

On a cheerier note I completely agree that it's impossible to compartmentalise. Magic is everywhere and once you find it or it finds you there is no mundane. All around the signs are there, and in return everything I bake, cook or even clean or write has a little bit of magic put back in (even if it's not a spell specifically)

Speakout I hope your Dd feels better soon

Tempest I hope you get some clarity

Wonderfully stormy here but for once my heart just not in it

Loyaultemelie so sorry about your cat even harder, her being your familiar.

It's stormy here too, I don't like it much tonight either.

So sorry to hear about your wee familiar @Loyaultemelie.

💐 for you.

@Loyaultemelie...so sorry

@"In theTempest... No advice about dating but know very well the chemical attraction. Doesn't always turn out bad... but if it's for the long term may need a bit more to keep the interest. Very difficult to disentangle logic from feelings when all the hormones are raging as I recall.

Bellecose it's intoxicating isn't it.... that is the feeling I have when I see him. Literally weak at the knees. I suppose there was a bit more than chemistry to be fair, well I think so, the conversation was good too and I liked a lot about his character and personality. It was a strange situation tbh, and I'm not sure if my situation frightened him off a bit. Very hard to know if some of the things he said was true... he said he had a lot of problems in his own life. It may have been excuses on his part, who knows. I did get the feeling that the attraction was definitely mutual though. If he was being honest, I think it's a case of bad timing. Ah well, such is life.

ps... @speakout too for your DD...btw what do you mean by a brownie?

@InTheTempest... Is he your polar opposite in terms of appearance /personality traits etc? That can be very intoxicating. Biological reasoning behind it too (I know its awful to reduce it that way but it makes sense)

Hmm I don't know... the truth is I don't know him amazingly well, it's a bit of a strange situation!... in some ways we seem similar, humour etc, and the way we chat...he is a little bit of a reformed bad boy and as silly as it is it appeals... it's just his general demeanour, something about him that I can't even put my finger on. Lookswise, well he is a tattooed gym bod and I find him very attractive- despite having gone on dates recently who most would say are perhaps better looking, none of them clicked with me, I didn't find them as attractive.

I posted on here when it started as it honestly was the strangest coincidence us actually speaking in the way we did. I kind of 'asked' for it to happen- and despite being so unlikely, it did. Nothing else will happen with him, I know that, and I wasn't thinking about him much. But every time I meet someone else, I end up thinking of him, as I've only had such a strong reaction to him.

(Bellecose2*

A Brownie is a type of house elf.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(folklore)

He steals things- they go missing, we bribe him to return them.
He has his own small front door in the house- and one out into the garden,

@"In theTempest I'm sure the answer will come to you. Follow your gut instincts rather than your heart is about the best advice I was ever given (not that I always followed it, but that's another story)

@speakout.... How adorable! I'm off to read all about them and Scottish folklore

Gut instinct is move on....maybe he will 'come back' at some point but doubtful. So I'm going to look at magical ways to help me move on from it all... and I guess keep looking til I get that kind of feeling again!

Thank you all, I know most people in real life so to speak think oh it's only a cat but all my cats are so much more and this one was just a little bit special.

Speakout my Granny used to have a Brownie (Grandpa always maintained she made him up but he never approved of our family "witchy" tendencies subsequently you can guess who was generally the main object of his less friendly attentions) I was really sad when they moved house that he didn't go too (obviously but I was young!)

I know some people say things like that @loyaultemelie but I don’t believe it. There is no such thing as “only” a cat.

They are all precious and leave 🐾 on your 💔