Any Witches Here? Part 6

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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.

@YashmisCrone I liked those four agreements. The idea that 'doing our best' will look different depending on our circumstances and that's ok, is a very comforting and reassuring notion. I'm glad you shared them, they've given me food for thought.

Also when I say the right kid of electricity, I have had more scans and MRIs than not dinners and have metal work holding my brain together so I've definitely experienced less positive senses of electricity in my body. This new kind isn't making my hair stand on end of giving me static shocks so far

Welcome MrFMercury! I for one have envy at the not static shocks!

Blue sparks all of last week. Even the customers were commenting on it. Flipping hurts too. I know I am out of kilter and this is partly to blame for the sparks but right now no idea how to fix it as the usual fixes are not working. Daren't use the toaster atm.

Just popping in to offer Imbolc greetings. Had a ritual out at a modern stone circle today. Lovely bright crisp day, and a cheeky robin popped in to help itself to the bread we had placed as an offering to Brigid. I always think of robins as belonging to Brigid somehow, so it seemed fitting. Love and light, all!

I feel a little out of step with you all as I’ve just celebrated Lammas here. We had a little rain for the first time in ages so I dragged all the potted plants out onto the deck and sat outside to enjoy the shower.

It has been lovely to see all of your Imbolc celebrations and beautiful creations. Wishing you Imbolc blessings and welcome to MrFMercury and BlooDeBloop.

Violet - hope your dog is okay and not feeling too sorry for himself today.

Hills - I was thinking of you the other day and your affinity with trees as I walked through school to meet my boys. I stopped by my favourite tree and had a quiet couple of minutes just wondering at its strength and beauty. I feel it is like a sentinel, watching over all of the boys in the school, spreading out its branches to protect and shelter them as they grow.

Loyal your dolls are beautiful. I suspect your DDs will treasure them and remember the time you all took to make them together. Giving one’s time and self, connecting and truly being present in the moment are gifts we often find it hard to give these days. I love the times when we unplug and do things together – read (I am currently reading Pratchett’s Wee Free Men to DS2), do a jigsaw together, sketch or paint pictures or stones, re-pot plants & potter in the garden. On the flip side, my boys love it when I play their XBox games with them, although I suspect part of their enjoyment is the comedy value of my non-existent gaming skills. I feel that they appreciate the interest I take in what they are playing, the friends they are playing with & the knowledge they have of the game/tactics as they try to teach me how to play along with them. I guess the lesson is that you don't have to be good at something to share in it.

Blessings to all.

Hello lovely friends

Doesn't this thread move sharpish ?

It's heartwarming to see new names and the new perspectives and experiences that that brings.

I hope everyone is well .

I've grabbed a few minutes to try to get up to speed.
I've been procrastinating so much lately , I just can't seem to focus . I thought I had some time over the weekend for a bit of study then my dh was unexpectedly free and I wanted to spend time with him instead.
I have a work deadline which means I need to knuckle down in the next few days and really focus , I work from home and the ' focus' is a problem . The work thing makes me feel guilty about doing the things that interest me so I do neither 🙄.
I end up sorting bits of housework and taking wee Facebook/ YouTube / MN breaks and the day is gone .

I've enjoyed the discussion around loving our younger selves.
I was on the receiving end of cruel treatment throughout my childhood and I became quite a resilient person , living for the day I could leave .
Once I got away I was tortured with nightmares and my tactic was to train myself not to think about certain things , which worked in a way . The price I paid was memory loss , big stretches of time that are blank .
So I like to go back and tell that girl that she is safe and loved. It's self care really.
I'm cheered by YashmisCrone's assertion that our past isn't static.

Speakout How lovely to have found your BOS. I used to write all the time , and stupidly worried about someone finding it. Looking back I was probably more eloquent and thoughtful then . I destroyed so much , diaries and everything, thinking what I wrote was embarrassing. I still feel a bit like that now. I wonder what will happen to everything when I'm gone . Hopefully they'll have a laugh at batty old auntie F.
I really want to make an ice candle , it'll have to be little though , it's got a touch too warm to freeze outside.

Violet I'm so glad your dog is on the mend.

Just having few minutes by the aga with some night time tea before bed.

It’s been a long and busy day- both positive and frustrating/tiring.

It was nice to come home to my 3 daffodils on the mantle piece- planted at autumn equinox and flowered at Imbolc- I like that.

Fitz I liked that one too- and the one about not making assumptions gave me food for thought as well.

Crikey MrFMercury that’s some heavy duty metalwork to have to carry around in your head. Very pleased to hear your current experience of electricity is much more positive. I’m enjoying hearing about you discovering treasures for you altar.

Hills I hope your static experiences soon calm down, it sounds very uncomfortable to say the least

Crafty I’ve never heard of a modern stone circle- that’s really interesting.

mamuciana would love to hear how you celebrated Lammas

FilledSoda sounds like you’ve done/are doing some really transformative work in terms of supporting and nurturing your younger self. I love it that you see the resilience you had/have- It sounds like you’ve provided some strong support to the younger you. It feels really powerful.

Hope everyone’s got through Monday with a chance to breathe and relax at the end of it. wishing restful sleep to all

I was heading for bed when I saw Yashmis query about modern stone circles. Here you go! scroll down. www.megalithic.co.uk/search.php?country=1&sitetype=60

In Wales, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorsedd_stones

This one in Scotland was in the news recently as it's so good even an archaeologist thought it was genuine at first.
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=50954

BlankTimes

THat's so interesting about modern stone circles.

I have neen following the story about the circle you linked to in Scotland in Aberdeenshire.

The language surrounding the reportage of this has been quite unhelpful and negative, calling the cirscle a "hoax", a "fake" and the builder "finally admitted".

The man who constructed this circle ( in 1996) did so in good faith in my view. He bulit it on his own land ( think hedgerow size rather than Stonehenge) as a folly, a place to sit- or whatever purpose he chose.
He built it whan he was landsacping his property and surrounding land.
He sold the property and thought nothing more of it.

It was only years later that he discovered that archaeological teams were taking an interest - they through it was prehistoric- it was him who contacted the authorities to explain the origins.

He didn't intent to fool anyone, but he is being portrayed as a villain, somehow seeking to dupe.
It's a little sad.

Hopefully the circle can remain.

Really interesting BlankTimes, thank you- just been having a scroll through.

I can feel a bit of a wormhole coming on around the story of the ‘Dagenham Idol’- a soft play area was built representing a monolithic figure found in the area in the 1920’s and moved to a museum out of area- local people had a petition to bring it home...I need to stop and get this report done!!

That does feel a bit sad speakout, such a sorry state of affairs to make a man out to be some kind of fraud for something he built for his own enjoyment- and he was honest! You’d think they were short of news to report.. I hope it stays too.

Hope everyone has a good day

I would hope that in these times of sensational journalism a lot of us exercise critical thinking.
I tend to err on the side of cynical.
Hopefully the man that built the stone circle knows it's all baloney to sell papers and isn't upset by it.

Thanks for saying that YashmisCrone, at times when I have self doubt I remind myself of the strength I can muster when I need to.

Okay lovelies , today is the day .
If I get this dreary admin done my reward is some tarot study time.

I've a yoga class tonight , I'm not quite at the point of seeing that as a reward but I'm not going to quit

I have built my own stone circle in my back garden! If I had the land I would certainly build myself a big one....

Modern circles can pack quite a punch - they don't need to be ancient to work. In fact I actually prefer my own. It's only used by me so it doesn't have the interference of other peoples energy workings over the years. Everyone works them differently and we have no idea what form the original ritual use took so to have a blank slate is useful at times.

Now I have a book to read - I promised to give a talk on it this evening but time sort of slipped by and I haven't actually finished it....

Have a magical day everyone

I love it that you’ve built a stone circle in your back garden Elphame! Brilliant

Sounds like a great tool for empowering yourself FilledSoda The energy that comes through your posts is one of strength. Hope you got through the admin!

Hello, hope everyone's had a good day? It's miserable here, grey, wet and freezing cold. Perfect weather for snuggling up indoors by the fire 🔥

Interesting to read the posts about the modern stone circle. I heard about it on the news last week. My recent visits to Avebury have sparked a real fascination for stone circles and I'm hoping to visit some more when the weather improves.

Filledsoda I hope you manage to squeeze in some tarot practise. Have you got the yoga bug yet?

Hello again all, popping back for a quick warm by the aga before disappearing back into paperwork mountain again in a big push for next weeks produce audit.
Lovely to see you MrFMercury and BloopdeBlooop
Mamuciana yes that's very true and a lovely lesson. I love that photo by the way I can see why that's your favourite tree.

The modern stone circles are really interesting!
Violet I hope that your dog continues doing well

Just a quick wave, bogged down with work right now, nearly finished fo the day, a quick shower then have to fix a meal for DS coming in from work later.
Hope everyone is well.

Thank loyaul he's doing so well. We went back to the vets yesterday and he's really pleased with how well he's healing. He's a complete menace with his cone though, keeps taking out legs out!

Yashmis I meant to say earlier, I made your aubergine and lentil bake yesterday. It was delicious, and so easy! Thank you for sharing the recipe 😊

Hello all,

Just a quick check in, a productive day, continuing to shift physical debris in order to clear the mental debris. Like hauling the out the stones damming a stream one by one, the water slowly starts flowing more freely through the gaps. Now that's a poetic way to describe decluttering!

Lovely to breathe and catch up with the discussions here.

Wondering if I could get away with a stone circle in my garden now, though....

Evening.
Imo if you can't have fun whilst you are contained in a cone when can you. Glad to hear your dog is doing ok violet

The article I read about the farmer and his creation was far less accusational, and it was interesting that the reflections on the researchers about how it was important to include modern stone circles to have a full picture of knowledge was included where I came across the story.

mamuciana that tree is fabulous! It makes me want to crawl up into the crown and sit perched with a book. Perfectly protected for some peace and quiet. Do you have any idea what the species is? if it was in the UK I would guess at a yew, but hard to tell with out a close up of leaves.

I had a nightmare last night. I was looking to meet with some friends. couldn't find them. Was told they were on the 150th story. When I got there they were there and the height was significantly affecting my balance. Then the tower shook, so every one went out side where other tower blocks were collapsing in clouds of smoke and explosions. A girl on a computer calmly told me that the towers were being destroyed on purpose and ours was next. At which point there was a loud bang and the tower began to drop beneath my feet... And I woke up.

I guess that i am feeling a little out of control of my life atm but damn could these lessons be conveyed in a slightly less traumatic manner?
Would be happy to hear of any other lessons that could be learnt from this dream? Everyone has a different take and goodness knows that I could use a little bit more perspective on things.

Just on my way to get ready for bed after another tiring day which seemed to consist of too few hours the achieve what I’d have liked to have got done again! Sounds like I’m not alone in this busyness- hope everyone’s had a chance to wind down too.

Violet glad you like it it’s been my aim to find easy, nutritious recipes that freeze well for batch cooking- all part of the self care plan- it’s lovely to share it

Hills just thinking about your dream- the first thing I thought as I read about it was how similar it was to The Tower in tarot.

Others with a more in depth understanding of tarot could probably shed more insight if that resonates. To me the tower is about the sudden and shocking destruction of something I thought was solid- often a belief system or life situation. It’s quite dramatic and leaves me reeling but ultimately it’s something that needed shifting so I could move forward in some way.

My other thoughts are linked again to Jungian dream theories about buildings in dreams. The higher the storey the higher the level of consciousness it relates to. I wonder if it’s linked in some way to feeling out of control of your ‘psychic’(I don’t know if that’s how you’d describe them- I can’t find a better word atm) abilities- like the heightened sensations of electricity where your usual techniques aren’t getting it under control right now.

Interesting that you feel out of balance once you get up to this height in the building- again I wonder if that’s to do with the abilities you have- like the seeing death, psychometry (can’t remember if that’s the right term for it?) visions etc.

I imagine it can make you feel out of balance if it feels ‘out of control’. I don’t know about the collapse at the end of the dream but it sounds extremely scary and as you say, traumatic- I wonder if it’s a reflection of any feelings you have in waking life or if there’s any fear about the impact your abilities may have on your state of mind.

Apart from that, I’d be thinking about the age and ‘feeling’ of the building, any symbolism and the characters that appear in the dream- do they represent parts of you- are they at odds with each other, are there traits in the dream that you see in yourself that unsettle or trouble you, etc.

That’s just how I’d look at it if it were me and of course may be completely off the mark!

Hoping for a more restful night for you tonight

Morning everyone, haven't been able to post much but have enjoyed reading yours.

@VioletCharlotte Good to know he's on the mend and funny that he's being a menace with his cone

I loved your analysis of Hills dream YashmisCrone. How incredible your insight is. I don't like getting the Tower card in tarot readings , but I can actually see some positive aspects after reading your description.

Lovely posts Mamuciana. I always enjoy reading your updates.

Hope everyone has a peaceful day.

I am popping in quickly to ask if you could all think of me and my youngest son tomorrow. He is having planned surgery and I know it will be a difficult day.

Yashmis, reading your dream interpretation prompted me to remember a curious dream I had as a very young girl and has stayed with me. I've never been able to understand it. There are two people wandering in a forest but their bodies are made of white bone, and white bone-like antlers grow from their heads. They lie down and appear to die. It has stayed with me because it gave me an overwhelming sense of sadness. Curious indeed! Any ideas?

Sending everyone positive energies

Forgot to ad: the forest was still and peaceful. Like a cathedral.

Good morning all,

More admin type work for me today. I do struggle to stay focused with this sort of work!

Fitz I like your stream/dam analogy and totally agree that physical decluttering clears the mind.

Sokere yes, I don’t wince so much when I see The Tower these days- for me it’s like a ‘heads up, brace yourself, it’s for the best in the end’ message. I’d be interested to hear how others view it.

queenrollo will be thinking of you and your boy tomorrow, sending calming, restorative energy x

BlooDeBloop I’m no expert but happy to share rambling thoughts in the hope that something might spark something that resonates!
Despite the sadness, your dream feels very sacred to me and like some sort of insight into the scared cycles of life and death, the way the forest felt calm and cathedral like, the reverence of it all. I don’t know about you but I remember as a child finding out about death and that triggering all kinds of feelings in me.

I wonder if there’s something in your dream that was telling you that it was a natural and scared cycle?

I think it’s really interesting about the antlers and wonder if there’s a deity that links to this image who has a message for you.

We have friends here with much more in-depth knowledge of and relationships with deities who I think could provide more insight into what antlered beings might represent.

Wishing everyone some magic in their day 💫