Any Witches Here? Part 7.

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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.

I’ve been noticing and appreciating recently how nature has such a will the thrive everywhere- in walls, cracks in the pavement and so on. Very inspiring I think.

yasmincrone was thinking about these words on my walk today. I find that aspect of nature inspiring too
I love how nature ninds a way in the harshest of situations, a broken wall, a crack in the pavement, guttering in a derelict building. She reclaims and shows tenacity, courage and resilience, despite conditions.
A life lesson there!

A bright energy I saw on my walk today

That is a pretty flower Speakout

I need to find time away from people but it is hard when the house is full of guests. The guest are good people but they are still people. And I am ready for some much needed down time.

hills I know the feeling.

My home has is busy right now and as much as I care for my family I crave some alone time.

Hard isn't it.

For me I have an excuse - I have a nasty virus so wish to lie down a fair bit atm, which stops me feeling guilty for stepping back from all the doings as they are only here for a short time, have travelled from another country and I don't get to see them as often as I would like.

Ohh here's thought. Went to my first festival since developing my shielding. Did not find it very stressful or overwhelming or needing huge amounts of time to recover from it. The space it was in did help but it is a massive step forwards for me - especially as no glitter hairspray was used in the attendance of this event.

Yay for wise people that know things and offer good advise to those who will listen and learn from it. Thank you all for that!

Another one here craving alone time! It was good to have a few deep breaths by the sea as it got dark this evening.

speakout That flower is beautiful. And these words,
She reclaims and shows tenacity, courage and resilience, despite conditions.A life lesson there! are very inspiring and perfectly timed. Thank you.

InTheTempest lovely to see you again

Hills so pleased to hear of your experience with the festival- brilliant! Hope that virus is on it’s way out soon.

I thought this was a nice idea for a release ritual, making use of the lovely energy of the upcoming libra full moon. I’m going to work on shifting some of the dross that I’ve inadvertently let into my energy field recently! 💫

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Attached the wrong photo!

yashmis they are both stunning photos!

Yashmis what wonderful photos

Sending some caring energy to all who need it (I know that feeling of needing alonetime

I have really needed your wonderful energy for the last few days so thank you all

Morning everyone, what a beautiful day it is. I'm just back from a dog walk, sitting in the garden listening to the birds singing.

Yashmis that picture is stunning, those colours! Simply breathtaking 😊 I also love the full moon ritual, so thank you for posting. I've been reading about the pink Libra moon, I'm feeling excited about this one, even more so than I usually am about a full moon. This one feels extra special some how.

I'm went to see my medium friend and spiritual teacher last night. She's quite simply the wisest (as well as one of the funniest!) person I've ever met, I love her so much and feel so privileged to have her in my life.We talked over a few of the things I've been worrying about recently, including the extreme highs I've been experiencing, followed by the drop. Her answer is just to acknowledge it's going to happen, accept it, be kind to myself and let it go. So simple when you think about it, and good advice for just things in life 😊

This just popped up on my Facebook, I think the words sum up beautifully what it is we do.

Hi InTheTempest I've been away longer than I would like as well, it's lovely that we can dip in and out as the notion takes us.

I see this part of my life as self care and self care has taken a back seat this last month or so , I've had rheumatoid arthritis and I'm adjusting to a different way of living. I'm only fit for work and sleep. I have a 4 day break coming up now and I want to get back to my witchy friends and interests and make some time for myself.

I love this group .
No matter where you've been this is home.

Hello you lovely ladies

Oh and I bought a heated throw , that will also feature heavily in my plans

I love that Violet! Thank you for sharing it. The Libra moon is really striking a chord for me too

Your friend does sound wise. I do think the problems we have with most experiences are the energy we feed them (and trying to control them) rather than the actual thing of that makes sense! Stripping things back and allowing ourselves just to be is very powerful I think.

Good to see you Loyaul and thank you for the caring wishes. Hope you’re doing as ok as can be. Continuing to send love to you.

Thank you Hills!

Lovely to see you FilledSoda

Good to hear you have a bit of a break ahead and some self care planned

No matter where you've been this is home.

Wonderful words, sums it up beautifully 💖

Lovely to be back here, also sending good thoughts to everyone who needs it. Love seeing the photos everyone shares, always cheering.

Totally believe in the self care concept- thing is I really do think I can be too selfish with it grin Tonight I have had a bath and have jasmine oil burning, my Starchild Aries candle as well. Helps me relax a lot.

Good morning everyone, some beuatiful photos and uplifting words.

It is suxh a beautiful misty morning here, the mist bring such a quality of light and even seems to ,modify the , everything seems much closer ans we are enveloped in a foggy cloak.
I find mist and fog exciting, I did as a child too, the idea of things being hidden, or veiled, secrets being shrouded, always a supernatural feel to the day,

Full house here, everyone on holiday except OH, so food expectations are high! I will pop to the supermarket to stock up this morning, but also have some work to do.

Have a magical day sisters.

Good morning sisters

What a lovely thread. “No matter where you have been, this is home”
FilledSoda, May you enjoy the break, indeed may we all be able to look after ourselves and honour our beings along with Mother Nature.

Yashmis, thank you for sharing the full moon ritual. Beautiful. May we release what no longer serves us.

This thread is allowing me to reconnect to something I had edited out of my life from early childhood. It is like fresh clean air.

I love your descriptions of the morning where you are speakout

I enjoyed a bit of sea energy yesterday- enjoying the relative quiet ahead of the hot weather predicted for the weekend that will see an influx of visitors to the most beautiful spots round here. It was lovely to be on the clifftop, watching the light play on the water and feel the wind blowing around me, as Violet described, bringing perspective

Have a magical day all x

Littleowl welcome, come and join us by the aga ☺️

Speakout I like the mist and fog too, there's something so mystical and exciting about isn't there? Interesting you mentioned it as leads on to something I've been thinking about lately.

Following on from a conversation I had with someone the other day, I've been thinking about all the things I did as a child that indicated I would become a witch. Things like getting excited by mist and fog and thunderstorms, walks in the dark to look at the stars (my Grandad used to do this with me), a fascination with grave stones, making 'potions' with petals and leaves, getting beyond excited about Halloween (even more than Christmas), a love of woods and forests. My parents aren't witchy at all, so I think they thought I was a rather strange child!

Your post made me smile Violet, I have similar memories of being connected in this way from childhood. I think we’re more in touch and open to magic before the world ‘reprogammes’ us. Like owl says, it gets erased doesn’t it.

I have memories of potion making, connecting with a favourite tree, animals and knowing that somehow my intention impacted on how things turned out.

I remember going on a Norfolk broads holiday when I was about 10. My family didn’t know where to find me for a while- I’d taken myself off in the rowing boat that was attached to the cruiser we were staying on and was sitting in it in the middle of an expanse of water, completely immersed in the wonderful water energy! We’re all free spirits when we allow ourselves to be I think.

I know as I became entrenched in academia later on, my magical connection ‘jarred’ with the general consensus about ‘what intelligent people believe’ My core connection never left me but now I’m more confident in my beliefs. I’m comfortable with not arguing about or even understanding why magic works or how all things are connected which seems to be a common way of proving yourself to be a logical, intelligent being.

To me these days, the two are not mutually exclusive, although I know it’s a common narrative that ‘advanced’ humans do not believe things that cannot be fully explained. There’s an irony to that in my eyes- we should only believe what others tell us is true?!

Part of witchcraft for me is reconnecting with the part of me that is wise and knowing and connected with all things. I find ‘pre-prescribed’ belief systems dampening of this.

The description you gave of the magic of childhood speaks to me of our inner wisdom and knowing. Very empowering, thank you

Morning all, apologies, I popped in to intro myself last month and then disappeared again. It's been a tricky and demanding few weeks with some extra dollops of bad news, health issues and general fuckwittery from people.

Have loved keeping up with the posts though I do love this community. Lots of love to all who make so positive, collaborative and interesting.

I am starting to come out of my fug, had a glorious twenty minutes pottering around my small garden this morning, admiring all my lovely herbs and flowers that are in spring mode - was just the tonic I needed, i feel like i'm coming out of hibernation.

I'm planning a small full moon ritual, sadly I'm out in the evening so will have to do it before it gets dark - a little tarot, get my crystals out and will also get some water charging.

Also very happy to have a quiet Easter ahead, I'm carving out lots of rest time and will hopefully get in a good walk on the heath to get myself back into nature a bit more to help ground me a bit - feeling far too far away from tethered earth at the minute. I need to get some energy from somewhere! I am also seeing a fellow witchy friend on tuesday, i love spending time with her, some people just fill you up with something don't they? I can't quite put my finger on what it is but it feels soul soothing.

At the risk of this turning into an epic self-indulgent post, I wondered if i can ask for some advice, I want to take myself off for a couple of nights to recharge a bit (i'm an introvert with an extroverts job and noisy house so need solitude every now and again) I'm in the South East without a car, where would be a good place to go? Maybe a thin place where I can connect to myself and the universe. i've been having a look at glastonbury. Do you think this would be a good option? Any other ideas? Thank you!

I'm planning a small full moon ritual, sadly I'm out in the evening so will have to do it before it gets dark The moon is there whether you can see it or not!

Morning all - life just mooches along here at the moment.

Betty how about a retreat? There's quite a few Glastonbury way.

Hi everyone, as ever too many to mention by name but a huge thank-you for all your wise words, comments, images, ideas and more,

Elphame Just mooching is a rather nice state to be in, I always wish it would last longer than it does. I'm usually just sinking into it to enjoy it fully and another whirlwind of stuff comes straight for me and knocks me for six.

Betty pop in whenever you like and stay or just have a quick visit, whatever's good for you is good for us too.

Come on in and get comfy and have a browse on here
www.megalithic.co.uk/topics.php?countries=1
Left hand column at the top, click on whichever county you are thinking of going to stay in to find the thin places. Don't forget not all of them are on publically accessible land, so do check before you go.

Click on the county you live in and be surprised how many thin places are near where you live, most are not a journey away.

Glastonbury is great, I'd prefer to visit its sites at a quieter time than over any public holidays.

Grounding energy is free from Mama Earth, just take your shoes and socks off and stand on her, skin to skin for a while.