Any Witches Here? Part 7.

[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.

InTheTempest

Life can be very challenging, Many of us on this thread have been through some really bad things in our lives, and I empathise with anyone who is struggling through the dark.

But hold on tight. There is always light ahead, and when we emerge with our battlescars we can rise- stronger and wiser. When scars heal they can become some of our greatest strengths, I would not be the person I am, or the mother that I am without my difficult times.
I have emerged knowing myself better, understanding others better, I have more patience, more empathy, less time for neative people and negative situations.
I defend those I love more, I love more deeply, I enjoy the simplest things in life far more.

Be open to the transformations and they will happen. shit happens, other people do bad things to us and sometimes we make bad choices, but we can emerge a better person and a happier person because of these experiences,.

A magical path helps- it does not fear the dark, and when you are ready it can allow us to heal.
Some of us here have been doing some shadow work with our past selves, it can be a powerful way of bringing healing to the present if we spend time nurturing ourselves in the past.
And it is never too late to redefine ourselves in to positive loving beings.

Easter blessings to all my beautiful sisters 💐🌺🐣

How lucky we are to have such a gorgeous bank holiday weekend 😊
I've been out for a walk this morning with my dog, and now I'm having a coffee in the garden. I'd like to say it's peaceful, but next door has decided to strim his rather overgrown garden. Hopefully he won't be too much longer!

I slept so deeply and soundly last night, not waking until 9.30 which is unheard of for me, I'm normally awake between 6-7. I must have needed it. I smudged the entire house with sage yesterday, so I wonder if that had something to do with it.

Littleowl and Betty I remember going to Brittany on holiday when I was a child and visiting a stone circle a bit like Avebury. I'd forgotten all about it until I read your posts. I'm now thinking I'd like to go back.

Dementedma welcome! It's lovely to have you with us 😊
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InTheTempest* it sounds like you've had a really hard time, so sorry to hear that. Relationship breakdowns are always so hard, especially when there is children involved. I went through a a particularly nasty one myself. I'm glad you're finding your strength and hope you feel you can use this thread as a place to come to for support when you need it.

Hope you all have a lovely day ❤️

Speakout and Violet thank you so much for your kind words. I don't like to think of others going through it all but in a way it helps to know you've come out the other side. I'm pretty confident I can do that now too. I feel like I've finally grown up in some ways this past year. Have made some bad decisions along the way but I try not to be too hard on myself for it.

The magical path is filled with so much positivity, it's doing me so much good.

I'm pretty confident I can do that now too.

Beautiful words- with power!!

Go sister- we are behind you!

Thank you so much

Inthetempest - you sound so very empowered. Good to hear you are kind to yourself. I am sorry you had to go through this.

Dementedma - welcome and enjoy

Violet - what a marvellous present, this weekend in glorious weather. Hope your neighbours are not testing your patience too much

Speakout- thank you for posting about yesterday’s occurrences. Brilliant!

Our weekend of celebrating life - when I was putting out the eggs in this garden, barefoot today, my mind filled with Goddess song, I was so grateful.

Weaving our magic, for the highest good, so often unseen
“Our magic is our giveaway, our magic is our song”

I just had a rather lovely afternoon of walking bare foot on the grass and blowing bubbles with DD. That for me is magic at its very best!

SalemSpellman

You have inspired me! I have just been for a barefoot walk around my garden.
It feels delightful!!

How lovely Salem and Speakout barefoot is great!

Violet a sound sleep is a rare gift I'm glad you enjoyed.

I actually managed to get out today which was amazing although now my knee is up like a Belfast bap and really painful. It was wonderful enjoying the fresh air

Betty
Speaking of our witchy goddesses, this is an area I’d love to find out more about. Are there any good starting points people can recommend?

This is quite a comprehensive resource for a starting point.
www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/resources/goddesses.asp

So many wise and inspiring posts to catch up with- I can’t think of a better place to be as I settle for the evening

BlankTimes your post from yesterday really resonates with me. Thank you so much for your wise words. I totally agree about the open mind and open heart thing. For me, part of the problem here is that all things ‘heart’ related have been devalued in relation to rationally. I think it’s indicative of our patriarchal society in which ‘the heart’ is attributed to ‘femininity’ (therefore devalued) whilst ‘the mind’ is seen as a positive ‘masculine’ entity and valued above it. I love your take on this and I love the way we don’t have any of that misogynistic nonsense here. Very powerful 💫

Tempest like others have said- your energy right now is fabulous. Very empowered- I love that. I’ve also been where you are and to start with I thought I might die of a broken heart. It turns out I didn’t and it actually turned out to be one of the most incredible periods of growth and development in my life. I had no choice but to pick up the broken pieces of my former self and put them back together so I could carry on. It transpired that whilst dealing with the individual pieces there was so much scope for healing, learning and growing, free of the role I had played in the relationship which I can now see was dulling and restricting me. I’m happy with the result and truly believe that I wouldn’t be as happy as I am today without going through what I did. I am so glad to read that you feel some peace now. I love your strength and determination moving forward and feel that bright days are ahead for you

Loyaul fabulous that you managed to get out! Really pleased to hear that and thank you for the lovely picture

So many more interesting posts I’d like to respond to but for now I’ll just say welcome to dementedma 👋 and thank you all for all you share, I love reading every post that pops up here 💜

Blessed be sisters x

I just saw this and thought I’d add it to CircumzenithalArc’s suggestion for Betty I think it looks like an interesting read

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1939681944/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_M.nVCb0GAFHZB?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Good morning sisters. The school hols have meant that I have been out and about or ferrying the boys around to various commitments, so I haven’t had time to keep up with the thread so much. It is so lovely to step back into the kitchen.

We had a busy but exciting weekend in Brisbane for DS1’s 13th birthday last week, including a 5am wake up to watch the sunrise with him and bracing heli ride around the city.

speakout - that is a fantastic and most amusing outcome with your letchy neighbour.

Loyaul - your Easter hunt sounds lovely and far healthier than the trove of chocolate I hid for my boys to discover (and then trade with each other).

Lacypants - your witch casket box looks beautiful. Not sure I could justify $60+ every month but it would be nice as an occasional treat

We’re still in the mid-20s for temps here so it was wonderful to sit out under the pink moon the other night and bathe in her energy. I still find it most confusing when the small number of deciduous trees we have around are starting to show their rich brown, golden and red colours of autumn but the lime and lemon tress are putting out their fruits.

This poem popped up in my FB feed twice from different posters this morning and felt that I was meant to share it here.

Wishing everyone a restful end to the long weekend.

Misty Mount lovely to hear from you, sounds like you've been busy! I love that poem ❤️ Your Autumn weather sounds gorgeous, definitely my favourite time of year.

I woke up full of anxiety this morning. A combination of PMS, the thought of going back to work tomorrow after a week off and a couple of events coming up this week with extended family.

I went out early this morning with my dog, it was so lovely and quiet. At the risk of sounding like a terrible grump, I do struggle a bit with hot bank holiday weekends. There's just so many people everywhere! Even at home, I don't feel like I can properly relax. I live on a large estate and I'm surrounded by other houses. My neighbours like having big BBQs which get noisy. I'm glad they're enjoying themselves, but I can't help wishing I lived somewhere a bit more rural!

I've taken myself off to Costa in the hope a coffee and pastry will take the edge off my mood!

Lovely to see you Misty and to hear of your autumn days. Like Violet, it’s my favourite time of year.

The poem makes me think of the way we support each other here- the part about ‘being picked up by someone who delights..’

We’ve created something empowering and beautiful in the way we relate to each other I think, delighting in each other’s journeys and the results of the paths we have trodden. To me it’s like the antithesis of all that I see as wrong with organised mainstream religion- accepting each other as we are and celebrating the beautiful diversity of that. Very empowering.

Sorry to hear you’re feeling anxious today Violet, I can relate in that the working week creeping rapidly back into view is making me feel unsettled and a bit glum. I agree with what you say about bank holiday weekends- it can be hard to carve out a peaceful space when all around us is frantic and busy. I hope the coffee and pastry helped! It’ll be a ‘normal’ weekend again before we know it. Love and solidarity to you x

I hope everyone has a good day, punctuated by moments of magic 💫

Just wanted to share this, I thought it was a useful reminder to show love to ourselves wherever we’re at 💕

yasmincrone that is so beautiful, very uplifting. Thank you.

Have we discussed good starting points for shadow work research? I can't remember if we have just discussed some good starting point techniques or if we have opened a suitable worm hole. Happy to go on a hunt if needed but looking for worm hole type thing if someone would point me in the right direction.

I have figured out my guiding animal, apparently I have one. Finally bought and recieved through the post my first (and second) tarot cards. I have more plants, focus and ready to start to tackle a few things. All because I have had a few days away from the internet. I need to do this more often. It has helped that we have had visitors that bring good and calming energy which has helped to balance the more chaotic and emotional energy that is more common here.

I agree totally about the nice weather - especially over the Easter weekend making life cluttered with people. Looking forwards to mid week walks when others are too busy with work/life to be out on the hills.

Is anyone else currently being forecast storms in the next few days? I am disproportionately looking forwards to them.

Evening everyone - I see lots of new names which is lovely.

Sorry for my absence- I've been away but didn't take the laptop. Since Mumsnet forceably logged me out on the mobile devices I couldn't get back in to post! It''s been a lovely few days though playing with the dog on the beach (and collecting more hag stones). There is such magic in the waves and I might have carved a sigil or two in the sand for them to pick up and play with..... Last night we were sitting on the stones a few feet from the breakers crashing on the rocks below us. I could have stayed there all night.

Still mostly mooching going on here. I really need to get myself organised but as I'm only home for 2 days before heading back to North Wales I'm not really sure what to do first!

cluttered with people

Perfect description Hills!

Loving your digitally detoxed vibe btw- it feels like things are really shifting for you atm- wonderful. I love Shamanic ‘power animal’ stuff and animal medicine. Mine is rabbit

I also did a journey at one point that introduced me to different animal guides relating to different chakras- I only remember now that my sacral chakra was snake and my heart bear. Something I’d like to revisit actually.

Anyway, it’s great to hear all you’ve achieved- sounds like the lack of internet was very productive.

We have talked about shadow work a fair bit as we’ve ambled along I think- the only discussion I can find right now is towards the end of thread 6. I know speakout particularly has shared some wise thoughts and ideas around shadow work.

These are some links I shared at that time- they’re very Jungian though- if that doesn’t resonate for you then hopefully someone else will have some other suggestions

cauldronandbrew.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/shadow-work/

scottjeffrey.com/shadow-work/

www.wildwoodcircle.com/jungian-psychology-in-wiccan-study/what-is-the-shadow-in-jungian-psychology/

No storms forecast here unfortunately- I’d love a storm!

Good to see you Elphame, that sounds like a lovely few days. I absolutely love sea energy and would love to find a hagstone!

I felt very low in energy this afternoon- couldn’t persuade myself to do much at all.

I thought of BlankTimes words about grounding through ‘skin to skin contact with mama earth’ and of Salem and speakout barefoot in the garden and I followed suit. A couple of hours barefoot gardening turned out to be just the thing. Thank you sisters for the inspiration.

Just settling down to have a look at Brene Brown’s ‘the call to courage’ on Netflix

Thanks for the articles Yashmis

I always feel the phrase 'Shadow work' has negative connotations, that it's all about mulling over traumatic past events or the negative aspects of your personality. It's always so useful to be reminded that Shadow work can draw out the most beautiful aspects of your personality that you haven't allowed yourself to acknowledge.

Sometimes it is not the darker aspects of the unconscious but the very best parts, the gold of the psyche, that is hidden. These are the unrealized talents and gifts that can seem as threatening to the psyche as anything else for they demand change of the personality structure and/or lifestyle in order to be realized.
The work of the psyche, then, is to find ways to incorporate the unacknowledged material thereby releasing its energy caught in the backwaters of the unconscious. As this is accomplished more and more of this “stuck” energy becomes released and returned to consciousness. Thus the whole personality, its light and its darker sides, come into greater balance and wholeness

I tend to find meditation, mindfulness, disconnecting from technology and connecting to nature, just listening to yourself without judgement to all be types of Shadow work, which to me is an ongoing thing with no specific timeframe.

^ That's me btw.

Hello all!
Misty sounds like you have had a lovely time, I'm another autumn lover too.
Elphame your break sounds wonderful, good for the soul.
Hills cluttered with people is a great description! Yesterday we went away up to County Fermanagh which outside of the main town (and probably the NT properties) was delightfully quiet and peaceful. Dh did bbqs (veggie and non veggie at a table beside a ruined castle and I was able to hobble around the flat parts with my crutches and enjoy being outside. I'm paying for it today though

Is anyone else currently being forecast storms in the next few days?
Yep. Friday. I'm South so it's going to be mostly wet but not too cold. I actually don't mind the rain.

Loyaul Ah how beautiful. A BBQ by the ruins of a castle sounds just wonderful.

My part of the world is predicted storms for tomorrow. I love a good storm, one of my happiest memories is being at my nan's caravan in the Dorset hills watching the storm around me. I never felt vulnerable, I was amazed by the beauty.

@HillsBesideTheSea I am thinking about doing some shadow work. I had a dream last night that cleansed me of one of demons. My first ever boyfriend when I was in my late teens was vile, I did eventually leave him, not necessarily for something better but still. Last night, I had a dream that I firmly told him no, and packed a little wheelbarrow full of my belongings and went. I woke up feeling so light.

I need to banish some other demons, but I feel like I am on the right path now.