Any Witches Here? Part 9.

[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.

Afternoon

Wilting over here, so interested to know where you track the thunderstorms Elphame

I seem full of questions today, but also wondered if someone could explain the 8 and 8, and also with events like mercury retrograde and eclipses, how do I find out ahead of time that they're coming?

Hoping everyone is coping with the heat

Technically but I play with the dark stuff.

Limping in,clutching a fan and large glass of iced water.

In a great deal of pain right now as I'm in the middle of an arthritis flare up, and my knee and ankle are nearly twice their normal size.

This hot weather hasn't helped it at all!

I've been "told" by well meaning people that I shouldn't hate the heat because arthritis is worse in the cold and wet of winter! Yeh ok then,tell my body and gp that then.

Anyway, I have a tub of ice here if anyone wants some - it's melting fast,mind.

@beehivemind Here you go! map.blitzortung.org/?#7.11/49.693/-3.909

Evening all, can I come and collapse on a cushion for a bit? I've not been feeling at all well the lasts couple of days, headaches, nausea and so tired all I've wanted to do is sleep. I'm not sure if this is some sort of bug or whether this is my body's way of telling me I need to slow down as I've been overdoing it lately. Either way, it's stopped me in my tracks.

Stumpy I'd love some ice please. I don't cope with hot weather that well either. So sorry to hear you're in so much pain.

Yashmis that poem brought tears to my eyes. And I loved reading your post Speakout about "the ordinary", so grounding and really made me think. I hope you're feeling better today after a difficult day yesterday.

VioletCharlotte thank you- things are much calmer today. I am sorry to hear you and StumpyinSomerset are not feeling well, I have lit a healing candle for you both.

It's far too hot at the moment. I feel so unproductive, not sure if you ladies feel the same. Hoping for a thunderstorm...

Thank you Speakout that's very kind of you 🙏 How hot is it in Scotland at the moment? I know it's normally a bit cooler up there than it is down here.

VioletCharlotte just checked my outdoor thermometer- currently 23 degrees. Was 27 degrees this afternoon.

Thanks Elphame

Good morning- a wild night of crackling thunder and streaks of lightning for hours here! Just stopped at dawn. Such power.
Everything is soaked outside. Will be a very humid day.
Off to the gym early, then back home to work.
I hope the storm has cleared the air for everyone.

Wonderful storm overnight here too speakout. I slept with the windows and curtains open to take it all in, charged some work I’m doing on the windowsill.

beehivemind the 8&8 is, as speakout so beautifully described it, ‘a drop in time for energy raising’ A common theme that’s been bubbling amongst us on this thread for a while is using divine feminine energy to combat the toxic masculinity that is causing such damage in the world. So 8am and 8pm are times some of us choose to use to raise divine feminine energy for ourselves, each other and the world. I’ve used a yoga chant/pose that Violet recommended, lighting a candle and focusing on this energy, a shift in focus or gathering flowers/items that feel appropriate. Whatever feels right and is possible at that time really. The idea was born towards the end of the last thread if you want to read back and see how it happened.

I’ll be sending an extra boost to our sisters who’ve been feeling unwell this morning as well as focusing on lifting myself; I’ve had a bit of a dip in energy/mood the last few days.

I’ve been experiencing a connection with a particular goddess deity recently. Signs and synchronicities that have been gathering for a while. This is a fairly new thing for me in the way I’m experiencing it. I usually work with the goddess as an archetypal energy- this has come as a surprise to me!

Wishing everyone a magical day 💫

Thanks YashmisCrone what a beautiful idea

That was some lightening show we had last night - it was like being in a nightclub. Surrounded by continuous flashes of sheet lightening and a continuous rumble of thunder. I've never seen anything quite like it.

Virtually no rain though. My glass bowl collected barely 50ml.

It appear that I slept through the storm. Apparently there was thunder, lightening and torrential rain but I didn't hear any of it! It does feel fresher this morning though which is a relief. I'm really not looking forward to tomorrow.

Thank you for the energy boost Yashmis sending some back your way 💫 A lot of us seem to be tired and run down at the moment. I'm wondering if it's a combination of heat/ mercury retrograde/ full moon last week? I know I've not been sleeping well at all recently, but I've still been busy as ever during the day and probably overdoing it, as we all have a tendency to do.

Nipping in to park the broomstick and join in at 8. This amazing place had fallen off my 'threads I'm on', can't have that!

Not much to add apart from things seem to be moving, as though a large block which has so far resisted all considerable efforts by me to move it and move onwards seems to have a lot less resistance than it has done for a very long time.

Hope everyone sleeps better tonight, the storms caused me to be up for most of last night, so today's venturings have had to be postponed until tomorrow.

Here's to 8, interesting symbolism within it, infinity, lemniscate
Have a magical evening everyone.

Here’s to 8!

Great to have you around this evening BlankTimes and wonderful that you’re experiencing an unblocking. Your energy is fab!

Wishing everyone a restful evening 💫

Good morning,

Just wanted to share some tree energy in case anyone feels in need of some!

Also loved this quote from Noami Wolf- another good reason to raise the divine feminine.

Thinking of Violet, Stumpy and anyone else who’s been feeling under the weather or low in energy . We’ve got a lovely new moon to look forward to, beautifully aligned with Lammas. A new cycle as we begin to harvest what we have sown.

Love to all x

Good morning

Feeling so much better today. Hope others are too. It's only when I'm ill, that I really feel grateful for having good health most of the time. Thoughts going out to Stumpy and anyone else battling with chronic conditions.

I love those tree pictures Yashmis.Tree energy is so powerful isn't it? I instantly feel lifted when I'm in the woods or forest.

Blanktimes good to hear those blocks are finally shifting!

Morning all. I am still lurking but not feeling like I have much to share with you all at the moment.

VioletCharlotte

I am glad to hear you are feeling better today- great news.

Elphame I didn't collect storm water either, but another downpour is forecast forthis evening, so hopefully we will be lucky.

YashmisCrone Thank you for that lovely quote, particularly poignant for those of us who were not blessed with lessons in self esteem as children and have had to fight to find it in adulthood.

queenrollo welcome, please don't feel you always have to contribute, just having you sit a while is good for us too. Just having your presence is lovely. Kick your shoes off, the old stone floor of this kitchen is delightfully cool to rest your feet, I have a bottomless jug of home made iced lemonade to share.

Here's to 8, interesting symbolism within it, infinity, lemniscate

Love it blanktimes. Glad tou hear some blockages are lifting, I fee cautiously optimistic too about the future and some sticking points that have been around a long time.

Good evening sisters,

Glad to hear you’re feeling better Violet and it’s lovely to have you with us queenrollo 💕

Lovely hearing about the shifts others are experiencing- inspiring stuff!

I’ve been craving wild water for too many days now. Yesterday ran late so I ‘didn’t have time’, today my head said the same, backed up by my body- ‘hungry and thirsty, still work to be completed, best just get home’... my heart had other ideas and before I could think any further I was driving away from home towards the river.

I walked barefoot through the woods and scrambled over tree trunks to get to a quiet spot in the river; at this point I had yielded to the pull of the spirit of the water, which I waded into. It was deliciously cold, soft and earthy. Invigorating.

Just what I needed. A soggy walk back to the car again! (Must learn to carry an ‘emergency swimming kit’ at all times!) the soles (souls?) of my feet feel tingly with the energy of the woods and the river, my spirits are lifted. I’ll be bringing a lighter energy to the mix at 8

Yashmis you've inspired me to go out this evening and find some wild
water. What a great idea, my dog will love it too.

I do love this thread ❤️

yasmis thank you
I have only city heat and low blood pressure so your image and description made me feel better.