Any Witches Here? Part 10.

[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.

@madcatladyforever I hope you enjoy your new life in Glastonbury!

Good evening all

I just came in for a quick cuppa by the fire.
Nice to catch up on everyone’s news, especially those who are moving house.

I’m experiencing a lot of change at the moment. Some of it is quite scary, and may also lead to a move, but ultimately I feel that things are probably going to be ok despite the bumps in the road.

Can I ask you ladies how you clarify things for yourself? I have some quiet thinking time most days but at the moment it seems as if there is too much going on and so everything is swirling about / clouded. I am inexperienced in tarot although I do occasionally meditate / scry. Any ideas for how I can gain insight into a situation / clarify my own thoughts.

In the meantime I’m clearing out old clothes and shoes, putting rubbish into the bins and generally tidying up. I find that letting go of “stuff” often helps!

Wishing everyone a peaceful and blessed evening.

Gee

Flying visit to say have a lovely magical evening everyone, sounds as though big changes are sweeping everyone into new paths and places, that's great.
Gee 'how I can gain insight into a situation / clarify my own thoughts'
Open heart and open mind together work a treat

A magical evening here too- and big changes, not all of them very comfortable!

I have a big pumpkin pile, lots of candles and sleeping familiars.
All is calm.

GeeIneverthoughtofthat sounds like you are already doing lots of great stuff for clarity. You don't need to be an "expert" in Tarot to gain insight.
I would also suggest making sure you get enough sleep, spend time outdoors in natural places, using herbs or incense is great too.
Rosemary is especially good for clearing the mind.
Throw some ( from a supermarket if you don't grow your own) into a pan of simmering water.
The fragrance is good for clearing and focus.

Will anyone be getting a turnip or swede out to make a lantern? We always used to do this when I was a child (my family are from Northumberland originally and I think this was a tradition in Scotland) and I think I'd like to revive this (for myself). I also don't like pumpkin, so carving them seems quite wasteful

Good evening all. It's been a wet and windy day here again today. I've spent the afternoon indoors doing some cooking. Candles are burning, it's lovely and cosy.

Geeineverthoughtofthat
As others have said, if your mind and heart are open, spirit will give the answers, you just have to ask 💫 I find yoga and being out in nature the best ways of emptying my mind.

Madcatlady congratulations on the house move, very exciting!

Hi, I'm going to gradually work my way through the old threads but I feel like this is maybe somewhere I should be? Never had any conventional "belief" at all but always believed in the power from nature... find some moments I've had in nature deeply emotional. Just very interested in finding out more. I don't know how I would develop this interest in real life though. But I need something as i am feeling anxious and stressed, like I've strayed away from my true path? Not sure that even makes sense! Anyway you seem a welcoming bunch....

I can certainly feel the change energy too! There’s so much movement amongst us, both literally and energetically. Like speakout, not all of mine is comfortable but there’s always the potential for exciting new directions with any shift..

It’s interesting to notice the themes and patterns that emerge amongst our group, gives more depth and insight into broader energy influences. Speaking of which I thought these observations about the dark and new moon were interesting

foreverconscious.com/intuitive-astrology-october-new-moon-2019

Gee I’d echo the wise words of our sisters on finding clarity. Some wonderful advice there for us all. I sometimes find the more I grasp for it the more slippery it becomes so getting out of that space and using my other senses can help me switch to a mindset more receptive to answers.

Change I remember the turnip/swede thing! Due a revival I think

Serafina you are very welcome here and if it feels right to you then you absolutely belong here. Welcome, and enjoy the read through of the threads.

Wishing everyone a peaceful night 💫

Thank you to all who offered suggestions for clarity.

BlankTimes a great reminder thank you.

VioletCharlotte I love yoga and walking but haven’t been able to do much of them recently due to illness. I’m now able to start again.

Speakout thank you for the suggestion re rosemary. I grow my own at the front door and love the scent - never thought to use it!

YashmisCrone I often find that the best insights arise during quiet tasks rather than when you’re hunting for them. Going to go for a walk tomorrow. 😊

A peaceful night to all.

SerafinaPekkalasbroomstick

A warm welcome. You make perfect sense. Many pagan paths are earth based, most of us feel the power of nature.
I am up early, fire is lit, and kettle on.
YashmisCrone thanks for that information. I was musing a great deal yesterday about the dark moon, I noticed the last sliver in the sky. I was weeding and clearing my garden yesterday - my thoughts were occupied by the dark moon.
We give so much focus to the new moon or the full moon, the dark moon phase is often overlooked, I love the idea of this time being a " bolthole".
ChangeyMcChangeChange you have inspired me. As a child it was always a turnip, the name of that vegetable changes depending where you live, it's the big orange fleshed variety, can get quite large, we knew them as tumshies or neeps. Pumpkins were not available.

Using a turnip as a lantern takes us back to our roots, and I have though quite symbolic to be using a vegetable from underground to bring forth light.
I will buy one- eat the contents of course! and make a lantern. Once you have smelled the aroma of burning turnip it is permanently etched on the mind!

I may take my DS to the cinema today, he has been unwell, a throat problem, and then conjunctivitis, so feeling miserable. Farmageddon pr the Adams family movie perhaps. Cinema is an outing that is not too demanding while his energy levels are still low.
Just about to jump in the shower, DD needs a packed lunch she is working today, hasn't had a day off in three weeks, so nearly on her knees with exhaustion.
I keep her supplied with clean clothes and food!.

Lemongrass and rosewood shower this morning.

Have a great day everyone.

Lemongrass and rosewood sound like a lovely combination speakout- I’ll try that!

I’m glad the dark moon thoughts resonated, it’s something that I have been mulling over too. I know some witches prefer only to do spell work during the dark moon. To me it’s simply about what my gut tells me is right energy wise. I’ve learned to trust it more over the years.

Glorious autumn sunshine here, my washing is almost dry and I’m going to spend some time working in the garden- a welcome change from the mental load of the preceding week.

Here’s a couple of things that popped up and inspired me yesterday.

Wishing everyone a magical day 💫

Just had to share this. Wonderful clip of Boscastle’s Dark Gathering

www.facebook.com/291863230972235/posts/1409083549250192?sfns=mo

YashmisCrone

That looks amazing! Wise words also about self honour and acceptance- a motif I have been working on a lot recently.

Judging myself hashly for past choices when in fact I made the best decisions that I could at that time, working with lower confidence, past baggage and other people seeking to control me.
I did the best I could.
I am sure we all did.
And that is nothing that deserves recrimination or blame.

Fabulous isn’t it speakout! Another one here:

www.facebook.com/291863230972235/posts/1408390552652825?sfns=mo

And very wise words about self acceptance. We do the best we can with what we have at any given time and that is more than enough

I'm just popping by to place mark.
I will catch up with the thread when I have some time later.

Yashmis I needed to read posts about self acceptance today. I've been ruminating a bit following a conversation with a friend yesterday. She's a lovely Mum of small girls, and when she was talking I found myself comparing myself when my children were little. I didn't always make good choices, and I made some mistakes. Your post has helped me remember I was doing the best I could in difficult circumstances, so thank you for sharing 🙏

The Boscastle Dark Gathering looks amazing! Funnily enough, another friend was talking about Boscastle yesterday and it reminded me I went there as a child and was fascinated by the witch museum! I would love to go again some day.

Beautiful sunshine here too today. I've been out for a walk and tidied my garden (long overdue!) DS1 has been here for the weekend so enjoyed spending some time with both DS, my parents and Grandmother this afternoon.

Blessings to you all for a peaceful evening ❤️

I think it’s something us women are socialised with, the notion that we always should have done better. Keeps us in our place I think..

Mulling this over I did a search for a quote I half remembered about self acceptance being an act of subversion. I found this article which starts with the same sentiment

www.karynshanksmd.com/2018/10/19/self-care-subversive/

I know how hard it can be to accept our past actions and decisions, particularly when it comes to parenting but like speakout says we need to put it in the context of the tools we had available at the time.

I do see self acceptance/love as an act of subversion for women in a society that benefits from us never feeling quite good enough.

When I was younger I enjoyed a lot of Fay Weldon novels. Full of heroines who eventually have enough of this narrative. Something in one of her short stories gave me the concept of ‘doing the best you can with what you have’ A lens I’ve tried to view myself through since. Empowerment can come from unexpected places can’t it!

Not always easy but always worth checking and acting defiantly against when we start feeling guilt over our past decisions I think.

Violet I can relate to how you felt, it’s something that catches me too but your energy is so loving and it’s apparent what a lovely close relationship you have with your DS’s. Something to be proud of I’d say.

The videos made me want to go back to the museum at Boscastle too! I haven’t been for 20+ years. Such a fascinating place and I loved the energy that came through on the videos.

Interesting astrological influences again..

www.facebook.com/100008696353619/posts/2167294860237038?sfns=mo

Thank you for your welcomes. I am still on thread 1 and realise I will probably never read all of them! But I am having many yes! Moments. I too feel at home, safe even, in a forest. I had the same feeling about my new house. It is ca. 500 years old in parts and the inglenook has apotropaic marks burned into the beam. There were also 9 horseshoes in the fireplace. We've had work done to repair it but carefully saved them all. I have always felt that the house is enveloping us and pleased we're here.

It's been really comforting reading the posts about judging ourselves too harshly and self acceptance and love. I feel that before I split from ex and the massive fallout from that, I was a better mother. But I wasn't- I was in different circumstances then. Practically my situation was very different. I put my entire focus into the DC because they were a refuge from the things I had to deal with. Separating has given me a whole new life and I'm glad for it but I had so many practical things to sort out it completely drained my energy. I also made some poor choices but I'm not surprised really, looking back on it. What I am proud of now is how the DC have come through it all and are very happy and well adjusted. Rather than see the things I didn't do so well, I try to focus on what I did manage to do during a really difficult time.

I'd love to go to Boscastle, I've never been and bet it's fascinating.

I'd also like to get to Stonehenge this week- there's an event about mankind's fascination with the moon- sadly don't think I'll get to it but it sounds really good.

Serafina your house sounds the kind of place I would love to live. I fantasise about having a beautiful old house like that with some real history to it. How lovely that it has a welcoming feel to it.

Boscastle is lovely, I've been twice and know I'll go back again.

How is everyone today? I am feeling very positive today. There is something I want very much and I am filled with a sense of knowing I will have it. I'm not sure when or how I just know it will come to be. It's a lovely feeling. Last night I visualised over a candle for the new moon, perhaps it is the affect of that?

Hi, everyone. Ive posted on these threads in the past under different user names. Actually the name Im currently posting under is the name of a witch character from a book series I like!

I just needed to ask if anyone else is experiencing what I am currently. I feel like suddenly everything looks different, if that makes sense? I went for a walk earlier a long a road Ive walked down a million times and it just looked and felt different, superficially i5 looked the same and probably would to anyone else but I felt like everything had changed. Something has shifted and I can't put my finger on what it is? Also it feels like everything is going slower.

I dont know it this is down to the change in the seasons and the clocks going back to GMT or something else entirely, but I'd be intersted to know if anyone else has noticed and Im not losing the plot!

I have recently got really interested in astrology and apparently its all going a bit mad at the moment, and all the current political turmoil is linked to that. A possible link maybe?

Hello lovelies, popping in for brew and to sit by the fire for a bit. I've been working from home today, I've gone candles burning, clary sage in my diffuser and Lentil and Quinia soup in the slow cooker (thank you Yashmis for the recipe!) The house smells gorgeous. I went out for a dog walk at lunchtime and grabbed some autumn sunshine. So much more conducive to positive wellbeing than surfing in traffic jams and open plan offices!
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ManonBlackBeak*
I believe what you are sensing is the process of everything slowing down as we approach Samhain. I feel it too. Time for looking inwards and letting go 🧙‍♀️

Of course! I hadnt thought about Halloween/Samhain being responsible, but it makes sense.