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.

Speakout those tea lights sound amazing. I'm imagining how delicious your house must smell 💕

I got up early this morning and drove down to the coast for a beach walk with my dog. It was so good to hear the soothing sounds of the sea and feel the sand under my feet. I drew the line at a NYD swim, although there were a few brave souls in the water!

Good evening!

I've just read through this thread and drawn great strength from it. I'm very ill at the moment, but I felt like I was with you on the wild walks especially. I can't really go outside, so it brought me such comfort reading about your adventures.

I was on the first couple of threads, but life has really got in the way for the last couple of years, and I've been a bit ground down by it.

A resolution for me this year is to make sure I use some of the energy I have for self-care, including spiritual self-care, even if it means letting other things slide. I will be joining you at 8pm. :)

Good evening all. Long time lurker feeling strong enough to join in. I also went on a wild walk today with my lovely dogs, as did most of the village I live in. I have never seen the place so busy, but the energy was wonderful and full of love and a feeling of family togetherness. It was a good contrast to the strange unsettled feeling I had last night

Good evening, I hope everyone has had a good day. How lovely to hear of your beach walk VioletCharlotte, brave souls indeed!

Sproutina glad to have you here. Glad to here you have decided to put self care higher in your priorities, nurturing ourselves is so importat, and can take the simplest of forms. A cup of herbal tea or listening to some calming music. Sometimes just the realisation and intent of a nurturing act is very powerful.

BetterEatCheese I am glad you have joined us- I think many of us have felt a little unsettled over the past few days, some very strong disruptive energies around. Sometime we need to upset the apple cart to have change however.
I look forward to hearing more about your journey if you would like to share.

Returning to the Aga after a few weeks break. This festive time has been stressful and I’ve needed a lot of alone and quiet time to process emotions.

It’s certainly helped and the past few days I have felt more positive.

I have an unusual question - I regularly stay overnight at my parents.

There are two rooms I sometimes sleep in.

One of which I experience things.

Most recently I’ve noticed that when I sleep in this room I have dreams of holding hands and wake up with my left arm out of the bed with the feeling that a hand is in mine.

It’s a tender peaceful feeling

I’ve tried looking into this experience to see if other get the same but haven’t found anything

Can anyone suggest what it could mean?

NemophilistRebel

I would firstly look to my own situation and the energies of the house. You say you have a peaceful feeling, any hunches about what is causing this event?
Also the energies of the house- history, who lived there - how much to you know about the building?

It could be your inner world making its voice heard to you, or there may be energies in the room.

Keep us posted!

Good morning sisters,

speakout the image I have of you making those divine candles is fabulous-magic indeed- a goddess at work!

Violet so pleased to hear that you made it to the coast. I agree about the sound of the sea. When I’m near it my energy can’t help but shift, my whole being responds.

Sproutina it’s so good to have you back with us. I have wondered how you’re getting on and sometimes been guided to send energy your way during our 8&8’s. Time for self care sounds like an excellent resolution. I’ll send wild elemental energy your way when I’m out and about.

BetterEatCheese I’m glad you’ve decided to join in, it’s good to have you here. I agree about the collective energy, like speakout was saying, new year tends to have an air of collective magic as many feel drawn to set intentions doesn’t it.

NemophilistRebel glad to hear you’re feeling more positive, alone/quiet time can work wonders can’t it. Your experience sounds very comforting, like being looked after. I’m curious to hear what others think of it’s meaning and and pleased to hear that it brings you peace. Whatever it is it sounds like a gift.

Wishing everyone a magical day 💫

Good morning!

Thanks for the warm welcome speakout and YashmisCrone . It's so nice to be back in the kitchen.

And the wild elemental energy is much needed and appreciated! So kind of you.

I love the (almost enforced) quiet of twixtmas, and mine has been especially quiet this year. I've realised that I have been using all my energy reserves to try to keep doing everything I did before I was ill, mainly because of maternal guilt. Actually, though, it has made me miserable & depleted. And my mood affects the whole family, of course.

I kept a bullet journal for a while last year, and it was suddenly startlingly clear how great was the gap between what I expected of myself, and what I could physically achieve. My feeling of overwhelm suddenly made absolute sense.

I have two candles burning, which bring me a sense of peace and calm, and although I don't (yet) have the energy for much ritual, I will keep reading and posting. I hope you all have a lovely calm day.

Just come across this thread and thought I'd say hi I'm very new to this - 2019 wasn't a good year for me but towards the end I began practicing some simple rituals and found it helped me through and gave me a sense of peace. I'm going to work my way through the previous threads as well as following this one

@WrackspurtsAndNargles62442

Welcome..I would be glad to know what those rituals were/are?

You’re welcome Sproutina, I’ll be visiting the river this afternoon, it wild and windy here today so some very wild energy coming your way! 🌬

I enjoyed reading how you’ve managed to track then work to balance your energy levels. Very wise ,the work of a queen Lighting candles is one of the rituals I do most these days, I think it can be very powerful. I love the simple symbolism and means to carry intent.

WrackspurtsAndNargles62442 welcome, it’s good to have you here. Enjoy the previous threads- many wormholes along the way! Look forward to chatting to you more.

@NemophilistRebel as I read your post I got a very strong sense of a gentle male holding your hand. A very deep affection for you, but not in the romantic sense.

I have had a mixed start to 2020. NYE itself was a wonderful time spent with friends and our various small children. We ate and drank together and there was a sparkling energy. The next day however our host (my friend) behaved in a way I felt was self absorbed and my empathic self was quite wounded by it. My usually very stoic and rational husband agreed with me when I expressed it to him later in the day so I feel that I was right and their behaviour was rude.

I am also having a flare of pain from my condition and while this is not pleasant I am actually seeing it from the perspective that I have had to spend two days resting and indulging in self care. Actually not a bad way to start a new year.

Decorations down, some clearing in the garden done. Husband packing up the home office to move into a rented one. Very big energy movement in our home at the moment!

@queenrollo

Thank you. I couldnt get a feel for a male or female energy but it felt affectionate and deeply caring and comforting rather than romantic just as you say.

I’m not too sure what could be causing the energy but I am pregnant right now and the last time I felt similar energy (but presenting itself differently) I was pregnant then too.

The house is old, it dates around 1400’s but has changed so much in that time. The room I sleep in would likely have been space for cattle or horses.

Very interesting queenrollo and NemophilistRebel, I’m enjoying the unfurling of this happening. Interesting that it happens when you’re pregnant Nemophilist, like someone watching over you, keeping you safe. And so much history to the house!

queenrollo I like your philosophical approach to having to take it easy. I do think that the universe/our guides/higher self/whatever we believe it is finds a way to give us what we need, sometimes in unexpected ways. I think you’re very wise to see it that way. I hope the pain eases soon.

I’ve had a lovely potter round the charity shops and has my hair cut while I was out. It’s not something that often occurs to me as something that needs doing but it feels like self care now it’s done!

The river was wild and beautiful today, picture doesn’t do it justice, but the energy is there for those who’d like some

Just popping in to wish everyone a peaceful night.
Very windy and wet here, makes being tucked up in bed all the cosier.

It was wild and windy here yesterday too but so clear and bright today. Quite a contrast!

I enjoyed the sun setting over the sea. Very soothing.

I hope everyone is well today and energy levels balancing as ‘normal’ life resumes. I feel like there’s a general air of people wanting to get back to the usual routine after the festivities although I know January can be a tough month for many.

I’m feeling particularly porous to the energy around me although time off work and tending to my roots has been time well spent for building up my resilience.

Wishing everyone a peaceful evening 💫

Just popping in to say goodnight. I'm feeling absolutely exhausted, I went back to work yesterday and struggling getting back into the routine of early mornings and long days in the office. I'm hoping for a good sleep tonight and more energy tomorrow.

A warm welcome to our new sisters and to old friends returning to the aga. It's lovely to have you with us.

VioletCharlotte I hope you had a restorative night.
I am trying to summon up the energy to leave my cosy burrow to go food shopping. Cold and windy outside, still quite dark. YashmisCrone good to hear about your self care, I know exactly what you mean about feeling "porous", I feel that way too, and my two obsidian necklaces seem to have gone walkabout. They will turn up in their own time, usually in a place I have looked several times already, but a little frustrating as they are my "go to" when I need to put up barriers to outside energies.

Better make a start, wishing everyone an enchanted day.

Funny how stones go wandering like that isn’t it speakout. I hope they turn up soon. I’ve been wearing my favourite quartz pendant for protection, full of goddess energy and empowering to have next to my skin.

I hope you’ve had a good rest too Violet and that you’re able to take some time for yourself this weekend. I do think it’s harder this time of year than any other to return to work after a break. I think it’s the mass energy of ‘holiday’ all around us over Xmas.

I’m going to be on a final push with my clear out today, getting things straight ready for ‘normality’ to resume on Monday. I’ve been lucky to have a couple of weeks off.

There was a gorgeous mist over the hills here this morning, bringing that enchanted energy you wish for us speakout 🙏

I've noticed that stones seem to go walkabout sometimes too. It's very strange isn't it? I hope they turn up soon.

I'm feeling better after a good nights sleep. Woke up feeling refreshed and started the day by doing some yoga. As part of my January self-care, I'm aiming to do some yoga everyday, even if it's just 15 minutes or so.

It's cold and overcast here. Everywhere seems quiet, less people around than usual. I think they must all be in their cosy burrows like Speakout.

Hope you manage to get your clear out finished Yashmis. It's such a satisfying feeling when it's all done, a good way to start the new year.

I hope you all manage to find some magic in your day 💫

Back from shopping, just basic food stuffs, lovely to feel the quiet "business as usual" vibe to the shops. Been speaking to my niece who is in Canberra, trying to get back home to Sydney, but fears she may be stuck, as fires are set to engulf freeways. They are stuck indoors, 47 degrees, air conditioning on, lots of places are closed, - people who do venture out are wearing masks because of the smoke. She is safest staying put at her friend's house for now I think.

I found one of my obsidian pendants- my second favourite- just after I posted. I may ask the help of my house brownie if it doesn't turn up.
YashmisCrone lovely to hear of your goddess quartz bringing you energy. I have a stone with similar energy, lovely to have the goddess near.
VioletCharlotte I am glad you are feeling restored. I am glad you find yoga so nurturing, it is a lovely idea to do something conciously every day to self nurture.
Today for me was sorting out a rebate for a TV licence, not pleasant, but the cheque will come in handy in a few weeks.
And I neet to turn some attention to my hands- they get so dry in winter time and do so much work for me, they deserve to be nourished.
Otherwise a gentle, quiet stay at home day.

It's quiet here this weekend, I hope everyone's ok. I've been feeling quite anxious and unsettled. The fires in Australia are so heartbreaking, I can't stop thinking about all the millions of animals that's have been killed and all the people who have lost their homes. It's so awful. I've been putting out love and healing, but I feel so helpless.

VioletCharlotte It is awful isn't it. The loss is devastating.
I have felt it too- but an inner rage has kept me going.
That maybe now the tide will turn, that people will listen, that change can start.

I read yesterday that Scotland will this year produce 100% of its electricity from natural resources, no fossil used for power production at all- and in fact is set to produce 25% more than it needs to help supply the national grid UK wide.

That is good news-, and can be done elsewhere. Australia has huge resources in terms of heat and light to produce electricity, but continues to rely mostly on coal for elecricity production.
Hopefully this is a wake up call.

It doesn't stop the devasting losses- with more to come- but shows that we can have hope.

It is light and sunny here, I feel a change in the air. Thought I would pick a Tarot card for this thread and group of lovely women as we look towards new light.
I smiled as I I drew the Three of Cups! A celebration growth, compassion and happiness that we share between each other.

Thank you Speakout, three of cups is one of my favourite cards. To me it always represents female solidarity and circles of women who pick each other up when the going gets touch and celebrate one another's success. Just like the connection we've built on this thread ❤️