Any Witches Here? Part 14.

[speakout]

Or Wiccans. or Pagans? Or anyone who is interested in a magical path or feels some magical stirrings.

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Best thing we ever did was to dig up the lawn and put in raised flower beds. the garden is packed full of plants and wildlife. although i am not a fan of the river rats that like to visit due to neighbours feeding the birds and squirrels on the lawn.

I am torn between hills and sea atm.

HillsBesideTheSea

Glad to hear that. I still have some lawn, a do find it quite useful as it is under my laundry area, and I use it for picnics etc. We are a sit on the ground type family rather than deck chairs- the lawn is quite comfy.
It is also covered in clover - I dont cut it too often, and have literally hundreds of honey bees feeding in the morning.
Seems a trend around me to pave over gardens- including the front to make way for driveways, even though there is ample parking on the street. Quite sad!
Just put a curry in the slow cooker for tea, I love eating spicy food on warm days!

This brought a lump to my throat.

These poor children suffered so much- at the hands of the church in British Columbia.
This ceremony is so powerful

www.vicnews.com/news/video-whales-appear-during-indigenous-ceremony-for-215-children-in-campbell-river/?fbclid=IwAR2GoALGm-mTFhY1O4VbVFpuJoUx6yJu8Ztnq78AWvn9yqu8mIbAAG02Hfg

Oh my goodness Speakout. So distressing to hear what happened to those poor children. But the ceremony sounds beautiful and so powerful. Whales are incredible.

Oh wow. That brought a lump to my throat too speakout such terrible atrocities and a beautiful ceremony. Incredible energy from the Orcas bringing strong ancestral medicine of the powerful maternal kind.

Nature was both cruel and kind to me today. I give you this and will come back to click Speakout's link another day.

I was really hoping the unspeakable atrocities carried out by that religion with the blessing of the politicians of the time was over when the Tuam Babies were discovered in Ireland. 796 bodies of babies and children flushed into a septic tank. Who knows how many more are at different institutional sites over Ireland?
Or what about the children used in vaccine trials without consent www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40206482.html

Rather strange statement 12 June 2021 from the ongoing Inquiry in Scotland, www.childabuseinquiry.scot/news/update-on-benedictines-case-study-findings/

In Canada, it's just beginning, this is the first ghastly discovery at a Residential School.
It's harrowing to read about the Residential Schools and what they did to the children of the indigenous population until very recent times.

The same organisation operated in Ireland and Canada and many more countries worldwide.

This is an international scandal that hasn't even been publicised in a lot of countries where it occurs, I'm not convinced these atrocities are not still carried out in developing countries

Beautiful photo Hills

HillsBesideTheSea beutiful photo- is that venus I can see? A dull wet day here, but I am feeling calm. I had a flare up of anxiety yesterday for most of the day, but managed to send it on its way before bedtime. I slept deep and long.
These words popped up in my feed yesterday, thought I wouild share.
"𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯?"
"𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦."
“𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢?"
"𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵.
"𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵?"
"𝘠𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴: 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺."
"𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢... 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!"
"𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.”~~
~𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘣é

Hills thank you for sharing that photo, it's feels very peaceful. We've had some incredible evening sky's this week.

Speakout lovely words, thank you. I'm glad the anxiety had shifted and you slept well.

It's still early, but it's already feeling very warm. Today's going to be another hot one, but thunderstorms and rain forecast for tomorrow and Friday - I'm looking forward to that, there's nothing quite like a thunderstorm after a heatwave!

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VioletCharlotte we have a dull rainy 15 degree day here.
I agree about thunderstorms, I have the excitement of a child during an electrical storm.
I am so enjoying this quieter spell of work right now, I could actively increase that, but it is so good that I am taking time to indulge.
Off to a yoga class this morning- of all the new classes I have tried recently- including all the fancy clubs- the one I am enjoying the most and now including in my regular practice is a council run class 2 miles away costing £2.10 a class. I am super happy about that!

I am glad you have had a good sleep speakout, I think it’s warrior work to move through anxiety the way you have. Those words about healing through hands are beautiful, thank you for sharing them with us. Delighted to hear you have found a yoga class so fitting in every way. Wonderful!

Hills I see you chose hills I’m the end! Thank you for the picture, it is beautiful.

BlankTimes I suspect so too. It is unthinkable yet part of the human experience for so many. Atrocious.

Violet we are due a storm here too, I also love them and hope it transpires. I agree about the evening skies, they have been so beautiful this last week or so, it finally feels like midsummer after all, like you said a while back, full of life.

I wanted to share this video, as ever, some may have seen it already but I thought it was beautiful. I love rose medicine and what she says about the flowers and the thorns

www.facebook.com/562976081/posts/10157706069591082/?d=n

speakout i think this is what you were looking at in the picture? You might be able to see planets, i didn't notice any but the moon was real real pretty.

I am glad i took to the hills, life has thrown me more stress. If i had not been in the hills i would have been struggling more than i am. Life really shaking things up so much atm.

I have picked a few supplies up for my solstice plans. I do hope to get out to the hills but I suspect that i might be isolating as this is a region of high counts and extra testing and I fear track and trace might get me. If it does there is always the back garden. Which does have the perk that i can burn things without worrying about setting the moors on fire i have feelings about people who ignore the no barbacue/fire etc signs What is meant to be is apparently what i need to adjust to so i will plan knowing it might not come to pass

Wishing you all calm evenings or the delight of the possible thunder storms / wind storms that some have predicted for them. Stay safe sisters

HillsBesideTheSea lovely to read of your solstice plans.
My celebrations will be simple, a small ritual and a solstice sun salutation yoga session, followed by a trip out for lunch with my DD.My yoga practice and my magical craft are weaving the same path at the moment- this is a wonderful book- www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Witches-Sarah-Robinson/dp/1910559555?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

The sun has returned and I have a stack of laundry to do, and a batch of rose candles to make- my favourite kind of day!

Happy birhday Aerwyna!

Thank you speakout!! 💜

Hope you have a lovely Birthday Aerwyna!

I am stuck firmly with my arse getting splinters on a fence at a crossroads. (metaphorically)

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday Aerwyna, Happy birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Aerwyna 🎂 May it be filled with magic, sparkles and gin! 💫

Aww, thank you sisters, I am feeling very blessed X

Lovely to read about your solstice plans Hillsbythesea and Speakout. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet, there's a couple of ceremony's locally I've been looking at. I'll see how my energy levels are feeling. I'm tired today and swaying towards quiet, solitary celebrations.

We've just had a heavy rain shower. Today's been so warm and oppressive, its very much welcome. I've got the back door open, I love listening to the sound of the raindrops landing on the patio. It made me smile as it brought back a memory of toddler DS1 rushing out into the garden and dancing in the rain in just his nappy! He was always a water baby.

Happy birthday @Aerwyna

Just quickly popping in to read everyone else's news and flying out again. This week has been busy for me, I am planning some time out over the weekend and will catch up with you all properly then.

Oh happy birthday @Aerwyna! I hope it's been magical and nourishing and joyful x

VioletCharlotte that is a lovely memory

I have been drying flowers and petals. I currently have wild rose petals drying and i have a nice little jar of peony flowers. My calendula flowers are getting there too. I need to figure out where I popped my seeds as I want to throw a few more in to grow as I just have the one lowely plant that survived the winter.
Anyone have a suggestion of any other flower that I should look out for that would be good for drying purpose for inclusion into spells/altars/rituals. I am eyeing up the nasturtiums... I have edible ones too so those will go in the salad when they come up if the black fly dont beat me to them again this year.
I am hunting for a chocolate mint atm as I want to add that to my collection of herb pots that are taking over the patio...
I have a whole heap of pretty jars of things that i have dried and it makes my chaotic soul a little happier.

Hello once more! I’ve had some time away as I keep getting pulled into the many, often distressing, distractions of the moment. I find learning to centre, ground and stay away from the news is a weekly, if not daily, lesson at the moment.

I’m trying to place more importance on peace than staying informed, but I must admit I have trouble when the direction the country, and more broadly, the world, is heading is so desperately concerning to me. I feel compelled to do something, but quite what yet, I’m not sure.

Do any of you struggle with this? If so, how do you find a (meaningful and somewhat long term!) balance? I cannot just close my eyes and stick my fingers in my ears, but equally I cannot continue on in such a state of outrage / worry as it isn’t helping anything or anyone.

Anyway, enough gloom! I loved reading of your summer solstice plans. I’m much too frazzled to do anything elaborate, but I am inspired to do a few sun salutations. These days I just carve out little rituals and self care wherever I can, in the smallest possible ways. It’s all I have capacity for.