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Any Witches Here?- Part 17.

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speakout · 26/07/2022 16:37

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..
This is the 17th thread- anyone looking for a deep dive into juicy magical topics may like to browse previous threads.....

It is a long list!!

Part 1 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3241689-Any-witches-here?pg=1
Part 2
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3338025-Any-Witches-Here-Part-2?pg=1
Part 3
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3366411-Any-Witches-Here-Part-3?pg=1
Part 4
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Part5
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3437092-Any-Witches-Here-Part-5?pg=1
Part 6 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3482023-Any-Witches-Here-Part-6?pg=1
Part 7 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3520269-Any-Witches-Here-Part-7?pg=1
Part 8 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/a3568622-Any-Witches-Here-Part-8?pg=1
Part 9 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3637696-Any-Witches-Here-Part-9?pg=1
Part 10
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3726266-Any-Witches-Here-Part-10
Part 11
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3850635-Any-Witches-Here-Part-11
Part 12
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/3997761-Any-Witches-Here-Part-12
Part 13 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/4116107-Any-Witches-here-Part-13
Part 14www.mumsnet.com/Talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/4213962-Any-Witches-Here-Part-14
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dementedma · 26/12/2022 11:16

Greetings all. Had a lovely day yesterday, very relaxed and more pared back than other years and all the better for it.
Among other things got some lovely books on plants and healing herbs,and a seat/kneeler for when I'm gardening and my old knees ache!
Still in bed here as fibro is flaring but the dcs wont surface until afternoon so all is peaceful here.

speakout · 27/12/2022 07:29

I hope you are feeling better today dementedma.
I am quite glad we are heading back to normality although we still have OHs family to visit on Thursday for a meal, which requires some tidying, cleaning and cooking. OH does the bulk of the cooking, and all the clearing up, but I like to make sure floors are washed, clean toilet etc. and give a little twinkle to the place with table decorations, candles, cushions, warm throws.
Christmas dinner wasn't fantastic, DS decided not to join us, and OH got a piece of meat stuck in his windpipe at the start of the meal, which he dislodged, but was sick in the process, then didn't want to eat.
It was a lot of cooking, I am grateful to OH, but he plans too many dishes and ends up a hot mess trying to bring it all together- and does not want help.
I think we need to simplify or even go out on christmas day.
I bought a singing bowl for DS, and DD coincedentally bought one for me, so I have been working with those in the past couple of days. DD was a natural and had them singing in a few seconds, it took me a bit longer, but I am loving them.
They sing and chatter, let you know how to improve the sound and make it louder, bounce between harmonic frequencies like play, fascinating.
I can see me encorporating them into my daily rituals.
I am off to yoga this morning, a 9am start, will probably swing by a shop to buy some veg. I have been eating too many chocolates and mince pies, I am craving simple healthy food.
Have a magical day sisters.

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Trenzalor · 27/12/2022 08:14

I had a very disturbed night. It felt like something was adrift.

I’m restless for my own home now and all my things around me, but tied with this is the guilt of allowing the in laws time with their grandchildren. A balance has to be found.

Trenzalor · 27/12/2022 08:22

My son has just woken up and after complaining about seagulls waking him he said “Who is Patrick?” The only Patrick in my life was an old uni friend. I have never mentioned him. Whilst I was being induced with my son at hospital I heard through another friend Patrick had taken his life. It was something I knew I couldn’t deal with then as the induction was for medical reasons and going to give me a premature baby so I put it aside and I’ve never really picked it up again.

Lovelycookbooks · 27/12/2022 08:36

Dear witches, do any of you know a very simple ritual to help encourage luck and prosperity? I am trying to help my parents who have always helped me...

Mums1234 · 27/12/2022 08:59

@Trenzalor I'm sorry you feel restless and guilty. I'm not sure why you feel guilty when you're allowing time with grandchildren? It sounds like you're trying to do the right thing

EmmaAgain22 · 27/12/2022 10:20

My beliefs are a mish mash, crossing over into all sorts. So Trenzalor I wouldn't pick it up again, but when you have a moment, sit alone and just say hi to Patrick.

Lovelycookbooks I don't have a ritual but keep citrine around, and aventurine, and have a coin with the goddess Lakshmi, which sits in a sacred space. If I had an altar space, they would all be there.

The horrible heaviness that leads to and surrounds winter solstice has gone - though of course the fact I am now home and it's sunny helps a lot! It feels like a great time for new beginnings, which I really need.

Trenzalor · 27/12/2022 12:47

@Lovelycookbooks the simplest is to blow cinnamon powder over the threshold on the first of every month with an intention set for abundance. I also keep a money bowl (lots of instructions on YouTube).

Trenzalor · 27/12/2022 12:48

@Mums1234 guilty because I just want my own space again!

speakout · 27/12/2022 14:40

Trenzalor · 27/12/2022 12:48

@Mums1234 guilty because I just want my own space again!

We are so conditioned by society to put our own needs last as women.
That if we don't enjoy every single second with our children we must be uncaring and self absorbed.
Allow yourself as a woman, a mother, a person to feel what you feel and know these feelings are OK, allowed, acceptable.

I do a lot to support my family, but I allow my feelings of frustration, impatience to be heard, and not to feel guilty, acknolwedge them and give them some compassion.Without them we would be automotons. less than human, a Stepford wife.

Guilt is something used to control women.
In tending to our own needs we ironically become better support for others.
I was peopled out this morning, went to a yoga class, my OH completely understands how much I need my own space and solitude, so took my mother out to a retail park for a few hours.
That gave me precious time to potter, meditate, re focus.
I understand the need to be home Trenzalor. Nothing beats our own burrow.
Is their something you could do in the meantime until you get home?
Go swimming ( without the kids) or a yoga class, a walk in the woods, or find a quiet place in the local library, cafe or a room in your in laws where you can have some alone time to give you a break?

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Trenzalor · 27/12/2022 15:48

Thank you @speakout very wise words. It’s pouring heavily here and there aren’t many escapable places but we are off home tomorrow.

Hedjwitch · 28/12/2022 17:23

Just changed my name to something more appropriate. Formerly dementedma.

WiccanWonderer · 28/12/2022 17:26

Great choice of name Hedjwitch, very relevant with just a hint of owl 🦉

speakout · 28/12/2022 17:28

Trenzalor I hope you had a safe journey and now home.
I love coming home after a trip or a holiday- it makes my home feel much more interesting and comfortable, as if seeing it with a new set of eyes.
Staying away- especially in someone elses house makes me feel a little combobulated.
In my own home I feel comforted by my routine and rituals- my dressing gown is always kept on the same hook, the matches in my drawer for my morning candle, my favourite teas always to hand in the kitchen.
I am a creature of habit!
In laws come tomorrow for lunch, OH has been busy in the kitchen, while I have been tidying up, touching up the roots of my hair, some meditation and tarot, putting away laundry.
It is funny because folding laundry is something I dreaded, but in the past year I have learned to really enjoy it, a deliberate shift.
I am looking forward to January, the soft grey light, simplicity, the starkness of it all, little melancholic, but deeply settling and peaceful. It allows me to see with a great clarity.

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GenExer · 28/12/2022 18:25

@queenrollo I really felt for you after reading your post on Monday. My eldest DC is home from uni and that image you shared of yours falling asleep resonated with me.
I’ve also had that experience of asking for something and not being heard. It’s a difficult thing to raise when your nearest and dearest believes they are giving from the heart but it isn’t landing right with you, as the recipient.

@VioletCharlotte it was sunshine and blue skies for us on Boxing Day, too. I hope DC’s and DS2’s GF have recovered. My eldest DS came home full of cold and is still coughing. Luckily we haven’t succumbed!

@speakout your Christmas Day sounded pretty eventful with OH’s situation. I once got a segment of ugly fruit stuck in my windpipe and every time my throat contracted juice squirted out of my mouth! Hilarious but I was actually choking. I hope you get your simplified dinner next year.
The singing bowl sounds are incredible, aren’t they? I don’t have one but I love them.

@Trenzalor I hope you had a better night’s sleep. I’m learning that sometimes those we’ve lost do ‘pop in’ from time to time.

@Hedjwitch loving the name change!

Ours was a lovely Christmas. Just DH, me and our 2 DCs which is how it’s been for years as our parents have passed away. A friend popped in Christmas Day evening, which was lovely. We have lunch out on Boxing Day as DH cooks Christmas dinner.

The weather here since Boxing Day has been rubbish so I’ve vegged on the sofa each afternoon watching the BBC adaptation of Miss Marple, played by Joan Hickson, on DVD. It’s a staple of mine each year whilst drinking tea and eating warmed shortbread. It’s cosy and comforting. I’ll phase out the treats and start reintroducing the healthy food soon.

Sending love and blessings to all.

Hedjwitch · 28/12/2022 18:49

I felt the annual New Year Black dog getting closer today so kept busy doing housework and repotting plants. My 2023 lunar calendar arrived too so will try and be more in sync with the Moon. I cleared a whole shelf in the bookshelf in the hall today,and the filled it with all my herb and witch books. Along with my new name I am realising that this is who I am and I'm not hiding it any more

Trenzalor · 28/12/2022 19:32

Safely home, thank you 😊 candles lit and bath with essential oils drawn!

If anyone uses TikTok, have a look at the AI Manga filter. FASCINATING!

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 28/12/2022 19:38

@Hedjwitch - liking the new moniker.

I also now have the correspondences book and am really pleased with it. DH gets me a night sky almanac for Christmas every year - has done for years - and I have a witches' almanac on order too.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 28/12/2022 19:40

Somehow managed to hit 'send' too quickly on the above - things have been quiet here, my brother usually comes but he's been ill. I have had friends over, though. DH and I have been absolutely hooked on the third and last season of 'His Dark Materials', which had me blubbing like a baby over the last couple of episodes. I'm waiting on tenterhooks for the last 'Book of Dust' to come out, having swept 'The Secret Commonwealth' off the shelves the day it landed!

speakout · 28/12/2022 19:50

Hedjwitch ( love your new name btw)
Along with my new name I am realising that this is who I am and I'm not hiding it any more

I love that attitude.
I was having a chat with someone about this very thing this morning- I feel the same too.
I have spent most of my life trying to cover up or hide my true nature.
Having been brought up to feel that I was too much, too weird, that people won't understand me. Just smile and be kind- my mother told me to "act stupid, because if men find out a woman is clever they won't like it". I kept that up for decades.
No longer- I have had a bellyfull of being compliant and complicit, of expressing only those parts of me which are "normal".
I have been putting up more artwork and magical artifacts around the house, my besom guards the door. I wear my decorated boots with feathers and shells- if people don't like that then fine. They don't have to engage with me, they don't need to visit my home.
I have my wings and I intend to use them.

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MarieIVanArkleStinks · 28/12/2022 20:12

I wear my decorated boots with feathers and shells

@speakout - they sound amazing.

I'm coming into my own more now too. I've been unsurprised over the past year to learn that two close friends are also pagan. DH I'm quite certain suspects my leanings - I am an open book to him - but he's used to my strange inquiring mind, habit of reading voraciously on every obscure topic that interests me, and various foibles. I'm sure he wouldn't turn a hair if I did tell him, but as a lapsed Catholic he's somewhat out of patience with all things religious or spiritual and I do see his point.

Relinquishing my hard striven-for attempts to seek solace in the (Protestant) Christian faith was difficult for me to begin with. The language of penance and punishment can be difficult to throw off. From inside, it's been quite difficult to see some of the hectoring and lecturing that can go on, but now it's something I've decidedly set aside, it's more noticeable.

I was confirmed as an adult by choice, but as a woman with distinctly feminist leanings, it now surprises me that I tried to follow such a patriarchal system for so long, but at the time, especially after losing my mum, I needed to believe in something.

queenrollo · 29/12/2022 09:29

Morning all.

I'm feeling so out of sorts at the moment. I have decided that I need to step back from life in January and try and balance myself a little. This morning I am so full of anxiety I feel I am actually vibrating. I don't understand why it is so problematic again.

I hope this link works. A few weeks ago I stumbled across Julian Vayne. While his work on psychedelics isn't really my thing (mainly because I am not at a stage in my life where it is something I feel I could do) this playlist on his youtube is utterly fascinating. It's a series of short interviews with people from all manner of pagan/magical paths showing their 'Magical Thing'. From wands to statues to - well, everything! It's also introduced me to lots of new websites to explore.

My Magical Thing

EmmaAgain22 · 29/12/2022 13:46

queenrollo sorry to hear that re anxiety. I hope you can do whatever you need to assist with that.

I am full of rage, which I know can be damaging but is hard to stop. Family stuff.

I do have a singing bowl but I'm not much good with it.

speakout · 29/12/2022 16:30

queenrollo and EmmaAgain22

I am sorry you are dealing with uncomfortable feelings- I am too.
I am feeling very "boxed in" and yearn for solitude and space.

Mercury begins a retrograde phase today, the switch can really ruffle our feathers.
Hold on the intensity will pass.
I will light a candle at 8 tonight to honour my sisters.

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ringoutsolsticebells · 29/12/2022 18:01

Name change from 'takemetomars'

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