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Man Child Rant
My oldest son, age twenty, is learning to drive. I hope it’s not a mistake having him out there on the road when he can barely function on his feet. He dropped out of all his classes for the third semester in a row. For the whole two years he has started at the community…
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Out of the Broom Closet
This blog, born from the dark shadows of my depression, has evolved into my confidant as well as my book of shadows. So far, rants and poetry have been my spells, but I hope to expand on this space and integrate more magic into it. Yes, I know this may sound crazy, but this is…
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Samhain Ritual
Is There Peace in our Circle? The four directions are marked by colored candles in lanterns at the edge of our circle. Towards the North is a small table covered by a black lace cloth; two wooden bowls, one with sea salt crystals and the other with water; a goblet, an athame, deity candles; and…
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Faery Sight oil
Ingredients: 4oz coconut oil 1 tsp of each of the 9 herbs: Faery Cup (cowslip) Mugwort Yarrow Flower Eyebright Red clover blossoms Prickly Ash VervainLavender Thyme 9 drops of each of the 9 oils: Frankincense Myrrh Calendula Blue Tansy Lavender Rosemary Birch ThymeArbor Vitae Put herbs in a Mason jar and cover with fractionated coconut oil (or oil of choice). Add 9…
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Thin Veil
When George died, my grandmother said she saw a dog in her room. She rambled on and on about the dog in her room for days. It’s a strange coincidence that she brought that all up after George died. There was no way she would have heard about his death from us. She was hard…
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Mabon Ritual
We adorn our altar with food from the harvest, such as squashes, carrots, pomegranates, apples, nuts, bread, and cider. Frankincense and harvest scented candles. *Purify space and each other with sage* Sprinkling the basket of autumn grape leaves to create our circle. Is There Peace in our Circle? Attunement We join hands and begin to…
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Mabon DoorWashing
Mabon is a time of balance, the light has waned and the dark nights will now grow longer. As we welcome the dark half of the year, we begin to focus on our homes and ourselves One of my favorite ways to usher in the season, is with a door cleansing; while light and dark…
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The Pirate Dream
I dreamt my nephew, who is a toddler, skipped out on school to participate in a dance competition. I turned into his mother and followed him into the dance studio where I saw him and many people dancing freestyle. Everyone left and I was the only one in the room. As I headed out the…
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Enigmatic Dreams
Rather than dreaming of George when he already passed, I actually woke up from one as he was just passing. He was running towards me smiling and the grass was green. When my grandfather passed, he was on a road waving to me, smiling, before I even got the news. The brain can be really…