Oh, yeah, that meme: will be posting the entries as they should appear while retroposting the ones I’ve missed. So, the next one should be day 21. I’ll add the past ones as I write them. It’s been crazy this month.
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44 Days of Witchery, Day 20: A picture of a tarot or oracle card, and its meaning.
This card is from “The 5 Keys to Happiness” oracle deck, which is based loosely on Tibetan teachings. The deck is by Gordon Smith and Dronma. The deck is divided up into 5 suites: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. Each element has 6 cards. 1 through 4 represent the 4 stages of life (embryo: …
44 Days of Witchery, Day 19: Fire element
Fire was the beginning of the universe, and when it’s snuffed out completely is when things will end, growing dark and cold and compact. Within fire is the ecstasy of creation and the devastation of destruction. It embodies the cycle of death and regeneration. Fire is the source of light, and therefore — enlightenment. …
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44 Days of Witchery, Day 18: Have you had any paranormal experience?
I’ve communed with ghosts in theatres, I’ve seen UFOs, and I’ve fought off demons in graveyards. Yep. Kind of part and parcel with the job, in my view.
44 Days of Witchery, Day 17: Picture of nature (fire element)
Granted, this isn’t literal fire, but trees in fall have always spoken of the fire element to me. Add in that it was a very sunny day and one spent on Granville Island — I was happy and in my element, which is, of course, fire. (Picture taken October 23rd, 2011. I’m posting from …
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44 Days of Witchery, Day 16: Favourite witchy website
Normally I would say The Cauldron, but it’s not a witchy website. It’s an interfaith forum with a pagan focus. It is my favourite forum and one I spend a lot of time at. As I get more and more interested in rootwork, herbalism, and real earth magic (down and dirty, baby), I find The …
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44 Days of Witchery, Day 15: Thoughts on the afterlife?
Nope. Which is to say, I don’t really think about it that often. I have some theories, some comforting thoughts in the event of the death of a loved one, but quite honestly — how a religion handles the afterlife is one of the least important things to me when it comes to faith. There …
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44 Days of Witchery, Day 14: A favourite pagan holiday that you celebrate.
I wish I had an uncomplicated answer for this. My favourite holiday has long been Halloween, from before becoming a Witch, because it was the one holiday that people couldn’t ruin for me. I hated Christmas with a passion. Now that I’m older, I find I don’t actually celebrate Halloween in a pagan fashion. The …
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44 Days of Witchery, Day 13: What are some of the witchy books that influenced you?
I need to divide this list into two sections: good influences, and bad influences. It’s not fair to group some books together. First, though, I have to mention the first witchy book I ever read, when I decided I wanted to curse the assholes at school who bullied me: The Crone’s Book of Words, by …
44 Days of Witchery, Day 12: Picture of nature (air element)
This is dawn on December 22nd, 2010. My camera doesn’t like liminal spaces like dawn or twilight, but I think it’s a pretty good picture regardless.