FEAST OF THE FLAMES

Circle of wimmin, halfway to spring

Quickening hope, earthsoul rising

Candlemas song to waxing light

Bridget's fire burning bright

Cauldron, broom, candle, wine

Apple , Elder, Dogwood, Pine

New witch, old witch, spiral line

Cirle of womyn, circle of time

~ Illa Suzanne

" If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight;

If Candlemas Day be shower and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again."

 

Being Human

LIFE IS SO GOOD RIGHT NOW I'M ALMOST AFRAID TO SAY SO !

I can feel the light returning, the days lengthen. I open the drapes earlier each morning, greeted by pinks, reds, and steely grays. The fog rolls around and clears by noon, the sun's light holds promise of warmth soon.
I feel my muscles tighten in the morning cold and loosen as they warm up with my daily activities.
Flexibility: Physically. Socially. Spiritually. Mentally. Financially. Creatively.
My intuition is running spot-on (when I use it), I feel connected.

I AM A WITCH

A Witch

is one who has power over her own life.

one who makes her own rules

one who refuses to submit to self denial

one who recognizes no authority with a greater esteem than her own,

who is more loyal to herself than to any abstraction.

one who is untamed

one who says "I am a witch" aloud three times

one who transforms energy

one who can be passionate about her ideal/values as they are changing

one who is explosive,

whose intensity is like volcanoes, floods, wind, fire

one who is disorderly, chaotic

one who is ecstatic

one who alters reality

 - from Ripening by Lee Lanning and Vernette Hart

- passage found in Daughters of the Moon Tarot by Ffiona Morgan

- it is not well documented just who drew the tarot card above but it is found in the Daughters of the Moon Tarot Deck

NATURAL WITCH

FOLK MAGIC

for Protection, Health, Fertility

Keep a perfect, unopened PINE CONE in the house for fertility, good health,

 long life, and warding off the Evil Eye.

If it opens and begins to shed it's seed, plant it, and replace it with a new one.

THE YEAR IS A DANCING WOMAN

THE GODDESS YEAR

The year is a dancing woman

Who is born at the coming of spring

The year is a dancing woman

Of her birth and death we sing

In spring she come to power

When the red of her moonbloods come

And she dances and spins towards summer

To the beat of her passion's drum

'Tis then she becomes so fertile

With the life that is to come

And she flows with the love that feeds us

'Til the harvest time is done

Then dances and spins towards darkness

All dressed in autumn fire

To descend to the time of shadow

And rest from the world's desire

Now her hair is touched with silver

Winter's wisdom claims her soul

And she births the spirit within us

Bringing light and hope to us all

Igniting a blaze in the darkness

To kindle the coming spring

Then dreams 'til her resurrection

And her story again begins ...

The year is a dancing woman

Who is born at the coming of spring

The year is a dancing woman

Of her birth and death we sing ...

* Art & Lyrics by Shekhinah Mountainwater