I AM

I am what I am
Not shy or bold

I am what I am
As my ancestors fortold

I am what they were
And wanted to be

I am what I am
For I am me

Something to Think About

I am currently involved in a mass spell. Im not sure how many people are involved with this but one single person has spoken out against it. That one person cast doubt and fear into the mix because it wasnt being done "her" way. The moon isnt in the right position and the stars arent right and then there was something else she was fearing. She didnt know all the paticulars. She didnt even ask for them. She just stated that we were going to be doomed to fail because SHE was sure it wasnt right. Her word seemed to carry a lot of clout because she is a Revrend.

People like this are all over. I call them nay sayers. Theres always one in the bunch who will rain on a parade that seems to be in full swing. These people cast doubt and shame and seem to put down every good idea ever thought up.

Im here to say my magic is more powerful than her mouth. When I read her letter I was laughing. Not at her but at her fear and second guessing. The spell work being done is to help a person in need who is being attacked by evil through another person. The Revrend seemed to express concern over hurting the wrong person. How insecure can a person be about their own magic?

If you dont have what you need to cast your spells GET IT. a name, an address, a birth date, tools, and energy or whatever. Just because you dont have the tools to do the work doesnt mean the rest of us cant work a spell or two.

Casting doubt is its own magic dont you think?
Cast doubt and become part of the problem and have work cast on you. Thats how I learned to deal with it.

What Kind Of Person Are You Going To Be Today?

This is a question I have asked my children. What kind of person are you going to be today? Its an honest question. It is a question filled with so many possibilities. One wrong move and you could be the kind of person you never wanted to be. With one right move you could end up a hero to someone.

Every morning I wake up and think this to myself. What kind of person do I want to be today.
Here is a list I have come up with that I try to be everyday

honest
loyal
studious
fair
calm
playful
loving
just
and rather non discript.

This is the kind of person I try to be everyday.

what kind of person are you going to be today?

Sometimes in the Dead of Night

Sometimes in the dead of night
The thoughts of death surround my mind
Sometimes in the dead of night
Spirits come and give life in abundance
Sometimes in the dead of night
My mind is tortured by its own thoughts
Sometimes in the dead of night
My body is pleased by anothers touch
Sometimes in the dead of night
The sound of silence fills the air
Sometimes in the dead of night
The call of nature screams in unrest
Sometimes in the dead of night
I want to cry out in loneliness and fear
Sometimes in the dead of night
I hear a single tear drop hit my pillow
Sometimes in the dead of night
I leave the lights on
Sometimes in the dead of night
I welcome total darkness even though it never comes
Sometimes in the dead of night
Nothing is as it seems
Sometimes in the dead of night
All I have is life and dreams
Sometimes in the dead of night
The owl calls out
Sometimes in the dead of night
I wish for peace, and it never comes

Can We Find a Common Ground?

It would seem that the book of Isaiah chapter 34 is nothing more than a threat to the peoples who believed in the powers of the Earth and all that they held sacred. Put yourself in the mind of a pre Christian Pagan. You believe in all gods. Then someone comes along and says that their god is angry and will cause everything you believe in to be nothing more than chaos.

Anyone who knows even the slightest thing about religion knows that to be religious is to have the power of your god behind you (or in front of you as the case may be) Read this chapter and think of me. I am a tender woman who is doing nothing more than what I feel is right. Imagine the fear, confusion, and feelings I would feel reading or hearing this. By the grace of all I believe in, even I would crumble under such a threat. Then the peoples of that god come to hang or drown or burn me.

You might say that Isaiah was OT. Did not the new come as an extention of the old? I wonder.....if Jesus was sent to save ALL from sin, if he knew what was about to take place. Call him a prophet, a clairvoyant, a seer, or just someone with a kind heart and good foresight. What people have done in his name over time would astound any man.

Chapter 34

1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

I'm pretty sure as Witches we all know why most of the scripture was
written against witchcraft. but that doesn't mean it has to stand
today. If the bible goes the way it has in the past, it will change
yet again. In order for it to be a positive change I believe we
should find a common ground somewhere or history is destined to
repeat itself.

What Is, Was, and Could Have Been

Ive been beyond
This gilded cage
The flight of freedom
Refreshed my soul

I had to come back
For a feared the unknown
And what I longed for
made me curious

Caught in a tangled web
Of thoughts and practicality
Dreaming of what could have been

I might have been an artist
to release my creative side
Then danced and sang with joy

But....
I'm the type that would have sat
Thinking...
What could have been then? also

A Spell for the Teacher

in all the things I do and say
be kindly teaching a creative way
for all that see and hear to learn
my words be felt of calm not stern



opinions made from single thread
cast not judgement upon my head
wither anger risen from haste
positive energy take its place!



as Sun doth set and fingers rest
a sigh is only but a breath
put the lessons taught today
in righteous hands come what may.

Lessons in Life

I've seen so many happenings
My life feels so complete
From birth til now
There is little I'd delete

The play as a child
The discovery as a youth
The trial of adolesence
And growing in truth

The learning as an adult
it seems
Is the hardest thing
Life could bring

Once this person
Is set in her ways
Life again changes
Keeping me at bay

I've learned
To play like a child
As I discover the truth
Coasting through life
Maintaining my youth

Growing older each day
With truth at hand
Is not easy for me

But using these tools
Makes life grand

The Feeling of Peace

There are smiles that warm my heart
As I close my eyes and take a deep breath
Sitting near the window
The sun shines down the back of my neck
And peace surrounds me like a wall of stone

Music floods my soul as I remember
The way it felt when a true friend embraced me
A child kisses me with innocence while speaking of love
I know this child speaks truth

Time seems to fade

As I get up from my chair I hold fast this feeling of peace
And let the day pass into tomorrow

Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

I have been noticing a trend lately that really bothers me. People are using religion as an excuse for how they act. Have you ever needed help in the grocery store and nobody would help you because you have a tattoo or wearing all black? When I was in a wheelchair before my surgery I was told that it served me right for being against god. As if me being in a wheelchair was punishment from a god I no longer serve.

I have also found it on the opposite sides of the coin. I have seen my witchy friends say horrible things about Christians just because they are Christians. I have seen them roll their eyes at the sight of a Christian fish bumper sticker. I have heard mocking and gossiping also.

I am SICK of people hiding behind religion as an excuse to behave this way. Where does it say that anyone should make someone suffer for their own beliefs?

I found something written that I think people need to stand up and take notice of. They aren't my words but the words of many others. guess what religions these come from. I bet one of them is yours.



No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.


Please remember as you go about your day, and
interact with others, to treat them as you wish to be
treated.

Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to
yourself.

An it harm none, do what ye will

We affirm and promote respect for the
interdependent web of all existence of which we are
a part.

Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and
your neighbor's loss as your own loss

I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger
to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all

We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive

All things are our relatives; what we do to
everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One

All things are our relatives; what we do to
everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One

What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man.

One should treat all creatures in the world as one
would like to be treated.

None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his
brother what he wishes for himself

This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others
which would cause you pain if done to you.

Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not
unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them

Treat not others in ways that you yourself would
find hurtful.

And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose
thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for
thyself.

Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish
to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the
things you would not desire for yourself

Do onto others as you would have them do onto you

Coming Out of Surgery

Sorry I have been absent so long.

Coming out of surgery I could clearly see crystal butterflies and snowflakes that the butterflies landed on. The only real color I could see were the tiny drops of blood on the snowflakes left behind by the butterflies feet. A most unusual sight if I do say so. Everything was quiet and still almost completely silent. If I figure out its meaning I will let you know.

In the mean time be patient with me. This recovery is kicking my butt.