Musings from the Hedge A Blog by Winifred Musings from the Hedge A Blog by Winifred The 3 Biggest Challenges Witches encounter when stepping onto their Path CHALLENGE # 1 I’M NOT WITCHY ENOUGH I’M NOT MAGICKAL ENOUGH I’M NOT PSYCHIC ENOUGH (“NOT ENOUGH” NESS GETTING IN YOUR WAY) One of the biggest challenges most […]
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It is a hot summer day towards the end of August. You stand still for a moment in the lazy dry heat, listening. Do you hear it? Autumn is whispering to us through the ripening tomatoes on the vines and the late summer flowers in our gardens. My Mama always spoke about how the flowers
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Tapping into this midwinter festival “The Snow Queen” by Thomas Bromley Blacklock Imbolc (also known as Oimelc, Imbolc and Candlemas) is a midwinter festival marking the cross quarter day midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It is also one of the eight Sabbats on the modern Pagan’s Wheel of the Year. Imbolc
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The Real Magick Lies Within You… I grew up just outside of Boston back when “free range” was how all kids were raised. I was blessed to be born into a loving, lively and loud family descended from first generation Irish-Italian immigrants that nurtured my curiosity, creativity and spirituality. My childhood home was a place
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Milkweed, butterflies and my Mama, a story of letting go. Milkweed grows in my untamed garden. I discovered a single plant in my garden several years ago and made a silent promise to nurture it, to help it spread amongst the wild black raspberry bushes. In the shortening days of Autumn I blow
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It is said that there is witch blood running in our veins and that at an auspicious moment in our lives it rises to the surface and begins to call us home. Many years ago, I went to my first gathering of earth-centered, earth-mindful folk and I felt immediately a kinship that nourished me like
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A magickal life means cultivating a living spiritual practice or what I did at Conjure Camp… On Friday, June 26th, my car packed with camping gear and passport card in hand, I embarked to Ontario Canada, ready for a weekend of magickal immersion at the Canadian Conjuration Campout organized by the folks of the Dragon
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Where do you find community as a Pagan? Many folks come into AwenTree seeking resources to connect with other pagans, witches and earth-centered community. Here are some resources for finding others. This not meant to be an exhaustive list. (Please note: Always practice good common sense and be aware of your personal safety when
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When divine synchronicity walks through your door One ordinary day last spring turned out to be full of divine synchronicity when a lovely and talented woman, named Brigit Esselmont, walked into my shop. We struck up a lively conversation around tarot and visionary entrepreneurship during which I totally resonated with her approach. It turned out
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In October 2011, New England had a powerful winter storm just days before Samhain that affected Western Mass with broken and downed trees that led to a long power outage. Snow. Early snow; heavy, thick and wet flakes burying us under a dense blanket. Unprepared and too heavy to bare, the trees laid down one
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