Merry Meet!

I hope everyone had a good holiday I myself had to work co I hope you all thought of me while you did yoru circles and kept me in your prayers!

I hung out with my new friends yesterday and I think they ae a grat bunch of witches.  Very lively adn caring and Funny as all get out!  was a very good day!  I bought a witches almanac for 2008 and got a nice bag for my stones all plush black velvet witha purple lining.  I need to get a altar set up soon but in my small apartment with all teh cats I will be improvising for quit some time!!  as long as there is a need and will then I guess it doesnt matter where i do it!

The auras are coming stronger teh more i study I find it fun!!! still havent seen the colors or gotten the emaotions again likei did but Im sure it all comes with time.

I am having trouble understanding the moon phases and the houses and stuff like that!  Its enough to make my head ache bad I will have to re read all that again later to make sure i really didnt understand it! LOL  I mean i understand the phases of the moon but then the houses  of and the retrogrades of this and taht and teh other..... whew  yeah that a little beyond me at this time Im sure contining to study it will be somehow sink it in!

Im doing fine other than that so you guys keep in touch!  lots of love and peace to you all!!
So mote it be!

Bless-ed be

Don

Merry Meet all-

For a discussion I would like to ask to do a spell or not to do a spell, and when to do one?

Many magic books referre to doing a spell when the planetary alignment is perfect to do so.  I am not versed on spells and magic that much beings I am a newbie and reading and learning alot but  not practicing as of yet..  I get the idea of spells and why we do them Also i WILL do them In my opinion.

The thought brought to mind from reading scott cunningham that spells DO NOT require planetary alignment to do them that the magic will work if the magic is going to work despite the time area or conjunction of the moon. Planetary alignment can add extra power to a spell yes but only requires intent and the need not all the other stuff.  Our needs and desires do not  need the power boost to help a spell along all we need is inside us already.

I do not have an opinion about that as of yet and was wondering what everyone thought on the subject, you witches and wiccans that have been here longer and done it on your own have tried im sure and found out things by error and so forth... what do you feel in this area?

To me I understand both aspects but Cunningham makes a good point that we have the power or we dont,  we know magic will work or we dont,  so it will work or it won't.

Just picking the brains out there...

I hope this Blog finds you all in a Happy time and Peace is reigning in your lives!  Remember dont sweat the small stuff please enjoy Life and be good to everyone in it that you come across if someone is making it difficult to follow the 3 fold rule always remember they will get theirs eventually all you need to do is ignore and avoid them,  they reap what they sow!

Bless-ed Be!

Don

Merry Meet 

HI All, Long time no blog!

I have been taking my time to learn what is needed to in witchcraft. I have picked up Cunninghams book on magical Herbs and Ravenwolfs Solitary witch and now  my studies Begin!  I am very excited to get started on my magical journey as it were.  I have learned so much from chatting and emailing you guys back and forth gotten Ideas of how things are in your lives regarding your Paths that you have choosen.  Iam still up in the air about that however I think A full fledge witch is th way to go but what deity and such i havent a clue that is where my studying and researching will come into play.

I had a calling to start this Path in my life i could feel the pull and the desire to learn magic so I know I am learning what I need to for a reason.  I have a good friend that I work with that come to find out is a Witch also and has a coven.  We discuss things and I have used my ability to read auras in front of her and she recognizes the power I do have and says that i should not hide it but use it as much as possible... I agree with that for  to use it is to hone it and perfect it.  Right now its shotty hit and miss and meaning either its there or its not I have no control over it which is bad cause i dont want it popping out at anytime it feels and its not serving me a purpose right now nor is it helpful when i freak people out at random.  I do want to help people and thats  just something that is a part of me I cant control.  I noticed last week That while speaking to people Instead of talking about this and that they all just opened up adn starting spouting out stuff taht was not relevant to the situation at hand like speaking it to me was helping them so rather than stopping them I listened and empathized and cared and after each experience i knew that It is something in me making people or making them want to do this,,,, the case and example is my boss which i dont know well cause i work third shift was giving me a weekly review and all of a sudden in my review about my work which we do every week just started discussing his past  his health and fears wants you know just really opened up and spewed forth what seemed to me to be alot of personal information that i didnt have any business knowing about but I could tell from his need to speak it that he wanted to tell me,,, so i listened and as im responding i noticed that he could tell he didnt understand why he needed to open up to me to. Puzzled looks  on his face but he kept going and then when it was over he looked relieved but a tad astonished and even said well enough of all that... blinked a few times and got back to the business at hand... I had no problem listening, understanding and even,  feeling, as he discussed things i got a feeling over me of emotions  not coming from me but from him I  don't know the people he was talking about but I almost could see them nor could I understand the situations he described and the fear and anxiety he had was pouring out and i could feel them also, I remained calm but realise somehow I helped.. and that made me feel good!

Is that a power I have?  Does talking to me help emotional issues? Of all the things I have learned so far I do not know of what this could be.  in the past week alone there are about 7 people that have done this to me.  People I know BUT do not ever do these sort of things.  it willl be intersting as I grow as a witch to see if this continues and if so where it will lead me. I saw colors in some people... Like around them as the speak red flashes and yellows blue and greeen magentas very faint flashes across the face out side of the body around the head.  I was told by my friend at work whom is a witch taht I am seeing auras and The more i think about it teh more i remember as a child seeing colors and lights that werent there, asked my dad one night when i was 7 dad what are all those lights in the yard ... you mean the lightening bugs he asked... I said no the lines of lights all over from the trees to the bushes and the grass.. he asked me again if i was seeing em now adn i said yes and i described them as much as a little kid could I also told him i saw colors around people sometimes also... he didnt say much to me after that. But the fact that i asked questions about it early in my life and I DO remeber that conversation and seeing the light through the yard that night.

Intersting that i rmemeber this now in my 30s as its coming back to me that i am seeing these things again more prominant and knowing it happened before. Back then i didnt know what to do but as a adult Im better prepared and wiser as to what it could be.

Does it have a purpose was i meant to have this for a reason? Predestined things are not something i feel are possible so why me? what can I do with it? 

Well these are the things plagueing me right now if anyone out there reads this and you have ideas  or suggestions PLEASE email me or make a comment and let me know what you feel this could be and IF YOU DO KNOW please direct me to the source of what you know so  I can research it also. 

Well I have rambled on enough for one day Merry Part

DON

PS the full moon cometh!

I haven't been on in a while mostly cause not much is happening lately. I am doing wella nd so is the cats!   The move was a success adn the cats are almost getting along well... excpet for Rns Big female cat she is still attacking my boy cats when ever they use the litter box... Its almost funny really she doesnt have claws but when they go to use  the litter box she sticks her head in there and starts to swat at them and hiss.. I do stop it as soon as it happens we dont need the boy cats deciding they wont be using the litter boxes anymore.. she is just being a  big bully and I'm sure eventually when they find out she doesnt have claws and they do the tables will be different.  =)

My job is going okay I enjoy having three days off a week its the 10 hour days that get to me after the 3rd one im really just tired of being at work LOL  Would love to get off third shift but I cant find a job to replace this one that pays as well.  Its hard to beat 12.30 an hour here in the midwest really with no degree from college.  So i deal and try to make the best of it.  Having every friday saturday and sunday off is nice though although to enjoy it I then am tired trying to fit back into a day schedule for the three days and then going abck to third shift for the four days... anyone that has worked third shift knows exactly what I mean Im sure.

Me and Ron are doing well also... we hardly see each other cause of our work schedules but the time we do spend is almost always fun filled with family visits his and mine and friends and zoo and museum and shopping and movies and dinner...  I guess the only thing we dont do really is spend much time alone just watching tv... I am not much of a tv person anyways unless its American Idol  LOL  I hope you all are doing well also out there.  We dont keep in touch much here I noticed..

As for my magical studies and choices I have researched alot and purchased a few books that dont seem to be what im looking for.. so im still up in the air but Im content being the best me I can be!

I hope everyone out there is enjoying life as much as I am and remember don't get upset about the small stuff and let things get you down Life is too short to worry... being happy and loving and caring is what really matters the most... NOt how much you make and not the clothes we wear and even not what we believe in.  Love your families, love your friends and tell them you love them as much as possible and get out there and have some fun in the sunshine! 

Love Your Friend!

Don