A friend of mine has recently written a book about Heathenry and the sea and it got me thinking.   We often teach our children about the spirituality of forests, trees, flowers, animals and all sorts but the majority of resources I see cover the sea, lakes, rivers etc much less.   Is this a natural caution? As parents do we see bodies of water as more dangerous to our children than land-based nature (which, arguably, it is) or is it more that those creating the resources don’t feel as deep a connection with the water element as they do the others?   For me, I’ve never particula ..read more

I’ve been ruminating on the moon and the sea. A friend of mine has been writing a book about Heathenry and the sea and his insightful and well informed ideas about human connection with the sea has really moved me. I’ve always felt a connection with the sea. The moon cycle has been a huge thing in my life. For the menstruators and post-menstruators amongst you, you’ll understand that the twenty eight (or what should be twenty eight) day cycle has a huge impact on you. My cycle has always been synced with the moon. Ovulation during a new moon and menstruation during a full moon. You’d think ..read more

As I sit here pondering on what to write about today in my musings, I realise that there has been one prominent theme to the work I’ve been doing in my volunteer role over the last couple of months that I would like to talk about as much as possible. That topic is tolerance. I’ve talked to Interfaith groups about discrimination, dealt with complaints over lifestyle choices and individuals bullying others over the personal choices they’ve made and taken part in group meetings towards either creating connection and understanding within community groups or fighting things that we should have no ..read more

Today is International Women’s Day. A day celebrating the social, economic, political and cultural achievements of women across the world. I started the day with a Facebook post tag from one of my best friends and one of the founder members of this site celebrating the amazing women in her life. It made me cry a little. Why? Because someone sees me, understands me, honours me even and seeing words like that written about me moves me beyond words. You can bet your ass I raised her up right back because its what we’ve got to do for each other as women, sisters and fellow witches. As achievement ..read more

Today I sat on my back door-step. It seems such an unimportant thing. Tiny compared to lots of things going on in my life right now yet, somehow, it felt important beyond any words I could find in the moment. The sun on my face, only just warm yet still warm enough to allow me to sit there for a while without needing a winter coat reached deeper within me than simply touching my skin. The gentle breeze blowing it’s whispers on my face and through my hair somehow lighting something within me. Kindling a flame that has been nothing more than a pilot light over the winter months. Spring is com ..read more

Last time I wrote our Monday Musings I talked about ways that I kept my spiritual practice going when times aren’t conducive to energy rich practices. Today I’m going to continue that thought process with my favourite simple acts of magic. What happens when I feel like doing more than just keeping my spiritual practice on tickover but still can’t find the time or energy to do much? How do I still perform magical acts when times are tough and just can’t be bothered with casting circles and gathering ingredients etc? The answer is I keep it simple but powerful and focused. Here’s five of my fa ..read more

​Two weeks into the year and already it feels like we’ve been in 2021 for a few months! So much has happened since I last wrote Monday musings including violence in America, lockdown and Brexit in the UK….there’s chaos everywhere! It’s easy to become overwhelmed by all of this, and its easy to forget our spiritual practices when the world is in seeming chaos. For me, and probably lots of other folk, it’s the time when I’m feeling overwhelmed that I need them the most so here’s five ways I remind myself of the magic that’s out there in the world as well as within me.  I keep it simple. I ..read more

***EDIT***  I wrote this before the news of a new lockdown here in the UK! Stay safe everyone!! And just like that, here we are at the beginning of a new year! Last year seemed so long yet at the same time, it also passed by in the blink of an eye. I spent most of last year at home with my children pondering if I would be able to reopen my home based business again anytime soon so that I could pay my bills comfortably and if it would be safe to wander out given that we spent most of that time also shielding my eldest son. It has been a time of worry and stress in our house that’s for su ..read more

Eureka! I have it! Well, sort of… In my last blog I did a lot of whining but I'm not going to apologise for that because we all need a little whine sometimes! But I did have an idea! My family are trying out 'meditation time.' Even if we can't have a strict routine like we used to, this, I'm hoping, will offer some semblance of structure every day. The kids can choose whatever form of meditation they want as long as it gives them a sense of calm. I used to meditate with them a lot when they were little but as they got older, they had less interest and I allowed us to get out of the habit. S ..read more

During this last week I have found myself a victim of a psychic attack. I’ve had nightmares, migraines, nausea, intrusive thoughts, and lots of things have gone wrong quite suddenly. So how do I know that’s what is happening? Could it be that I’m simply experiencing life or perhaps I’m suffering from mental health problems? This year has unquestionably been a tough one and the stress levels are high so that would make some sense. There are several clues that its not that though. The first one is the sudden onset, the second is that I have recently been involved in a situation that stopped s ..read more