Nurturing, Nature, and Honoring Magdalena's way.

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*This is not a Coven!* Paying homage to the nurturing way of grandma's witchcraft. (Magdalena)

Wanting to uphold the dignity of witches who were healers and held a kinship with their neighbors.

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The Vision for this Group, it's really Grandma's house.

Magdalena is my inspiration for the group.

Her union with nature and her healing abilities touched many in her native country as well as in the U.S.

By the time I was a toddler, she was already in her seventies. She did not speak english, but just being near her, her radiance shined through. I wanted to be a reflection of who she was. A mother, a grandmother, a nurturer, a "Witch."

Without a formal education, she was a midwife and referred to as a "Doctor." Part may be due to the era in which she was born and another part came naturally.

This group is to assist individual growth through sharing personal family and life experiences. To offer a sense of family in this busy busy world.

It is not asked to reveal magickal secrets but to assist others in their growth as you would with any family member. The patience, the tolerance truly needed in teaching one. Encouraging those who wish to learn and not being judgmental when mistakes are made. Remembering we all had to learn at one time.

Nurturing without Criticism, providing recommendations on informative tools, plain old suggestions to help guide another. We are from around the world and no one way is better than the other. We are all on a journey with a common goal.

We are magickal, funny, serious and absurd along with other various descriptions thrown in.

We are a beacon from the Old World with priority on ritual and tradition, but not too staunch and stuffy.

The Vision is unity through nurturing and enjoying nature as best we can with a focus on family which has brought to Witchcraft and is not a stereotype from the outside world.

The magick is harmonious and all around us.

It is a way of life!

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Sponsor Comment by Mitch Webb on July 2, 2012 at 1:16pm: Hi Phoenix

The Castlerigg trip had to be canceled as when I was trying to arrange recharging points I had a lot of unnecessary negative verbal and when I was having a drink and rest in a layby the police was called out; As was stated "I was acting suspiciously" Yes, by having a drink and reading a news paper. So I have change direction and made arrangements for a weekend Buddhist retreat. I find that In life you have to learn to swim with the tide if you want to get anywhere. Wisdom Is getting to know In which direction the tide Is flowing. This is something I'm learning slowly.

Yes the meditation chair is great and my bum now loves me but my legs, I still find that they want to stay in the fifth dimension. I do find meditation helps with my pain and has stopped me turning the gossipers around me into frogs. You would not believe some of the crap they are putting around about me. It's a good job I know that reality does not exist or I could get very angry indeed at them.

Have a Bright and Blessed week everyone.

Mitch

Comment by Amethyst Samia on July 2, 2012 at 12:38pm: Hi Miss Phoenix! I've been concerned about you! I've been struggling with time and energy issues so I haven't been with my friends much. Hope everyone is well and surviving the heat! Please look after the animals...put food and water out for the birds, squirrels, bunnies and other animals of nature. They have trouble finding resources when the weather is this harsh!

I love Twisted Sister too Jim!

Comment by phoenixtigerheart on July 2, 2012 at 11:47am: Mitch, so excited for your meditation chair. It looks as though it will relieve some pressure points. I pray there is clarity in your meditations and comfort. Your road trip? Where do you stand currently on that project?

Elean, you are old fashioned as am I. I honor my grandmother and my ancestors by trying understand. I have not experienced what others have. I do understand in other countries being frank is acceptable though in others it must be candy coated. I do not wish to argue points since everyone has an opinion.

You are both so right. I wish people could be kinder but we are all different, but we do have the power to either respond with aggression or remove ourselves the discussion.

Mitch, no, I find it takes a strong individual to walk away.

May everyone find beauty in their surrounding and honor all those who have come before them.

much love and trust

Comment by Elena Autuhm Rose Moon on July 1, 2012 at 12:52pm: Really cool. I'm happy that you were able to build your chair. I fully understand the pain issues. I have fibromyalgia and have good days and bad days. I also find that meditation helps tremendously.. I've never used a kneeling bench though.. let us know how it works for you.

As for the respect issues... I couldn't agree more. I was brought up to respect all others unless they do something that warrants disrespect. Not too many things in my book warrants disrespect. Call me old fashioned...lol but that's my philosophy of life.

Blessings All,

Elena

Sponsor Comment by Mitch Webb on July 1, 2012 at 4:14am: My thoughts on this blessed day

I do hope you find the goddess spreading her blessings amongst you all my friends.

It saddens me that in what I read on PS of those who think respect must be earnt! Not given freely as a right to all until they prove by word or deed that they are not worthy of your respect. A view or thought is never wrong but a stepping stone to something better and deserves respect. I give respect to everyone even those that have lied and gone out of their way to do me harm. If a person behaves in a way that I lose my respect for them I don't curse them or use bad language; I stay civil but do not engage with them anymore.

There is enough negativity in this world I don't feel the need to create more. If within the eyes of some, this makes me seem weak or a target for disrespect then It's up to me to find understanding in their actions as there lies a lesson for me.

On another subject I want to put up evidence for the naysayers who say that cosmic ordering does not work! As you know I do suffer from physical pain quite a lot and pain killers which I hate taking only go so far. Meditation I have found helps me more to cope with the pain. But in stilling the mind you are going against the nature of the beast as the brain and mind are not designed to be still, and can complain bitterly when you try. It's so hard to try to ignore each nerve ending sending a message to the brain that it's active.

If I try to meditate in a comforable chair I just fall a sleep; the same with laying down. I found a office chair just about bearable but my legs go dead if I sit in it too long. So I looked into getting one of those kneeling chairs; two problems came up, one was the price and the second was none would support my weight. I will admit it that when It comes to weight I make two normal people and as I'm saving every penny for my buddhist retreat in July so money is tight.

As a working meditation I each day for the last two weeks I visualized building the chair I wanted in my mind. Now if I said I've won a tenner on the lotto you would say "That's lucky". But I have been winning small amounts on the lotto eight times out of fourteen; that is what I call blessed and cosmic ordering coming up with the money I needed to build my chair.

So cosmic ordering works! but with everything in the physical world, you do have to put alot of yourself into what you are wanting to achieve; cosmic ordering is not a quick fix but a companion that helps you out when you find the way to ask for help.

Bright Blessings to all

Mitch

Comment by phoenixtigerheart on June 18, 2012 at 2:10pm: Thank you Mitch!!

May your Litha be blessed as well!!!

Sponsor Comment by Mitch Webb on June 18, 2012 at 4:39am: Never will the Oak King be as strong as he is on this day

This is a time of year of brightness and warmth. Crops are growing in their fields with the heat of the sun. The power of the sun at Midsummer is at its most potent, and the earth is fertile with the bounty of growing life.

I think this poem of mine sums up this day; if only my body and neighbors would allow.

Where do I feel like going today?

To run barefoot through fields of corn.

To feel the sun caress my naked body.

To let nature fill my life anew.

To let my troubles just melt away in the light of the sun.

To soar like a bird up on high and swoop and dive through the sky.

To heaven on earth is where I feel like going today......

The brightest of blessings to you all this day

Mitch

Comment by phoenixtigerheart on June 9, 2012 at 10:38am: Hey everyone!!
Elena, there are easy recipes for busy recipes which do not require boiling.

I have been spending more time reading about the Craft. I have so many books which I enjoy reading and finding that common thread that speaks to me.

I am saddened in one respect because of my accident I have been unable to do all those things I wished before the final contract was signed on the house.

So, another year and I will wait patiently to start a true environment of self sufficiency.

With the help of my husband, I hope to have a chicken enclosure for fresh eggs. A goat paddock for fresh milk. A real garden instead of my current potted one. (Our tiller disappeared when we moved. OH well, as long as someone needed it.)

The future holds so many wonderful things for myself and I believe the entire community.

As long as we are not too afraid to be who we truly are. I don't mean pushing our beliefs in others faces. Just be true to yourself.

Our mysteries will remain intact but our beauty will always shine bright as our Goddess Mother.

Enjoy the weekend and allow the magick to just happen.

Comment by Elena Autuhm Rose Moon on June 8, 2012 at 9:54pm: I hope that all of you have been enjoying the beautiful weather... I have been busy these last few days.. My daughter just graduated high school and we are having a picnic for her on Sunday.. I am a proud mama in deed.. Took a break earlier to take the dogs outside and enjoy the sunset... both the puppy and the old dog were tired out.. they are in opposite corners ignoring eachother.. too pooped to argue with each other. YAY! Tomorrow will be a busy day, but I am planning to cook outside and relax for a while.. we are going to bring the table out of storage so we can sit outside while we eat... I love cooking over an open flame...gonna make some chicken and corn on the cob.. some potato salad and followed by some fresh strawberries for dessert..Hoping the raspberries come out soon.. thinking of looking for a recipe for home made raspberry jelly.. Anybody know of a good recipe?

Sponsor Comment by Mitch Webb on May 27, 2012 at 11:08am: Hi everyone

Thanks for your kind words

It would be nice to continue with the camping trip but I will need to get a recharge for my batteries every 10 to 14 miles. Yes I spent alot of money on solar panels but that still means I will have to camp on the verge, in lay-by's for some 10 hours of sun light. I have found out that I will not be allowed to do this without some ignoranus calling the cops.

The old days of pitching a tent in a corner of a farmers field or road side grass seems to be over. Twenty years ago there would have been no problem as I could have got to the camp sites with ease.

We live in a sick reality and I'm so tired of being made to feel bad about my disabilities and guilty at what I'm trying to do. The thought of having to explain to the police inbetween camp sites who I am, where I live, what I'm doing, will take all the pleasure out of the trip.

I don't think that I look like I'm out to mugg someone with my walking stick or break in to someones home, but I so much feel at this moment that I just don't belong here. So much negativity and belief that you have to comform to the way others think. Comformaty is death and not within my nature. It so reminds me of George Orwell's film 1984; I thought this was a free country.

I would so loved to do the Castlerigg trip but even with all the work on the trike and positive thinking I have put in, my body in the end has let me down. So sad!

Blessings to all

Mitch