The Dangers Of Over-Shielding

Last updated on: June 17, 2020 at 6:26 pm By Cyndi Brannen

Shielding ourselves from harmful forces is a common practice, but there can be nasty consequences when it's done incorrectly. If we are constantly using an energetic gas mask to reduce potential problems, then we are wasting our energies. A better way is to save that gas mask for dire emergencies and invest our time and efforts into healthy self protection techniques, like standing in your own power. Here's my list of seven risks of shielding and seven practices for effective self protection. Read more

Boundaries Are Your Personal Magic Circle: Ways to Know and Strengthen Them

Last updated on: June 17, 2020 at 7:06 pm By Cyndi Brannen

We can get so easily sucked dry by energy vampires or give up too much of our personal power when our boundaries aren't firm. These energetic barriers between us and everyone else are our own personal magic circle. Understanding them and the consequences for when they are violated are important skills to develop as a witch. Since you are engaged in energy work, may be an empath or a psychic, and probably are a healer of some sort, it’s important to have firm barriers so that you don’t get sucked into another’s harmful energy. Think of your boundaries as the forces you call to protect yourself just like when we call the elements to help us casting the circle. Read more

Last updated on: June 15, 2020 at 6:42 pm By Cyndi Brannen

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New Moon Rising

Last updated on: June 17, 2020 at 8:26 pm By Cyndi Brannen

You know that moment when you reach the end of the line? This is where I am at. If you can relate, read on for my ideas about painting a new picture using the energy of the lunar cycle starting with the rising new moon. Read more

Hekate And Working With Animal Allies

Last updated on: June 17, 2020 at 11:02 pm By Cyndi Brannen

Hekate's animal horde is vast and diverse, from her beloved hounds to the witch's cat. Here's a list of many of her historical animal companions with several thoroughly modern ones, along with several ways to use the Queen of Witches' animals in our magic. Read more

Witches Behaving Badly

Last updated on: June 17, 2020 at 11:14 pm By Cyndi Brannen

I go a bit bonkers whenever I see other witches' behaving badly, but the real kicker is when I realize that I'm the one who's fallen off the broomstick. Or it's shoved firmly up my behind. Can you relate? Here's my list of 13 behaviors I've been guilty of at least a few times, along with tips for stopping being a badly behaving witch. Read more

Hekate and August: Celebrating The Harvest, Storms, Witchcraft, Keys, and Children

Last updated on: June 17, 2020 at 11:53 pm By Cyndi Brannen

There is a multitude of Hekatean celebrations during August. We can celebrate her connections with the harvest, witches, storms, keys and children during this month. Here's a summary of each of them with suggestions for practices and rituals. Read more

The First Harvest (Lammas): Suggestions For Practices And A Simple Elemental Ritual

Last updated on: June 18, 2020 at 12:26 am By Cyndi Brannen

Whatever you call the midway point between the Summer Solstice and the Fall Equinox, it's a time worthy of celebration. The First Harvest represents the bounty of the land and our lives. I take this time to reflect upon my personal bounty and crops, review my projects and relationships by crafting a corn dolly. Then it's time to honor the local harvest with a simple feast. The grand finale is a contemplative ritual involving the elements. Read more

13 Types of Toxic Witches

Last updated on: June 18, 2020 at 12:36 am By Cyndi Brannen

Wouldn't it be wonderful if toxic people, including witches, had big scary eyes that gave them away? Too often they hide their toxicity with charm or desperation. Here's my list of thirteen types of toxic witches (also applies to Pagans and Regular Humans) with tips to identify them and how to deal with them. I've added a stone for each type to boost your coping strategies. There are lists of signs of healthy and unhealthy boundaries to help you better know your own and that of others because toxicity leaks into our lives when our own boundaries are weak. And it's also the result of unhealthy boundaries that can't contain a toxic witches' pain. Read more

Circe Is A Goddess We Need Right Now: Her Story, Powers And Ways To Connect With The Eternal Witch Goddess

Last updated on: June 13, 2020 at 3:30 pm By Cyndi Brannen

Witches everywhere are feeling drawn to the Original Witch like never before. We are Circe after she left the island, fully able to claim our power and change the world with our witchery. Learn her story, themes, correspondences and more. Read more