魔女の森

Inside the mind of an INTP

[majonomori]

I got this beautiful notebook from a company called Paperblanks to use as a witch journal the other day. It was a tough choice they have so many nice designs I want to buy them all 😅 (even the side of the paper is printed 💖)

When I was a teenager there was a time I felt strongly about being and becoming a witch, but at the time due to limited access to information (often very outdated too) I had many misconceptions about it, I was led to believe that not anyone can be a witch, you need to born with magical powers and follow certain rituals and practice black magic. Of course I’ve been told many times that since no one has magical powers in real life it’s just a silly fantasy and above all it’s a bad or forbidden thing. So it was something I thought I could never pursue.

And then I recently realised that I had always been a witch at heart, I always felt drawn to nature, herbs, the moon, the sun and cooking as in “kitchen alchemy”. It’s never been about magic in the fantastical sense at all, it’s about finding strength in and feel empowered by things around us. The most important thing I learned is that there isn’t one true way to pursue the path and that it’s entirely up to me how I want to form my own path and what bits I want to follow. This has been a revelation to me that freed me of all misconceptions and fears holding me back up until now.

Btw thanks for all your kind reactions, reblogs and comments so far, I opened this blog to write down random thoughts I’ve been unable to discuss with anyone (as I’m a big nerdy loner), so it feels nice that there are people out there interested in my blabbering ☺️

[majonomori]

Happy Summer Solstice!

As a baby witch, today I celebrated my first Summer Solstice.

I made some sun tea with partly using Twinings Balance, which contains rose, verbena and lemon balm, and I also added some rose petals, hibiscus, lemon slices and honey to it.

I also burned my summery red watermelon scented candle and cleansed my tarot cards in the sunlight, meanwhile I planted some chamomile and researched a bit about foraging.

In the afternoon we went for a walk in the neighbourhood with my partner and we explored the local fauna and flora while soaking up some solar energy, and also identified some plants from my foraging research earlier and tried a common vetch flower for the first time (it really tastes just like peas).

Now we are both enjoying our sun tea and I'm about to research some of the flowers and plants I've seen today and read some tarot for Summer solstice.

Nothing fancy really, but I feel like it's a nice first step towards the path :)

[majonomori]

I consider myself a rationalist, an atheist and a philosopher, I don't like the concept of religions in general, I don't believe in a higher force, BUT I don't reject spirituality at all. (I read somewhere that Libras tend to be rationalists and are less likely to be religious, which surprisingly sounds quite accurate to me...see the contradiction?)

What I do believe in is MYSELF, that I am responsible for all my actions and decisions which are forming my life path, in good intentions (what goes around comes around) and that it's important to be in harmony with yourself - accept and love yourself the way you are. I am not waiting for a god or anybody else to solve my problems and I also don't credit or thank them for my own achievements. I also believe that there is a sort of power or energy in everything around us, both animate and inanimate things and that these energies can react to each other, just like how there is chemistry between people.

I always been drawn to the life philosophy aspect of religions pre-Cristianity, such as paganism, shamanism and animism. But above all I've been fascinated by witches/mages, astronomy and the practices of embracing nature in various ways. It's interesting that before Christianity majority of the world's belief systems were stemming from nature.

So for some time I have been researching different types of naturalist practices that aren't religious and reading these two books finally gave me the answer I've been looking for.

Reading about Wicca made me realise that although I like many of its non-religious aspects and its life philosophy, some beliefs, set rules and rituals are not for me. On the other hand Green witchcraft and the path of the Green witch seems to be exactly what I've been looking for - it's not a religion, just a way of living in harmony with nature.

During my research I also became quite intrigued by astrology, although am still a bit sceptic about it. Nevertheless both zodiac signs and tarot reading seem to be interesting concepts I will be exploring more.

As I'm starting my journey as a green witch, I will be documenting my progress here.