“I shift my pillow closer to the full moon.”
Its light spills over me,
gentle, golden, still.
Moss stirs beneath my skin,
threading softness through the bones,
buries me under.
I am free.
❄️One of the best things to cleanse with is snowfall. Tell your troubles to the snowflakes. They’ll carry them through the wind and release them when they melt❄️
The beautiful work of an authentic french witch - au menu, mushrooms, forest and witchcraft
@herbwitchery , félicitations pour cette petite merveille.. J'ai toujours aimé suivre tes vidéos, elle sont de grande qualité et tellement...toi! Comme ce beau grimoire.
Je ne te connais pas personnellement, mais merci de transmettre ta passion avec tant de talent car elle nous aide à explorer avec fierté ce Sentier, quelle que soit notre voie.
Bref, encore bravo et merci pour ce souffle d'air païen, coloré et vibrant que tu nous transmets! Oh? Comme un parfum de verveine..
I asked the forest how it was this evening, and I’ve never asked this particular wooded are before. I was overwhelmed with the cheery responses and welcome.
Some witches are beach-lovers. Some witches are mountain people. Then there are the forest lovers—a brave group of forest witches who enjoy hiking through the woods, smelling the scent of conifers, and discovering hidden rivers. The forest is an enchanting, mysterious place full of riddles and adventure. We go to the forest to experience all of our senses, including our higher sense of self and to practice forest witchcraft. The forest whispers to those who listen. Take a walk through your local woods and find what magic awaits you, forest witch.
1. Connection
As a kid, did you roam the woods with your friends? Climb across fallen trees and discover hidden creeks and waterfalls? If so, the forest might be where you find serenity and spiritual connection. Maybe you live in the city and there are limited forest areas. Find a local park or nature preserve. Take a hike and observe. Take note of the trees, plants, birds, insects, water, and other wildlife. Keep a log of your observations. By studying your local forest-life, you forge a connection with the land you didn’t have before.
2. Grounding
The forest witch hikes in the woods to connect but also to ground him or herself. To amp up the grounding effects of the forest—take off your shoes at a grassy or soft mossy spot and let the forest-floor’s energy permeate your feet. Sit with your back against a tree and just be. Listen to the wildlife all around you. Feel the breeze against your face. Smell the aroma of the forest. Being here is enough to cleanse your aura and bring you peace. And while you’re in the forest, hug a tree! Sounds crazy, but this is another method of grounding energy that’s simple and effective.
3. Magical Forest Foraging
If you’re a lucky forest witch and live close to the woods, forage for magical items in the forest. What is foraging? It’s the action of gathering or collecting things from nature for food, medicine, or magic. Be aware while many plants are edible and medicinal in nature, there are also those that irritate the skin or are toxic if ingested. It should go without saying whatever you forage in the forest, be able to identify the plant with 100% certainty. If you don’t know the plant, use gloves when handling and don’t put it in food, medicine, or use it topically without consulting a local herbalist first.
A book with a very ringing energy :) hundreds of bronze bells beat out melodies in time with the universe, in time with the movements of the
In an effort to get to know Eastern White Pine better, I performed a number of infusion experiments last week. Here you see three of them: my gin infusion (pine plus juniper berry, cinnamon, clove and a few other goodies) plus my very experimental infusions of white pine in both vodka and my over-proof Everclear.
It has gone really well! The gin is quite tasty - very traditional, like a London Dry - not exactly to my tastes but I can improve on it in the future.
And last night, after a full week, I was able to strain out the two longer infusions in vodka and Everclear. I am so fascinated by how different they were from one another! The vodka was still clear in color and tasted quite nicely of pine in a whole sort of way - you could taste a hint of pine needles with a strong flavor of the pine pitch and wood. The Everclear was yellow in color and tasted strongly of pine needles exclusively.
I honestly would have predicted the other way around with the stronger alcohol leaching a more “complete” flavor out of the mixture.
I have many ideas for this in the future - maybe even a pine flavored bitter. But now I get to the fun part of experimenting with these flavors in cocktails.
Today I did a pendulum session and reading on the fox spirit that follows me. They are my familiar I petitioned for when I was 16.
I am so glad to know these things! I asked them if it was okay if we did a tarot reading. They agreed. This was the result! I also pulled two lesson cards from the whispering woods deck! That deck is actually the final domino that fell and made me decide to start a forest/green witch path.
