Herb and Candle

Standing at the threshold of the wooded land before me. An eeriness comes over me. While I've visited these woods many times, and have established a relationship with the land spirits that call it home, there is such quiet in the night air. It feels darker than usual and full of mystery. After contemplating my purpose and making myself known at the threshold, as is my custom; I step into the woods and leave the mundane world behind me. I carry no wand nor stang. In my left hand I hold my stroking stone and in my right, a string of twine.  As I journey into the wood, I began chanting my incantations, calling the attention of my spirit allies. I cannot reach the circle of trees where I usually go, as the ground is still too wet from the early spring rains. Walking on, I reach another area where my spell will begin. I take a moment to look all around. Making myself aware of my environment, I hear only the shuffling of leaves and branches from a nearby raccoon scurrying away.  I l...

For any practitioner of witchcraft, there occasionally will come those moments when we realize it's called a "practice" for a reason. Ah, those moments that none of us like to talk about. We planned our spell perfectly, gathered our ingredients, wrote our incantation out; it looked as if all was just how we wanted it. Our spell is cast and we walk away. Depending on the situation, and even on the methodology of our casting, we sometimes begin to see the effects right away.  Those gratifying times when the world around us begins to change, as our workings begin to manifest into reality.  Other times there is that slow, gradual change that takes place.  Or way may never even see the actual effects of the spell.  That protection charm that was crafted for a dear friend...you may never know just how helpful that it truly was.  Perhaps the only evidence you see is in your divinations. Still there are those other times when we look back and just have to accept that...

It's a dangerous thing...Daring to break free from the safety of your shell. What lies along those sandy shores? Will those refreshing waters be your ultimate doom? Or will at last you find what you've been longing for? Break free!  Break free! If you don't, you'll never know what could be. And that is worse than any ill fate that may come your way.

I caught a glimpse of you Watching, waiting in anticipation. For that moment when the fates spin their craft in favor. Gazing in the night sky, wishing upon whatever star would patronize my desire. And I caught a glimpse of you I caught a glimpse of you Passing me by like a fleeting moment in time. Wondering if you saw me too. Wondering if time would ever let me know something real....something special. And I caught a glimpse of you I caught a glimpse of you All starting with a hello Putting aside the past, along with all it's fears. That moment I first tasted of that smile, That smile that said I'm finally home. And I caught a glimpse of you I caught a glimpse of you Looking in those eyes, Realizing I see the reflection of my own soul. Wrapped up in each other, Bodies entwined with that first moment of passion. I look into the depth of my own being And I caught a glimpse of you