Witchy Women of History
Dion Fortune b. December 6th 1890, d. January 8th 1946
Born in Wales, Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth) was an influential occult writer and member of various magical and esoteric groups, including the Theosophical Society and the Golden Dawn. Fortune studied psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of London, and made a living as a psychiatrist. However, she is best remembered for her writings on Hermetic Qabalah and psychic protection, and for founding the Society of the Inner Light. Fortune claimed to be clairvoyant and clairaudient, and she came to be respected for her psychism. She was well-known within occult circles of her day, and it’s said that Aleister Crowley attempted to draw her into his order, but was unsuccessful.
Fortune wrote more than 20 books, fictional and non-, with both kinds centered around esoterica. Her fictional works touch on topics such as Atlantis, spell-crafting, and astral projection, and she saw this as her way to bring magical knowledge to the general public.
Her later fictional works are also useful ritual references, Moon Magic in particular. The Art of Psychic Self-Defense and The Mystical Qabalah are regarded as her non-fiction masterpieces, with the former being almost a prerequisite for anyone studying the occult arts.
To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn’t afraid of facing challenges.
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A Yule log is a large and extremely hard log which is burned in the hearth as a part of traditional Yule or Christmas celebrations in several European cultures. It can be a part of the Winter Solstice festival or the Twelve Days of Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Twelfth Night.
The expression “Yule log” has also come to refer to log-shaped Christmas cakes, also known as “chocolate logs” or “Bûche de Noël”. The Yule log is related to other Christmas and Yuletide traditions such as the Ashen faggot
Top 10 must have herbs
Everyone is entitled to there own opinion on what they need in the way of herbs, but for me personally, these are always the 10 that are in everyones.
1. Mint
magical properties: strength, luck, money, and healing. These are probley the reasons they are always in a herb collection. They are eaisly grown in many climates, and can be made into various items fro consumption such as teas or baked into cookies. This makes using mint very easy.
2. Cinnamon
Magical properties: Energy, love, passion, prosperity, and protection. This is used in a lot of love spells or spell used involving someone you love. This, again, is very easy to use in kitchen witchery. It is also very easy to get a hold of, I personally am drawn to cinnamon.
3. Rosemary
Magical properties: Cleansing, courage, knowledge, rituals, memory, and protection. This, again, is grown eaisly in a variety of places. Rosemary is a very basic herb used in many, MANY rituals. One of its stated magical properties is basically “good in rituals”. I really recommend that everyone have some of this somewhere at hand.
4.Mugwort
Magical properties:associated with the moon, dreams, and psychic powers. I like to used it with and full moon rituals because it is specifically associated to the lunar goddess.
5. Sage
Magical properties: cleansing, purification and psychic development and proctecion. This is eaisly accesible. It is used with lavender for alot of purification spells. It is also a huge herb for psychic skills such as astral projection and divination.
6. Lavender
Magical properties: cleansing, happiness, healing, and purification. This is used in quite a few cleansing spells (combined with sage). It also seems to be a kind of general herb that is a good use in many things. It also grows eaisly and smells great for healing satchels.
7. Marigold
Magical properties: dreams, protection, and psychic powers. Gives good visionary sight. I’m not sure why I find this in everyones herb box :P
8. Thyme
Magical properties: clairvoyance, dreams, prevents nightmares, meditaion, and divination. This is a very sleep/dream orieanted herb. I like it alot for anything that has to do with sleep and dreams. Not as eaisly accesible as some, but still not too hard.
9. Ginger
Magical properties: Love, money, success, and power. This is good for any spell used for to gain achievment, or success, etc.. Very useful. Also easy to find.
10. Personal Connection
Everyone has a herb that they feel drawn to, this can be put into any spell or ritual regardless of magical properties because you have such a deep connection to it. You’ll know it when you find it. :)
44 Days of Witchery 5. A favorite goddess
I have always loved Persephone but really felt like she became my patron goddess when my husband died suddenly in a car accident five years ago.
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