🕖 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE ~ Catch-Up!

[Susurrus]

I’m trying to keep up with, well, life in general right now but also catching up on some challenges will help me with my to do list

Challenge Entry #2:

→ Of Hearth and Home

I have my sacred space, which doubles as our bedroom, but since I have found my footing where my beliefs lie, some things have spilled over to my home. From how I use things around my home to how I make things around my house, whether it’s food or not, I have more plant and herb knowledge than before, and I use more natural approaches to different things for self-care, personal care, and connections.

Right now, I have a besom by my back door; I have to add some cinnamon essential oil to it, though. It has lost its scent since I originally got it. I have a perpetual calendar on my wall that is a lovely wooden one with a lotus floral pattern on it. I drink different teas to help with different things. I will drink it because I like it or based on the ingredients, with the intention of drinking that specific tea, especially when I have a cold. I have also used more natural things for pain and inflammation when I can, too. Journaling and meditation are so beneficial, as well as breath work. I am glad that I have learned the different techniques, and they work for me. There is so much around my home and myself that has changed over the last 5 years that it’s hard to pinpoint certain things.

I have learned about journeying, crystals and energy, and my empathic tendencies and abilities. I have learned how to accept the light with the dark and even the gray. I’m not perfect, but my practice is ideal for me. Over time, I have learned so much about my family history and beliefs. I am learning how to connect with my area, my yard, my neighborhood, and the things around me that are there each day. I take the time to notice the changes in my yard and area, whether in my neighborhood, along the coastline, or in another location. Working with what is local to me and easily obtainable, I also like to make things from scratch, but now, there is more meaning in what I do and how I do it. I even make up oils, sprays, perfumes, and things to use around my home, as well as natural ways to clean and refresh things.

I plan on bringing some crafting items upstairs for autumn through winter. I have a severe itch to create things and work some magic. I have learned so much over a period where it was more of a learning curve than a routine practice. I’m working on different things but have too many thoughts in my head about how to go about them and all of the what and where things will or should go or be done

[Susurrus]

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Challenge Entry #3:

→ Spooky Season Spellwork

This year Samhain went a bit differently than anything in the last 25 years. There were no children to watch in a Harvest Parade or to get fed & dressed for walking the neighborhood in hopes of treats & not tricks.

I have been having some mobility things so my husband and I decided that we were going to stay in with each other.

Since it was just us and Samhain, my husband found us something to watch. He said that I’d really like it, or he thought I wpukd anyway. So we watched

Witches: The Truth Behind the Trials
It’s a docu-series type of show. Each episode is about the wotch trials in a different area, all kind of around the same time. They start with Salem, Massachusetts and then also cover England, Germany, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, & another place. We watched the entire series.

They were full of good information and well done. The experts were great too, especially explaining that they were mostly accused and not witches; but why during those times the accused were believed to be witches which could be based on “spectral evidence” alone. Spectral evidence was or is evidence that cant be proven or disproven. So anyone could say that they saw or heard anything because you can’t prove they did or didn’t, which sent many to at least the gallows.

It was definitely a much needed day of rest with a bonus of spending time with my hisband and learning about Witch History.

[georgia]

Challenge Entry 3
Wholesome Healers

I was heading in from getting some groceries, this evening, when I heard a cry for help. I knocked on the door. The resident had fallen. I went in my place for my phone and called 911, returning to his door to ask questions the operator wanted to know.

Maintenance passed and went off to get a key. I then sat in the doorway and comforted the man until paramedics arrived.

This may not seem like much of a Magickal big deal, but he admitted he’d been on the floor a couple hours and was beginning to wonder if anyone would find him. If I hadn’t been out, I never would have heard him.

I kept him talking. When neighbors passed, I asked them to pray for him. Anything to pass the time, anything to provide some modicum of comfort and rest.

When something surprising like this happens, the biggest issue isn’t just the pain, but the terror of finding yourself alone and unable to get help. Just having someone there to pass time, knowing you’re not alone is the biggest calming anyone can offer.

[celineelise]

Challenge Entry #1
Working with Nature
I was collecting seeds at the end of summer beginning of Autumn. Here are the seeds I collected

Here are some videos about gow to collect seeds.
My goal next growing season is to only use the seeds that i collected for flowers.
Collecting marigold seeds

How to Harvest Marigold Seeds // Garden VLOG

Collecting Sunflower Seeds

Harvesting Sunflower Seeds! 🌻🙌🧡 // Garden Answer

Collecting cosmos seeds
Saving seeds from Cosmos, an easy-to-grow mainstay of the summer garden — Flora.

Collecting snapdragon seeds

How To Harvest Snapdragon Seeds👩🏼‍🌾 Crochet, Garden, Repeat

How to tend to an artichoke plant
How to Plant, Grow & Care for Artichokes | Sarah Raven.

The magic of collecting and saving seed — Studio Home!
Challenge Entry #2
Ancestor work
I started using this book
Ancestral Tarot: Uncover Your Past and Chart Your Future Ancestral Tarot: Uncover Your Past and Chart Your Future Nancy Hendrickson - Google Search
to continue working wih my ancestors in early October.
Currently I am working with my great grandmother Barbara.

( She is picured om the right) I really like working this way.
I am looking forward to doing another draw this week.
I have done other ancestoral healing with Larissa Noonan, in the pandemic using journeying and was able to heal two of my lines.
Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing - Google Search
I really like the trancework that this encourages you to do.
Ancestoral work has helped me in ny healing process of complex PTSD. I love working on it when the veil is thin.

Challenge Entry #3
Sigil Magick
I have been having a hard time with my adrenals due to stress from current things and it being close to the anniversary of my marriage falling apart and my ex wife relapsing.
I believe i am having a lot of stress dreams so i created this runebind and spell bag for protection and sleep.
I added:
Dragons Blood Resin
Myrrh Resin
Blackthorn
Peppermint
Rosemary
Cinnamon
Clove
Red clover
Stinging Nettle
3 rose thorns
I said the this encantation:
With this sigil and these herbs I request you protect me from the past, the present and future misfortunes in my dreamspace. I cut all ties and cords that are not for my highest good. May I sleep like a log of wood. Mote it be.

[BryWisteria]

This challenge is now CLOSED

3…2…1… that’s a wrap! This challenge has now ended and all previous challenges have been closed once again (at least until the next Catch-Up Challenge!)

Great job to all entrants! No matter which area(s) of magick you explored and put on display for your Coven this week, thank you so much to everyone who jumped in to partake in the 220th challenge

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Blessed be!

[BryWisteria]

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