♀ Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - The Divine Feminine

Thank you for your enlightening and kind words. Like I said (I think) I won my lawsuit and now I feel as though I can now go forward. I blame all this positivity on Spells 8 and my Sister Witches…BLESSED BE!!!

Much Love :tree_of_life: :tree_of_life: :revolving_hearts: :woman_mage: :cat2:

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Ah yes thank you @AileyGrey!

& also you’re very welcome @BryWisteria & @Medea & @Heav3n… along with anyone else who has found some good things & assistance from Loner Wolf.

I really enjoy it & have learned a lot from it. I use & go through parts of it with my therapist at times depending on what I am working on or comes up that goes with what we may be talking about during our appointments. :hugs:

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This is an excellent detailed, knowledgeable, informational with experience in this Challenge. Very inspiring!

Blessed Be,
Medea

"Nana reminds us as women… Don’t give up your power! (spells8, Ancient_Queen)

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Wysteria_Norn

I am all over this. I cannot do that this Friday, but I can gather the ingredients at the local Mistic Treasure shop this weekend. Thank you for this.

Blessed Be,
Medea

Profile - Wysteria_Norn - The Spells8 Forum)Witch

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challenge entry pt 2
So been thinkibg about all this and this was my brainstorm from part 1.
There is one idea stemming from the dice project and that was to make dice related to each deity and the topic ie herbs and plants, runes, liminal spaces, noon phases, astrology signs, wheel of rhe year as well as oghams and other topics of interest. I would love to create own cards on app with decks but not found one could do. But this dice idea gives me a basic other option. Id just need to associate the meanins to the reading and decide what dice need n if want to create a dice mat to roll dice onto. Tgis is my project. Ive started alreafy on different thread on divination in different ways but this defibatly something want to try continue since found something can use for lots of topics. I’ll just need to write my own guide book :joy:

From part 1
“Brigid - herbalism and green/kitchen magic for healing
Freya- runes, selfcare /beauty magic
Rhiannon - liminal work
Cerridwen - moon work,
Arianhod - astronomy and wheel of year
Nematona - ogham and hearth magic”

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Challenge Entry

Crystal is the calmest dragon that I have ever worked with. She is as calm as a still pond on a sunny day and I had to concentrate to feel her energy. I asked her for a more obvious sign of her presence and after several minutes, I felt a “nudge” or a “poke” on my right arm. I wrote a spell for a creativity with her. As always, feel free to add it to your BOS or alternate it in any way to suit your needs!

Draconic Spell for Creativity

You will need:

  • Cauldron
  • Fresh water
  • Twelve cleansing crystals such as clear quartz or selenite (twelve for the full moons in a year)
  • Three crystals for creativity such carnelian, citrine, or tiger’s eye (three for the triple goddess)
  1. Full a cauldron with fresh water.

  2. Form a circle of clear quartz or selenite (or any cleansing crystal) around the cauldron.

  3. For this ritual, we will be working with Crystal, supporter of the Indigo and Crystal children. She encourages us to let go, to daydream, to “think outside the box” and let the inspiration flow through us. You can call on her whenever you are feeling a creative block. Invoke her by saying:
    Crystal, dragon of many colors—
    red, green, yellow, and blue,
    I humbly call to you
    You are my inspiration, the source of my creation,
    Please join me in peace and harmony

  4. Take the crystals for creativity in your hands and washing the with the water in cauldron.

  5. Say:
    I wash away all blockages to my creativity,
    I ebb and flow like the river,
    I dance in perfect rhythm,
    let inspiration and activity flow through me, so mote it be

  6. Dry the crystals and carry them with you whenever you are working on a creative project.

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Here is a list of crystals that I believe best connect with the Devine Feminine & Female Energy

  • Amazonite

  • Amethyst

  • Carnelian

  • Chrysocolla

  • Jade

  • Jasper

  • Labradorite

  • Moonstone

  • Rose Quartz

  • Selenite

(this is not a comprehensive list)

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@Kasandra I love your description of Crystal :smiling_face: I’m so happy that you were able to connect with her & had a lovely spell too! :revolving_hearts:

@Missa always great to see you in the forum! :hugs: I can agree with those crystals & I actually have each of them! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Those are some of my favorites!

@Wysteria_Norn that’s wonderful that this is such a connection to your mother & it sounds like a lovely oil to use to connect with the Divine Feminine too!

@Phoenix_Fire thank you for sharing the Goddesses & their Divine Feminine attributes that you connect with! :blush:

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Reflecting upon last week’s challenge, it became apparent to me that most of the deities I work with are male; the main 2 being Osiris and Horus. I have on occasion also worked with Thoth and Anubis for specific purposes. It can become very male dominated upon my altar but I would consider my energy to tip more to the divine femine. This figures as there is one female deitiy who remains on my altar permanently…Isis. Therefore, I wanted to share a bit about her in the hope that it may encourage others to consider her strengths and abilities and also how I work with her in my practice.

Her Mythology
Isis (Auset) possessed a level of magical power and wisdom beyond any other deity in the Egyptian Pantheon, including that of her great grandfather, the Sun God Ra. He ruled over the Earth but his scorching heat made it impossible for life to flourish. Isis attempted to persuade him to move to the sky but he refused. Isis knew that the only way therefore was to force him to move.

She formed a snake from clay mixed with her great grandfather’s spit and placed it in his path. The snake bit Ra and he failed to cure himself because the poison was formed from his own spit. He turned to his great granddaughter, already a skilled magician herself.

Isis offered to cure him but only if Ra revealed to her his secret name. This name protected him and gave him his power and magic. Revealling it would make Isis equally or even more powerful than him abd reveal to her the secrets of the universe. Ra tried to trick Isis by using some of his epithets but she didn’t fall for his trickery. Ra gave in and uttered his secret name. Isis used her magic to cure Ra in the knowledge that she was now more powerful than he was. This paved the way for Isis to rule on Earth with her beloved husband (and brother) Osiris.

We see her devotion, love, healing and magic powers through her pursuit to find her murdered husbands body and bring him back to life. She hunts around the land, finding 13 pieces and placing them back together to form the first mummy before.magically bring her beloved back to life. Missing a piece of his body (needed to concieve a child), Isis forms one using her magic and they concieve Horus, who will one day rule over the land of Egypt.

Her Importance
Isis (Auset - meaning queen of the throne) was very important to the Ancient Egyptians because of her range of power and influences. She was the protector of women and the loving mother, as shown by her raising and protecting Horus. She also brought fertility, in the literal sense buy also through the initiation of the annual Nile floods which brought fertile soil to the land. She healed, she protected, she was a powerful magician, she cured illness, she held vast amounts of inner knowledge and knew the secrets of the universe. She was a goddess of life and of death. Isis was the embodiment of every positive feminine energy…a truly divine feminine. Such was her Importance that her influence spread beyond the boundaries of Egypt, into Greece and even to Rome, long after the Egyptians had fallen.

My practice
Isis is part of my daily practice. She is permanently on my altar and each day I welcome and invite her to be part of my day. Each evening, I light a white candle in her honour. I keep fresh flowers behind her image as an offering. I say a short prayer each morning as well as give her thanks at night before extinguishing her candle.

Her are my BoS pages about Isis:



I have a set of orcale cards (the Auset Oracle) which I draw each morning. Before doing so, I ask Auset to wrap her wings around me and assist me in choosing, interpreting and implanting the card I need most.

I also have a “pop up” Isis altar that I use when I want to work with her alone

I use this meditation to “contact” Isis. At first I didn’t see her but now I see (and hear) her clearly as I journey to her temple in this meditation.

More info
I read this fantastic book. It covers her Mythology, worship and rituals abd taught me a lot. If you are interested in finding out more about Isis, I’d recommend it.

This website also has a huge range of interesting articles

Blessed be

Alan

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@Cosmic_Curiosity I’m always so intrigued by the information you provide & the images. Plus the BOS pages you create are amazing too! This is a lot of great information on Isis & I love learning about the Egyptian pantheon when you post about it :hugs:

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@Siofra_Strega Aww thank you so much. I am pleased that you find the information interesting and useful. Its nice to hear that you enjoy learning from my posts too!

Thanks you and blessed be

Alan

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I was sure how to approach this challenge so I took this as a sign to do the lesson on the goddesses and learn about them!


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@Cosmic_Curiosity I love learning new things :hugs: You’re very welcome!

@brandy20 that is a point of inspiration for going throught the course! I had a spark of the same type when I started putting together the Master Posts for pantheons. :smiling_face:

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How beautiful challenge entries from everyone :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
Especially enjoyed the Isis one by @Cosmic_Curiosity, she’s been drawing me too and I loved reading more about her :blush: :revolving_hearts:

I’ve been feeling all over the place, what to do, so many things… until it just came to me, I wanted to try Drawing Down the Moon, she’s still full too, and I’ve been flirting with her all weekend… :sweat_smile: :two_hearts: :full_moon:

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Any questions about her, just ask and I’ll do my best to help

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I figured since I did an Invocation for the God, I should do one for the Goddess, make it all even so to speak. LOL! Hope you like it!

Invocation to the Triple Goddess

I call to the Lady! To the Maiden, Mother, and Crone!
Grant me your wisdom and help me with my magic to hone!
I call to the great Lady, who sails across the sky!
Bless me and guide me from where you are up high!

You who are Maiden, and blushes as sweetly as the rose,
You who are Mother, heal us from head to toe,
You who are Grandmother Crone,
Triumph is written on your face with every wrinkle,
Watch over us from the night sky, where the stars twinkle!

Be welcome in our Circle, I ask you to stay,
Till the sun comes and chases your silvery chariot away!

Blessed be!

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@Heav3n Thank you so much. I am being pulled toward Goddesses Morrigan and Hecate. Hecate a little more than Morrigan. Trying to learn more about them.

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@Medea Thank you for your kindness and for reading my entry.
Bendeciones (Blessings)

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My intuition told me not to after all… I guess I don’t need any more of the eclipse energy in me, it’s already messing with my emotions…

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I am too!!! I thought it was just me.

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