Crossroads Coven

29/07/2024

*Success* is a cauldron of desire. Here's the recipe:

1. Stir in exactly what your heart craves (visualize enjoying that positive outcome)
2. Measure the cost or sacrifice required.
3. Decide if you've got the guts to pay the price (mentioned in #2).
4. Pay that price ... or forget about the desired outcome and curl up with a good book instead.

28/07/2024

Lughnasadh, on August 1st, celebrates the very beginning of harvest. While there's a lot of British lore about it, it's celebrated in Northern Scotland and by the Irish, and Celtic Pagans too.

With harvest near, the Witch prepares,
For Lughnasadh, her heart declares.
She cleanses space, with herbs and grain,
To honor Sun's and Earth's domains.
For cropping's gifts, her magic's stirred,
As future's glimpsed, a prophetic word.
With grateful heart, she'll celebrate,
The fruitages, of plenty and weight.

28/07/2024

"If you want to catch a trout, don't fish in a herring barrel." ~ Witchy wisdom by a muggle: Ann Landers

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27/07/2024

27/07/2024

Do you have a tattoo? What's it of?

26/07/2024

26/07/2024

25/07/2024

Elegant, girlish, blemish-free. As I will? So MOTE IT BE!

25/07/2024

25/07/2024

This Ouija film (also featuring the Talking Board Historical Society) is professionally done.

We visited 5 DIFFERENT STATES to ghost hunt at 7 OF THE WORLD'S MOST HAUNTED locations. We visited the Sallie House, the Hinsdale House, the Ouija Board Muse...

24/07/2024

Goddess bless all the wisdom, personality, and beauty in our beloved

24/07/2024

Queen Anne’s lace is blooming and growing along the streets, in pavement cracks, right now on Tacoma streets. See comments for a photo.

Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) common names include wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace. Queen Anne's lace is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, it is a common plant in dry fields,...

24/07/2024

Thrifting 👅

23/07/2024

A wholly worthwhile horror film: the legend of la Lorena (on Amazon). It starts a wee-bit slow but is completely worth the watch!

23/07/2024

I am having so much fun creating AI Art. If you need help doing it ... pm me.

23/07/2024

Lessons learned - long ago.

21/07/2024

21/07/2024

Do YOU grow Rosemary in your garden? I'd always heard that a woman should grow it by her front door because it gives strength to the lady of the house.

21/07/2024

Just published: "My Counselor's Crystal Ball Was CLOUDY!" (A personal tale about what happened when this witch went to her first therapy session.

https://crossroadscoven.blogspot.com/2024/07/my-counselors-crystal-ball-was-cloudy.html

21/07/2024

Have you read tales of human remains found in Denmark bogs? When those remains were discovered they were first perceived as a recent murder. The individual's skin, hair, clothing were all so perfectly preserved thanks to bogs sealing out oxygen, being high in tannins (which prevent biological decomposition) and acid. Scholars tend to agree that some of the bog killings were linked to "ritual sacrifice to the gods—perhaps a fertility offering." Yet there is much still to uncover about the bog bodies.

Here's a beautiful song written about the Tollund Man (bog body). The song has English subtitles.
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+Tollund+Man+by+singer+songwriter+Lars+Lilholt.&rlz=1C1FKPE_enUS994US994&oq=the+Tollund+Man+by+singer+songwriter+Lars+Lilholt.&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORigATIGCAEQRRhA0gEJMTM4NmowajE1qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 =ive&vld=cid:34956b69,vid:FUSSyPfNjvk,st:0

Here's a Smithsonian story on topic: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/

21/07/2024

Put "Craft" into your Witchcraft with this project to celebrate Lughnasadh (on August 1)

Begin by gathering your materials: wheat or dried corn silk and husks, (whatever golden harvest you can glean from your garden or buy at the local farmer's market). Select fabric scraps, and ribbon. Carefully separate the husks (or grain) and select two sections for the doll's body. Braid the corn silk to form hair, and tie it securely. Dress your doll with fabric scraps, using your imagination to create a festive outfit. (Search images of "braided corn dollies" for ideas). Consider adding accessories like a tiny crown or a miniature sickle made from twigs.

Once your doll is complete, find a special place to display it as an altar piece. As the days shorten, your corn doll will gradually dry, symbolizing the waning of Summer and the approach of Autumn. When the doll is completely dry, you can bury it in your garden as an offering to the land, giving thanks for the harvest and ensuring a bountiful yield for the following year.

WITCHY LORE: corn dollies are not mere straw and twine. Their bodies house the actual, living spirit of the field from which the grain came. As the harvest moon wanes, farmers trap this elusive entity in a human-shaped husk. The story goes that a happy spirit makes for bountiful crops, so keep the dollyies cozy through winter. In the spring, you return her back to the field to recharge for another year of green magic!

Corn dollies are a testament to the unseen forces that influence our gardens and shapE our world.

20/07/2024

Full Moon Tomorrow:

From dusk to dawn, it's hangin' high, a silent watcher, in the night sky. Legends and lovin', tales untold, the moon's magic, precious as gold. So step outside, let your spirit soar, under the Full Moon, forevermore