Nov 11, 2025 -   Message from Freyja: " Honor your Angrboða--your anger, your grief, your "negative" human emotions--too.  They don't make you less grateful. " I just went through a really rough patch--October through November 12th.  Yes, even us clergy folk experience cycles of good and bad, ebb and flow.  No curses, no divine punishments, no whatever.  Sometimes shit just happens to good people. I was feelin okay, taking everything in stride.  Accepting everything, because what else was I going to do?  Anger and sorrow weren't going to solve anything.  Just accept the shit and figure out the next steps.  Around the 14th, I got hit with depression that just hung around, but the intensity didn't really change until the end of the month, of course.  That low point lasted until Tuesday, because it was just one thing after another.  A little bit a hope that was just crushed by more BS.  A little miracle suddenly squashed b...

 Brigit. Brigid. Brigando. Brighid. Brigantia. Brigette. Brigitte. Bride. St. Brigid. Mama Brigette. Other spellings, other cultures. In this post, I’ll most likely be switching between the different spelling. Dyslexia or divine yada yada? *Shrugs* Such pronunciations of Breet, Bri-ghed,Bridge-it, and many others. I’m not going to go into a lot of detail about Her, because I’m still learning, too. But there’s a lot of resources, such as: Avalon, Annwyn. Celtic Goddess Grimoire . Milligan, Bryce. Brigid’s Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story . Daimler, Morgan. Pagan Portals -Brigid: Meeting the Celtic Goddess of Poetry, Forge, and Healing Well . Perilloux, Cairelle Crow (Editor). Brigid’s Light: Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess . Weatherstone, Lunaea. Tending Brigid’s Flame: Awaken to the Celtic Goddess of Hearth, Temple, and Forge . Weber, Courtney. Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess . Ah, another popular Goddess. A Jac...

Someone in a forum posted a video about the forever ongoing topic of cursing and hexing.  If you've been in the online communities for a long time, you're probably aware of how these conversations go.   SHAME SHAME SHAME 3FOLDLAW HARMNONE SHAME SHAME HOLIER-THAN-THOU SHAME SHAME SHAME YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING YOU AREN'T ARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS DARK MAGIK BLACK MAGIK IS EVIL SHAME SHAME SHAME  NOT A REAL WITCH SHAME SHAME SHAME  ALL CURSORS ARE IGNORNANT OF CONSEQUENCES SHAME SHAME SHAME It's basically a controversial topic that's always going to get super fighty and dramatic--it's a Cauldron of Shit Stirring topic.  I typically stay out of those conversations and fights.  I was in them a lot when I was younger, but eventually I grew up and left those trolly ass, controlling forums.   How someone practices doesn't affect you.  A lot of the Harm None/3 Fold Law folks are giant hypocrites anyway--at least from my exp...

 June 8, 2025: Working with the spirits is important in seiðr, from magick to prophecy. It's important to be on good terms with the spirits, otherwise they won’t want to work with a person, will they? They are our neighbors, friends, companions, mentors, and protectors. You also want to stay on good terms with those who don't particularly care for humans, too. I try to stay on good terms with our incorporeal neighbors and roommates in different ways. Starting with the next generation. From a young age, we taught our kids about respecting animal life, even the creepy crawlies, like house centipedes and spiders. My husband has a fear of spiders, yet getting him to stop squishing spiders was actually easier than expected, because he understood how important it was to teach our kids the value of life. Not all bugs can go outside, especially when it's too cold for them. We either give bugs the chance to run on their own or we gently move them to a place out of sight and ...

 Last month, I came across a drawing challenge on Bluesky (I have a personal account on there, not a HFO account), called Nestober25 by @MarikaPaz Illustration.  In my journal, I participated, by drawing small quick sketches with exaggerated angles and perspectives, sans erasure.  As well as only drawing from my brain, which I struggle to do.  I can draw what I see with no problem, but I've always struggled with drawing from my imagination.  So I challenged myself with Nestober. This is what came of it.  I only missed one day due to artist block, even through the depression I suffered last month (and a little today).  ----------------------------------- Nest Tea Flame Nook Dew Companion Luck Stall Wish Kindred (trying to remember the ADF Kindred Sigils) Gloom Wings Sugar Sword & Star Grimoire Float Darkness Comfort Journey Ritual Apothecary Mage Slug Howl Acorn Embrace Bell Haunt Lighthouse Not too bad for someone who doesn't draw as regularly as I...

Happy Halloween / Samhain / Beltane! -------------------- Another time I dealt with troublesome entities--it wasn't just the entity, in fact, the entity was more of a weapon. I was contacted by an pagan family having problems with an entity that they couldn't remove.  This energy was affecting the son more than the rest of the family--the son was more sensitive to spirits than the rest.  He was having bad thoughts.  The family also informed me that the grown son was also seeing a mental health professional and they were aware of his negative thoughts, but not the possible spiritual side of it, too.   I and my student went to the home.  At first, I headed for a downstairs unit, because I felt strange energy from it.  But I was redirected to a unit upstairs.   Again, I introduced myself and student to the House Spirits, explaining who we were and why we were there.  I asked for permission to do what I needed to do.  Once given, I set...

Here's a story about the first time I went to someone's home to banish an "Astral Nasty". Before I was a priestess (and before Covid), I was contacted by a student, whose relative had a spirit problem.  Everything this spiritual relative was trying wasn't working.  They even brought in another relative who is a witch--it helped a little bit, but the entity was still in the home, still causing problems.   I did meet with the relative in a public location so we could talk about their problems, things they've tried, and so on.  They told me their family deity was Selene.  I did some divination with Selene to see what our next steps should be in dealing with this entity AND protecting the family. The morning of the banishment, said entity paid me a visit and tried to force entry into my home, but it wasn't able to get through my wards.  I wasn't scared--I was protected by my Kindred and my magiks.  Growing up in abuse, I'm used to tactics like this fr...