Taking the day off..

Merry Meet!

I know that I am supposed to be telling you all kinds of fun things today. But I am beat. I have had a super busy week and it wouldn't be fair to half-ass a post about something that could be really awesome. So, I am going to do my best to work on today's post between naps and housework I need to catch up on and publish it tomorrow for ya!
 

Finding your path

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Amazing photography courtesy of High Life Images

Today I want to talk about finding your path. It seems to me, the biggest hurdle when you leave mainstream religion for our road less travelled, is finding YOUR path. There are so many ways to go, you can be Wicca, Pagan, a Witch. My first thought starting out was, 'isn't it all the same?'. If you are Wiccan, then you are a pagan who practices witchcraft, right? No. Not even close.

You have to look at things like pantheons. Do you feel drawn to a polytheistic path? If so, is it Celtic or Egyptian, Greek or Roman? But what if you don't feel drawn to many deities? Is there only one god? Two? Three? What if even then you don't believe in a 'god' of sorts. That there isn't a mystical person or people running it all? That's where I fall. I believe in nature, in the interconnectedness of all living things. We, all togther, are divine. I don't know how I got here. But in my heart, that's how I interpret the divinity.

After I spent time contemplating the whole god(s) situation, I started to look at things like crystals, healing, divination, herbs, spellwork. Trying to figure out where I stood with them. Crystals, oh man, I love rocks. As you've seen from my Rock-in' Tuesday posts, I love rocks. Since I can remember I have loved rocks. The way they are each absolutely individual, they way they are shaped by the other stones in their environment, they way their environment shaped them. They have distinct personalities. Some rocks want to be touched, carried with you, worn. Some, don't. They want to be left alone. I have a personal goal to learn how to heal using the energy of crystals. I will be saving my money to take some coursework from Hibiscus Moon Crystal Academy. Her classes look ah-mazing! I can't wait!

In the interest of not taking up all your time discussing the rest, I will save that for my Sunday post... I will talk about what I feel with divination, herbs, and spellwork. All of which I am excited to learn about! Maybe I will even throw in a little charm that I used that worked beautifully!

I joined FaceBook!

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Merry Meet!
                                                                        
I have an actual FaceBook page for my 'in the broomcloset' life but I started a new one for my Magick life so that I can connect with other witchy people without worry of attack from my non-witchy friends. Some are very religous people, I love 'em anyhow. We all have to find our own path, right?

So look for me, I am Magick Allie there. If you find a winter scene with a redhead walking away as the profile pic, you've found me! Send me a friend request and let's chat Magick!!
                                                                                                
Have an awesome weekend! And tune in on Tuesday for Rock-in'Tuesday, my weekly crystal post!

p.s. If you like what you are reading so far, mention my blog on yours if you don't mind! I need some followers so we can have all kinds of witchy fun!

Meet Me, Magick Allie!

Merry Meet!

I want this blog to chronicle my journey away from the mainstream and into my studies on magick. I have always felt like there was something pulling me to be different. I think it started with my love of rocks. I would spend the entirety of my recess in elementary school collecting rocks from the playground. Squirreling them away in my pockets to take out and wonder over later. I didn't care if they were brown creek rocks, they were special to me. I have always felt this way. I have always loved the energy that comes from the earth.

I wasn't raised in a particularly religious household, my parents didn't go to church so I wasn't forced into religion. I had friends that tried to pull me in, telling me that it was wrong to not be Christian. That not believing in God would send me straight to Hell and that it didn't matter what I did, I was a sinner. That just didn't jive with me. I am not inherently bad because I am alive, or female for that matter. So after a few attempts to go to church and see what it was all about, I realized it just didn't fit with me.

It wasn't until my mid-20s that I made a friend that was Wicca. She and I talked at length about how I felt like there was something but it certainly wasn't a Christian point of view. She lent me "The Power of the Witch" by Laurie Cabot. I dove into it and it felt right. I understood what she was talking about, just knowing you were different. So I went out and found a magick store and bought as many books as I could find. I read and read. Started researching deities. Started buying candles. Immersed myself in anything magickal I could find. I was alive. I had something to believe in. It was wonderful.

After a while, my friend and I parted ways. She was a fun hipster who hung out at bars and wooed band boys. I was married and planning on babies. Life took over, procreating should have made me more passionate about the magick in my life, but I just found I had no time. As we planned for our second baby, we realized that the spare bedroom had to be converted from office space to living space. After really struggling with how I felt about magick, the books, and where to put the baby, I donated all of my books to Goodwill. Knowing I had nowhere to put them and even less time to study them, I let them go. So that maybe someone else out there could feel alive like I did for a while.

I knew I missed the magick. But I didn't realize how much I missed it until a mommy group friend introduced her to a friend of hers. We hit it off and I realized what I had been missing! I started to feel alive again. Like I wasn't a freak for feeling this way. I felt like I had come home. It was wonderful. So, I have started slowly rebuilding my book collection. Starting my Book of Shadows again. I have even tried a little charm, and it worked! I still have magick in me! I am so thrilled to be witchy again!

So, this is me, Magick Allie. I hope you enjoy my little ramblings!