Juniper
Misconceptions
A friend and I were chatting online about how we perceive people and how people perceive us. You know, you meet someone and as you get to know them you realise they are a very different person that you first thought they were, that kind of stuff. We are all guilty of it sometimes even when we make the effort not to. So here are a few things I find people often assume about me that are not quite right.
I’m not as bossy as you think I am.
Yes, I am fairly outgoing, strong willed and outspoken but that doesn’t mean I need to have my own way. People often assume that if you are a larger than life personality then you must be the kind of person who needs to be in charge. I know my limitations and I lack many important leadership qualities such as organization and excellent social skills, I don’t want to be the leader most of the time. I’ll do it though since most other women (and many men) just sit there looking at the floor like “I don’t know, what you want to do?” UGH! But seriously folks, you can say “no” to… Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Crow Fetish
(I was going to shoot these outdoors amongst all the pretty fallen leaves but then it started raining buckets. Click on each image for full size or click on the View with Piclens for fancy slideshow)
To Fly By Night
The book is out!
This is the anthology that I wrote and essay for; in fact it is the “What is a Hedgewitch” essay that helps to open the book! It is published by Pendraig in California, a small (but growing) Witchcraft Publisher. It is edited and compiled by Veronica Cummer and has such contributors as …
… to name only a few.
Here is the little blurb:
Hedgewitch Craft takes its name from the practice of travelling beyond the boundaries, of going past the “hedgerows” that divide what is known from what is unknown. Hedgewitches utilize diverse techniques to undertake the night-flight into strange and sometimes dangerous places in order to gain spirit-allies, magickal abilities and knowledge, to heal and to commune with the Gods and the ancestors.”
From the ancient to the modern, from the philosophical and historical to the practical and mystical, these essays span a wide variety of paths and approaches.
My own copies are still on their way, that’s how new this book is, and I can’t wait!
Where can you buy this book? Check out Amazon; check out the Pendraig webpage for a… Continue reading
Todays Rant: Curses! (foiled again)
People think that curses are less or non effective if you don’t believe in them, this is false.
Curses are not less effective if you think they are bullshit. Sorry, it just doesn’t work that way. If I don’t believe in UV rays I can still get a sun burn. If I think that only gays get AIDS I can still catch HIV.
Curses are more effective if you believe in curses, believe you have been cursed and get all paranoid about it. This is why someone who believes in curses seems to get it worse than someone who does not, because a believer will talk themselves into thinking its worse than it really is.
It like two people having the same allergic reaction, one is rational and the other a hypochondriac. The hypochondriac is going to itch and scratch worse because he will make a big deal out of it and obsess over it. The rational person will simply apply cream and shrug it off, or ignore it until it goes away.
Also having someone think bad thoughts in your general direction or even send off a negative vibe at you is not a curse. Putting energy into thinking… Continue reading
To Fly By Night
Hoofprints in the Wildwood
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