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Joey Morris

Dec 28, 2019
3 min

Shadow Poker, Daughter of Morrigan

Original image by Laura Sheridan There are no mistakes in the shaping of who we are under the Goddess Morrigan; we step out onto the proverbial battlefield, uncertain, untested, but willing to prove ourselves in Her eyes, hungry for the recognition we all crave, to be worthy; worthy of The Morrigan, worthy of the call, worthy of the trust that She has placed in us. Unfortunately, this can be the first downfall. Tempestuous, ravenous, and determined, it is easy to become sin

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Joey Morris

Feb 6, 2019
1 min

Mother of Babylon

Mother of Babylon Thy speak of sinful flesh falls short of my lips Your scornful nature taps against the skull My flesh burns with indignation But not from any punishment you can mete out Heartless is the memory of men Seeking to bind and conquer and rule To besmirch the powerful and capable Any crown forged and welded... bled for To speak of many heads monstrous They are afraid and their words reek of it I turn my bare throat and growl Hiss between my teeth Such d

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Samhain Musings - Little Ghost, Little Ghost

Joey Morris

Oct 30, 2018
3 min

Samhain Musings - Little Ghost, Little Ghost

image - Cristopher McKenney. Samhain is almost on us, (leaving arguments concerning moon phases versus calendar dates aside, and mentioning that I have been performing rituals for about a week already,) and for the first time in a long time, there is more heavy reverence, somberness, and sadness in the air. Lessons are salty and sweet, with salt from bitter tears wept at the altar, balanced by the perfumed dew from the rose petals as those tears fall. Freedom is such a gift,

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Joey Morris

Oct 25, 2018
1 min

Channeling Goddess Freyja

Freyja My lips, part, As spice and mead touch An ecstasy of forethought The anticipation And will, to see, I stand upon the precipice Of all that is known Golden and unyielding Blood runs into the water Slaking mans lust The finger stirs and rivers appear As voices on the wind Changing and chanting and moaning The chain at the throat tightens Gifting the thrill of restraint Feathers brush against bare skin Rendering sight useless And so Take your weak im

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Joey Morris

Oct 18, 2018
1 min

Crow Woman

original image - christian-felices-citrus-tree-photography-the-crow That’s the thing about the Crow eyed women With their lips bedecked in otherness You might think for a moment they are infused with whimsy But Morrigan made them with steel bones We endure beyond the point of breaking And underestimate us at your own risk We speak for the heart of the wild ones Teeth bared to raise up a snarl Magick without heart is autopsy The mask of the cruel slips and falls Ho

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Joey Morris

Oct 4, 2018
5 min

The Wolf Mask - Just a Bitch, Witch

image original - alessioalbi There were howls of warning of what was coming; a song on the wind of the spiritual climate, teeth gnashing and growling; the lesson of the Wolf was cracking through the world, ready to tear at throat and draw blood. It was not until afterwards that I realised we were seeing through the Other Eyes of the Wolf, for I was not prepared, not engaged, not expecting the spiritual medicine to arrive, perhaps preoccupied with my own emotional responses to

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Joey Morris

Jan 13, 2018
1 min

Channeling Goddess Lilith

The bitten lip That moment of unyielding need Tantalising Swollen with longing Timeless in the mist of wanting Venom in the first bite Mercy in the second Hungry in the darkness Vigilant lidless eyes watching Such a wild thing you are Staring back unabashed Your bones aching and shivering In the midnight release When all truths spill out onto the altar of yourself Unquenchable in your uniqueness The scent of blood in the air Intermingled with primal need

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Joey Morris

Dec 24, 2017
1 min

Pagan Poetry - Dark yet Holy things

These Dark yet Holy things Etched into the very bark Teach us from a pool inked onto the world Forgotten towers of mislaid bricks That once revered were scattered And laid to waste The Raven crackles in the storm Inciting venomous lessons There is knowledge in boldness and in blood Reaching out far beyond the walls Graves of our forebears are not silenced By the passing of the beating heart An echo ripples backward remembering We were one once with the night - Jo

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Transformation is Venomous – New Moon musings

Joey Morris

Dec 18, 2017
2 min

Transformation is Venomous – New Moon musings

Image – Anton Yeroma This beautiful imagery summarizes how I feel the New Moon energies align this December; with the Dark Goddess Lilith at the forefront; she slips in, serpentine, and asks if we are quite done resisting this transformation by fire yet? The venom in transformation is needed, and necessary; it can course through our veins, making us ache and resist, making us painfully aware of our short comings, where we perceive our weaknesses to be. December has already be

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Joey Morris

Oct 30, 2017
1 min

Badb at Samhain - Guardian of Death

Image source Memories in dirt trod places An ache of something soul wired Screeching across field and foe The rankling of oppressive chains Ripped and charred Once a story learned by rote No longer spoken but on the wind Only the memories we carry Claws in the darkness, teeth biting, Burn it all to ash and starch the bones Sing to them, sing for them, bleed into them, All those forgotten souls, honourable, wise, less so Death is not a quiet whisper A story is not

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Shadow work with Snake energy: The Gorgon’s mask

Joey Morris

Oct 4, 2017
7 min

Shadow work with Snake energy: The Gorgon’s mask

Scales in the void, the eternal ellipsis of rebirth; vilified, demonized and feared. Lidless eyes peer into the depths of our souls and we, as humans, flinch at the ‘otherness.’ In times long past the sand and earth parted as the side-winding symbol of deeply connective Goddess energy imparted wisdom to those willing to learn, and the snake symbolized fertility, healing, sexual liberation, and rebirth. But as a culture of sexual repression and shame rose up in the dregs of h

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I dream in Death Screams… Echoes of Death Goddess Badb

Joey Morris

Jul 25, 2017
3 min

I dream in Death Screams… Echoes of Death Goddess Badb

“…I hear her scream Guttering The pitch black chord of night I am her and She is me…” – Joey Morris Woad Warrior Never in human history has the screaming been so silent. The sanitization of modern society impresses on the individual the need for silence to such a degree that the verbal act of screaming is relegated to films concerning horror. The Horror genre is generally considered to be a psychological pressure valve for social and cultural concerns within the human p

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Shadow Masks in Spirituality and Witchcraft

Joey Morris

Jul 17, 2017
4 min

Shadow Masks in Spirituality and Witchcraft

Image – Obscurity – Natalia Drepina Witches wear many masks. There are those masks we wear to elevate ourselves through our magick; placing void fabric against our bare skin in order to peer into the in-between spaces, seeking to understand the lessons of our ‘Other eyes.’ Then there are the masks we wear built from our own shadows; carved from our fear, jealousy, and resentment. Adorned in our weakness, we project outwardly from a place of spiritual insufficiency; projectin

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Joey Morris

Jun 28, 2017
4 min

“The bloody birth of a Wild Witch.”

“The bloody birth of a Wild Witch.” “Wild. Ancient. Carefree. Who were we as witches before we learnt What the world told us to be?” – Joey Morris In passing, it can seem as though the reclamation of ones inner wild self is as simple as a moment of glorious realization, following which the shackles which once chained us to personal limitation, degradation, and loss of self, release, and we are free from those controlling elements that have so tortured our spiritual journey.

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Deep in my Soul Bones – Witchcraft of the Cosmos

Joey Morris

Jun 8, 2017
3 min

Deep in my Soul Bones – Witchcraft of the Cosmos

Art- Valdris Bagdonis It is often said that on the other side of Fear is everything you could ever want. As a Witch, I struggled with the shadow of my fear, afraid to move away from the comfortable box which I had sheltered myself within. For so long, I had survived. It was all I knew how to do, and though I felt a piece of myself was always missing, always longing to truly live rather than struggle through, I could not seem to fathom how to get to that place. I hid away in

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Spiritual Birthing pains – The Girl in the Mirror

Joey Morris

May 11, 2017
4 min

Spiritual Birthing pains – The Girl in the Mirror

Image –Symbols by NataliaDrepina I have never been one of those spiritual women. The kind that present themselves at best as light, approachable, and over whelmingly positive, and at worst, kind of overly saturated sweetly cloying. I have been annoyed by these women, jealous of these women, interested to see how they analyze the world, and I have pitied them in moments too. I have wished to be sweeter, lighter, better liked. More appealing to people en masse but so completel

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Working with the Dark Queen – an Archetype of alternative Sovereignty

Joey Morris

Apr 9, 2017
5 min

Working with the Dark Queen – an Archetype of alternative Sovereignty

Image source Working with the Dark Queen – an Archetype of alternative Sovereignty “Men have forgotten what it means to be afraid. We will bring fear.” -Freya The Huntsman, Winter’s War The beginning of comprehending our spiritual journey often comes from the practice of wearing many masks. This is not meant as deceit… unless that is a shadow lesson about the self and our own unfortunate poisonous habits that need to be addressed… but instead an experience to guide us in the

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Joey Morris

Mar 30, 2017
1 min

Pagan Poetry - When Badb came

Image – Nemesis by Hollllow And when Badb came for me I knew it was not yet my time But I had screamed for death And She had heard me And with an otherworldy scythe Cleaved me in two And demanded I remember who I was “Sew it up,” She told me “And with every inch of that pain Scream your utmost…” Badb had given me a voice And I remembered how much I was alive Even when it tore me to pieces. J.Morris 2015 #goddessbadb #badb #darkgoddess #goddess #po #poet #poetry #p

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Joey Morris

Jan 13, 2017
1 min

Charge of the Dark Goddess

She walks, Clad in Midnight, Feet bare, Amongst the Starlight, O Goddess, Of the mysteries, Barely mentioned, In the histories, Fate entwines Around our reality, To Survive Is her speciality Of Shadow Her warrior flame To rise Without hint of shame I call upon The Dark Goddess I call out to The Dark Goddess Arms outstretch for The Dark Goddess Hail to thee The Dark Goddess – Joanne Morris 2017 All my own work and design all rights reserved #dark #darkgo

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Pagan Poetry - Dedication to Goddess Morrigan

Joey Morris

Dec 23, 2016
1 min

Pagan Poetry - Dedication to Goddess Morrigan

(Image sourced from Weheartit Original unknown.) And so Mother I find myself on bloodied knees Singing of your reverence Unafraid of the bruises that mar my skin Unhampered by the thorns that pierce Or the roots that bind For they are fleeting distractions For those of Corvid wings The blue on my skin turns to spirals Swarthing through flesh and bone For amidst the sundering, somewhere I will become whole Though I am shattered glass Broken, yet piercing, I am st

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