image - Natalia Drepina Badb I lay across your gleaming Scythe And scream in silence I am unmade In the shivering tomb of my soul The cocoon splits Marked for the tearing of its tethering The pungent rot slops onto the floor Ripe for burning Frailty hangs around my neck like a noose Crushing my trachea before I can utter words of aimless self defeat The phantom stalks these halls Blade sparking against stone slab circles In places forgotten by man And spoken of

★★★ Oracle for Starlets ★★★ ★ Plant Ally Cards by Lisa Mcloughlin Art★ ★ Nettle – Nourishment ★ “Find the nourishment after pain; the pearl in the oyster. Seek out environments that help to clear your thinking so that you can respond to unhealthy internal/external situations in a positive way.” – Lisa Mcloughlin “Nettle it is called, it attacks against poison, it drives out the hostile one, it casts out poison. This is the herb that fought against the serpent, it has power

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

Image – Jenny of Omnia The gentle breath Of a Moth’s wing Winds of change In everything The world quiets There is no rush The thorns and posies In underbush The gateway opens The fae elope The trees sing songs Of the mountain slope The wolf eyed girl Howls at Dark Moon The river bends The journey, soon. Joey Morris – All my own work and design all rights reserved #po #poet #plant #poetry #poem #power #treemagick #magick #spirit #spirituality #spiritual

I call to thee Spirits of the Northern realm Where the deep roots dwell Tendrils of Magick yearning Fathomless and ancient That hallowed crucible From which life springs And the everlasting Pine Grows Strong To You I harken well And beckon thee To allow me to stay steadfast ‘Neath your branches. I call to thee Spirits of the Eastern realm Where Cherry blossoms play upon the wind Wrapping branches to the strings Of a fine tuned Shamisen That ethereal dance Ec

★★★Oracle for Starlets ★★★ ★The Druid Plant Oracle – Puffball★ Given meaning – Mystery, Inner connection “Mushrooms are mysterious; they grow in darkness and feed on decaying matter… something peculiar is about to happen… Mushrooms are symbols ofthe Inner mysteries; they are connected beneath the ground in vast networks; they grow in darkness and perform the alchemy of turning dead matter into new life. Like the inner mysteries they have guardians that prevent access to the u

Sometimes There is too much earth In my bones That grinds me to dirt A heavy stone Buried in my chest That threatens to exhale All the lightness So back to Earth The wisdom lies In trees The roots go deep But the branches sway In moonlight – Joey Morris 2016 All my own work and design all rights reserved #ground #grounding #spell #chant #magic #magick #spirit #spirituality #spiritual

“I stood in the Grove In a circle of Birch The wind was my Choir The forest my Church The tears came freely I fell to my knees Knowing I’d found The Magick in Trees.” -J.Morris 2015 All rights reserved #tree #ogham #druid #celt #celtic #witch #witchcraft #treemagick #magick #spells #poem #poetry #spirit #spirituality #deva #spiritual

Original Art –Boneyard. Photo by alexstoddard on Flickr The illumination of the relationship between Witchcraft and bones seems inevitable in the wake of this year of Death. As we enter the final months of 2016 and Winter begins to take a hold, thoughts turn to the Solstice, banishing the difficulties of months gone by, and celebrating the painful lessons that have been dished out like bitter candy over and over again. The motifs of bones, skulls, and the archetypal Witch thr

Followed by the weed that binds And moths of veiled white Speak to me of ancient trees And gifts of raven sight Hold fast to the dirt trod Earth As you learn to fly Balance is key to all things The rhyme and reason why I have been lost for many years Seeking the unknown Counting blessings and the hurts Of everything I’m shown Morrigan is on the wind The breath and scream of Crow The storm it whips around my heart Where weak men fear to go She places blade into

The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Oracle – Unicorn “Spirit – Reconnecting to higher wisdom or Divinity.” “You are a Goddamn Unicorn!” – Molly from Her Speak “Breathe in deep and set yourself to adventure, see the stars blaze over and the hear the call of the Unicorn, and you will know that you have arrived amidst the pages of magick.” – Joey Morris I had to smile when this weeks Oracle card and resulting essay discussion was Unicorn; a being of purity, wisdom, and strength; anot

“For we will not die, In Morrigans arms we rise again Stronger than before. Blood will mark you… Strength defines you… In darkness and in light We are the Warriors of the Morrigan We do not die But rise again Stronger than before.” J.Morris 2015 All my own work and design all rights reserved #morrigan #morrigu #poem #power #poetry #poet #themorrigan #warrior #magick #spell #invocation #evoke