Quick recap

I thought I would have had a chance to update this thing before the new month but, honestly I have been one busy witch the past week. For one, I was blessed with the experience of sharing Samhain with some fellow witches. A group of us had gotten together and had an amazing weekend in the woods up in the mountains. The workshops held were beyond amazing and the experiences from those will be with me for the rest of my life. I met some wonderful people who shared my passion for Paganism. It was really nice to have a little witches retreat and just let our selves be free and open. They say if you get a bunch of witches together in one place, great magick will erupt. And boy did we make some magick! We connected with nature, our ancestors, and the great divine in a way the words would not be able to describe. It also amazed me how many of us there actually are in such a small place. I had this little joke within myself about how I must be the only witch in my area and boy was I wrong! I'm going to have to cut this a bit short as I am once again flooded with emotions and thoughts from the weekend and I just want to enjoy my high....

You're Grounded!

I'm going to keep saying this probably until the day I move on from this life, but really sometimes I really love magick! Once again the goddess has answered my call and gave me exactly what I was asking for. I especially appreciate that even when my requests are sometimes frivolous, the divine has a way of working just so that it is answered in a way that is most beneficial for me at that time. On another topic, I attended my first full moon esbat with a local coven. I had previously attended a Mabon celebration with this coven and after having a wondrous connection, I sought to experience more. It took place on a beach in Malibu and it was truly a magickal experience. Although I have to admit, I may have miscalculated my energy levels. I tend to feel super energized after ritual into the next day, but yesterday during some of our workings when we were offering healing and transferring energy, I did not ground myself properly to replenish my energy levels and that lead to a sluggish morning. I literally had to take my tigers eye with me to work in order to keep up. At the same time, I am glad that the energy that was built up was put to good use. Most of the time when I hold a ritual by myself I raise more energy then I need so I end up super energized and essentially  restless the rest of the night. My grounding techniques definitely need some work. I may try the coven's method of just dancing around and singing until the energy is spent. It would sure make for a good time! This is turning into a relatively short post as I am essentially trying to kill time as my iPhone updates. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Mabon

Mabon this year was truly magickal. Goddess, this year has been really amazing. I've done and seen so many things that I can honestly say I feel good about everything so far. The year started off with my 21st birthday and followed a trip to one of my favorite places here in CA, Solvang. The tiny little village stuck in old world Scandinavia is truly an inspiring place to be. The balance of the quaint little town with the beauty of the natural forests made for a magickal trip. Later in the year brought the beginning of what I am now going to call my concert junkie days. So far I've been to two concerts and three free shows. And I have yet another coming at the end of October. More recently, I had the pleasure of getting together with a group of Pagans to celebrate the Fall Equinox known as Mabon. Along with this wonderful experience, a new meeting occurred. It was a wonderful experience to be able to finally meet someone who shares similar beliefs and be able to physically meet someone from the online community. The Mabon experience reminded me how much I yearn for a "living Wiccan" lifestyle. It felt so comfortable to be so open among those who share similar beliefs and experiences. I mean there is plenty I do at the moment to make everyday more magickal, but sometimes you just want to lay your wand/athame down and relax over a bubbling cauldron(LOL) with someone. Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to spending more time with that particular group. The year is almost at an end and its time to take stock of everything and tie up any loose ends to ready ourselves for the coming year. I wanted to keep this fairly short because I like most others, have a few loose ends that need to be tied.
 ~Blessed Be
HG

INC'd

I dont think a lot of you guys know so I thought I'd take the time to talk about something that almost everyone thinks about at some point in their life. I'm talking of course about tattoos. I personally think they are amazing pieces of art(for the most part). They are a permanent expression of yourself. Shit, I find tattoos on girls a turn on(hint hint ;-) . Even though I think they are really nice and cool, I dont think I could ever bring myself to get one. For some reason the whole permanent thing bugs me. Granted, if I were to get one, it would be thought out and it'd be something I am willing to live with for the rest of my life. It would obviously have great significance to me personally. Oh I forgot the other reason I hesitate to get one, I'm afraid when I get old, the skin is going to get all saggy and the tattoo is gonna look like some weird smear on my body. I kind of thought recently that I could maybe get a Henna or airbrush tattoo. That way its not permanent and it would serve the same purpose. Plus, it would be kind of fun moving it around different places on my body. It's interesting that with all this I actually sat down recently and came up with a few ideas for tattoos I would get. The main one I would get would definitely be a pentagram no questions asked. Then I thought, I dont really want just a plain old pentagram so I came up with one that would be the triple moon symbol and horned god symbol combined with the pentagram in the center(I'll add pictures to the bottom of this point of what I'm talking about.) The other one I would get would be a Phoenix. Now, this one I haven't been able to find one I really like. I mean I have a image in mind, but I've yet to see it.  Other than that, the only other thing I may get is the wiccan symbol for air which is a triangle point upwards with a line across the top portion. Anyways enough of that, I'd love to hear everyone's opinions on the subject or better yet lets see those tattoos!
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My Beliefs

Okay so I had done this once before in a video that I posted up on YouTube and I thought I'd take another swing at it and post it up on my blog. Here it goes:
First off let me start off by saying that I am a Wiccan. I follow the Pagan nature based religion called Wicca. Now I'm going to put it all together for everyone so that it is easily understandable. Anyways, in Wicca we believe in a God and Goddess. Now most Wiccans follow a specific pantheon such as Greek, Egyptian, or Celtic. I personally haven't connected with a specific God or Goddess yet so I mainly focus on the Sun and Moon as my God and Goddess. Besides that, I also use the Phoenix and Turtle as sort of personifications for my God and Goddess. To me the Phoenix fits perfectly with the God because of the rebirth aspect. Also ,the Phoenix is both fire and air elementally; both of which I consider masculine energies. Now the turtle I use as my Goddess representation because I see the turtle as the great mother. If you look at the Turtle in nature, when a female lays her eggs, she does so in a place she feels safe in. After she lays the eggs, she heads back into the ocean. When the eggs hatch, they instinctively know to head into the ocean and are able to find their way back to their mother. This almost mirrors the Goddess as in the Charge of the Goddess in which it states that "For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe. From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return."  As far as core beliefs, I follow the Wiccan Rede. I also follow logic and science just like any normal educated individual would. I guess another way to put it would be that if I can see it I'll believe it. Reality is perception as a fellow Pagan friend of mine puts it. Now, I think at this time I'm going to stop and direct you all to my YouTube channel under the username Tempestwitch90 . I will be re-posting a video I had done a few months back explaining my beliefs. I want to apologize that this post seemed kind of short and a bit rushed to be honest I'm kinda hungry and I want to grab a bite to eat and have a bit of fun..

Blessed Be~

Update Time!

So its been a while since my last update. Let me tell you, I got a whole mess of things going on.  You can't tell, but I'm actually a bit frustrated at the moment. Why you ask? Because my genius self overcooked my eggs. I'm telling you it can be one of the most disappointing things when you expect your eggs to gush out when you puncture it, but all you get is solid yolk! I'm sure a lot of people have this particular pet peeve and its definitely one of mine. Anyway, as I digest that sad little breakfast egg, I'm enjoying a nice piece of bruschetta  rubbed with some pungent garlic. Okay now I feel a bit better. Strange, I didn't intend on making this post about food, but it seems to have gone that direction. Okay on to something a bit more substantial..(who am I kidding?! The egg is the most substantial thing on this whole post so far! Remember kids, breakfast is the most important meal of the day; even if it is at 1:30 in the afternoon.) So as I mention this for the millionth time, I'm going to discuss the whole Wicca VS Mom situation.
So recently, she's gotten more and more nervous about the whole thing. I mean I try not to bring it up so much but she keeps finding stuff to spark the fire. At the risk of over doing this whole thing, I'll sum it up with: I'm done trying to reveal this whole thing to my family. I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be as discreet as possible without being suffocated or held back. I mean, my religion is for me and me only. Its personal and I don't need outside approval or involvement. I dont know if I mentioned this before, but for those of you who don't know, I plan on moving out of my parents house hopefully by twenty-five. That particular decision is not solely based on the whole Wicca situation, but more about lifting the burden of me off my parents shoulders. Granted, I support myself and they don't really pay for anything except rent and utilities, but like I mentioned to my mom, I need to know I can support myself completely on my own. I want to be responsible for a place. I need to know that I can take care of myself before I jump into a relationship and try to support someone else. Okay my sister just woke up and so I need to take care of the "little fatty"
PLEASE VISIT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR A UPDATE VIDEO OR TWO...

Swept

Its been a fairly interesting week. I was called in for jury duty on Wednesday so I got to spend 7 marvelous hours sitting around an auditorium like a cow to the slaughter waiting for my name to be called. Surprisingly, my name wasn't called. Which surprised me because I was hoping to get called. I mean even though it would be a open and close case, it would have been a good experience. Luckily, there were several computers available which helped pass the time seeing as how my phone died about 2 hours after I arrived. So after the seven hours, they announced we were let out early. I happily rushed out after grabbing my certificate of service and made the traffic filled journey home. As soon as I did, I knocked out. Then on Thursday, the book I had ordered finally came in. I had been waiting for the next set in the series for two months and was glad it arrived when it did. After this, I'll have one more to go and I'll have knocked out all 14 books in 3 months plus waiting for the books to release.
On another note, my mom has started to become more and more paranoid about the whole "witch situation". At first I thought she had decided to just ignore it, but I seemed to have set it off when I mentioned True Blood. She knew about the series when I started watching it last year, but at the time my being a witch hadn't surfaced yet so I was just a freak. Anyway, the show is blocked on the main TV because again my moms paranoid about porn so she's blocked everything. So I had asked her for the password and she practically exploded at me telling me to quit watching that witch and vampire stuff. She also managed to worm in that she wanted me to be a proper person. I find it rather ironic since the very thing that frightens her is what made me who I am today which not to be cocky, but its pretty damn good. I'm thinking I may make a video for her to watch explaining everything. I don't think I have enough time or energy to try and write it all out. She can be such a hypocrite sometimes. Last week when I was reading coffee cups all was rainbows and butterflies, but throw in candles and a altar and poof! You've got a devil worshiper! Believe me, if I had the money, my ass would move out. I mean I love my family, but sometimes I want my own space! Tonight is a new moon. Maybe I'll ask the goddess for a fresh start....