How's it Been So Far: This month's recap is a quick look at what happened this month in the forms of each challenge.
Goal for the Month: 35 Books Read: Stats:Books Left: 24Completed: 11 You can see that I did waaaayy better this month than in September, I read the following books: * you can click on the highlighted books to see the review* This month however was a bit scattered and I didn't read as well as I could have, next month I have to do better, I'm so close to my goal and I just can't not do it.
Get a Life: 8 Steps to Create your Own Life List ~ Stephanie Bond ✔
An Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian ~ Sherman Alexie ✔
Sweet Talk ~ Julie Garwood ✔
Bonus & Kindle Freebies:
The Fairy's Wish ~ Maggie Shayne
Witch Moon ~ Maggie Shayne
Goals For Next Month:
November's Book Challenge Post is Here. The Goal again is 35 books. I also have the goal of 31 days for the No Soda Challenge. 30 Days of Yoga Compliance, & 21 days of gym attendance. Yeah October was a shyt month for health, but hopefully no I will do better What are your goals for the month?? What have you complete this month?? Share in the comments.
It's Samhain and it's the big giveway. Yes there are three great prizes for everyone to choose from
Rules: 1) You must be a subscriber of my blog or youtube channel. *you can sign up today too* 2) Fill out an entry in the Mr Linky section with your name. 3) Have a legit blog name or screen name where I can email you for the prize (Open Id, blogger name, etc) 4) You can gain extra chances to win by Blogging, Tweeting,share on FB about the giveaway, comeback and share the link in the comment section 5) Comment after you link and let me know which prize your entering for!!
Limit 1 Mr. Linky entry per person. Each comment counts as 1 extra entry. Entry must be submitted by November 6, 2012 at midnight. Winners will be announced on November 7, 2012. This prizes are open to all. An entry in no way guarantees a winning submission, Winners will be chosen by random.org No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. PRIZES: The Carioca Witch is giving away a Samhain Goddess !!!! The Goddess is filled with Mugwort and Cinnamon.
One lucky winner can receive this Doll!!! The second prize pack is a few signed books:
Heather's Krewe Hunters first book. & an unsigned copy of Killing Kelly:
For the ancient Druids, the healing and magical properties of herbs were inseparable from the larger cycles of the seasons, the movements of the planets, and the progression of a human life.
A Druid’s Herbal shows the reader how to use herbs when creating rituals to celebrate festivals and significant life passages such as births, house blessings, weddings, funerals, and naming ceremonies.
Drawing on extensive research and a deep personal experience with Pagan traditions, Ellen Evert Hopman explores the history and folklore surrounding the eight major Celtic festivals: Samhain, Winter Solstice, Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltaine, Summer Solstice, Lugnasad, and Fall Equinox. Included in each discussion are complete instructions on the medicinal and magical uses of the herbs associated with each celebration.
Using these Celtic traditions as examples, the author suggests ways to incorporate the symbolic and magical power of herbs into personal rituals that honor all phases of life from childbirth to last rites. Also included are chapters on how to prepare herbal tinctures, salves, and poultices; herbs used by the Druids; herbal alchemy and the planets; and the relationships between herbs and sacred places. Filled with practical information and imaginative suggestions for using herbs for healing, ceremony, and magic, this book is an indispensable and comprehensive guide to age-old herbal practices.
A master herbalist, psychotherapist, and lay homeopath, Ellen Hopman is the author of Tree Medicine, Tree Magic and the video Gifts of the Healing Earth, and co-author of People of the Earth: The New Pagans.
So pick your prize pack and list it in your comments. Best of Luck my loves
Oh my loves we have made the journey, learned new crafts, watched some awesome movies, created our Samhain oils & incense, released our old goals and made our Celtic New Year's goals. It's the end of the Celtic Year and the morrow brings a new one, a new dawning and a new beginning. Today at the thinnest point of the veil, we honor out ancestors, those that have come and gone. Light a candle for those who's family lines have died out, those ancestors you may never know and welcome the beloved ones who have passed.
Today is a day to reflect, predict the future & reconnect to Spirit. Wishing you the best and warmest of Samhain blessings. May only those you have loved and miss visit you tonight, and let the lanterns do their best and scare away those spirits that have no lessons to share.
Hey my loves, how are yall doing?? is everyone doing okay?? Sandy didn't do too much damage I hope. In CT we made it through, my family & friends made it ok. I am beyond grateful to the Goddess that Connecticut didn't get hit as bad as we were supposed to. Only a few downed trees, lost power, thankfully after the last biotch named Irene we got a generator so this time we had some power until the cable went then the power really wasn't worth having.
Let's all send a prayer for NYC which was hit severely, as well as NJ which was also hit. And anyone else who suffered.
I'll have a proper post up sometime tomorrow. Hope your all doing safe.
ooops i thought i hit post and apparently i didnt sorry for the late post...
This weekend was the preimiere of the Good Witch's Charm, the newest installment in the series. And this one of course didn't disappoint, much in-line with the previous movies we find Cassie a few weeks after the birth of her newest child, her installment as the town's mayor and of course she still runs the Bell, Book & Candle. It's a chance to see what's happening in the lives of the family since the last movie, and quite a few changes have actually taken place. It's a family friendly move with lots of lessons to be learnt, and as each movie progresses they seem to get more comfortable adding a little more magic.
Since much of the movie focused on Cassie learning balance as well as finding the right tools or people for the right moment or situation, I will be sharing two different ideas to help along with those.
Spell/Meditation for Balance:
At the moment it's fast approaching Samhain, which is a balance a time when the veil thins and those who wish to visit come home; but there must be balance as well, we must honor our dead love ones while preparing for the winter which is now fast approaching. Being present and being honorable to the past takes a bit of balancing.
One of my fave YTers Flora had a discussion about using stone stacking. This meditation is using stones to focus and meditate while stacking the stones. As your stacking your should imagine balance, imagine yourself becoming more in tune with yourself, remember becoming centered and feeling yourself return to center to self.
The Spell:
Is a bit of a chant i repeat it over and over until i feel balanced, repeat the part of the phase you feel you need to become in tune with until you feel the energy being balanced.
I am earth
I am air
I am water
I am fire
I am Spirit
Balanced and in tune
I am Spirit
I am Goddess personified
I am earth
I am air
I am water
I am fire I am Spirit
I am balance
I am one with the Universe
I am Goddess personified
Balance the Chakras to return to center as well, you can meditate on each area and help clear the air and help clean them out and refocus them. You can also use the blend below to help with the balancing, by simply adding the oil to each area (each specific oil for the chakra) l apply the oil then imagine the chakra being cleaned out. and being opened then spinning in it's proper direction. I release the negative and send positive thoughts to the chakra and imagine becoming in tune.
Chakra Oil more information can be found on the Sun Rose aromatics website and their pre-made chakra oil blends (which are divine)
Carrier oil *like jojoba*
Essential oil for each chakra
Small bottle to store each oil
Add two to three drops of essential oil at a time until the oil is a strong as you like it.
To use simply massage into or near the corresponding chakra point. DO NOT PLACE NEAR MUCUS MEMBRANES. so not on the genitals
Well that's it. what have you seen in the new Good Witch's movie that you loved??? Please share in the comments.Happy Samhain...
