School and the Birth of a Desert Witch

Merry Meet!
So today I start my first day back at college, and I am more then excited to start this semester! I am working on a degree in botany, and currently finishing the last of my pre-requisites.

My Bio Notes and Book.

The class that I took today was a biology class, and it is centered around the Sonoran desert which is mainly located in Arizona.

I am partly glad that I am taking this class due to the fact that I get to know more about the land I live in. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I can identify the trees and wildlife. So hopefully after this semester I will be able to do the same here, as well as learn more about the ecosystems.

I am also taking Gender in Society, Buried Cities and Lost Tribes, and Abnormal Psychology. I can't wait to start the rest of them.

Cacti in the backyard.

And so begins the Birth of the Desert Witch-- I will see the desert with new eyes. I will feel the power that the desert has to offer as well as proper offerings to the Great Desert and hold her in a new light.

****

So... I thought that the herb satchel was not working properly. Turns out not even using it, I was not getting the proper amount of sleep. I had to force myself to get some extra sleep, and tell myself it was okay to sleep past 8am. I mean-- a few weeks ago I couldn't get up before 1 pm.

I will try and charge the amethyst stone differently, or look into other herbs and stones that will work with what I am trying to accomplish.

-Blessed Be

Herb Satchel and Tarot Cleansing

Prepping the cards and satchel.

Simple Tarot cleansing that I like to use:

Herb:  Mugwort

Directions:  Rub the mugwort onto the cards, imagine the cards being cleansed and charged by the mugwort. You can say a prayer or saying, I will leave that in your capable hands.

My Tarot set.

The satchel I made was for me to sleep better at night. I have had it under my pillow for 2 nights, and sadly I think it back fired on me. ^_^

I was upset at first, but now I realize that everything is trial and error. So I will take note of the time and day, maybe they were conflicting. Or maybe I didn't charge it good enough. I shall ponders for a while and see what I can do.

Ta da! Tarot charged and not so wonderful herb satchel. ^_^



Cleaning Up the Altar and Book Musings--

So today I took a bit of my morning to kinda clean my altar and just freshen it up, you know, change the decor around a little bit. I am not completely satisfied but the energy feels a lot more vibrant.

Top of the altar, here I have small non-traditional symbols for the elements. The Goddess has a small rabbit figurine I purchased from an local artist.

Now, I am quite fond of the cover of Book, I just now need to finish handwriting the pages. I also found a black book I used for sketching while I traveled and I will be putting any ritual notes or changes I need to make for rituals or spells.

Still kind of messy but cleaner than before!

And introducing-- Book! The middle piece I made of polymer clay and created a cute little acorn with spirals. Just need to finish handwriting the pages.

Hopefully I will be able to really clean out my altar-- my altar being a Lane chest that my family and I fixed up.

More to come ^_^!

The Life of Book

Book has been somewhat finished. I ran into some financial issues and a few problems. First, my printer does not print double sided. Took a few minutes to think 'why not just do page protectors?'

Well.... Scrapbook page protectors are expensive. And I didn't realize how many pages I had typed and had to buy more card stock.

After this whole process, I am still missing information I wanted to put in the book. I realize how much information I already know, and don't really need in my book. That by creating and writing Book, I need to figure out what I believe and to really put things in that help me along my journey.

For the information I am missing, I am going to hand write out, and then hand write what I have in Book currently, eventually taking out the plastic page protectors and just have plain ol' good paper pages in my personal handwriting, drawings, diagrams.... all me.

I must say the cosmetics of Book turned out well, and I hope to post a few pics up tomorrow with a hopefully cleaned up altar. Which reminds me I also need to clean up my supplies and take inventory of what I have, what I need and do some budgeting.

Blessed Be--

A treasure found..

My mom has recently taken the liking to consignment shops. Meaning she can sell some of her old vintage items and house them in a shop where her and the seller make small profit. I love this idea, especially for my mom's sake who happens to collect massive amounts of trinks. And sadly I seem to be treading in the same path. Well, the other day she happened across her old handmade doilies (I am hoping that is the correct spelling...), ones she had as a small child and ones that family members before her hand made. As she sent them on the counter and told me of their soon to be journey over to the shop I haulted her-- I had to have these.

The main reson for me wanting these items were so that not only I would enjoy them, but possibly my successors too. These would make wonderful hand-me-downs for my children (if I ever have any).

So for now, I will use them on my altar and throughout my room, to add some color and flare. There are a few I might switch out depending on the season.

The somewhat moral of this post-- check your mom's hands before she decides to sell treasure.