Everyday Enchantments

Happy Halloween and hope you all have a fantastic Witches New Year! :) October 31st is known to Wiccans as the New Year; we call it Samhain and this is the end of our Wheel of the Year. The veil between us and the other planes of being is thin, and divination and spirit contact is much easier tonight than any other night of the year. As it is the New Year, spells for wishes and goals for the coming turn of the Wheel is appropriate at Samhain, as is contacting ancestral spirits. Many Witches believe that tonight spirits travel freely, and we therefor light their way with as many candles as we can spare and leave food out for them. Mostly these foods left out are mysteriously gone come the morning, but that may just be the ginger tom-cat cruising the neighbourhood at Witches' Hour... It has been suggested that lighting pumpkin lanterns with scary faces was a way to deter these wandering spirits to enter your home! I just love the feeling of spirits and ghouls the image of the Jack-o-...

Let me introduce myself - my name is Lina-Elvira and I have been a Witch for 18 years now, and I've come to a point where I felt I would like to share my everyday Witchcraft practice with a wider audience, and perhaps make some connections to enrich my own spirituality. My religion is firmly Wiccan, I believe in a Greater Spirit that is of a dual Goddess/God energy but I have chosen a magical path which is quite eclectic. Some of my magical practice is of course coloured by my Wiccan beliefs, but the spells, rituals and techniques I will feature here should not require you to be a Wiccan. I will centre my writing on the aspects of being a Witch every day; the little things that will enrich your life and hopefully the lives of those around you. I will try and post at least a few times a week, but as I work full-time while juggling a busy household and a small business, don't despair if I don't post every day! :) 'Til next time, blessed be!