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How Witches Avoid Screwing Up Their Magick

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When was the last time you were angry? I mean, really angry.

Drivers that almost cause accidents. That’s a hot button for me.

Injury or death. For no reason—except the troublesome driver is unskillful or rude—or both.

So, I was simply driving. Then an idiot driver cut me off. Causing Danger. Now I’m tossed into a “hot state.”

A definition: “Hot states are characterized by high levels of emotion, where individuals are more likely to act impulsively and make decisions based on their immediate feelings rather than long-term consequences.”

Warning: Do not do magick when stuck in a hot state. You can make rash decisions that you normally wouldn’t make.

Here are hot state triggers: anger, hunger, fear, pain, sexual arousal, and strong cravings.

Here’s the Big, Important Idea: When you notice that you are triggered, stop. Cool down. Make a good decision to wait before you do any form of magick.

Also, remember the Threefold Law. If you do magick while you’re angry, you could cause damage … that could be slammed back at you with three times the intensity or more.

Here’s a chant you can use to cool down. You can replace “anger” with any other unhelpful emotion.

Anger, anger, flee from me!
Clear my mind for me to see.
Unhelpful emotions fade away,
You don’t trouble me today.
So Mote It Be.

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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How Witches Gain Strength and Support Their Willpower

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“This administration is making me gain weight,” my friend Irma said. She was reacting to more bad news about prices going up. Irma stopped buying eggs because the prices were too high.

I reflected on this. There might be some leeway between the bad news and Irma’s reaction.

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor Frankl

We, witches, realize that so much of life is about energy.
It takes energy to be patient.
It takes energy to make a good decision.

“Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.” – Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is referring to “willpower fatigue.”

Here is a powerful idea: You can call on the Gods to strengthen you in the space between bad news and negative action.

Here is a prayer that you can use.

Lord of the Hunt, Lady of the Moon
Strengthen me to pause and pray
To make my willpower come to stay
Let fatigue fall like leaves from a tree,
May I be strong and free.
So Mote It Be.

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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How Witches Handle Criticism

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“Your film doesn’t work. It’s really two different films,” said four people in my friend Sacha’s circle.

“I don’t know what to do,” she told me.

“Do your friends want what’s best for you?” I asked.

“Yes. I trust them. I know them,” Sacha replied.

I realized that the first question about facing criticism is:  “Does the person want good things for you?”

I’ve noticed that some people just can’t handle it if you share a deep part of yourself with them. I felt heartbroken when I shared with one particular friend that I am a witch. As soon as she knew this, she left my life.

A couple of days later, Sacha posted her film on YouTube, despite her friends’ criticism.

Nothing bad happened. Her friends stood by her. And, 200 people saw the film, with no conflicting comments.

Here’s another point about criticism. I realized that people who left my life when they found out I am a witch really did not know what a witch is!

They had unfounded prejudices. So, this second point is: Do not accept criticism from people who do not know what they’re talking about.

I recall that an elder, Don Frew, mentioned: “When someone talks about a witch or pagan, ask them, ‘What do you mean by that label?” That may be an opening for a conversation.

Here is a prayer you can use:

Lord of the Hunt, Lady of the Moon,
Help me deal well with criticism soon.
Support me in my truth.
For my divinity is proof.
So Mote It Be.

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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Happy Ostara 2025

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Spring Arrives with Ostara

Spring Arrives with Ostara

Ostara

Ostara happens at the Spring (Vernal) Equinox. The days becomes equal to the night, and the light finally overcomes the darkness of winter. Ostara’s theme is fertility. The God courts the Goddess and their sexual energies of desire flow over the Earth, leading to a burst of new life and growth upon the land by the plants and the animals. Here the courting God and Goddess’s desire to mate drive the Earth and its inhabitants to mate and bring new life to the land.

The Teutonic goddess of spring, Easter brings her symbol of the egg and her patron animal, the rabbit. Wiccans celebrate Easter during the Ostara Sabbat. The Christian Church tried to stamp out celebrations of Easter and her symbols of fertility (the egg and the rabbit), but they had become too deeply embedded in the people’s hearts. Christians got their Easter eggs and rabbits from this Goddess. How many Christians know that when they celebrate Easter, they’re using a term originated by Pagans?

Generally, eggs are a popular representation of fertility and new life. Early Wiccans revered the “cosmic egg,” as many refer to it, for the secrets it held; it contained and produced life. It looked like a stone but held life within.

Wiccan activities on Ostara include coloring eggs and decorating them with fertility symbols, and then hiding them for children to find.

Blessed be,

Moonwater SilverClaw

How Witches Stand Through the Light and Darkness

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“Fire and water are contrasts. One is hot, the other is cold. One dries out, the other moistens,” I said.

“Could it be that an obsessive focus on ‘being positive’ can cause trouble?” my friend, Alicia, asked.

Now, I was intrigued.

“Yesterday,” she continued. “I took a blow to my heart. I discovered that my friend Susan is someone I cannot rely on. She is really stepping away from me. Like she’s become just an acquaintance.”

I saw the deep sadness on Alicia’s face.

“Then, I talked with you,” Alicia said. “You are a true friend. I am so grateful. So I learned something by contrasts.”

As a witch, do you focus on only having positive experiences?

Or do you flow with life as it goes?

Here is a prayer you can use:

Goddess,
Show me the way to clarity in my life.
For I cannot know Your light without understanding Your deep shadows.
Help me balance Your brilliance with Your darkness for my good and the good of all.
So mote it be

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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How to Let Go of Being Disappointed in Yourself (a Witch’s Perspective)

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“I should take better care of myself,” I told my friend, Alicia.
This happened after a gaming night in which I ate too many delicious and sugary foods.
(What’s a gaming night for, anyway?)
I was disappointed in myself.

Do you relate to this?

I have two insights for you.

1. If you’re disappointed, you’re judging yourself.

    Is it really possible to take one parent to a doctor’s appointment, one’s spouse to work, get the grocery shopping done, edit a video for a YouTube channel, and … so on and so forth … in one afternoon?

    Are you judging yourself on a standard that is not kind and not even possible?

    Instead, imagine you’re thinking about your best friend. Would you cut that person some slack? You’re likely not judging them in such a harsh way.

    As a witch, are you disappointed with yourself for not meditating, not doing the right rituals, or meeting with members of your coven?

    2. Ask the Goddess to help you release yourself from harsh judgments.

    You can use a prayer like this.

    Goddess,
    Help me release my judgments of myself.
    Raise me up from the disappointment in myself.  
    Show me my Divine Self.
    So Mote It Be

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches Unleash a Hidden Power

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    “Thank you for apologizing,” my husband said. Earlier, I had been grouchy and snappy.

    This moment was a good one for me. He continued to praise me for my kindness.

    Later, I reflected on this.

    I wondered about when I praise anyone.

    Frequently, I praise my husband. It’s important to praise your partner.

    As a High Priestess or Priest, it is important to praise your coven members.

    I have one particular insight for you.

    Choose to praise someone, and you will nurture them like the sun. And, they grow toward the sun.

    If you love someone, praise them.

    To be a good influence at work, carefully praise someone.

    Here’s a prayer:
    Goddess,
    Guide me to praise people
    So they grow aligned with their divinity.
    So Mote It Be.

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    End the Stranglehold of Guilt (a Witch’s Perspective)

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    “I don’t think I take good enough care of my husband and parents,” I shared with my friend, Alicia.

    She kept listening.

    I had a thought. These guilty ideas strangle me. They keep me away from being present in this current moment. My focus is reduced to pain … instead of the divinity the Goddess placed within me.

    I have a particular insight for you.

    “One sentence solves guilt: If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently. … Guilt is in the past, and the one thing you cannot change is the past.” – Dr. Edith Eger

    So, divinity is in this present moment.

    Now what?

    I realize that I can use a twinge from an idea of guilt.

    I can ask, “So I didn’t like how what I did in the past turned out. What can I do now? What is a different approach now?”

    Here is a prayer you can use:

    Goddess, show me my true path.
    Give me guidance and lead me forward.
    Release me from guilty thoughts,
    Replace them with inspiration.
    So Mote It Be.

    May these ideas support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches Know When to Walk Toward the Fear

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    Terrified. That was the right word. I stood in front of the audience about to give my first speech at a Toastmasters meeting.

    It did not matter that other people would speak after me. They would be nervous, too.

    My own fear made me shake.

    Speaking aloud in front of an audience had not gone well in my past. I remembered reading a paragraph aloud in a high school English class. My dyslexia made me sound like an idiot.

    The teacher said, “Okay that’s enough.”

    Fellow student, Joe Jerk-face said, “Yeah! That’s enough!”

    And now at Toastmasters, I was about to give a speech. Crap!

    I said, “I couldn’t breathe. My brother held me underwater. Why would he torture a little girl? When I coughed up the water, the swimming pool didn’t look like a place to play. How much more of this life could I survive?” A few minutes in, I saw two people nod. (Oh, thank you! Good humans!)

    After I finished. Some applause.

    All good.

    Even better. I was proud of myself. I had walked toward my fear.

    Later, I went on to be a guest speaker – over 12 times – at a Comparative Religion college course to introduce people to Wicca. That was new for them. It still was a tough stretch for me to talk to an audience but … again and again … I walked toward the fear.

    Here are three insights.

    1. Keep yourself safe.

      Number one. Keep yourself safe. Can you get physically hurt if you take on a risk?
      David, someone in my circle, was a movie stuntman over 20 years ago. Would he risk his health or life today? No f***ing way!

      Still, he took precautions during his stuntman time. He also refused to do certain stunts. And, he’s alive to tell the tale.

      Are you thinking of taking a risk that could hurt you physically? Like walking in a dangerous area? Just after the bars close? Hold up! Stay safe.

      2. Decide what you value most. Drop the distractions.

      Other risks may mean temporary pain.
      So, high school kids laughed at my reading a paragraph. I still adapt to having dyslexia.

      But, you know what? Who cares about high school kids’ laughter?!

      I have to value your opinion in order to let it control me.

      What do you value most? Is it growing as a person? Pushing beyond some artificial limits?

      When do you feel most alive?

      3. Ask Goddess for support.

      When I have walked toward fear, I was answering the call of divinity that Goddess placed within me.

      Here is a prayer you can use:

      Goddess, help me answer the call,
      Help me know the true call from the false call.
      Show me how to walk into the unknown with Your strength.
      So Mote It Be.

      May these insights support your journey.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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      How Witches Change Their Awareness

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      My cat shares my Diet Coke … well, he licks the condensation off the bottle.

      But I can tell he likes being part of what I’m doing.

      I get him toys, but it’s the Diet Coke bottle that he likes!

      I reflected on this.

      I have a particular insight for you.

      Be open to little things. And, your awareness changes your experience of the next day.

      Recently, my friend, Irma, faced a lot of pain. She wrenched her back. She had an earache, sore throat, no energy, and chronic pain in her shoulder.

      Instead of only focusing on pain, Irma chose to rest up and then find moments to talk with friends on the phone.

      These moments lifted her spirit.

      Here is a prayer you can use.

      Goddess,
      Open my eyes to the precious little things in life.
      Shift my next moments to joy and peace.
      So Mote It Be.

      May these insights support your path.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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