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How Witches Deal with Someone Who Won’t Hear Them

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“My sister just won’t stop for a minute to hear me out,” Milly, a new acquaintance, said.

“She has all these judgments about me and my faith. She doesn’t see me as a person. It’s like she’s talking to her projection of what she thinks I might be.”

I reflected on this.

Here are two insights that might help you.

1. You push, and they push back.

    Ever try to explain your faith to someone? And, they just push back. Telling you that you’re wrong and that they know—better than you—what your spiritual path is.

    Arrogant, right?

    You push facts, and they push fiction.
    But what does the pushing get?
    Nothing good.

    2. Invite the Gods to help you lower your “intensity.”

    Have you noticed that when someone says unfair and ignorant things against you, it’s your internal “intensity” that rises?

    Here is a prayer that you can use to help you lower your intensity.

    I breathe in and bring in the love of the Gods.
    I breathe out and let go of my anxiety.
    I breathe in and bring in clarity.
    I breathe out and let go of my intensity.
    I breathe in calm.
    I breathe out and let go of my intensity.
    I breathe in peace within my integrity.
    I breathe out and let go of my intensity.
    May the Gods bless me.
    So Mote It Be

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    Missing Closeness in Relationships – See What Goddess Points To … (A Witch’s Perspective)

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    “I don’t think she cares anymore,” my friend, Bert, said of his wife.

    I reflected on this.

    Bert, like many men, places all the burden of emotional support on his wife.

    It’s heavy!

    A comedian noted that when a wife dies, the man falls apart.

    However, when the man dies, the widow carries on with grace because she has a group of women to support her.

    I thought about this. The Goddess directs our attention to nature.

    I have two insights for you.

    1. In an ecosystem, each being plays a role.

    I like sharks. Now, do I want to swim with them? – No!

    There was a book called How to Swim with the Sharks…

    No thanks. I’ll swim in a swimming pool.

    But sharks, the coral reef, lionfish, sea turtles, and sea anemones all play a role.

    So, if you want more closeness in a relationship, make sure you have an ecosystem – that is, a community.

    Then, you can relieve the relationship of some emotional burden.

    You can come back together refreshed and open to your special bond.

    2. The Goddess revels in Her Three Phases.

    The God respects the Goddess. And She respects Herself.

    We, witches, find grace and peace when we flow through our phases.

    I think about my teen years. My face had no creases.

    But I’ll celebrate my wisdom right now.

    How about you?

    Are you finding your personal value in the phase of life you’re in now?

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    3 Signs You Are on the Right Path (A Witch’s Perspective)

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    At fourteen years old, I met the God and Goddess. It was a big surprise. Especially because I was on a retreat for a “conventional religious path.” The retreat leaders sent the attendees into the forest to have quiet time alone. (Well! They would have been surprised to hear about MY experience.)

    I didn’t see the God and Goddess. I felt Their Prescence. The big difference was that my depression symptoms quieted down. Peace flowed over me.

    Every day, my depression symptoms were like a rake clawing my arm. (But worse.)

    Then, when the God and Goddess appeared … it was like I let out a big, cleansing sigh.

    I have three insights for you.

    Here are signs that you’re on the right path …

    1. The Gods introduce themselves to you.

      In my experience and that of others I know, the Gods appear in the time of silence. Some people get “auditory Guidance.”

      My friend, Tiana, gets an “intuitive zing” up her back.

      From experience, she knows that the Gods are supporting her and guiding her.

      2. You see signs of affirmation.

      Imagine you actually see signs that you’re on the right path.

      You may see certain animals that represent the God and the Goddess. Perhaps, you’ll see a mature buck, raven, owl, white heron, or hawk. These animals are good signs that the Gods are guiding you.

      3. You have a knowing or intuitive sense of what to do.

      Sometimes, the Gods lead you through your intuition.

      The first time I encountered a book about Wicca in a bookstore (I miss you Borders!) … I felt like I was coming home.

      You may observe nature and feel a direct connection to something going on in your mundane life.

      Have you suddenly felt relief? – like a weight lifted from your shoulder?

      Or has your chest felt warm and full?

      It can be different for each individual.

      What we do observe is that one often needs to “go quiet” and “make space” for the knowing to appear.

      Learning the Craft is a path.

      Do you feel at home on this path?

      May these insights support your journey.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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      Beltane 2025

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      Sunflowers

      Sunflowers

      Happy Beltane to all! May you be blessed with the season’s energies.

      Beltane

      To our ancestors, Beltane celebrates the beginning of summer. Bale or “bon” fires are an important part of the Beltane Sabbat. All fires at home or in shops were extinguished and then re-lit from the sacred bonfires that blazed on the tops of the surrounding hills. This was also the time when the herds were blessed. The people marched their cattle around and between the bonfires to bring good luck and fertility and to protect them during the year.

      The Sabbat Beltane, coincides with when the God actually impregnates the Goddess. This sacred act ensures the continued fertility for crops and animals throughout the light half of the year (between the Spring and Fall Equinoxes.)  A popular symbol for this sacred act, the May Pole represents the impregnation of the goddess. A May Pole is a pole set erect in the ground with ribbons attached on the top. People then each take a ribbon and dance in a weaving pattern around the pole. The pole represents God’s phallus and the colorful ribbons that the dancers wind around the May Pole represent the goddess with her flowers a-blooming. And so the impregnation of the Goddess is fulfilled.

      Blessed be,

      Moonwater SilverClaw

      How to Savor the Moment and Living Now (a Witch’s Perspective)

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      My feelings of frustration had me seeing plaid.

      All I wanted to do was get out of the home and begin my metal detecting adventure. Meanwhile, my sweetheart was completing a function in the online course app he was using.

      He asked that I cue up Chappell Roan’s performance of “Pink Pony Club” (at the 67th Grammy Awards) while he completed his task and got out of the online course app. (He creates online courses.)

      Then, his eyes went wide.

      “So, you want to skip watching Chappell Roan’s performance and get out to the wooded area—now?” he asked.

      “Yeah.” (Wasn’t that obvious?)

      Later, I reflected on savoring the moment.

      1. Shift your schedule.

      The plan was to watch a 4-minute video on YouTube. But my sweetheart correctly assessed that, in my frustration, my experience of the music and performance would be tainted.

      So we turned off the TV set and left to travel to the wooded area.

      2. Pause and assess if this is a moment to “savor.”

      After I did some metal detecting and digging around, I was doing the routine of putting the tools away. Then, I paused. This was a moment to be present with the breeze, the swaying tree branches, and squirrels running around.

      Here is a prayer you can use:

      Goddess help me savor special moments in my life.
      May I wrap myself in the warm moments of the past,
      As I look forward to blessed future moments.
      So Mote It Be.

      May these insights support your journey.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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      How Witches Fill an Inner Need

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      At night, I cannot eat enough. What?

      Have you had this experience? You eat something—something good like a dessert.

      Then it’s chips.
      Soda.
      Cookies.
      Cashews.
      Peanut butter M&Ms.

      (Not you? Am I alone here?)

      Recently, I said, “You can’t satisfy an inner need with outer stuff.”

      (But I’m willing to try.)

      I have three insights for you.

      1. What is your inner need?

        Some researchers suggest that we are 95% motivated by things in our subconscious mind.

        So how do you make the subconscious stuff visible to your conscious mind?

        You can meditate and ask the Gods about some of the driving factors.

        But, one of the most important things is to observe your actions.  

        Ever open a cupboard door looking for something to eat?

        You know that hunger—that no matter how much you eat—is never satisfied? Just close that cupboard door.

        It’s Halloween time in the United States. Or for us witches Samhain.
        How do you feel when you see the green-skinned, cackling caricature of a “so-called witch”?

        What does this cackling, green caricature need? Popcorn?

        Chocolate? Definitely chocolate.

        Let’s pull back. Away from that… What could be the inner need?

        Wanting comfort.

        So, how would you like to be comforted?

        (I do rely on my coffee in the morning…)

        2. Step on the path of “centered and whole.”

        Have you attended a ritual with other witches and felt at home?

        Or…

        You’re a solitary witch and your personal ritual came together well. You felt calm, but also invigorated!

        To get to “centered and whole” you need to push away distractions.

        So, what is distracting you?

        3. Ask the Goddess for clarity in the face of distractions.

        To me, cookies, pastries, and other treats are a plea for comfort. What about you?

        Here is a prayer you can use.

        Goddess, clear my mind,
        Free me from the mud of distracting thoughts and feelings.
        Flush me clean with the spring waters of Your love.
        Hold me close with Your arms around me.
        So Mote It Be.

        May these insights support your path.

        Blessed Be,
        Moonwater

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        How Witches Create Magick — When There’s No Fortune in Their Fortune Cookie

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        Oww! It felt like a loss. My fortune cookie was empty. I found no slip of paper that promised, “Your dream will definitely come true.”

        Damn.

        Now what?

        I have three insights for you.

        1. Write your own fortune.

        I wrote my own fortune: “The Gods give us a great fortune including a great car.”
        That’s right. My husband and I need a replacement car.

        I suggest that you write your own fortune. When you write that fortune, it’s like composing a simple magickal spell.

        So, what “fortune” do you want?

        2. Realize that you’re a co-creator with the universe.

        Does the God and Goddess give you good fortune? Yes. And, you need to take action, too.

        “All acts of love and pleasure are My rituals. Therefore, let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.” ― The Goddess in The Charge of the Goddess, written by Doreen Valiente

        What action do you need to take to move your life forward? What can make your life better?

        3. Ask the Goddess for good fortune.

        Here is a prayer you can use.

        Goddess,
        Guide me to my healthy desires.
        Help me fulfill my destiny,
        Open the doors to good fortune for me.
        So Mote it be.

        May these insights support your path.

        Blessed Be,
        Moonwater

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        How Witches Identify and Fulfill Their Soulful Need

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        “When have you felt happy?”
        “I don’t like that question,” I thought.
        Why do I have a problem with that question?
        Let’s pause.
        Do you clearly know what makes you happy? Are you getting it? Have you settled? Or given up?
        Maybe, you’re similar to me. You just feel tired.
        My cat just leaped into my lap. I’m hugging him. Okay, I’m feeling happy.
        But that’s not the whole story.
        For one thing, he just shoved his tail into my face. I sneeze.

        I have three insights for you.

        1. Shift from What can I get? to Why am I here?

        “What can I get?” is often connected to survival mode. Have you noticed that kids sense the competition that’s going on?

        You have to push to get what you want.
        It can feel exhausting.

        In 2012, I received from the God and Goddess the directive “start a blog.” What? With my dyslexia?
        I started the blog anyway. I get a lot of help.
        But at the beginning, I did not know how things would go.
        Recently, I’m thinking about “Why am I here?”
        My thoughts include: “I’m here to support others in their learning and their individual path.”
        Some of my favorite moments with my blog posts and podcast episodes include:

        1. I appreciate hearing from readers.
        2. I like discovering new topics and ways to synergize ideas and learnings.
        3. I like editing my podcast episodes. I like the moments when an interesting assembly happens. For example, I’ll assemble the first part of one sentence and then use part of my second take to make things sound right.

        When I’m doing my blog posts and podcast episodes, I feel connected to “Why am I here?”
        How about you? When do you feel on purpose? This is part of your Soulful Need.

        2. Sometimes, your Soulful Need is connected to release from something that shackles you.

        At times, fear shackles me.
        I find that I feel free of fear when I am doing my blog and podcast work, and I have a team member supporting me. So, my experience of freedom from fear is connected to “taking action while receiving support.” That’s a true revelation for me.

        What do you need a release from?

        Old ideas? Thoughts of limitation? An old identity? (For example, family members can try to hold someone as cemented to an old role of “the shy one.” … The truth is: You can be shy and still be an actor. I know someone like that.)

        3. Have you given up a “positive expectation”?

        I went to college because I wanted to be an animator using a computer. You know, someone who works at Pixar.
        I am working with someone now so I can do some animated characters. (Groundwork is happening for that.)

        I have not given up on the possibilities of animating material.
        Have you become so tired that you have given up on having any “positive expectations”?
        Your Soulful Need can arise as you answer questions like:

        • What would feel delightful?
        • What might cause me to stretch and grow?
        • What could be a positive possibility for me?

        Your Soulful Need is connected to the divinity the God and Goddess placed within you.

        Here is a prayer you can use:

        God and Goddess,
        Lead me to delightful discoveries.
        Help me fulfill my Soulful Need with ease.
        Show me the way to untold possibilities.
        So Mote It Be.

        May these insights support your path.

        Blessed Be,
        Moonwater

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        How Witches Deal with Awful Texts

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        I felt gutted by an awful text.
        This person does not know me, but they showed big-time irritation.
        I used words like “Sorry for the inconvenience. ….. mistake …. Please let me know about …. Thank you.”
        But this person made a big thing out of a small situation.

        Have you recently received an awful text?

        I have three insights for you.

        1. Avoid ruminating.

          The text really bothered me. I felt the person was so irritated at me for such a small matter. I had trouble falling asleep that night because I just kept ruminating on what I could have said to make the situation better.

          Do you ever pause and realize that it does not matter what you might have said? That is, some people are just twisted. They’re going to be mad at somebody—and you just happened along.

          To avoid ruminating, you can run a chant in your mind. Something like: Thank you, Goddess. I’m grateful for all my blessings.” You can repeat this over and over – in your mind – and perhaps, fall asleep.

          2. Do what you can—let go of the rest.

          The thread of texts ended with the other person insisting that she not be bothered. The problem was one I did not create. The delivery service screwed up the address on my order.

          Dealing with the other person, I just replied with “Certainly.” End of conversation.

          I don’t know what was going on in this person’s life. Maybe they are having family problems. Or perhaps, they fear losing their job. Who knows?

          So, I guide myself by saying, “You did your best and let go of the rest.”

          3. Invite Goddess to Support You by Pouring “Clear Water” into you.

          Years ago, I saw a workshop leader pour clear water into a glass cup that was befouled with inky water. The clear water went in. The inky water flowed out … until only clear water remained in the glass cup.

          I did a brief meditation. I visualized myself as a vessel of water befouled with the negativity of that text. I then used a prayer to the Goddess.  I invited the Goddess to pour “clear water” into me.

          Prayer to the Goddess:

          Dear Lady of the Moon
          Guide me to stay strong
          Pour Your loving energy like clear water into me.
          Have negative energy flow out through my feet
          Dissipating into the earth
          Made Harmless to all.
          So Mote It Be.

          May these insights support your path.

          Blessed Be,
          Moonwater

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          How Witches Deal with Loneliness

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          “Are you lonely?” I asked Rene, someone in my circle.

          “What? Me? No, I’m all right,” she replied quickly.

          She did not seem all right.

          Some definitions of loneliness include: A state of mind in which the person feels “empty, alone, and unwanted.” (noted at verywellmind . com)

          Let’s face this together. We, witches, can feel lonely because certain spiritual paths openly discriminate against us.

          How can you strengthen yourself and rise out of loneliness?

          Here are three insights:

          1. Call out the idea of “being broken.”

          Has this happened to you? You felt broken in some way, and you had no energy to interact with anyone…?

          I have had this for many days, due to my depression symptoms. I just want to lay in bed all day and do nothing but sleep and weep.

          But what I really need to do is get my butt out of bed and do stuff. Even though I don’t feel like it.

          By doing something that fulfills one of my responsibilities (caring for my elderly parents and their medical appointments), I build myself up. How? I have evidence that I am taking action. I am doing good things. I am capable and worthy.

          My depression symptoms call me “broken.” But my actions show evidence that I am capable.

          2. Make your healing independent of another human’s approval.

          I do many things to heal without others’ interference or approval. I brew Mead and wine. I knit and make soap from scratch. I also like to bake. All of these things I do for me.

          Yes, it’s nice to share my art with others. I enjoy giving my works to people to appreciate. But that is independent of why I do what I do.

          To me making a good brew or bars of soap is good healing. What am I healing? I am rising from the pain caused by my depression symptoms to create my art.

          I like the process of creating things. I enjoy the end products, too.

          I make sure to take walks and do a bit of weight training.

          Are you doing something for your health and peace of mind?

          3. Ask the Goddess for support for your new “first step” actions.

          To alleviate loneliness, one often needs to take certain steps forward. Perhaps, you decide to attend an in-person workshop. If you’re an introvert, you may need to practice asking some questions.

          Rehearsing for talking with new people takes energy.

          Consider praying to the Goddess for support and new energy.

          A Prayer:

          Lovely Lady,
          Bless me with your support for good healing.
          Fill me with empowering energy.
          Guide me to prepare to meet new people.
          Support me as I talk with people
          So, I have the energy to truly listen.
          May You light my way in the darkness.
          So that I may create connections and friendships.
          So Mote It Be.

          May these insights support your journey.

          Blessed Be,
          Moonwater

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