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How Witches Create the Power of Flow in Their Lives

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Many years ago, I was new to Wicca. I needed a magical name.
One night, I asked Goddess to please give me a magical name.
I woke up in the middle of the night—my whole body vibrating.
I heard “Moonwater.” I knew instantly that was my magical name.

Would you like to find something definite in your life?

I have three insights for you.

1. Let go of a rigid pattern.

My friend, Athena, finds herself thinking about this one mean coworker after work.
At a picnic, I saw an upset look come upon her face.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“I’m okay now,” she replied.
“What was that?”                                                                              

She took in a deep breath. “Just a thought, that I’m letting flow down the stream.”
That’s a powerful method. Athena decided to not let thoughts of her mean coworker interfere with our picnic with friends.

What thought do you need to just flow down the stream?

2. Connect with the element of water.

Water flows and can wash away negative energies. Ritual bathing is a good choice if you’re not feeling good. You may have extra unwanted negative energy clinging to you. When you take a ritual bath, you release yourself from such negativity.

Let water renew you.

3. Pray to the God and Goddess.

When you need the Power of Flow in your life, consider saying a prayer like this:

My virile Lord and lovely Lady,
Connect me with the Element of Water.
Empower me to let negative thoughts flow away
Like on a stream of water.
Let me embrace the sun
Of Your Wisdom and Grace.
So Mote It Be.

May these insights support your journey.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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Beltane 2024

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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 Witches Move Their Life to “Better Than Expected”

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“What turned out better than you thought?” my husband asked me.
“When I met you,” I replied.
 “What? I didn’t make a good first impression?” my husband asked.
“No. It wasn’t that. I just didn’t think we’d connect. You seemed unavailable.”
“I was unavailable,” he said.
I emailed the man who would later be my second husband. I wrote: “And darn it. I like you.”
That was a stretch for me.
It worked out better than I expected.

I have three insights for you.

1. Acknowledge your expectations.
My friend, Stephen, had two romantic partners (in succession) who had to have a breast cancer-detecting biopsy. Each time, he told himself, “I’ll wait for the results. I don’t have the data. She needs me to be strong. I will not fall apart. I’ll wait for the results.”

Stephen purposely paused. He put his negative expectations on hold. Things turned out well. Both women had biopsies showing a benign situation.

Do you expect your magick will fail to work?
Do you think things just won’t work with your romantic partner?
Pause.
Acknowledge your expectations.
Ask yourself: “What if all this is NOT true?”
What if you will NOT get the worst outcome?
If you want to get out of your own way, pause. Acknowledge your expectations. Realize that the future will arrive. Some things WILL turn out better than you expect. Avoid unnecessary suffering in the meantime.

    2. Expand your perception.
    Sometimes we need to focus on our intuition and our divinatory tools to expand our perceptions of things yet to come.
    A friend, Anna, faces a terrible co-worker each day she goes to work. She pauses. She asks Goddess, “What can I learn here?” In her meditation sessions, she realizes that she is learning something. She’s learning how to deal with a toxic person. She might end up teaching friends (maybe teaching classes) methods to handle a toxic person. Anna has successfully expanded her perception.
    How will you pause? How can you expand your perception? Do you have a spiritual elder who can advise you?

    3. Invite the Goddess to quiet down your fear and limited expectations.
    Why do we have negative expectations?
    First, our biology makes us have a “negative bias.” Science shows that people are constantly scanning their environment for threats. That’s how our ancestors lived long enough to have kids.
    This negative bias fills us with fear.
    You can ask the Goddess to quiet down your fear and limited expectations.

    Here is a prayer you might use:

    My Gracious Goddess,
    Guide me to quiet my fears.
    Help me move forward in hope.
    And then, I will take action.
    I will NOT shut down and stand still.
    I will walk the hopeful path You have set for me.
    So Mote It Be.

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches Make the Impossible Happen

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    “Does the impossible happen?” my friend Amanda asked me.

    “Even just five years ago, I would have thought having over 35,000 downloads of my podcast Goddess Has Your Back episodes would have been impossible,” I replied.

    I also know someone who got to direct a feature film in their 20s. Amazing.

    When does the impossible become possible?

    I have three insights for you.

    1. Release limiting beliefs

    Limiting beliefs can hold your magick back. What limiting beliefs do you have?

    Do you do something artistic? Do you think you’ll never find some people who want what you create?

    A big problem is that limiting beliefs steal your energy.

    They keep you stuck in a pattern of “not good enough” or “it won’t get better.”

    That’s a real energy drain.

    What limiting belief do you hold?

    How could your life blossom if you would let that negative idea flow away?

    Imagine a stream of water and you let the limiting belief flow away… like a leaf going away.

    2. Raise energy through hope

    Hope gives you energy.

    When you have hope, you feel some enthusiasm rise.

    I have a friend, Liam, who feels hope rise when he writes for 10 minutes a day on his novel.

    Hope helps you shake off some wisps of despair.
    Despair can feel like standing at the bottom of a pit.

    On the other hand, even for just 10 minutes, hope can feel like you’re soaring through the clouds during the golden hours of the morning sunrise.

    Just visualizing a new possibility can help you move forward.

    The impossible becomes a possibility when you put some daily effort into something that can brighten your life.

    How can you raise your hope and your energy?

    3. Give your fear to the Goddess for transformation

    Fear is often about losing something. The other side of this is protecting what is valuable. Also, you find ways to enhance what is important.

    Think about it. What are you afraid of? Ask yourself what will I lose?

    Then take a transformative step.

    Perhaps, have a meditation session, and ask the Goddess….

    Goddess,
    I’m afraid of losing ______.
    Give me insight and hope.
    How can I protect what’s valuable?
    How can I strengthen myself
    To keep going through chaotic times?
    Guide me to Your wisdom.
    Transform my fear into insight and perseverance.
    So Mote It Be.

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches Deal with “What No One Is Telling You”

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    “I didn’t know if my friend would help me clean out my dead mother’s apartment,” Jillian, someone I know, said.

    “How did you find out?” I asked.

    “I took her out to coffee,” Jillian began. She continued, “I told Jessica, ‘I feel awkward about this. Saying ‘no’ is okay with me. But…uh…would you consider helping me clean out my Mom’s apartment?’”

    “Wow. That sounds good,” I said.

    “I was relieved. It worked,” Jillian said.

    Here are three insights.

    1. Ask questions of people you trust

    Do you wonder about: “What no one is telling you”?

    Are people finding you to be “nice”?
    Do they think you are awkward?

    If you feel awkward, it may be possible that other people think you’re doing fine.

    But how do you know how you are doing?

    Ask questions of people you trust.

    For example, my husband asked, “Could I have made it go better when I was talking with Alfonso?”
    I replied, “Did you ask about his cat’s surgery?”
    “Oh! Good point,” my husband replied.

    From that point forward, my husband got better at asking people about topics they were concerned about.

    Who do you trust? And can they give you valuable feedback about how you are doing?

    2. Listen and make space for personal reflection.

    Let’s say a friend says, “You talk too much.”

    (That would not apply to me.)

    You could reflect on this. You might consider that your friend is an introvert and they just do not relate to a person being so verbal.

    You could consult your divinatory tools. You could ask the Tarot: “Give me clarity about how I talk with people…”

    It helps when you slow down and give yourself time to personally reflect on the feedback you are given.

    3. Pray to the Goddess

    Here is a prayer you can use.

    Lady of the Moon,
    Guide me to people I can trust.
    Inspire me to ask them good questions.
    So that they may lead me to my truth.
    So Mote It Be.

    May these insights support your path.

    Blessed Be,
    Moonwater

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    How Witches See “It’s All About the Magick”

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    Years ago, I was part of a coven in which someone applied to be a new member. “Marvin” lived with an excess of drama. Everything was going wrong. Marvin could not be trusted to do the simplest task. He wanted to know magick because he thought it would gain him some control over his chaotic life.

    On the other hand, when I first learned of Wicca, my primary feeling was that I was coming home. It was so beautiful. It was so different from the brutal and rigid religion of my parents.

    I have three insights for you related to magick.

    1. Discover why you want power.

      Power? Really? Would you like the power to have happy moments during your day?

      How about the ability to heal and quickly overcome the flu?

      Some people are drawn to the practice of magick because they want something.
      Certain individuals want wealth or fame. Why? They think they’ll have more control.

      So why do you want power? What does having skill with magick mean to you?

      It is possible to use power for positive growth. Imagine the power to grow mentally and spiritually.

      2. Make sure you have support.

      Have you had a mentor? I have learned much from my own spiritual elders.

      Mentors can alert us to pitfalls and ways to avoid them.

      Mentors can guide us to be healthy in body, mind, and spirit.

      Support can also come from friends and family. Good relationships create good energy.

      You can support yourself with walks in nature, exercise, good nutrition, prayer, meditation, and good habits around sleep.

      The Goddess and the God stand by for you, too.

      3. Ask the Goddess for Her knowledge.

      “I am Queen of all the witcheries.” – The Goddess speaking in The Charge of the Goddess, as written by Doreen Valiente

      The Goddess knows all magick. She can help you improve with your pursuits in the Wiccan Arts.

      Here is a prayer you can use:

      Goddess,
      Guide me in learning and practicing magick –
      For the good of all involved.
      May I grow in wisdom and compassion.
      So Mote It Be.

      May these insights support your path.

      Blessed Be,
      Moonwater

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      How Witches Carefully Bring Someone New into Their Coven

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      “It’s important that we are careful to vet someone before the possibility of bringing them into our coven,” one of my spiritual elders said.

      This began an important conversation.

      I have three insights for you.

      1. Use a series of tests.

        To even consider a new member, it’s important to consider these questions:

        • Can they follow instructions?
        • Can they keep secrets?
        • Do they want power too much?
        • Are they mentally stable?
        • Can they contribute to the coven?

        Ask the new person to bring something to the next gathering. Do they bring it? Can you trust them to fulfill a promise?

        If they can’t do the small things, don’t expect them to keep big commitments.

        2. Watch for the signs.

        “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou

        Is the person quick to blame anyone or anything for their own mistake?

        A friend, Samuel, has a parent who says, “You make me mad.” This person has never taken ownership of their own bad temper. This person has done horrible things but always made excuses. You do NOT want this type of person in your group.

        Watch out for “overly nice people.” Some nice people are so concerned about their reputation that they will not defend you or anyone you care about.

        A person of integrity will speak up when appropriate.

        They will also keep your secrets.

        3. Covens do not rush the process.

        It takes time to get into a coven. It takes at least a year and a day for the coven members to see if you’re a fit for their group. So don’t be discouraged. And if you are not brought into that coven, it may be that you’re just not a match for that particular coven.

        May these insights support your path.

        Blessed Be,
        Moonwater

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        How Witches Break Free of Fear – Ep. 281

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        https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5ygs8-15cae4e

        Moonwater Silverclaw details a unique approach to overcoming fear from a witch’s perspective.

        She shares a story of how Alice, a management coach, was challenged by fear due to a single bitter experience. She generalized her trauma and avoided coaching any more CEOs.

        However, she later identified her trauma and understood the importance of not focusing on the wrong detail, thus saving herself from crippling generalizations. 

        Moonwater includes a powerful prayer to the Goddess to help us move forward. 

         

        How Witches Stay Aware of “Talkers” Versus Authentic People

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        “Crap! I fell for lies, again!” my friend, Phoebe, said.

        “How can I support you?” I asked.

        “I don’t know. Wait. Maybe, I should just come to you and voice my doubts before I get too entangled with someone next time.”

        This began an important discussion.

        I have three insights for you.

        1. Find where you are vulnerable.

        Are you vulnerable to “Talkers?” How do you know if you are vulnerable?

        Here are possible ways to be vulnerable. Are you:

        • In a stressful time right now?
        • Feeling emotionally vulnerable?
        • Transitioning from one stage of life to another?
        • Young without certain life experiences?
        • Physically older with physical ailments?

        Manipulators are like predatory animals. They prey on the weak. They target people due to something they want: Money, sex, or something else.

        2. Ask “Is this too good to be true?”

        Be careful if you want something too much.

        So many people are experts at pulling a con on others.

        When possible, step on the brakes.
        Get multiple estimates. Check in with trustworthy people. Do relevant research. Type in the name and add “scam” to a Google search.

        I like this quote

        “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
        – Maya Angelou

        If you find out that someone does or says something terrible, do not hide. Instead, “believe them the first time.” Protect yourself. Get away.

        3. Ask for Goddess’s support so you stay strong and face difficult truths.

        Here is a prayer you can use to ask Goddess to empower you.

        Blessed Mother,
        Give me strength,
        Hold me close in Your arms of comfort.
        Empower me to weather the storms of my life.
        Help me face the difficult truths I encounter.
        Give me guidance so I take positive steps forward.
        Thank you, dear Mother.

        May these insights support your path.

        Blessed Be,
        Moonwater

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        How Witches Energize a Romantic Relationship

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        “Women are not attracted to nice guys,” my friend, Alicia, said.
        “Maybe. But I heard that the real turn-off is … some nice guys are passive. You cannot count on them to step up and protect you,” I noted.
        I have learned that we need to be proactive to protect our relationship. And, a big part of that is to know, in a relationship, the partners have real differences.
        Here are three insights.

        1. Observe your preferences and how they differ from your partner’s preferences.
        What do you like? Do you like it when your partner brings you flowers? Or do you like it when they do the dishes, or maybe help you with one of your goals?
        A person who likes “Acts of Service” will feel loved when you do things for them.
        Other people really feel loved when you give them a gift. Think chocolate and flowers. Unless there is an allergy!
        The strange thing is that partners are often opposite in what makes them feel loved.
        It sounds like this: “I brought you flowers, greeting cards, jewelry…”
        “Yeah. But could you just edit my article for my blog?”
        That’s the sound of someone who prefers “Acts of Service.”
        How do you know what makes your partner feel loved? … Ask them.

        2. Note the differences between how you feel comforted and your partner feels comforted.
        Imagine this situation. When you were a kid and you felt sick, your mother gave you chicken soup. And you still like chicken soup. You might feel comforted and loved with chicken soup.
        Let’s say your partner prefers tomato soup. No matter how many bowls of chicken soup you offer, nothing good happens.
        To make sense of this, it helps to have some conversations.

        3. Ask the Goddess to help you make space for the differences.
        Here’s a prayer that may help you:
        Goddess,
        Guide my partner and me.
        Help us ask the right questions so
        We discover what truly supports each other.
        Help us to listen well.
        We understand that our preferences may differ a lot.
        Guide us to improve our personal energy so
        We have reserves of calm and space for listening.
        So Mote It Be.

        May this prayer or something similar support you.
        And…

          May these insights help you on your path.

          Blessed Be,
          Moonwater

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