44 Days of Witchery - Day 38

44 Days of Witchery - Day 38
A Famous pagan/witch!

Amber K and Azrael K!
This picture was taken in October of 2011, when Amber K and her partner Azrael came to the Iowa Pagan Pride fest as the guests of honor.

Amber K is my witchy "grandma". She is the initiating HPS of my own initiating HP and HPS. I had last seen them over 10 yrs ago when the coven I was in brought them here for workshops. So it was great seeing them again! 

Together they gave a couple workshops at the Pagan Pride fest, as well as set up a little booth to sell books and Ardantane patches.

44 Days of Witchery - Day 37

44 Days of Witchery - Day 37
Witchy tools:  Cauldron

These are my smaller cauldrons.  Actually, the littlest black one I gave to my son so it's technically his. :)

I have a much larger one, a real cast iron cooking pot, very old. It's at the bottom and back of my storage closet!  I couldn't bring myself to dig it out just for a photo. lol

I have a thing for copper and brass cauldrons too.

This one isn't really a cauldron I guess, but it reminds me of the Gundestrup cauldron but with greek or romanesque figures. My stepmom let me have it, she said she got it in a box from an auction and had no idea what to do with it. MINE. lol

44 Days of Witchery - Day 36

44 Days of Witchery - Day 36
Flower of your choice, and its magical properties.

I know I mentioned Lilacs already as my favorite scent. They are also my favorite flower so that's the one I chose for this. However, I didn't know their magical properties...

According to Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, Lilacs are good for protection and exorcism. In New England they were planted to keep evil away from one's property. Bring fresh cut lilacs into the house to drive away ghosts! Who knew. I think this must be why none of the houses I've lived in were haunted... lilacs are also my mom's favorite, and every spring we'd have several bunches in vases all over the house. 

44 Days of Witchery - Day 35

44 Days of Witchery - Day 35
Something that I think people who don’t know much about paganism/witchcraft should know.

Pagans and witches are just people. We love, need, laugh and cry just like everyone. I like to chat. I refuse to argue. I have better things to do with my time, like ... live life.

If you want to learn and understand, email me. :)
If you want to troll and argue, move along. 

44 Days of Witchery - Day 34

44 Days of Witchery - Day 34
Rune of my choice.

I thought I would share a rune stone that someone made for me. It's a combination rune that she embellished a little.

I believe it's a combination of wunjo and sig. I'm not strong on runes so I had to consult my meaning key. :)

wunjo:  Joy, happiness, good news, ecstasy, harmony, unity
sig:  Sun, victory, warmth, success, triumph

I remember thinking the meanings would be useful at work, so I kept it at my desk. :)

44 Days of Witchery - Day 33

44 Days of Witchery - Day 33
Faerie of my choice

I don't know if merfolk are considered "faerie" but I think any of the "other" folk are fae, at least to me.

I don't consider myself "otherkin" or anything. I just like the merfolk. I love to swim and used to pretend to be a mermaid when I was a kid.

This is a poor scan of the original artwork by Lubov. I have a tattoo in progress of this lovely merman on my back. 

44 Days of Witchery - Day 32

44 Days of Witchery - Day 32
A pagan/witchy artwork.

I used to visit my grandmother and she often would give me a box of things. I also got a couple boxes of things when she passed.  I found this ink drawing in her things.  It was drawn in 1915 (Grandma was born in 1916 I believe) by a gentleman named Frank.

I am rather fond of it, and need to get it framed. I wish I knew it's story.