"Witchcraft is misunderstood, attacked and sidelined, glamorized and demonized. Neither of which are entirely useful. Talking about our beliefs openly can affirm our positions to ourselves, and each other. We're holding mirrors up to each other. But perhaps there's a difference between exposing our orthodoxy and exposing our orthopraxy. The orthopraxy is your personal dance with the craft and that seems more kind of like the thing I personally would want to be silent about." < This is something that resonated quite deeply for me, as I've been in the thought process of trying to figure out why it is that I'm feeling like my practice has lost its luster so quickly. Because of how excited I was in the wee stages of my practices, I bombarded the internet and interjected myself into all things witchy and I think that it tainted a lot of what I held to be true before I did so. While I've made some grand realizations and discoveries with the help of outside influence, I think I let the excess noise interfere with a lot of what I was trying to do. You've given me fresh confidence and a fresh mindset to reassess where it is I am currently at in my progress, and I want to say a big fat thank you for that but also for just being here for us viewers to tap into your brain for a bit. Hope you're having a blessed day, love!
For me healing the divine feminine/masculine or even wounded fem/masc was so important - only by doing that was I able to completely dissolve those terms and just think of them as energy.
@@karinvala731 72 and still afraid of the dark. I've made some progress over the years and can step out in the back garden at night but i definitely feel easy. Nice to know I'm not alone.
I really loved the bit about letting yourself have that rant and vent and then not jumping to add pressure with a structured plan. I find myself doing this a lot and then failing because, of course I am not even in a space to be doing the basics let alone tackling a list. I hadn't considered it as an unkindness to myself, but hearing you speak about it caused me to consider that, thank you!! 💖
I just wanted to pop in and say that I found this video helpful and cathartic in perhaps, an unexpected way. I tend to look at past writings, ramblings, etc. and judge myself very harshly for them. Shame is always tainting my view of my past self and this is something I am working on. So, seeing you going over your past and seeing it in a healthy way, laughing and enjoying the process of seeing how you've grown, what has changed, what you've left behind is rather incredible. This sort of thing isn't something one gets to witness another person doing very often. In conclusion, thank you for sharing and just being you! ^-^ Cheers!
😂😂 love your attitude. Great points; it's okay to need something knowing it will pass. Being a maximalist; focus on all you feel connected to. Thank you😘🤗
“But halfway between the two, when the moon was between the worlds of light and dark, when even the moon lived on the edge. . . maybe then a witch could believe in the moon.” -Terry Pratchett
I seriously need to get in to Terry Pratchett. I read a book of his years ago and the writing was flawless but never got into the witchy shizzle, although people quote it to me all the time and it's so dreamy..
I'm glad to hear you say that you journal in 'fits & starts'. I've stopped in the past because I felt like since I didn't continue I have to just give it up. I haven't journaled much lately but after a whore lot of shadow work break through I feel the need to get back in there. The pantheist too. I spent my entire adult life 'faking' it in a highly structured monotheistic religion, where before I was a pantheistic person before I even knew there was a term for it. Good to be finding 'me' again 😊 Thank you dear.
I just found your channel and I'm going through some of the older videos at the moment, and I'm really liking what you have to say. Thanks for being a voice to those of us who don't feel we fit into the wiccan framework fully, and speaking your honest heart about things. You had an instant sub from me :)
Thank you so much for sharing all of this! I'm a relative newbie battling a lot of LIFE shit right now, trying to figure out how to go a little deeper in my craft when I can, and this has given me so many ideas to help me clarify my thoughts and beliefs and desires. It's also comforting to hear you and see in the comments that adults are afraid of the dark. I thought I was just silly.
Regarding the times where we berate ourselves for not being disciplined etc, then listing those things we plan to do in order to do better in the future - I feel that this is part of that societal culture or guilt consciousness that we feel the need to redeem ourselves in order to get back in line, even if its getting back in line with our own expectations!
Agreed! It's like we have this impression that to vent or have an emotional moment is to be indulgent or childish, and we need to prove that we're capable by jumping into action steps! Solving things! When really what we need is to sit in the discomfort, to acknowledge it, even honor it.
It's so funny, I prefilmed a video about my spiritual journals to go up today, and you post this video like a day ahead. 😂 Riding that same witchy wavelength again! I loved listening to you talk about what's in your books of mirrors, and I found it really interesting and inspiring for myself. ❤️ Thanks for sharing with us Mama Dollface. 🧙♀️
Oooh, perfect. So much that you forget about your practice over time, isn't there? I was quite surprised by some of the stuff I remembered from doing this!!
@@kelly-annmaddox I found some very old drawings of Osiris from when I was 6. (I was an Egyptian polytheist when I was younger) So if I suddenly explode one day... It'll be because of those terrible drawings! XD I love finding the things in old books that only makes sense now looking back on them! That's super sparkly and magical.
I really enjoyed this! I think what I find most interesting is knowing that at the time you wrote down your thoughts and feelings, you had no idea you’d be sharing some of them with us today. This makes the experience of listening to you feel so much more genuine. You never seem to shy away from unfinished or unpolished things, it’s like you know there’s even more magic in them. I love that 💕🤘🖤
Yes definately getting frustrated with not levelling up, but then realising every new thing learnt and every new experience with something already known is actually XP so to stop being hard on my self lol xox
Is it weird that when you mention a specific entry or time I associate a video with it? “Oh yes I remember when she mentioned that in a video.” That’s what happens when you’ve been watching for years😆
No I love that people have travelled with me that way and that they sometimes time their experiences by my own.. Some people use some of the old video numbers to remember which content is in which vid and they go back and rewatch years later. All this means more to me than you could imagine. I think there is a real magick to it. ❤
Thanks so much for this! Sometimes I feel like I have a touch of regret for time lost that I could have had a stronger practice but then I realized that I was going through important transformations vital to my experience... Transformation that is now making the depth of my spiritual life possible. I will be 41 at the of this week and I still struggle with atheist ideas. On one hand, I can in a truth say I am an atheist. On the other, I have a relationship with spirit and even entities and in that way I can identify with pantheism. Yet still, perhaps more than any overarching ideal, I find myself an absurdist. I delight in the absurdity of it all. Love the Satan/Virgin Mary juxtaposition.
Omg, I love this and you so much 🤣🤣🤣 I was dying at your earnestness. It was so amazing 😂 and it also perfectly captures why I can’t journal about this shit. I find it instantly embarrassing, but I need to get over it.
SAME about first cluttering everything and then getting frustrated that everything got cluttery, clearing it and then cluttering it again. 😂 Too many interests and directions to go in.
I love you so much! I've always known that journaling would be an amazing addition to my practice but I'm not a very wordsy person and have struggled to know what I should write or how I should write it. I feel like by having an insight into what you've written about I'm now much less blind and able to start journaling myself 😊 Thanks!!
Oh the talk consistency of practice really resonated. This is something that you to frustrate me immensely. Looking back I can see that it was lack of maturity on my path and lack of having a routine for my practice. As I matured on my Path and developed magical habits this issue disappeared.
omg I am so in that frustration situation myself. It is so powerful and healing for me to spend time at my altar but the resistance to making time for it and just doing it is huge. URGH. Oh wow, the entry you read too about witchy life vs real life is something I'm working on myself at the moment. I'm drawing this arbitrary line between that and I don't even want to. I barely ever write in my book of mirrors tbh, I feel like I "should" but it just doesn't really call to me. I guess I'm trying to make peace with that too.
I do the same thing when I’m disappointed myself. I try to fix and fix and fix to the point where I know I’m just being unrealistic. I have so much Capricorn in my chart, it’s so hard for me to not be planning or have things be perfect. When you were talking about not just letting yourself have that disappointment I was like YUP! Me all the time 🤷♀️
Love this a lot as always 💕 Your thoughts on crystals are interesting, I am not a big crystal person, I have a select few, and sometimes want a few extra pieces, especially small chips for in creations, but also hate the whole ethics around it. Halfway through the video but already loving it-your feelings about the dark are relatable tbh. I’m not specifically scared of it, only when I’m home alone. So good to know we’re not alone though! 💛
Oh my fucking Goddess, I sooo get up into myself about trying to simplify, consolidate and economize; trying to find the be-all system or framework, because there’s just so much out there for my hyper-curious self, so much learning to approach, and there’s so much I can do (and the methods by which I can manifest x-thing are practically infinite).
Loved this! Your thoughts on crystals echo mine (love my collection but won't get any more). I have to say I was so surprised to hear you're afraid of the dark... you're the Queen of all things Shadow! ❤
Awesome video! I very much do see a relation in my journals and yours. I see myself going on about what I'm not doing and then later writing on how I feel good and things are on track and going back to messing up. It goes on in a cycle. Up and down and since realizing this I think it'd be fun exploring ways to journal that doesn't have that cycle of input cause obviously I'm gonna mess up and keep trying till I eventually get it right so maybe I can have entries of more substance or contemplating why I get off track and adjust rather than just doing the same thing once again hoping to get it right this time.
Thanks for this, I definitely resonated about trying to separate parts of my spiritual practice and the mundane. It’s something I’m aware of but not doing a great job combining.
i loved this so much!! made me really wanna commit to keeping track of/reflecting on/ documenting my own path as a witch. i've always been interested in witchcraft but properly started practicing maybe when i was 20? so 4 years ago and have been very on and off again with both my physical ability to do things and also my motivation/inspiration/time to do them as well. nice to hear your journey was also full of steps and stops but not in the sense of ending and more about wholing moving forward? if that makes sense! anyway would love to hear more about your rune work!! thanks for keeping me company whilst i at dinner!
I'd be so interested to hear you talk more about your perspectives on how you found you can honour and venerate aspects of nature without considering them as 'godhead'. I have very much resonated with pantheism since I was a teenager but I was also a Christian at that time. I too had a massive gap in my witchy path as a young adult and whilst I wish I hadn't lost that time I recognise that I needed it to sort things out in my head before I finally was able to return. I don't really label myself now because I do work with personified deity but I also honour the divinity of nature. I love the myriad of paths and experiences that people can have and I think it's so great that we can all share that, with respect for one another's paths at the same time. Great video Kelly-Ann. Thanks 🙏 Xxx
Could you do a whole video on false empowerment, that would be really interesting and eye opening. A whole new video on servitors and astral stuff would be very helpful :)
I am a Christian Kelly, and I love your videos, articulate and bright.....I am reading the Bible in a year., believe me its heavy going.! ha ha ha .... each page space for drawing and writing my own concerns and doodles, pictures! so its pretty funky ! I feel we all could" get together for a conference ! fed up of the divide and misconceptions between others path, and the misconception of Christs walk on the Planet. I think stuff" has been left out of the Bible, unsure at the same time!..to be honest Jesus walked with us all! and he wasnt religious..I attended pagan events done lots of new age stuff, Stonehenge fests ect, standing stones other power sites, and will do so....I am..choosing the Church, found a great one ! non dogmatic! full of young people too.....Most people agree prayer is powerful and Angels exist..Blessed Be.....God Bless
Going into occasional state of "hibernation" when it comes to practicing actively is quite common, but I believe that we may misunderstand both it's purpose and it's reason. Many of the eastern meditation practice teachings, but also the modern psychology say, each in it's specific terminology, that our subconsciousness, when fed with lots of "material" in it's own language of visualising and rituals, simply gets saturated, but in a very positive way. Like a child being fed excellent, nurturing food it loves, our subconscious mund needs some time to rest, digest and incorporate all that spiritual goodness, because at some point the glass is so full, it has no capacity even for the most ancient wine... It is the natural rhythm that actually only proves that we are doing it right, because digesting cheap burgers wouldn't take a single hour. The mind needs a break from time to time, it is only our ego that likes dramatising, self flagelating and accusations, and always pushes for more. The subconscious is much more subtle, things are happening there all the time that we are not aware of, and if it takes a nap from time to time, it is actually only to transmute all that spiritual bliss into it's own fibre. Anyone who meditates regularly will know the feeling of exhaustion after a particularly deep and intense sitting, and magick is just another form of soul food... Whenever it happens to me lately, I think that maybe I should just learn to trust my own inner wisdom a bit more, and let the waves carry me in the right direction.
i absolutely do that thing where i'm down on myself for not living up to my expectations - and then immediately heap more expectations on top of that 😅 funny how it never seems to help 🙄
I was in philosophy class TODAY and the professor was lecturing about Spinoza. And I asked him if spinoza’s god was akin to the idea of archetypal polytheism, and my professor was a bit confused and said no this is a monotheistic idea. I had a back and forth disagreement with him until he looked up at the ceiling and was like “well you know I guess i never thought of polytheism that way” and it was both a moment of frustration because I really respect this professor and wanted him like my question but I was also proud that I got my philosophical Theology Professor to come up to the pagan pantheist/panenthiest level (for context he’s largely a Christian theologian)
Amazing video. When reading books on witchcraft/paganism do you take notes and record exercise outcomes in your book of mirrors? How do you keep them organized when reading more than 1 book at once? Thanks
Is there any possibility that you would ever consider publishing your journals? I find so much in your thoughts when you express yourself. It's only a thought that crossed my mind as I was listening and wishing I could read more of your writings. Take care Kelly :)
Hello all, I could really use your help. My mom is my favorite person in the entire world and who I go to when I need unconditional love. Right now, she is really hurting. She has a endometrial cyst. It has her in so much pain she can hardly walk. She needs a surgery to remove it but because of where it is and how much scar tissue there is around it, the surgery will be so difficult and risky, it took us weeks to find a surgeon who is even willing to try. I don’t know what I would do without her and the pain she’s in right now breaks my heart. She is always there for me and now I need to be there for her. Tonight I set up the most elaborate ritual I have ever done to help her. I put everything I had into the spell. I know it will help her I’m sure of it. But I could really use any help you guys can give. If you could say a small prayer to a deity or a ritual or spell or even kind thoughts for her I would appreciate it so much. Her name is Michelle steidl mcarthur. She was born 10/21/1969. She is the mother of 4 children that she put everything into. She is an amazing person. She is everything to me. Anything you guys can do, I mean, please help her.
Any books you personally found helpful when relating to Hel? Deity has not played a part in my practice..i have ancestry and a love of Norse history but not resonated with Freyia and others. I have noticed Hel keeps coming around for me to notice. Thank you. I enjoyed this as I do all your vids.
I have filled books and books and books with my rants and resolutions. I’d say I’m going to cut that out, but then doesn’t this comment just become its own mini rant and resolution.
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"Witchcraft is misunderstood, attacked and sidelined, glamorized and demonized. Neither of which are entirely useful. Talking about our beliefs openly can affirm our positions to ourselves, and each other. We're holding mirrors up to each other. But perhaps there's a difference between exposing our orthodoxy and exposing our orthopraxy. The orthopraxy is your personal dance with the craft and that seems more kind of like the thing I personally would want to be silent about." < This is something that resonated quite deeply for me, as I've been in the thought process of trying to figure out why it is that I'm feeling like my practice has lost its luster so quickly. Because of how excited I was in the wee stages of my practices, I bombarded the internet and interjected myself into all things witchy and I think that it tainted a lot of what I held to be true before I did so. While I've made some grand realizations and discoveries with the help of outside influence, I think I let the excess noise interfere with a lot of what I was trying to do. You've given me fresh confidence and a fresh mindset to reassess where it is I am currently at in my progress, and I want to say a big fat thank you for that but also for just being here for us viewers to tap into your brain for a bit. Hope you're having a blessed day, love!
I started my book of mirrors in April of this month, and I am astonished at what a useful tool it is. I love it.
For me healing the divine feminine/masculine or even wounded fem/masc was so important - only by doing that was I able to completely dissolve those terms and just think of them as energy.
Yesssss
30 year old who's still afraid of the dark here. You aint alone, honey 😂
OMG, I read the first half of the comment and thought it was gonna be a diss, but it was totally just empathy.
@@kelly-annmaddox 💗💗💗
@@karinvala731 72 and still afraid of the dark. I've made some progress over the years and can step out in the back garden at night but i definitely feel easy. Nice to know I'm not alone.
I really loved the bit about letting yourself have that rant and vent and then not jumping to add pressure with a structured plan. I find myself doing this a lot and then failing because, of course I am not even in a space to be doing the basics let alone tackling a list. I hadn't considered it as an unkindness to myself, but hearing you speak about it caused me to consider that, thank you!! 💖
I just wanted to pop in and say that I found this video helpful and cathartic in perhaps, an unexpected way. I tend to look at past writings, ramblings, etc. and judge myself very harshly for them. Shame is always tainting my view of my past self and this is something I am working on. So, seeing you going over your past and seeing it in a healthy way, laughing and enjoying the process of seeing how you've grown, what has changed, what you've left behind is rather incredible. This sort of thing isn't something one gets to witness another person doing very often.
In conclusion, thank you for sharing and just being you! ^-^
Cheers!
😂😂 love your attitude. Great points; it's okay to need something knowing it will pass.
Being a maximalist; focus on all you feel connected to.
Thank you😘🤗
“But halfway between the two, when the moon was between the worlds of light and dark, when even the moon lived on the edge. . . maybe then a witch could believe in the moon.” -Terry Pratchett
I seriously need to get in to Terry Pratchett. I read a book of his years ago and the writing was flawless but never got into the witchy shizzle, although people quote it to me all the time and it's so dreamy..
Thank you for this! I'm making a collage and I just couldn't think of any words to put on there ... and here comes this beautiful quote! Perfection! 🌹
I'm glad to hear you say that you journal in 'fits & starts'. I've stopped in the past because I felt like since I didn't continue I have to just give it up. I haven't journaled much lately but after a whore lot of shadow work break through I feel the need to get back in there.
The pantheist too. I spent my entire adult life 'faking' it in a highly structured monotheistic religion, where before I was a pantheistic person before I even knew there was a term for it. Good to be finding 'me' again 😊
Thank you dear.
I just found your channel and I'm going through some of the older videos at the moment, and I'm really liking what you have to say. Thanks for being a voice to those of us who don't feel we fit into the wiccan framework fully, and speaking your honest heart about things. You had an instant sub from me :)
Her videos are a treasure trove!
@@oakenadams3844 Awww babycakes, thank you! X
Thanks for subbing, darling! Glad my vids could help!
Thank you so much for sharing all of this! I'm a relative newbie battling a lot of LIFE shit right now, trying to figure out how to go a little deeper in my craft when I can, and this has given me so many ideas to help me clarify my thoughts and beliefs and desires.
It's also comforting to hear you and see in the comments that adults are afraid of the dark. I thought I was just silly.
It breaks my heart I burnt all my old diaries 💔 loved this video you're always such an inspiration
So sweet to look back on that moment when you realized everything can be magical.
Greetings from Finland! 39 yo afraid of the dark witch here :D You have no idea how inspiring I found this video, thank you so much for sharing!
Regarding the times where we berate ourselves for not being disciplined etc, then listing those things we plan to do in order to do better in the future - I feel that this is part of that societal culture or guilt consciousness that we feel the need to redeem ourselves in order to get back in line, even if its getting back in line with our own expectations!
Very good point! 👌
Agreed! It's like we have this impression that to vent or have an emotional moment is to be indulgent or childish, and we need to prove that we're capable by jumping into action steps! Solving things!
When really what we need is to sit in the discomfort, to acknowledge it, even honor it.
Ah! Perfect thing to wake up to! :D
Your videos are always a delight to watch and so insightful and inspirational. Love you loads, queen! 🖤🌻
It's so funny, I prefilmed a video about my spiritual journals to go up today, and you post this video like a day ahead. 😂 Riding that same witchy wavelength again! I loved listening to you talk about what's in your books of mirrors, and I found it really interesting and inspiring for myself. ❤️ Thanks for sharing with us Mama Dollface. 🧙♀️
There's obviously something in the air- I've been going through a lot of my old writings too!
Oooh, perfect. So much that you forget about your practice over time, isn't there? I was quite surprised by some of the stuff I remembered from doing this!!
@@kelly-annmaddox I found some very old drawings of Osiris from when I was 6. (I was an Egyptian polytheist when I was younger) So if I suddenly explode one day... It'll be because of those terrible drawings! XD
I love finding the things in old books that only makes sense now looking back on them! That's super sparkly and magical.
I literally went to mum's house a few hours ago to look through her linen cupboard for my old writings! Must be in the air
I just gotta say, your eyebrows are looking so good in this video!!! I think the cool kids would say, “they’re on fleek”. 🔥 😍
I really enjoyed this! I think what I find most interesting is knowing that at the time you wrote down your thoughts and feelings, you had no idea you’d be sharing some of them with us today. This makes the experience of listening to you feel so much more genuine. You never seem to shy away from unfinished or unpolished things, it’s like you know there’s even more magic in them. I love that 💕🤘🖤
Thank you. I've been struggling with whether to combine my personal journal and spiritual journal and your thoughts on this were really helpful.
Yes definately getting frustrated with not levelling up, but then realising every new thing learnt and every new experience with something already known is actually XP so to stop being hard on my self lol xox
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Is it weird that when you mention a specific entry or time I associate a video with it? “Oh yes I remember when she mentioned that in a video.” That’s what happens when you’ve been watching for years😆
No I love that people have travelled with me that way and that they sometimes time their experiences by my own.. Some people use some of the old video numbers to remember which content is in which vid and they go back and rewatch years later. All this means more to me than you could imagine. I think there is a real magick to it. ❤
Thanks so much for this! Sometimes I feel like I have a touch of regret for time lost that I could have had a stronger practice but then I realized that I was going through important transformations vital to my experience... Transformation that is now making the depth of my spiritual life possible. I will be 41 at the of this week and I still struggle with atheist ideas. On one hand, I can in a truth say I am an atheist. On the other, I have a relationship with spirit and even entities and in that way I can identify with pantheism. Yet still, perhaps more than any overarching ideal, I find myself an absurdist. I delight in the absurdity of it all. Love the Satan/Virgin Mary juxtaposition.
Omg, I love this and you so much 🤣🤣🤣 I was dying at your earnestness. It was so amazing 😂 and it also perfectly captures why I can’t journal about this shit. I find it instantly embarrassing, but I need to get over it.
SAME about first cluttering everything and then getting frustrated that everything got cluttery, clearing it and then cluttering it again. 😂 Too many interests and directions to go in.
I loved this! I’d love more videos like this. Thank you so much. Blessed be. You are glowing , gorgeous!
I love you so much! I've always known that journaling would be an amazing addition to my practice but I'm not a very wordsy person and have struggled to know what I should write or how I should write it. I feel like by having an insight into what you've written about I'm now much less blind and able to start journaling myself 😊 Thanks!!
loooove your earrings!!
Oh the talk consistency of practice really resonated. This is something that you to frustrate me immensely. Looking back I can see that it was lack of maturity on my path and lack of having a routine for my practice. As I matured on my Path and developed magical habits this issue disappeared.
omg I am so in that frustration situation myself. It is so powerful and healing for me to spend time at my altar but the resistance to making time for it and just doing it is huge. URGH.
Oh wow, the entry you read too about witchy life vs real life is something I'm working on myself at the moment. I'm drawing this arbitrary line between that and I don't even want to.
I barely ever write in my book of mirrors tbh, I feel like I "should" but it just doesn't really call to me. I guess I'm trying to make peace with that too.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I do the same thing when I’m disappointed myself. I try to fix and fix and fix to the point where I know I’m just being unrealistic. I have so much Capricorn in my chart, it’s so hard for me to not be planning or have things be perfect. When you were talking about not just letting yourself have that disappointment I was like YUP! Me all the time 🤷♀️
Love this a lot as always 💕 Your thoughts on crystals are interesting, I am not a big crystal person, I have a select few, and sometimes want a few extra pieces, especially small chips for in creations, but also hate the whole ethics around it. Halfway through the video but already loving it-your feelings about the dark are relatable tbh. I’m not specifically scared of it, only when I’m home alone. So good to know we’re not alone though! 💛
Oh my fucking Goddess, I sooo get up into myself about trying to simplify, consolidate and economize; trying to find the be-all system or framework, because there’s just so much out there for my hyper-curious self, so much learning to approach, and there’s so much I can do (and the methods by which I can manifest x-thing are practically infinite).
This was so refreshing haha! Thank you so much for sharing!
Loved this! Your thoughts on crystals echo mine (love my collection but won't get any more). I have to say I was so surprised to hear you're afraid of the dark... you're the Queen of all things Shadow! ❤
I would love love love a video on your thoughts on ancestors, lineage, and all that. (Also afraid of the dark here!)
Bahahaha! The second coming of Crowley made me laugh.
Awesome video! I very much do see a relation in my journals and yours. I see myself going on about what I'm not doing and then later writing on how I feel good and things are on track and going back to messing up. It goes on in a cycle. Up and down and since realizing this I think it'd be fun exploring ways to journal that doesn't have that cycle of input cause obviously I'm gonna mess up and keep trying till I eventually get it right so maybe I can have entries of more substance or contemplating why I get off track and adjust rather than just doing the same thing once again hoping to get it right this time.
i loved your videos on pantheism.
You're so inspiring as always; thank you!
Thanks for this, I definitely resonated about trying to separate parts of my spiritual practice and the mundane. It’s something I’m aware of but not doing a great job combining.
i loved this so much!! made me really wanna commit to keeping track of/reflecting on/ documenting my own path as a witch. i've always been interested in witchcraft but properly started practicing maybe when i was 20? so 4 years ago and have been very on and off again with both my physical ability to do things and also my motivation/inspiration/time to do them as well. nice to hear your journey was also full of steps and stops but not in the sense of ending and more about wholing moving forward? if that makes sense! anyway would love to hear more about your rune work!! thanks for keeping me company whilst i at dinner!
I'd be so interested to hear you talk more about your perspectives on how you found you can honour and venerate aspects of nature without considering them as 'godhead'. I have very much resonated with pantheism since I was a teenager but I was also a Christian at that time. I too had a massive gap in my witchy path as a young adult and whilst I wish I hadn't lost that time I recognise that I needed it to sort things out in my head before I finally was able to return. I don't really label myself now because I do work with personified deity but I also honour the divinity of nature. I love the myriad of paths and experiences that people can have and I think it's so great that we can all share that, with respect for one another's paths at the same time. Great video Kelly-Ann. Thanks 🙏 Xxx
I would LOVE to hear your thoughts about ancestor veneration and I'm sure a lot of others would to. :D
Could you do a whole video on false empowerment, that would be really interesting and eye opening.
A whole new video on servitors and astral stuff would be very helpful :)
I love being a pepper pot although admittedly a little salty at times. Sending love...😘
I am a Christian Kelly, and I love your videos, articulate and bright.....I am reading the Bible in a year., believe me its heavy going.! ha ha ha .... each page space for drawing and writing my own concerns and doodles, pictures! so its pretty funky ! I feel we all could" get together for a conference ! fed up of the divide and misconceptions between others path, and the misconception of Christs walk on the Planet. I think stuff" has been left out of the Bible, unsure at the same time!..to be honest Jesus walked with us all! and he wasnt religious..I attended pagan events done lots of new age stuff, Stonehenge fests ect, standing stones other power sites, and will do so....I am..choosing the Church, found a great one ! non dogmatic! full of young people too.....Most people agree prayer is powerful and Angels exist..Blessed Be.....God Bless
Family skeleton? That's good! 😉
Looked up Condensed Chaos... ❤️
And i just figured out that Lhamo... Is my Hel - 🐎🧞♀️ yikes though...
i can relate soo much, you might as well read my book :)) same drama
Going into occasional state of "hibernation" when it comes to practicing actively is quite common, but I believe that we may misunderstand both it's purpose and it's reason. Many of the eastern meditation practice teachings, but also the modern psychology say, each in it's specific terminology, that our subconsciousness, when fed with lots of "material" in it's own language of visualising and rituals, simply gets saturated, but in a very positive way. Like a child being fed excellent, nurturing food it loves, our subconscious mund needs some time to rest, digest and incorporate all that spiritual goodness, because at some point the glass is so full, it has no capacity even for the most ancient wine... It is the natural rhythm that actually only proves that we are doing it right, because digesting cheap burgers wouldn't take a single hour. The mind needs a break from time to time, it is only our ego that likes dramatising, self flagelating and accusations, and always pushes for more. The subconscious is much more subtle, things are happening there all the time that we are not aware of, and if it takes a nap from time to time, it is actually only to transmute all that spiritual bliss into it's own fibre. Anyone who meditates regularly will know the feeling of exhaustion after a particularly deep and intense sitting, and magick is just another form of soul food... Whenever it happens to me lately, I think that maybe I should just learn to trust my own inner wisdom a bit more, and let the waves carry me in the right direction.
i absolutely do that thing where i'm down on myself for not living up to my expectations - and then immediately heap more expectations on top of that 😅 funny how it never seems to help 🙄
LOVE this!!! Where did you get your information to Hel? She has presented herself as one of my goddesses and I’m having problems finding info on her.
I know nothing about this topic but it is interesting to listen :D
I was in philosophy class TODAY and the professor was lecturing about Spinoza. And I asked him if spinoza’s god was akin to the idea of archetypal polytheism, and my professor was a bit confused and said no this is a monotheistic idea. I had a back and forth disagreement with him until he looked up at the ceiling and was like “well you know I guess i never thought of polytheism that way” and it was both a moment of frustration because I really respect this professor and wanted him like my question but I was also proud that I got my philosophical Theology Professor to come up to the pagan pantheist/panenthiest level (for context he’s largely a Christian theologian)
Amazing video. When reading books on witchcraft/paganism do you take notes and record exercise outcomes in your book of mirrors? How do you keep them organized when reading more than 1 book at once? Thanks
Is there any possibility that you would ever consider publishing your journals? I find so much in your thoughts when you express yourself. It's only a thought that crossed my mind as I was listening and wishing I could read more of your writings. Take care Kelly :)
I adore you 😊 how can I set up a reading ?
Thank you! There's a link to my online store in the description section underneath the video. You can go from there. 💋😁
Hello all, I could really use your help. My mom is my favorite person in the entire world and who I go to when I need unconditional love. Right now, she is really hurting. She has a endometrial cyst. It has her in so much pain she can hardly walk. She needs a surgery to remove it but because of where it is and how much scar tissue there is around it, the surgery will be so difficult and risky, it took us weeks to find a surgeon who is even willing to try. I don’t know what I would do without her and the pain she’s in right now breaks my heart. She is always there for me and now I need to be there for her. Tonight I set up the most elaborate ritual I have ever done to help her. I put everything I had into the spell. I know it will help her I’m sure of it. But I could really use any help you guys can give. If you could say a small prayer to a deity or a ritual or spell or even kind thoughts for her I would appreciate it so much. Her name is Michelle steidl mcarthur. She was born 10/21/1969. She is the mother of 4 children that she put everything into. She is an amazing person. She is everything to me. Anything you guys can do, I mean, please help her.
zach steidl you got it. I have a healing candle I use, I’m going to carve her name into it. Sending lots of love to you and her.
Any books you personally found helpful when relating to Hel? Deity has not played a part in my practice..i have ancestry and a love of Norse history but not resonated with Freyia and others. I have noticed Hel keeps coming around for me to notice. Thank you. I enjoyed this as I do all your vids.
What's your opinion on The Law of One/Ra material?
I have some dark secrets that I don’t tell anyone about and my neighbor knows I write some things that I don’t share with others.
So is she a witch or a Christian or both? Either way I still like her
33rd! ;)
I have filled books and books and books with my rants and resolutions. I’d say I’m going to cut that out, but then doesn’t this comment just become its own mini rant and resolution.