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Sourceress
True Blue Farmgirl
75 Posts
Elisabeth
Sabillasville
MD
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 Posted - May 04 2010 : 10:45:45 PM
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See, this is why we really need to form a chapter or something - so we can have a whole forum to post different threads in and have conversations in. I can think of lots of things I'd love to talk about with you all, but which I'm pretty sure will offend somebody if I go post it elsewhere. Like, I've been thinking about starting a thread in Hogs and Quiches about how the Farmgirl ethos fits into our spirituality, because for me, a large part of the reason I am interested in "farmgirl" things is because of my faith, which is very organic and nature-based. If you worship the Earth Mother, it's pretty difficult to turn around and not care about what happens to Her, kwim? Anyway, I could wax eloquent - I won't here, but I will at some point in the future - on this subject, and I'd be interested to hear what other Farmgirls have to say as well. I think it would be really interesting to do it somewhere where Farmgirls from all kinds of different religions could write about how their faith and their Farmgirl ways intersect - I'd love to hear from pagans of all sorts and Christians and Jews and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists and, well, anybody else who's out there. I think it would be fascinating, and I suspect it would turn out that we all have a lot more in common than we tend to think we do. But given Heide's experience, I'm wondering if it would be received in the spirit I posted it, and engender the friendly, thoughtful discussion I'm hoping for, or if it would simply start a flame war. So I dunno. Probably, I'll do it anyway, because I'm me, and a priestess of Eris, and "It's an ill wind that blows no minds." ;-) But I'm still thinking about it atm. But just..stuff like that. I can think of so many interesting discussions!
Lis
*the Sourceress*
witchy unschooling mama to
Corwyn (4/99)
and Galen (5/01)
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Sourceress
True Blue Farmgirl
75 Posts
Elisabeth
Sabillasville
MD
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Posted - May 05 2010 : 12:10:02 AM
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Wow..once again, I start posting something, get distracted, and a whole page of stuff happens in the meantime...
About kids and spirits and bad dreams and things: What everybody else said about cleansing the room with smudge. When my sons were having nightmares I did a whole cleansing ritual with the water in the chalice and and the smudge and the candles and the salt and the whole nine yards. I try to do that to the whole house periodically anyway, just to "clean house". After I've cleaned everything, I set new wards around everything, and ward the windows and doors. I like to paint tiny pentacles at the top of the window in clear nail polish, where they're unobtrusive, but you can see them sparkling there if you look. My husband won't let me do that if we're renting the house, though, even if I promise to clean it off with nail polish remover when we leave.
Also what someone said about putting a "bubble" around him. I have been teaching my sons to put "magick bubbles" around themselves since they were old enough to talk - it's Shielding 101, but "magick bubbles" makes more sense to little kids than "shields"; now that they're older I can get a little more in-depth, but when they were little I had to simplify things a bit. When one of my sons is having scary dreams or is afraid or whatever, I remind him to make a magick bubble and then I do one around him and one around the bed, and I redraw the wards on the room. My youngest son is actually getting pretty good at shields, and is learning to draw wards. His older brother tends to be a skeptic and insists that he doesn't believe in magick, so he refuses to practice and says we're silly. I think that has more to do with a close friend of his laughing at him for believing in ghosts then what he actually believes though - for all he says he doesn't believe in them, he recently accused the faeries of taking something of his, and when he's been having bad dreams or feels like there's something trying to interfere with him I end up having to ward the room and walk him through making a magick bubble.
Anyway, at one point I had been researching stones for warding off nightmares or having good dreams, with the thought of making a bracelet or something for my youngest, who use to have frequent nightmares. I remember finding a couple of things that seemed like they might be useful, but I don't remember what any of them are. I'll dig around tomorrow and see what I can find out. This really doesn't sound like a nightmare to me - it sounds a lot more like a presence of some kind - either a ghost or a faerie, but it's good to have that info around anyway. :-)
And that's a thought, and I'm surprised no one else mentioned it - is there a reason you or he specifically thinks it is/was a person or a person's ghost? Do you have faeries in your house/garden? It occurs to me that if it's not his great-great-grandmother or something like that, it might very well be one of the Wee Folk "playing" with him. If that's the case, I've found that acknowledging their presence and leaving out offerings of milk and freshly-baked cookies periodically seems to help. It cuts down on the mischief for a while, anyway. Some sources also recommend pizza, but I haven't tried that myself yet.
Lis
*the Sourceress*
witchy unschooling mama to
Corwyn (4/99)
and Galen (5/01)
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
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Posted - May 05 2010 : 08:57:00 AM
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Good day ladies,
Melanie ~I am so glad to hear of all the remedies you have. Sounds like something is going to work.
Lis, I like how you reminded us of the Faeries. Also I love your ideas of starting a thread on the Hogs and Quiches. I like you, love to coexist with many walks of life and I teach tolerance and acceptance to my children. I think that is why I have found so much solace in this thread, it is the norm here. But how could you bringing up the fact that there are others, hurt?
So with that as my inspiration here I go again
#3
Burst. Do you ever feel like your invisible or that the actions you take aren't being received by others (as intended)? Take four seeds and draw a large circle into the ground. Plant a seed on the North, West, South and East ends of the circle and stand in the middle, barefoot. Repeat, "Here I stand in safety, in the middle, here I am. May my light spread in all directions and the forces of good grow from this land." Feel the power and energy from the Earth be absorbed into the sole of your feet, propelling you like the seeds upwards.
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 09:07:17 AM
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Hello my witchy friends,
how is everyone doing? In honor of mother's day coming up I wanted to write a blessing for all us ladies, momma or not. Not only to we have to momma our babies and others, most importantly we need to momma ourselves. With the media throwing so much expectations at us, we tend to have a lot of negative inner conversations and negative energy comin at us.
One of my favorite movies "What the bleep" has this awesome experiment with water. Where the scientist (Masaru Emoto) put different words next to containers of water and then took microscopic pictures of the molecules. It showed how hateful words created a jagged and pointy molecules and gentle, kind words made soft, smooth molecules. This reminds me of the power of blessing our food and giving gratitude for our plenitude.
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Nurture. Do you experience the power of soul food? Get a 32oz glass canning jar (we are suppose to drink at least 2 of these a day, to flush our internal systems from pollutants). Take a permanent marker and write "I love you", "thank you", "you are beautiful and perfect", "you deserve the best life has to offer" etc. on the outside of the jar and drink from it all day.
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1531 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 09:18:36 AM
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What a great idea, Heide. I love that movie BTW. I think it's so easy to put self-care at the bottom of the priority list. Just remember, we are human "Beings" NOT human "doings"....my friend just reminded me of that the other day.
Blessings, Sheri
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Tn.Earthmama
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Phyllis
Englewood
Tennessee
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 1:13:40 PM
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Melanie, glad your little one is dong better. don't we have some creative and caring ladies around here? Lis, great stuff. It would be great to get that chapter set up, wasn't someone working on that? ( boy, my memory is bad).
Heide love the affirmations. esp. like the last one. haven't seen the movie, but I think it's on my Netflix list. Sheri, love the human being not doing sentiment. You girls are the greatest !!! Phyllis |
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
820 Posts
Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
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Posted - May 08 2010 : 04:51:57 AM
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Heide,
Lovin' the affirmations! Thanks!! :)
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
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Posted - May 08 2010 : 10:12:58 AM
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Ahhh thanks ladies. Very nice to know some of us are in the same boat.
I have been struggling here with a two faced lying Dragon. UGh such ugly wildebeest hiding in the shadows of truth. I keep reflecting, trying to understand why this monster keeps coming back and how I can best avoid them. Patterns are so interesting to me that my meditation is about favorite colors and shapes. May the abstract beauty distract us!
#5 Bloom. Sometimes does it get hard to get past a blue, broken feeling and show your true brilliant colors? Get out some paper, glue, scissors and some seed catalogs. Cut out all your favorite flowers, fruit and veggies. Paste them onto paper in the shape of a huge bouquet. Then if you know anyone else in a similar funk mail it to them or just keep for yourself!
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
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Posted - May 09 2010 : 10:20:40 AM
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Happy Mothers Day!
#6 Detach. Do you crave attention, wanting others to anticipate your needs or get angry when you don't get the credit due? Take to heart the wise words of Don Miguel Ruiz, in his book "The Four Agreements" and "Don't take anything personally." Not a positive or negative opinion of you has anything to do with you (this is an equally challenging exercise for both the woman who is celebrated or the woman that is forgotten). If anyone is made at their momma's, it's time to let it go. Know she did the best she could with what she had and we need to sympathize. If you are a momma, give yourself a break. These are hard times and we are in this together, good or bad.
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
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Tn.Earthmama
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Phyllis
Englewood
Tennessee
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Posted - May 09 2010 : 7:12:41 PM
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Happy Mothers Day y'all !!!!
Heide, thank you for the wonderful affirmations. I'm so sorry you are having to deal with someone like your "dragon". sending hopes for better days.
blessings Phyllis |
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 08:51:39 AM
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Thanks Phyllis. I had a wonderful Mothers day and I hope you did too.
One of my gifts has inspired today's affirmation and I would like to share it with you ladies. . .
#7
Reach. Have you yet to waken from your winter hibernation? Take extra movements today and exaggerate each stretch. Sometimes we get in such a routine we forget how flexible we are. Our bodies were made to sway and bend. If we don't do it everyday it stiffens up, like our mind and keeps us from adapting. Take a moment while your stretching, to breath and empty your mind, feeling total relaxation.
These are a couple of pics from the yoga demonstration my daughter gave me and our guests for mother's day. Isn't she wonderful?!
"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but only a Goddess knows how many apples are in a seed." ~anonymous
Watch Films by Heide at
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Tn.Earthmama
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Phyllis
Englewood
Tennessee
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 11:01:12 AM
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| ok, that is the cutest thing I've seen in a long time !!! I try to do stretching to deal with the CFS/ Fibromyalgia, but nothing that exciting. LOL. glad you had a great Mother's Day, I had a wonderful day. blessings Phyllis |
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pinkwitchy~farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Beverly
Lee's Summit
MO
USA
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 6:25:44 PM
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Hi, I'm new & I just had to stop by & say "hi" to all the witchy farmgirls!!! I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.....well, OK, probably not everyone, but I can try! 
MM & BB
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 6:40:49 PM
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Hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day. This is my first one with no children at home. They are all away at college, etc. It was a little hard. But, I will see them all next week when I go up for the middle daughters graduation. Welcome Beverly.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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Tn.Earthmama
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Phyllis
Englewood
Tennessee
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Posted - May 11 2010 : 07:35:57 AM
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Hi Beverly, Welcome!!!! looking forward to getting to know you too.
Beth, glad you made it through your empty nest Mother's day, and that you will see everyone soon.
blessings Phyllis |
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