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Mother Moonlight

@mothermoonlight.bsky.social

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Writer/Poet | Eclectic Witch | Visual Mystic (she/her) Mythic memoirs. Rituals in fragments. Enough UPG to start a cult. If you say names like spells, stay a while. www.thewaxinggrove.com

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · Aug 6

For those who’ve
bought the journals and saved the prompts,
but still pause at the threshold.

It’s not that you’re afraid of the dark.
It’s that you remember how deep it goes.

Shadow work is real work.

Free Read on Medium: medium.com/@mothermoonl...

#witchsky #shadowwork

You’re Not Afraid of Shadow Work, You’re Afraid You’ll Break Without a Guide

But the truth is: You’ve always had the strength. You just need a ritual that honors it.

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 15h

If we end up so blessed!

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 15h

I will never tire of smelling crushed up bay leaves in a mortar and pestle.

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 20h

I fully agree! Naturally, it makes you wonder who benefits from a framework like that.

If my husband weren't military, we would be citizens of another country by now but we do what we can with what we have and plan to teach our child there is more out there than what mainstream society presents.

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 20h

I was raised that Catholicism was basically the only religion and everyone else had 'it' wrong. Anything or anyone that paints itself as 'the only hope' will perpetually be a red flag for me. I just wish there was more education and transparency and less fear around the entire topic.

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 20h

Yet most people who attend those sermons are unaware of how their energy is being used.

It's one thing if you are aware and consenting, everyone has that right, but when so many still deny the overlap of Catholicism with witchcraft. It just frustrates me.

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Mugwort & Moonlight @mitabean.bsky.social · 1d

And with this… I’ll say goodnight. (Sinister Affirmations) #witchsky #pagan

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 23h

Repetition raises power!

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 1d

Confidence lives in my bones and voice.

I do not shrink. I rise.

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 2d

I wholeheartedly agree! It's such an individual practice, I mean yes there's plenty who do group rituals and get initiated but even then, so much is unique to each individual.

Not everyone raises energy the same way or feels the same connection to correspondences etc. But the payoff is worth it.

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 2d

Witchcraft asks for self-responsibility, self-knowledge,
and patience.

It doesn’t promise quick miracles;
it changes you first,
then your circumstances.

Not everyone wants that kind of inner work.

But to those who do,
I see you. I am with you.

Keep going.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 3d

That should be on a t-shirt! So true. Thank you for sharing. 💜

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not familar with Robert E. Howard's work but this is spot on.

All of us do feel a pull to something greater and evolve through it whether that be enlightenment or hardship.

Thank you for sharing. 💜

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 3d

Your practice is first and foremost for you. It doesn't 'need' a reason but I am always interested to get peaks into the perspectives of other witches cause there is so much diversity so thank you for sharing. 💜

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 3d

This aligns with much of my own motivations for magick. Union with the sacred through cycles of reflection, transformation and illumination. Thank you for wording it so well, khthoniaa. 💜

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 3d

Winterlady, I love this answer. Gratitude is the foundation of all relationships and is the best place to start with any kind of practice. Thank you for sharing. 💜

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 3d

If you had to pick one reason you practice magick, what would it be? #WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky

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🌷🧿 khthoniaa 🧿🌷 @khthoniaa.bsky.social · 8d

Witches do magick, yes, but they are also knowledge-keepers and wisdom-workers.

Science, art, philosophy, mathematics, literature, sociology, and more—these disciplines are all relevant to magick.

Be voracious in your quest to learn all that you can about reality. 💜✨️

#WitchSky #OccultSky

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 8d

Trance isn’t leaving the body, it’s syncing with it.

The breath becomes a tide,
the heartbeat a drum,
the mind a still pool.

When you start to sway,
when time goes soft,
you’re not drifting away.

You’re tuning in to the quiet current beneath everything.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky

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Dammit, Janet! @sure-jan.bsky.social · 12d

Sweet Dreams and Blessed Be, my Beautiful Beasts. 🕯️🕯️🕯️
#witchsky #Pagansky

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 12d

The First Quarter Moon reminds us: spells don’t live in journals, they live in action.

If you’ve been holding back, waiting for the perfect time, this is it.

October opens the door. Light the candle, speak the words, move the energy.

The Moon has already said yes, now it’s your turn.

#WitchSky

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 12d

Life is in full swing for me right now so haven't been online as much as I would like Gibran is pretty niche.

I have never read Rumi but have seen his quotes in many places. I will add him to my never ending reading list, lol!

Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 13d

There are few books I have re-read as much as this one. I have a hard time adopting all of the wisdom, but the reminders are valuable just the same.

I'm glad someone else on witchsky recognizes it. 😊

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 13d

"A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings.

Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun."

- The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran

#WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky

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Phaedra Bonewits @phaedra-b.bsky.social · 14d

Today’s tip: Aleister Crowley once said, one needs to be a skeptic outside the circle but a believer within. You can accept that magic is real without losing your grounding in everyday life.

#WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 18d

When emotions rise
like hidden tides,
don’t fight the undertow,
let it pull you toward what needs transforming.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky