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REFLECTIONS OF MOTHER EARTH

Plan & Plant With Mother Earth

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Plan & Plant With Mother Earth

There is so much advice out there for when to plant. If you plant too early in spring, you risk a late frost killing your seedlings. If you plant too late, you might end up with a very late harvest. If there is an early frost in fall, your late harvest of fruits and veggies could be lost. Timing is everything when it comes to Hedgewitch gardening! Most perennials aren’t damaged by frost, but if you’re planting vegetables and some fruits, you'll need to become very familiar wi

Meet Your Familiar

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Meet Your Familiar

When people envision a witch, they usually are with a black cat, owl, or other animal. In the days of the Witch Trials of Europe and North America, women accused of witchcraft were assumed to have a familiar, most often in the form of cats, dogs, owls, mice, ravens, or toads. These familiars were considered demons. Legends say that the familiar would feed on the blood of the witch, and in turn, the witch used the animal's power for casting spells. The familiar could shapeshif

HOW TO CLEAN LIKE A HEDGE WITCH

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HOW TO CLEAN LIKE A HEDGE WITCH

Spring is the time that witches clean, clear, and cleanse their homes and hearth. It’s the time of rebirth and renewal, new beginnings, and honoring life. To cultivate a sense of sacred space, we must be good stewards of that space, which includes physically and spiritually cleaning our sanctuary. Our modern-day lives may feel devoid of ancient traditions, but there is a knowing in our bones, or you wouldn't be reading this. Tap into those innate feelings that reflect the cyc

Planting Seeds of Intention Ritual

How To Embrace The Witch

Redefining Our Roots

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Redefining Our Roots

"If we know our stories, then we know where we came from, and we can travel anywhere in the world and not offend anyone. All of the stories are similar, if not the same.” - Evangeline (Sunny) Dooley In synchronicity with Mother Earth Living in synchronicity with Mother Earth is not a destination. It is the journey. Wherever you are, it’s time to start this adventure. Nature is not just out there. When we realize that we are part of this wondrous whole, we’ll know that wh

How To Fertilize Your Soul Soil

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How To Fertilize Your Soul Soil

We are like seeds scattered to the winds. When the right conditions are created, an acorn grows into a mighty oak tree. The same is true for us. However, an acorn is indigenous thriving only in certain external conditions. As modern human beings, we have lost our connection to our soul soil and the conditions that allow our seed stars to grow. What happens if we have the right soul soil? If we generate the right inner conditions—physically, mentally, emotionally, an

7 Ways To Live With The Seasons For Happiness

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7 Ways To Live With The Seasons For Happiness

When we live with the seasons, we embrace the very heart of that season and live in harmony with the weather patterns, our body, home, and hearth. Living with the seasons is living with nature. To me, there is a sense of romance around the simplicity of this way of being. Unconsciously, I have always marked the changing of the seasons, but never fully wrapped my whole being into them, because of the busyness of my life. My mind was always looking ahead to the next season. Slo

How to Tend the Earth To Mend Your Soul

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How to Tend the Earth To Mend Your Soul

HOW TO FIX OUR WORLD CRISES AND MEND OUR SOULS Hedgewitch Permaculture is a holistic approach to tending the Earth as we mend our own souls. It is about rooting and reconnecting with Earth energy. The philosophy is not about planting food for ourselves, but planting for ALL life. If we don’t feed the life around us from soil microbes to the birds and mammals to the plants and trees, we won’t have a life ourselves. Humans have this urge to control things, even Mother Earth. At

6 Rituals to Unlock Ancient Wisdom

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6 Rituals to Unlock Ancient Wisdom

Wisdom of the rhythms of nature are unlocked for all who seek healing and understanding of its ways. Mother Earth represents the physical existence of all women. She is the cohesiveness of the Divine Feminine. Once we unlock the secrets of this rhythm, we unlock the wisdom held within each of us. Make no mistake, the "Divine Feminine" is in no way a "women only" concept. We all have masculine and feminine energy within us. They make the perfect balance for our holistic Selves

How to Talk with Plant Spirits

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How to Talk with Plant Spirits

Plants are incredibly complex Beings, living in harmony with kindreds and connected to a community of companions. Mother Earth provides for their needs and they reciprocate with blooms, fruit, colors, and fragrance. Their root systems dive deep where they quietly communicate and contribute to the soul soil to the mutual benefit of all life forms within the ecosystem. In earlier times in our history, humans lived in harmony with the natural world. Plants were considered intell

5 Ways to Root Where You're Planted

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5 Ways to Root Where You're Planted

The economic, social, and political events happening all over the world today have triggered changes that come at us so quickly that we run in circles trying to figure out how our lives will be affected in the next six months to a year. There is negative noise from around the world bombarding us daily from news to social media. And let us not forget the craziness of our everyday lives—coping with aging parent, moody teens, angry young men, and navigating workplace politics.