I suppose I should tell you a little where I stand with this stuff. First of all I am a Pagan and a Witch. I am not Wiccan.That's too much like an organized religion for my liking, which means that somewhere there is one person at the head of it who sees themself as being above everyone else. I have my own mind and do my own thing. Since I am not accepted by the Pagan community in the south east of England because I am American, I work alone. People that reject someone else simply because of where they are from are not the sort of people I want to be around and they have nothing to teach me. It simply is a form of prejudice.
It's a shame people are still making movies that are so far from the truth. All it does is make Witchcraft "trendy". This is not a trend.
It is my belief that there is no black or white magic. It is simply the intent behind what a person is doing that determines whether it is good or bad, black or white. There are people who practice "black magic" but they seem to be concerned more with the physical than spiritual. That's just not my cup of tea. There are also some people here in the UK who call themselves "White Witches" and are on all the talk shows and radio programs just to boost their ego. I'm not into that either.
I hope that helps, in case some of you thought I worship satan or something. Satan is a Christian invention, an entity created to blame anything evil on and to scare people into this new religion. To read even more about this, you can go to this page.
Below are some of my favorite links to Pagan and Witchcraft sites. I am always adding something new here too, so keep checking back. Also, don't forget I change the page to fit the seasons and always have a few links to allow readers to find out about our celebrations if they don't already know. Enjoy.
It's almost the middle of June. Everything is green but there is a massive lack of flowers here. There used to be more. If I plant new ones rabbits eat them or the slugs do. Yeah yeah, circle of life and all that. Fortunately it hasn't been hot and I really and truly hope that is the theme for the summer. I hate heat.
Most of the pheasants are gone right now. Probably tending to eggs and other summer time pheasant things. There is only one female hanging around lately. But we have a new visitor. A small black cat keeps coming around. He has the cutest face and is so black you can't even see his mouth. He's very fast and can hope right into the hedge and come out with a mouse. He used to be scared of me but now he even sits down outside the window and looks at me with those huge eyes. I would love to keep him but I know he lives somewhere and Kitty would never forgive us.
My sleeping patterns are insane and I have some other issues to deal with so I'm not a happy bunny too much of the time right now. But I'm still here.
So the wheel turns to midsummer. This one I don't understand. The last time we celebrated it was the spring equinox. Now it's going to be midsummer. So when does summer actually begin? This is a mystery to me. Fortunately, catalogs and magazines are already putting out fall/autumn issues so that makes me feel better. But by all means, celebrate the summer if you are so inclined. Have fun outside but not too close to where I live. I love the peace and quiet. Below are some links for midsummer. Enjoy!