Hi lovelies, today's video is more like a podcast and less of the usual visual piece of magick :D As we recorded this through Skype the audio and video quality is not top-notch but I do hope you will still find it to be an interesting witchy chat to listen to while folding laundry or having a relaxing cup of tea ;-) Enjoy our musings about Wicca, paganism, and witchcraft and please let us know, how you practice your craft and spirituality. What path are you currently on? 😊🌿🧙♀️
Thank you. I currently love the aspects of all religions that express love. There is more in all faith that is the same, than is different. What the deities have expressed is unity, love and support for both men and women. I think political and faith leaders used spiritual leaders to secure their positions and , make humans adhere to rules and positions that were necessary to them at the time. I won’t take up space here but love talking and discussing this. All religion or faith grew out of nature and spirit. A spell focuses attention on the desired outcome, without negativity, Just like “New Age” believes and teaches. I eat mostly fruits and vegetables as our mass-produced food no longer allows the circle of life and the drugs and hormones may be the cause of some health issues. The universe and Earth have taught humanity the need for balance several times and we are now in one of those times now. We must care for our environmental and each other. We are here to love and support each other in this experience. Oh I love rocks and crystals, I hope to view that. Writing a book, on more. The spell must mean something to you. Meditation, cooking, dance, walking, writing all focus energy!, as does prayer. New Age is returning to the basics of these old faiths.yes I include Native People’s faith, they have been open and kind. The main thing is not to harm. I am fortunate to have traveled and lived in several areas, also raised by Science of Mind metaphysical Reverend and his wife, he also worked as a tree surgeon.
This is refreshing. I was initiated just over 25 years ago and practiced traditional Craft. When I moved to a very rural isolated area, I worked more grey and nature Craft. I no longer work with deity’s but focus more on elemental energies and self energy. I cast circle and don robes when I really feel the need to focus myself on a working but mostly just work intuitively and spur of the moment. As a Grey witch, My power is my own and independent of other energy’s but willing to work with and connect with other energy.
can you interview Olivia Graves (i.e. The Witch of Wonderlust)? She's a folkwitch and death worker, so neat! I also love Tara Wild (NOT the porn star lol), who does a lot of ancestral remembrance work. It's helpful to see different paths :)
I hear a lot of witches saying “You have your whole life to learn, you don’t have to be an expert right away”… Which I NEVER would’ve heard in my church growing up. As an ex-evangelical witch of a few years now, I still find things all the time that affirm to me that I am on such a healthier and more understanding and open minded life path and it makes me feel so at peace not only with my path now but with my past and the things I was taught growing up that I don’t actually believe in or believe about myself that I am slowly but surely healing from. The pressures I put on myself to know everything right away are a trauma response and it’s okay to grow slow ❤️
Oh wow. None of the churches I’ve gone to acted like anyone needed to be experts immediately. In fact they all say accepting Christ is only the first step. Now, that being said I applaud you for finding your own path. I am a Christian but am finding the traditional Christian path is not perhaps the correct path for me. I believe in many practices that are not accepted within the church but I am finding the church has created its own history and path to benefit their own needs.
ANYTHING takes time, no matter what you are studying. My dad died ten years ago, so I have had HALF my life to study PAGAN and I continue to learn more each day!!! 😛 🤑 😲
@@PinkieJoJo I feel the church is an institution that feeds itself and I never trusted it! Following my own spiritual oath is like you say a balsam of healing all those wounds that unnecessary pressure caused
That may change again. As I have strayed and come back several times after feeling something else was my "true path." I was dead set on Wicca for a good 6 years after Methodist Christianity, how I was raised. Now, I am drawn to Jesus Christ so strongly but I know the world is so much bigger than the "church" can show you so I am not set in the church but Jesus is my lord and savior and witchcraft is my way of expressing and searching and seeking my spirituality in a way that most people on this earth still have not awaken to. It's all just how you want to seek your creator and the exact meaning of life. You're allowed to change your mind back and forth til your spirit will know the right way.
Absolutely! Thanks again for being part of this💚 Ever since I found your channel I wanted to hear more about your practice and your videos are just gold for anyone interested in Paganism 😊
I did enjoy this connection between the beliefs and views of these people. Most people have no idea of the Witches of Old. The Witches of Old were spiritual women. They were wise women. They had long gathered knowledge of plants, herbs, roots and the application of that knowledge. Yes The Witches of Old would meditate in deep contemplation with "The Great Goddess" known to us as the Creation or The Universe. So much so they felt connected to the flowing life energy within themselves, could connect with the cosmic energy and could let this energy flow through them and have a healing effect on others. They lived a form of spirituality that had not been possible in the frozen and male-dominated structures of the church for centuries. Witches knew how to prevent or avoid pregnancy when desired. So there was knowledge - spread all over the world, by the way - of the effectiveness of certain plants which - for example, processed into tea and administered to women - prevented conception for several years. (DeMeo has also compiled interesting historical and ethnological material on this subject). Witches never aligned to any evil acts or had anything to do with a so-called devil. Never cast spells or made charms,. They were peaceful women. There was no Gods of War. All this lore comes from the church of old. Knowledge is power and power needs people to rule over. Having this knowledge of how to prevent conception was a real problem to the church of old. So they labeled them satanical, aligned with evil forces. Witches of Old were hunted down and destroyed in unmentionable ways. This knowledge was pushed underground passed from women to women of many cultures. There are those who know this but they are few and far between. This is an excellent example of the "Dark Ages". To undermine knowledge that had taken hundred's of years to acquire by these women denied the human race. The Witches of Old believed that the evolution of consciousness was the path to peace. Women bare the future of mankind, suffer the most during conflict and much unnecessary pressure's are put on women. All people are equal but women are still treated as less than equal. In the years to come women will play a much greater role bringing Peace on Earth. That is unless men destroy our home, our beautiful Earth through war which is devoid of any substance of value. This next statement should be taken into consideration. There is a danger in collecting crystals. All crystals, semi-crystals, gemstones and semi-precious stones as well as various minerals of Earth are recipients and transmitters of human emotional impulses and thought energies. Depending on their type, they store less or more of these energies, which are discharged onto their owners in a concentrated manner again and influence them to a great extent. These negative forces were created, and are further developed every second, by the tremendous negative thought energies of , which through human heresies and many negativities put the whole world under the spell of spoiling and dangerous radiations. Cleansing this negative energy can be achieved by the use of a copper pyramid. Peace through Wisdom.
I like how you take such a wonderfully neutral view on this witchcraft. Edit: I remember back in about 1996, I was talking to an online friend and she said she was Wiccan, I asked her what it was. She explained it was witchcraft. I realised then, that this was the term for what I was. I knew I was a witch back in 1988-89 and I did not know it was actually a thing. I dabbled with herbs and gardens for years, I made brooms and tools. I just knew what I was. I've explored Wicca, but ultimately I decided that I am of no actual religion, I work with energies of the sun or moon, and a lot like Scarlet, I want to know why it works. I have always said that Science is Magick that has been explained and that Magick is science yet to be understood.
I have changed my path from Wicca to being a more Eclectic Witch. Self care, finding signs in nature, cooking/eating/drinking with intent and finding meaning to life by serving my highest good are ways I practice. I loved hearing all of your perspectives! This video was quite insightful.
I am a male witch and have been practicing for about 30 years. Once I found RUclips I have moved my practicing to a new level. I enjoyed the talk with the two aspects and your opinions. I am now starting to teach others and these channels help greatly. Thank you for doing this great work.
Having come to Wicca 20 years ago, it’s refreshing to see the more open minded attitudes of the younger generation of witches. Like it or not, this is a path that is evolving to stay relevant with today’s practitioners. Even long time practitioners such as Janet Farrar, point to the changing nature of the path. This was a refreshing interview.
I’m a secular and hereditary witch. It’s handed down from my mother and her grandmother. She gave me wise woman foundations and encouraged my searching for the balance that works for me. My focus is based in herbal knowledge and experimentation. My spiritual focus is somewhat Shinto with the understanding that everything is alive and has a fundamental energy, spirit, Kami; including myself. In this context everything and everyone is from the same origin either on a quantum level of fundamental wave functions or I simply experience having a conscious sense of respect and compassion that brings everything together.
That is definitely part of why I choose those two :) it is so important to share knowledge and keep the door open for anyone interested in either of those paths 💕 liebe Grüße
I like the fact that a witch can choose their own path. I'm a spiritual person and like to meditate and interact with spirit, especially during a full moon. Although coming from a religious background, I was always drawn towards mediums and sitting in a circle communicating with spirit, which is considered a big no no by religion. Thankfully I have evolved beyond narrow minded religion. It's great to listen to and interact with other types of witches.
I really appreciatethis a lot. I'm an atheist, born in a christian home and always had an interest in things more geared towards the craft, but more because the aethestics caught my eye. My first comic I made as a kid was about witches but as I grew up, I couldn't possibly think of venturing towards learning about it due to my parents being highly against it. Now that I'm 29 and living on my own, I'm able to at least research these things just for fun :> I was super scared that being a non-spiritual person who just has an interest in learning about paganism, wicca, and witchcraft because I thought they looked cool, I'd be frowned upon. But this video helped me feel less like I was doing it for trends and more just because I'm drawn to it. I have no idea if I'll ever practice witchcraft in the future. If anything, I just wanna learn as much as possible about it and make stories based on these things to express my love for it in general
You learn spelling when you are a child. To spell a word you are using magic. Radio and TV use broad(band) casting to cast spells on the world. Learn etymology and you will see the world for what it truly is. ❤
For me, Paganism and the practices I use is a tool for me to expand my consciousness & creativity, to better myself emotionally, mentally & physically, to cook intuitively, to heal my damages, to make myself a better person, to actualize my goals, to find fulfillment in my life and to explore who I am.
This is gonna be a long post because this video covered so much! Listening to this chat was such a lovely way to spend an afternoon. I love how everyone was just open to talk, no sense of gatekeeping or any of that nonsense. This is exactly what conversations between various Pagans should be like. As for me, I started my path as a Christo-Pagan because I'd grown up with Christianity and therefore was used to its figures and traditions, so I simply incorporated them into a more outwardly Pagan path, with Jesus/the Christ representing the Divine Masculine and Mary Magdalene the Divine Feminine. As I continued on my path, however, I felt more drawn to nature-centered practices and deities. I now label my path as Wiccan and the two main ones I work with now are Cernunnos (Celtic antlered god of the forest) and Freya, though other deities such as Odin and Dionysus will occasionally appear or I'll invite them in depending on what I'm working on or at which time of year. I also think that, while there's nothing wrong with working with specific deities if someone chooses to, "the Goddess and God" are such vast, primal, and universal forces/energies/figures that the closest us humans will come to understanding them is if we recognize first and foremost the archetypes they can represent rather than trying to pin them down into specific traditions or only having particular names/faces. It's a case of, "Sure, you can enjoy your neck of the woods and what it means to you, but if you get so wrapped up in it you can't see the forest for the trees, you're missing the point." As for how I practice, I'm mostly solitary and haven't been initiated into a coven, but I'd very much like to find a physical group to participate in (once it's safe to do so, of course; I'm in California and, as of March 2021, we're still advised to stay mostly at home). I practice magic through little daily things and am really into kitchen witchery (I was practicing magical cooking before I even knew it had a name; my mom, grandma, and aunts always taught me to put love and care into food). I'd also love to learn more about herbs/herb magic, charms, etc. Problems in the Pagan community? Like Scarlet said, Norse Paganism is being infiltrated by white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, and similarly-minded nasty people, so that's a big issue. It's the main thing that has kept me from looking into Norse Paganism even though I have Swedish ancestry: I'll start looking it up and come across a source that seems nice, then it takes a turn into Racistville and I get discouraged. I also get frustrated with "Reconstructionist" Pagans turning up their noses at people they deem "fluffy bunnies". Yes, historical research is important, but the idea that one tradition is better than the other because it's "more accurate/older" is ridiculous. Let's face it, we don't have ALL the records we need to perfectly recreate historical paganism, and some of its practices should rightfully be left in the past, like animal sacrifice. As long as people aren't hurting others with their path or culturally appropriating another tradition's traditions, let people do what feels right to them. And as for Wicca now being trendy, personally I'd rather weed through the "witches for a week" than have to go back to the days where witchcraft/Wicca was so taboo people had to be in the broom closet about it. That's me and my path. :)
Yes! Having watched several videos on the persecution of people for witchcraft, whether true or not, in our history, we're fortunate to live in more enlightened times (although I do think many countries have a lot of catching-up to do :( ) My take on God, after studying for ministry, was that of a truly omnipotent "power", the source of all Creation, and the accumulation of all that was, and is, and is to come. Rather than a patriarchal figure on a throne. My best-loved views of the Divine are the ones from Ezekiel where he had his vision, some of the imagery being incorporated into the Rider-Waite Tarot. I feel sad that the church has become the very thing that Jesus spoke out against, but then I also found the same-in-reverse in our local Pagan community; hence deciding to go my own way and find my own path to the Divine, whatever it is. Interestingly, about the tradition stuff, I was in a Morris group where it was pointed out that the centuries-old traditions we stuck to were actually only about 40 years old :D
I know this is from a year ago but, I have just started my path. It felt kinda silly because I'm in my 50's but I have felt lost about so many things lately. Anyway, I saw your comment and it made me cry with relief really. I was brought up in a Methodist church. It was never pushed on us at all but, us kids still went. Still not sure why. Married in a church, me and my kids baptized Lutheran. I never really felt it 😔 but then I left that church because of how they were treating our pastor. I just couldn't believe it. I was naive and disappointed. I was in my early 30's then and since then have never felt like I had people. Fwd to now and, I have had this feeling of energy I guess that has just been pulling and I had no idea what it was. It's really my intuition telling me something. Not sure what yet but, wanted to thank you for this comment it really spoke to me and you just made me understand what was happening to me. Thank you for this and I hope you have a beautiful day.
@@leasoundslikelee I'm so glad my comment touched you like that. That's what it's all about, finding community. I wish you good luck on your journey. Have a wonderful day, too. :)
Thank you so much for this vid. I am a germanic celic pagan witch. My deities are mother earth and father sky (as in heaven, so be it on earth) mother has always been the nurturer and father the teacher. There is so much more I can write about this vid on my practice of pagon witchcraft. Basically I vibrate at various frequencies according to situations and father guides me to the correct path as mother earth sustains me. Thanks once again. Namaste.
I love to see that the collab idea is being worked here to create community, which is wonderful to see. As a person that has always been solitary, I never wanted to join any group meeting, but I do like to interact with elders and persons actively working their craft.
Such a great practice to create sigils and place tarot cards when you are placing your intent. It reminds me a lot of the practice of pooja/ puja when you cleanse your rooms and place symbols on the wall in each room with a separate altar area. As far as the corporate and holly wood world catching on to what is emerging, it is funny because I just started noticing in my local store that they were selling Hamsa hands in jewelry and it was a chain retail store. I was like, why am I seeing Hamsa hands everywhere now on the internet and in online stores? LOL I have a necklace and one tapestry over my bed for years, and I never knew it was trendy now, smh.
I wish I knew what my path is! For a very long time I was a devout Christian, to the point of studying ministry; now I have no desire to belong to any organised religion and while I still retain my faith I also read the Tarot (which I found was another path towards the Divine). A few years ago I found myself making pumpkin soup as I'm too mean to waste something possibly edible just to make Hallowe'en decorations lol - while stirring it I had a weird profound experience, a connection with something; this is really hard to explain. The idea of kitchen witchery appeals as it's one way of combining mindfulness and a spiritual intention with something practical that will hopefully enhance daily life. I feel strong connections with spirituality and the Universe, and hope that one day all this will become clearer.
If you're still into Christian beliefs or working with Christian figures/deities while not necessarily wanting to belong to "churchianity", you should look into Christo-Paganism or Christian folk magic. Christian witches are actually a thing, believe it or not, and I started my path as a Christo-Pagan, though I now identify as Wiccan.
@@AliciaNyblade Thank you! I had looked into Christo-paganism but didn't know Christian folk magic existed. Bex's practice resonates with me in that there's no requirement to worship any deity, and I like the idea of making the everyday into a form of magickal practice; something that is easily accessible. I did look at Wicca but found it a bit too involved, and the book I have seems to involve a lot of expense on oils, incense and other ingredients ;) It's an amazing journey, whichever path you're on. BB xxx
I love so much that you had this magical experience over making pumpkin soup! Kitchen witchery is indeed a wonderful practical way to combine the magical with the mundane :) And all is a journey, so I am sure your path will become clearer and then maybe take some turns again or you will discover new things behind the bend of the road. My father is actually a catholic deacon and he always says ¨we have to find the divine in the mundane¨, which for me sounds very relatable.
very good advice! A lot of the more traditional practices I talk about in my vlogs are actually bavarian-catholic but have the strong pagan core and folk witchcraft in them. A lot of folks here practice this kind of folk witchcraft while also praying to various Saints and of course the christian god as personifications of the old pantheon. That is of course only one tiny part of that community but it is fun to look into.
@@Thewitchescookery Something I remember that occurred to me during ministry training; that if God (or the Divine spirit) is omnipotent and everywhere, then He/It/Whatever is in every blade of grass. So indeed, the divine in the mundane. I'm finding that even the most mundane household chores can be viewed as honouring our "sacred space" :) Have a blessed day. XXX
Oh ich liebe dieses Video und die tollen Gespräche ♥️🍁✨☕️📚🥰🍂🫶🏻💫 alles sehr inspirierend! Ich würde mich freuen wenn es so ein Chat nochmal geben würde hier auf dem Kanal ♥️ ganz viel liebe an alle 🥰♥️🤗✨
This is so helpful. Thank you for sharing your perspectives and practices. I found that much of what each of you shared is relevant to me. Thank you. ❤
I've only recently found your channel and must apologise for being overly fashionably late to the party! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing your chat together and it's so interesting to hear the differencies in responding and working in the pagan/withcraft way. I began as a solitary witch then very gradually my path changed over the years until I found my niche as an earth based pagan, with a deep love of prehistoric sites from archaeology and history to earth mysteries, shamanism, spirit animals and animism. Thank you very much for your insights and tips. Fab stuff! :)
Thank you beautiful ladies!!! So grateful for you all sharing your insights and experiences. It's so wonderful to learn more to guide me on this amazing path of knowledge 💚💚💚
This is the best video I've found for a beginner. I've been studying and collecting crystals and herbs for a bit now and starting to learn more and love it. Very thankful you guys did this to tell the differences and what all goes into it! 💜
I have watched this so many times and I'm still wanting to understand more with the three of you together. I love when people talk about their paths and beliefs together.
I love this video it is very validating. I have forever struggled with my Christian upbringing in believing that it was the end all be all I from a young age could sense and feel energies and would have experiences with spirits and other things or occult. I have always been interested in Egyptian deities and Buddhism was a huge thing for me as a teen I struggled to explain to my parents that I couldn’t believe there is only one way. That the whole universe has energy snd we cannot create not destroy. So I believed the energy comes in many forms from Jesus to Buddha or Horus etc. I feel less alone watching you wonderful ladies and I’m coming to terms with I have never been traditional in my beliefs or gifts and it doesn’t mean I’m damned to hell as my conservative church implied most my life. It is freeing to see these kinds of videos.
Oh I am so glad to hear that! Ever since I found Scarlets channel I knew that at some point I wanted to chat more with her about her parth :D Thank you for leaving such a lovely comment 💚😊
I am in the process of my self discovery and so very new to all of this. I have been trying to find something that would suit me, and never realized how much I have been on the fringes of these practices throughout my life. A deep fascination with the little beauties in nature, the moon, considering nature to be my church, collecting and loving crystals and their implications since I was little. However I have always had this perception of "I couldn't come into that," or "I wouldn't be accepted into that" or just not feeling like I would have the "seriousness" needed for it. But listening to you ladies speak about it and how much it can just be the intentional ways you choose to live your lives, that spells can be entirely interpretational or even if it's placebo it still gave you what you were looking for...I don't know just the relaxed energy you have with your practices and the ways you have made them for yourselves is really encouraging to me.
I discovered Wicca, witchcraft, and paganism in the 90's and love this conversation! My daughter is starting to get interested and think this video will be helpful.
Thank you so much for this video! I loved the interview, with explaining the differences, but also comparing the similarities in these lifestyles. I love watching Ella's videos, and now I will check out Scarlet's! I'm new to this path, so I haven't watched that many RUclipsrs yet. I really enjoy your videos.
An interesting conversation, was nice to get several different perspectives, especially as - given I'm an outsider and a former religious scholar - I could compare to my own ideas and understanding of history and what I imagine are often misconceptions. Neat!
Their channels are such a good source for anyone interested in those two paths ☺️ welcome to my channel - I do hope you find something that you enjoy 💚
As I still try to determine my path, I love this video. I just listened to a vlog with Scarlet and loved the simple message to not let it overwhelm you. Take your time. Thank you for putting this interview together.
I enjoyed listening to my sisters chat. I’m a Native Pagan Witch but not completely out on RUclips. I just started my channel on intentional slow living. I have posted a couple of videos of seasonal celebrations to see how it goes. Thank you for your videos.
this was wonderful, thank you! i am personally drawn to traditional/coven wicca and have been exploring the kinds of older books Ella mentioned for a while now. people my age (late 20s) tend to be more interested in solitary, eclectic and/or secular experiences, and i love hearing about how much their paths enrich their lives :) ps - ich lerne gern Deutsch und freue mich darauf, mehr über bayerische Kultur zu erfahren!
Thank you for sharing your path with us too 💚😊 Wicca is definitely not for me but I would really like to learn more about it just to know the teachings and history - I will have to check out those books at some point! Also, I am super intrigued to know warum du gerade Deutsch lernst 😁
@@ThewitchescookeryThanks for your nice reply! Es fing für mich in der Uni an... ich interessierte mich für die Geschichte meiner Familie. Jetzt hab ich ein paar deutsche Freunde, also möchte ich sie eines Tages besuchen und auf Deutsch reden :)
This question goes out to Scarlett Ravenswood. How do you perform tarot magic, is there a book on how to practice? Beautiful video, I love how we Witches, Pagans and Wiccans can come together and learn from each other. It's very interesting to see how people bring a different approach to their craft and beliefs. Love Love Love ❤️ this video. Thank you for sharing. -Blessed Be.
Great video and amazing content ladies. So interesting to watch. I'm Wiccan myself, however i find myself having a bit of all three. Wicca, Cottage Witch, and Paganism. The beauty of Wicca , Witchcraft, and Paganism is that you don't need to follow any one path. You choose to follow your heart and practice with what feels right to oneself. Unlike Christianity, that you are forced to stay away anything that's not God-like. I left my Christian roots almost two years ago.. However, ive always been attracted to the study of the occult and spirituality. And practiced spells before i ever knew what it really meant or was .But Christian upbringing kept me from exploring and following my true self. I left my Christian guilt back in my rear view mirror! Learning and practicing as a solo witch is my path for now. However, as you stated Scarlett, our paths are always changing and there is nothing wrong with that. Thank you for sharing this and bringing closer a community of witches from all over the world. It's definitely beautiful and inspiring. Blessed be
I'm so glad to see you girls chat online. Although I've never categorized my views about the universe I found this RUclips channel wanting to know more about new moon rituals and found out that I've been practicing a lot of the same fundamentals without giving it a name. Girls own your views! Also, look into quantum physics it may help you understand the nature of your spells. We're all are vibrations including Mother Earth and her plants, rocks and crystals. So our intentions are vibrations. Good luck to you all! PS When Ella talking about changing the days of her Sabbath I'd like to make a suggestion of keeping it on the same day that way all of the ceremonial vibrations go up at the same time out into the universe. It's about raising vibration. Think of it as in a traditional church when everyone prays together for someone who is sick and they recover or when they sing together and you can feel the vibration or frequencies rise. Hope that makes sense.
Loving the idea that the gods are different facets to the same cosmic gem (diamond). That's how I picture them as well. I'm studying Wicca and I generally stick to the Norse and Celtic deities. I've even had a visitation by a goddess (she took the form of Frejya) towards the beginning of my journey.
What a lovely chat! The conversation flowed so naturally from one topic to the next. Delightful! For me, what was interesting was the uniting of perspectives from the different traditions as they related to individual practices. I have, in one way or another, been witchy since I was a child and am glad for the growing air of acceptance that is now surrounding being a practitioner of magic(k). It was refreshing to hear voiced, ideologies that resonate with my own craft, too. Such a great mental sigh of "Thank goodness! I'm NOT the only one who believes this way! I guess I'm not such a big weirdo." 😆 Thank you, ladies.
I am so happy to read that you found some of your own beliefs in this! It definitely is hard to feel understood when following a path that is still so under wraps and stigmatised. So it definitely is good that people are becoming more open-minded towards it and social media and of course the internet in general does help with connecting witches too ☺️ thank you for your lovely comment 💚
Claireann, it sounds as if I am much like you. I grew up doing all kinds of "witchy" stuff. I just didn't know it. I grew up a practicing Catholic and Catholicism gets into you deep! So, most of my life I have spent trying to justify what I really believed and felt to the rhetoric I had been taught. I don't really feel like I belong exclusively into one of these categories. I don't know what I am. I just know I am not Catholic. LOL I believe we are so blessed to live in this time of internet and RUclips so we can get this information at the touch of our fingertips. That in itself is Magic to me. I am also very lucky that I have a sister who believes as I do and also my daughter so we can talk about these issues and do small celebrations together. Thank you for this great collaboration. Lots of information from three wonderful women!
@@dodiekoehler5256 What a relatable reply! 🥰 I also came up Catholic of the Eastern rite tradition and had much to “reconcile”. Although there are more ritualistic similarities than differences between this practice and that of the craft, I have left much of it behind me for traumatic and personal reasons. Thank you for taking your time to share your thoughts. I much appreciated them. If you like please connect with me via Instagram @hearth_and_besom. 🥰
This is such a wonderful video! Thanks so much, Becks :) I'm writing this comment for Ella mostly, because I grew up in Northern Hemisphere (Lithuania) and now I live in Southern Hemisphere (South Africa) for more than 15 years. Till now I haven't figured out the big celebrations as yet...so I just go with the flow (I've tried the opposite way, but it didn't stick with me)...Christmas doesn't feel like Christmas, just the spirit of it is similar. What I found really helped me was starting my garden the way I thought seasons should be directly translated in an opposite way, and then learning little nuances of differences, for example - cucumber should be a summer vegetable, but here it grows better in autumn, early winter. I found plants helped me to understand the transition between the seasons. From personal experience, it's also a little sad when most of the world is celebrating Christmas with cold weather and snow and my Christmas is mostly 35C+ next to a swimming pool. Also, what helped me to adjust to the energy of Southern Hemisphere was learning that the Moon looks completely opposite, ie - the New Moon is light on the left-hand side and not the right. When I learned that, everything about opposite poles started to make sense. I really would like to hear more views and opinions on Northern vs Southern Hemisphere and how people adjust. On the other note - I just love your videos and wait for each and everyone to come out :)
💖 I am spo happy to read that you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for taking the time and writing down your personal experience with practicing in another hemisphere / with the seasons! I absolutely love that you use gardening as a way to reconnect with the seasons where you live now and understand the natural world there - that is beautiful (and so witchy hehe).
@@Thewitchescookery Def Witchy...my favourite part of your video was about Baltic paganism and how we (the Balts) don't know we're witching by nature...we do it because this is what makes sense and what everyone does, but in a bigger world this is so witching :)
@@Thewitchescookery 🧙I've visited Bavaria once (Zalsburg surrounds), but I find it so fascinating to hear it from you how witchy Bavaria is...never before I've thought Norse is so close to Germanic
@@simonavandersandt7465 celtic, norse and germanic are super intertwined with traditions, beliefs and gods. Of course they also all have their very own things but in essence they are very similar :)
I was thinking “ wow” this is so complicated 😅…… but then again I’m a Christian, and we all know how complicated that is 😮😅. Super interesting!! Thank you so much 🙏😎
This was a great video. I have been in and out of witchcraft for 16 years. I think calling in the quarters has to do with the earths direction. The sun rises in the East and sets in the West. You can work with the elements like if it is a windy do air work. If you are near water do water magic. If you are in your garden work with the earth ect. For instance the closest ocean to me is East but West is still for that direction. Just my take on it.
I ve had a fascination with paganism and witchcraft for decades but it is only now that I am really starting to delve deeper. I bought tarot cards in my twenties but never truly understood them but a few weeks back I felt like they were calling to me and so I hunted them down from my loft. I've since bought a new set which is more pagan/ natural in design because I felt like they speak to me even more. I'm still very much at the beginning of my journey, trying to decipher my likes my dislikes... my understanding of different ideas and concepts. Like you I don't think I could necessarily believe in a diety... its more the universe and brilliance and wonderment of nature that I am truly drawn to. I have noticed that the more I listen to podcast/ videos or read I have been unknowingly practicing many of the things associated with paganism/ witchcraft and wiccan, a little from each.... and so I am coming to the conclusion that for me I will not necessarily follow a particular route... I won't necessarily tick a particular box... but I will just enjoy the ride.... with gratitude, solitude, manifestation, nature, animals, tarot/oracle and seasons. I will find my magic in the everyday and if that labels me as a witch then so be it.
Beliefs or dis-belief can be very limiting to our true and full potential. There is way to much fun to be had out there. When the synchronicities come it is so inspiring, and that is how you know you are truly connected to the divine.
I am just beginning to start my journey into Paganism and I'm looking for my path. I think I'm drawn to Celtic paganism, because I was very close to my grandmother, and she was of Scottish descent. I have the same eyes and nose that she had, so I feel like I carry her with me everywhere I go, and I would like to try to connect with more of my ancestors in that way. Wish me luck on my journey!
I totally had to google what a Bujo was 🙈 I am obviously not one of the cool kids anymore that know abreviations like that haha and yes, definately with you on the daily things that make life magical! I would love to hear if there is a witchcraft community in the Netherlands - I lived there for so long but never stumbled across anyone who practiced it.
@@Thewitchescookery I would have though someone with you love of planning would have recognized it haha! We have quite a few witches here in the Netherlands, although not really a set community. I'll admit that I am both a part of it and apart from it. I lead a coven which was part of a larger community of different covens, but after our High Priest passed we decided to go our seperate ways. There is a lot of activity on facebook, but I personally found it to be very toxic and basically ran screaming after being a part of it for just two weeks. A lot of gatekeeping, drama and fighting. It was not my place to be. We do have our own witch festival, which I haven't been to called Heksfest. Lots of us also gather on larger festivals, especially Castlefest which has an entire section of it devoted to witch- and pagan communities!
Thank you for this wonderful video. I really enjoyed it. I'm a secular non-theistic Satanist and I've been thinking about secular Paganism and how to introduce ritual elements from Paganism in my lifestyle. I'm agnostic in terms of being open to the idea of a 'universal energy' to which one can connect, but I'm not too keen on the idea that actual deities/gods exist... yet I still feel like giving this 'universal energy' and identity, but without calling it a god/goddess.
I personally work with Hekate and the Moon in their three forms. But I do call upon other forces such as the universal spirit and other deities of polytheistic pantheons (mostly greek). I see deities as parts of a whole. Since I was little I've always looked at the Moon in the sky and thought it had a soul. Even when I became an atheist around 15, the Moon stayed something "more" that I could not explain. I started to listen to this inner calling when I looked at tarot more seriously a few months ago and then I straight away ordered mine (the Mucha Tarot but I would kill for the Star Spinner one) and Moonology oracle cards. People said I had a gift for card readings and I've always connected easily to people's hearts. I then started to open this tiny door in my mind fully and started talking and listening to the Moon and the universe's will. Hekate quickly became this incarnation of my beloved Mother Moon. Now I have written two incantations, one for protection calling upon Hekate's powers and help, and another one to help plants grow by calling upon Greek rain nymphs and goddesses. I can also see the powers of astrology now thanks to new fellow spiritual friends. So I guess I can call myself a Pagan (mostly Moon) Witch. I'm kind of out of the broom closet and my mother and sister recognise my callings even though it is still shadowy to them. Love, Light and Hope for you all, beautiful beings. And thank you, dear for this video 💜🌌
In Tasmania, Australia we have a few Pagan groups/communities. The TPA Tasmanian Pagan Alliance mostly in the South. The Cackle Club in the North and Pagans of the NW. Between the three groups you can usually find some kind of event happening for Yule, Harvest, Moon rituals, crafty stuff etc.
I really appreciate what Scarlet said about Paths evolving and changing. 20-25yrs ago 8f someone had predicted my Path would reflect my Tribal Heritage I would've told them they have cracked their crystal ball.... But here I am doing just that. Been described as Wicca through a Chickasaw lens
Nice! thanks for putting this together. very informative and engaging. one thing that makes me mad is people who come along and tell me "you're not doing it right..." as if they are the expert in the practice and if I don't practice exactly the way they do, i'm somehow wrong. i'd hex them but i understand we should nurture children, not hex them, regardless of their chronological age.
I have been raised in a Christian religion and I have been disheartened by the way it's just the way it is inflexible and rigid but I think that there's more out there than just one kind of belief I would like to learn more about the position of this belief and how it works and how it can fit into my everyday life and how it could benefit me and those around me
Still finding my path, but I believe that all gods and goddesses are part of a divine energy, yet also separate (like arms and legs) if that makes sense! Sort of the way that some Christians view the trinity I suppose. Thanks for the video, very enlightening!
Really enjoyed this, although there seems to have ben little clarified around the differences between Wicca and Witchcraft and Paganism as everyone shared the same practices for the most part. I relate to all the terms and use them interchangeably.
Hi lovelies, today's video is more like a podcast and less of the usual visual piece of magick :D As we recorded this through Skype the audio and video quality is not top-notch but I do hope you will still find it to be an interesting witchy chat to listen to while folding laundry or having a relaxing cup of tea ;-) Enjoy our musings about Wicca, paganism, and witchcraft and please let us know, how you practice your craft and spirituality. What path are you currently on? 😊🌿🧙♀️
@@phillipstroll7385 Did you spell your name wrong?
Thank you. I currently love the aspects of all religions that express love. There is more in all faith that is the same, than is different. What the deities have expressed is unity, love and support for both men and women. I think political and faith leaders used spiritual leaders to secure their positions and , make humans adhere to rules and positions that were necessary to them at the time. I won’t take up space here but love talking and discussing this. All religion or faith grew out of nature and spirit. A spell focuses attention on the desired outcome, without negativity, Just like “New Age” believes and teaches. I eat mostly fruits and vegetables as our mass-produced food no longer allows the circle of life and the drugs and hormones may be the cause of some health issues. The universe and Earth have taught humanity the need for balance several times and we are now in one of those times now. We must care for our environmental and each other. We are here to love and support each other in this experience. Oh I love rocks and crystals, I hope to view that. Writing a book, on more. The spell must mean something to you. Meditation, cooking, dance, walking, writing all focus energy!, as does prayer. New Age is returning to the basics of these old faiths.yes I include Native People’s faith, they have been open and kind. The main thing is not to harm. I am fortunate to have traveled and lived in several areas, also raised by Science of Mind metaphysical Reverend and his wife, he also worked as a tree surgeon.
I'm interfaith, And just visited a Catholic church, now onto witchcraft honor and learning
This is refreshing. I was initiated just over 25 years ago and practiced traditional Craft. When I moved to a very rural isolated area, I worked more grey and nature Craft. I no longer work with deity’s but focus more on elemental energies and self energy. I cast circle and don robes when I really feel the need to focus myself on a working but mostly just work intuitively and spur of the moment. As a Grey witch, My power is my own and independent of other energy’s but willing to work with and connect with other energy.
can you interview Olivia Graves (i.e. The Witch of Wonderlust)? She's a folkwitch and death worker, so neat! I also love Tara Wild (NOT the porn star lol), who does a lot of ancestral remembrance work. It's helpful to see different paths :)
I hear a lot of witches saying “You have your whole life to learn, you don’t have to be an expert right away”… Which I NEVER would’ve heard in my church growing up. As an ex-evangelical witch of a few years now, I still find things all the time that affirm to me that I am on such a healthier and more understanding and open minded life path and it makes me feel so at peace not only with my path now but with my past and the things I was taught growing up that I don’t actually believe in or believe about myself that I am slowly but surely healing from. The pressures I put on myself to know everything right away are a trauma response and it’s okay to grow slow ❤️
same experience with me ;)
Oh wow. None of the churches I’ve gone to acted like anyone needed to be experts immediately. In fact they all say accepting Christ is only the first step. Now, that being said I applaud you for finding your own path. I am a Christian but am finding the traditional Christian path is not perhaps the correct path for me. I believe in many practices that are not accepted within the church but I am finding the church has created its own history and path to benefit their own needs.
ANYTHING takes time, no matter what you are studying. My dad died ten years ago, so I have had HALF my life to study PAGAN and I continue to learn more each day!!! 😛 🤑 😲
@@PinkieJoJo I feel the church is an institution that feeds itself and I never trusted it!
Following my own spiritual oath is like you say a balsam of healing all those wounds that unnecessary pressure caused
That may change again. As I have strayed and come back several times after feeling something else was my "true path." I was dead set on Wicca for a good 6 years after Methodist Christianity, how I was raised. Now, I am drawn to Jesus Christ so strongly but I know the world is so much bigger than the "church" can show you so I am not set in the church but Jesus is my lord and savior and witchcraft is my way of expressing and searching and seeking my spirituality in a way that most people on this earth still have not awaken to. It's all just how you want to seek your creator and the exact meaning of life. You're allowed to change your mind back and forth til your spirit will know the right way.
This was a super fun chat! So glad we connected :)
Absolutely! Thanks again for being part of this💚 Ever since I found your channel I wanted to hear more about your practice and your videos are just gold for anyone interested in Paganism 😊
Scarlet, your contemplative listening-face looks in interviews looks so different from your excited speaking facial expression in your own videos lol
@@UhtredOfBamburgh isn't she an awesome interview partner? So open and attentive 💚☺️
@@Thewitchescookery 93.
I did enjoy this connection between the beliefs and views of these people. Most people have no idea of the Witches of Old. The Witches of Old were spiritual women. They were wise women. They had long gathered knowledge of plants, herbs, roots and the application of that knowledge. Yes The Witches of Old would meditate in deep contemplation with "The Great Goddess" known to us as the Creation or The Universe. So much so they felt connected to the flowing life energy within themselves, could connect with the cosmic energy and could let this energy flow through them and have a healing effect on others. They lived a form of spirituality that had not been possible in the frozen and male-dominated structures of the church for centuries. Witches knew how to prevent or avoid pregnancy when desired. So there was knowledge - spread all over the world, by the way - of the effectiveness of certain plants which - for example, processed into tea and administered to women - prevented conception for several years. (DeMeo has also compiled interesting historical and ethnological material on this subject). Witches never aligned to any evil acts or had anything to do with a so-called devil. Never cast spells or made charms,. They were peaceful women. There was no Gods of War. All this lore comes from the church of old. Knowledge is power and power needs people to rule over. Having this knowledge of how to prevent conception was a real problem to the church of old. So they labeled them satanical, aligned with evil forces. Witches of Old were hunted down and destroyed in unmentionable ways. This knowledge was pushed underground passed from women to women of many cultures. There are those who know this but they are few and far between. This is an excellent example of the "Dark Ages". To undermine knowledge that had taken hundred's of years to acquire by these women denied the human race. The Witches of Old believed that the evolution of consciousness was the path to peace. Women bare the future of mankind, suffer the most during conflict and much unnecessary pressure's are put on women. All people are equal but women are still treated as less than equal. In the years to come women will play a much greater role bringing Peace on Earth. That is unless men destroy our home, our beautiful Earth through war which is devoid of any substance of value. This next statement should be taken into consideration. There is a danger in collecting crystals. All crystals, semi-crystals, gemstones and semi-precious stones as well as various minerals of Earth are recipients and transmitters of human emotional impulses and thought energies. Depending on their type, they store less or more of these energies, which are discharged onto their owners in a concentrated manner again and influence them to a great extent. These negative forces were created, and are further developed every second, by the tremendous negative thought energies of , which through human heresies and many negativities put the whole world under the spell of spoiling and dangerous radiations. Cleansing this negative energy can be achieved by the use of a copper pyramid. Peace through Wisdom.
I like how you take such a wonderfully neutral view on this witchcraft. Edit: I remember back in about 1996, I was talking to an online friend and she said she was Wiccan, I asked her what it was. She explained it was witchcraft. I realised then, that this was the term for what I was. I knew I was a witch back in 1988-89 and I did not know it was actually a thing. I dabbled with herbs and gardens for years, I made brooms and tools. I just knew what I was. I've explored Wicca, but ultimately I decided that I am of no actual religion, I work with energies of the sun or moon, and a lot like Scarlet, I want to know why it works. I have always said that Science is Magick that has been explained and that Magick is science yet to be understood.
I have changed my path from Wicca to being a more Eclectic Witch. Self care, finding signs in nature, cooking/eating/drinking with intent and finding meaning to life by serving my highest good are ways I practice. I loved hearing all of your perspectives! This video was quite insightful.
Thank you so much for sharing your words
This was so much fun! I loved chatting to you both 🤍🙏🏼
It was so lovely to have you on! Thanks again for joining 💚☺️
I am a male witch and have been practicing for about 30 years. Once I found RUclips I have moved my practicing to a new level. I enjoyed the talk with the two aspects and your opinions. I am now starting to teach others and these channels help greatly. Thank you for doing this great work.
Do you have any recommendations to becoming a Wiccan I'm not site where to start but I relate more with the energies and spirits l
@@WillMadeDat405 I will be glad to help you. The first step is to find resources and to dedicate oneself to the goddess and the gods.
@@WillMadeDat405i suggest you start with Raymond Buckland's 1-hour video "witchcraft yesterday and today" here on youtube. Use that as your intro.
Having come to Wicca 20 years ago, it’s refreshing to see the more open minded attitudes of the younger generation of witches. Like it or not, this is a path that is evolving to stay relevant with today’s practitioners. Even long time practitioners such as Janet Farrar, point to the changing nature of the path. This was a refreshing interview.
I’m a secular and hereditary witch. It’s handed down from my mother and her grandmother. She gave me wise woman foundations and encouraged my searching for the balance that works for me. My focus is based in herbal knowledge and experimentation. My spiritual focus is somewhat Shinto with the understanding that everything is alive and has a fundamental energy, spirit, Kami; including myself. In this context everything and everyone is from the same origin either on a quantum level of fundamental wave functions or I simply experience having a conscious sense of respect and compassion that brings everything together.
I love how everyone is so open and not gatekeeping at all. 👍💕 toller video!! Sehr informativ.
That is definitely part of why I choose those two :) it is so important to share knowledge and keep the door open for anyone interested in either of those paths 💕 liebe Grüße
"Syncrinicity" is how I know things in this reality are more than than what they seem.
I like the fact that a witch can choose their own path. I'm a spiritual person and like to meditate and interact with spirit, especially during a full moon.
Although coming from a religious background, I was always drawn towards mediums and sitting in a circle communicating with spirit, which is considered a big no no by religion.
Thankfully I have evolved beyond narrow minded religion. It's great to listen to and interact with other types of witches.
There's an interesting number of saints that are probably pagan in origin that you could look into.
I really appreciatethis a lot. I'm an atheist, born in a christian home and always had an interest in things more geared towards the craft, but more because the aethestics caught my eye. My first comic I made as a kid was about witches but as I grew up, I couldn't possibly think of venturing towards learning about it due to my parents being highly against it. Now that I'm 29 and living on my own, I'm able to at least research these things just for fun :> I was super scared that being a non-spiritual person who just has an interest in learning about paganism, wicca, and witchcraft because I thought they looked cool, I'd be frowned upon. But this video helped me feel less like I was doing it for trends and more just because I'm drawn to it. I have no idea if I'll ever practice witchcraft in the future. If anything, I just wanna learn as much as possible about it and make stories based on these things to express my love for it in general
As you study these things you will be opening yourself to deceptive demonic dieties coming as "light". Please do not allow yourself to be deceived.
Everyone uses magic every day and hardly anyone realizes it. ❤
You learn spelling when you are a child. To spell a word you are using magic.
Radio and TV use broad(band) casting to cast spells on the world.
Learn etymology and you will see the world for what it truly is. ❤
This was a very interesting video. I personally mostly work with the elements and Hecate.
I am glad you enjotyed it! And thank you for sharing more about how you practice too 💚😊
For me, Paganism and the practices I use is a tool for me to expand my consciousness & creativity, to better myself emotionally, mentally & physically, to cook intuitively, to heal my damages, to make myself a better person, to actualize my goals, to find fulfillment in my life and to explore who I am.
This is gonna be a long post because this video covered so much!
Listening to this chat was such a lovely way to spend an afternoon. I love how everyone was just open to talk, no sense of gatekeeping or any of that nonsense. This is exactly what conversations between various Pagans should be like.
As for me, I started my path as a Christo-Pagan because I'd grown up with Christianity and therefore was used to its figures and traditions, so I simply incorporated them into a more outwardly Pagan path, with Jesus/the Christ representing the Divine Masculine and Mary Magdalene the Divine Feminine. As I continued on my path, however, I felt more drawn to nature-centered practices and deities. I now label my path as Wiccan and the two main ones I work with now are Cernunnos (Celtic antlered god of the forest) and Freya, though other deities such as Odin and Dionysus will occasionally appear or I'll invite them in depending on what I'm working on or at which time of year. I also think that, while there's nothing wrong with working with specific deities if someone chooses to, "the Goddess and God" are such vast, primal, and universal forces/energies/figures that the closest us humans will come to understanding them is if we recognize first and foremost the archetypes they can represent rather than trying to pin them down into specific traditions or only having particular names/faces. It's a case of, "Sure, you can enjoy your neck of the woods and what it means to you, but if you get so wrapped up in it you can't see the forest for the trees, you're missing the point."
As for how I practice, I'm mostly solitary and haven't been initiated into a coven, but I'd very much like to find a physical group to participate in (once it's safe to do so, of course; I'm in California and, as of March 2021, we're still advised to stay mostly at home). I practice magic through little daily things and am really into kitchen witchery (I was practicing magical cooking before I even knew it had a name; my mom, grandma, and aunts always taught me to put love and care into food). I'd also love to learn more about herbs/herb magic, charms, etc.
Problems in the Pagan community?
Like Scarlet said, Norse Paganism is being infiltrated by white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, and similarly-minded nasty people, so that's a big issue. It's the main thing that has kept me from looking into Norse Paganism even though I have Swedish ancestry: I'll start looking it up and come across a source that seems nice, then it takes a turn into Racistville and I get discouraged.
I also get frustrated with "Reconstructionist" Pagans turning up their noses at people they deem "fluffy bunnies". Yes, historical research is important, but the idea that one tradition is better than the other because it's "more accurate/older" is ridiculous. Let's face it, we don't have ALL the records we need to perfectly recreate historical paganism, and some of its practices should rightfully be left in the past, like animal sacrifice. As long as people aren't hurting others with their path or culturally appropriating another tradition's traditions, let people do what feels right to them.
And as for Wicca now being trendy, personally I'd rather weed through the "witches for a week" than have to go back to the days where witchcraft/Wicca was so taboo people had to be in the broom closet about it.
That's me and my path. :)
Yes! Having watched several videos on the persecution of people for witchcraft, whether true or not, in our history, we're fortunate to live in more enlightened times (although I do think many countries have a lot of catching-up to do :( ) My take on God, after studying for ministry, was that of a truly omnipotent "power", the source of all Creation, and the accumulation of all that was, and is, and is to come. Rather than a patriarchal figure on a throne. My best-loved views of the Divine are the ones from Ezekiel where he had his vision, some of the imagery being incorporated into the Rider-Waite Tarot. I feel sad that the church has become the very thing that Jesus spoke out against, but then I also found the same-in-reverse in our local Pagan community; hence deciding to go my own way and find my own path to the Divine, whatever it is. Interestingly, about the tradition stuff, I was in a Morris group where it was pointed out that the centuries-old traditions we stuck to were actually only about 40 years old :D
I know this is from a year ago but, I have just started my path. It felt kinda silly because I'm in my 50's but I have felt lost about so many things lately. Anyway, I saw your comment and it made me cry with relief really. I was brought up in a Methodist church. It was never pushed on us at all but, us kids still went. Still not sure why. Married in a church, me and my kids baptized Lutheran. I never really felt it 😔 but then I left that church because of how they were treating our pastor. I just couldn't believe it. I was naive and disappointed. I was in my early 30's then and since then have never felt like I had people. Fwd to now and, I have had this feeling of energy I guess that has just been pulling and I had no idea what it was. It's really my intuition telling me something. Not sure what yet but, wanted to thank you for this comment it really spoke to me and you just made me understand what was happening to me. Thank you for this and I hope you have a beautiful day.
@@leasoundslikelee I'm so glad my comment touched you like that. That's what it's all about, finding community. I wish you good luck on your journey. Have a wonderful day, too. :)
Thank you so much for this vid. I am a germanic celic pagan witch. My deities are mother earth and father sky (as in heaven, so be it on earth) mother has always been the nurturer and father the teacher. There is so much more I can write about this vid on my practice of pagon witchcraft. Basically I vibrate at various frequencies according to situations and father guides me to the correct path as mother earth sustains me. Thanks once again. Namaste.
I love to see that the collab idea is being worked here to create community, which is wonderful to see. As a person that has always been solitary, I never wanted to join any group meeting, but I do like to interact with elders and persons actively working their craft.
Such a great practice to create sigils and place tarot cards when you are placing your intent. It reminds me a lot of the practice of pooja/ puja when you cleanse your rooms and place symbols on the wall in each room with a separate altar area. As far as the corporate and holly wood world catching on to what is emerging, it is funny because I just started noticing in my local store that they were selling Hamsa hands in jewelry and it was a chain retail store. I was like, why am I seeing Hamsa hands everywhere now on the internet and in online stores? LOL I have a necklace and one tapestry over my bed for years, and I never knew it was trendy now, smh.
I wish I knew what my path is! For a very long time I was a devout Christian, to the point of studying ministry; now I have no desire to belong to any organised religion and while I still retain my faith I also read the Tarot (which I found was another path towards the Divine). A few years ago I found myself making pumpkin soup as I'm too mean to waste something possibly edible just to make Hallowe'en decorations lol - while stirring it I had a weird profound experience, a connection with something; this is really hard to explain. The idea of kitchen witchery appeals as it's one way of combining mindfulness and a spiritual intention with something practical that will hopefully enhance daily life. I feel strong connections with spirituality and the Universe, and hope that one day all this will become clearer.
If you're still into Christian beliefs or working with Christian figures/deities while not necessarily wanting to belong to "churchianity", you should look into Christo-Paganism or Christian folk magic. Christian witches are actually a thing, believe it or not, and I started my path as a Christo-Pagan, though I now identify as Wiccan.
@@AliciaNyblade Thank you! I had looked into Christo-paganism but didn't know Christian folk magic existed. Bex's practice resonates with me in that there's no requirement to worship any deity, and I like the idea of making the everyday into a form of magickal practice; something that is easily accessible. I did look at Wicca but found it a bit too involved, and the book I have seems to involve a lot of expense on oils, incense and other ingredients ;) It's an amazing journey, whichever path you're on. BB xxx
I love so much that you had this magical experience over making pumpkin soup! Kitchen witchery is indeed a wonderful practical way to combine the magical with the mundane :) And all is a journey, so I am sure your path will become clearer and then maybe take some turns again or you will discover new things behind the bend of the road. My father is actually a catholic deacon and he always says ¨we have to find the divine in the mundane¨, which for me sounds very relatable.
very good advice! A lot of the more traditional practices I talk about in my vlogs are actually bavarian-catholic but have the strong pagan core and folk witchcraft in them. A lot of folks here practice this kind of folk witchcraft while also praying to various Saints and of course the christian god as personifications of the old pantheon. That is of course only one tiny part of that community but it is fun to look into.
@@Thewitchescookery Something I remember that occurred to me during ministry training; that if God (or the Divine spirit) is omnipotent and everywhere, then He/It/Whatever is in every blade of grass. So indeed, the divine in the mundane. I'm finding that even the most mundane household chores can be viewed as honouring our "sacred space" :) Have a blessed day. XXX
Oh ich liebe dieses Video und die tollen Gespräche ♥️🍁✨☕️📚🥰🍂🫶🏻💫 alles sehr inspirierend! Ich würde mich freuen wenn es so ein Chat nochmal geben würde hier auf dem Kanal ♥️ ganz viel liebe an alle 🥰♥️🤗✨
New to ALL of this but so committed to learning so much more. So happy I stumbled upon your pages. Looking forward to learning all I can. 🙏💖
This is so helpful. Thank you for sharing your perspectives and practices. I found that much of what each of you shared is relevant to me. Thank you. ❤
The part about calling in the elements based on local geography resonates with me SO MUCH MORE!!! Totally using this in the future!
Fascinating to hear the contrasts and common ground here. Lovely open discussion, thank you ladies.
I've only recently found your channel and must apologise for being overly fashionably late to the party! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing your chat together and it's so interesting to hear the differencies in responding and working in the pagan/withcraft way. I began as a solitary witch then very gradually my path changed over the years until I found my niche as an earth based pagan, with a deep love of prehistoric sites from archaeology and history to earth mysteries, shamanism, spirit animals and animism. Thank you very much for your insights and tips. Fab stuff! :)
Thank you beautiful ladies!!! So grateful for you all sharing your insights and experiences. It's so wonderful to learn more to guide me on this amazing path of knowledge 💚💚💚
Such a great listen! Thank you so much for sharing. 🌟
So glad your enjoyed it ☺️
I really enjoyed this chat, thank you ladies
So glad to hear 😊💚🌼
This is the best video I've found for a beginner. I've been studying and collecting crystals and herbs for a bit now and starting to learn more and love it. Very thankful you guys did this to tell the differences and what all goes into it! 💜
Oh, I loved this so much and relate to a lot of it. Thank you to all!
So happy to hear! 🙂✨
I have watched this so many times and I'm still wanting to understand more with the three of you together. I love when people talk about their paths and beliefs together.
I've certainly learned a lot watching this fabulous interview and forum Bex and I'm sure that a lot of other people will too!!!!
Oh thank you - I do hope it is helpful for people starting out 😊💚
I love this video it is very validating. I have forever struggled with my Christian upbringing in believing that it was the end all be all I from a young age could sense and feel energies and would have experiences with spirits and other things or occult. I have always been interested in Egyptian deities and Buddhism was a huge thing for me as a teen I struggled to explain to my parents that I couldn’t believe there is only one way. That the whole universe has energy snd we cannot create not destroy. So I believed the energy comes in many forms from Jesus to Buddha or Horus etc. I feel less alone watching you wonderful ladies and I’m coming to terms with I have never been traditional in my beliefs or gifts and it doesn’t mean I’m damned to hell as my conservative church implied most my life. It is freeing to see these kinds of videos.
I love the way you put this together. Excellent comparative.
Thank you so much ☺️
I love that you made a meeting/interview video with other witches.
Awesome. Please make more.
So happy to hear - there are definitely more witch chats planned in the future 🙂
My 2 favorite witches in one video You & Scarlet!! Amazing! Thank you so much for making it, also nice questions and topics.
Oh I am so glad to hear that! Ever since I found Scarlets channel I knew that at some point I wanted to chat more with her about her parth :D Thank you for leaving such a lovely comment 💚😊
This was well done! Enjoyed watching the chat and learning more.
I am so glad 🙂
I am in the process of my self discovery and so very new to all of this. I have been trying to find something that would suit me, and never realized how much I have been on the fringes of these practices throughout my life. A deep fascination with the little beauties in nature, the moon, considering nature to be my church, collecting and loving crystals and their implications since I was little. However I have always had this perception of "I couldn't come into that," or "I wouldn't be accepted into that" or just not feeling like I would have the "seriousness" needed for it. But listening to you ladies speak about it and how much it can just be the intentional ways you choose to live your lives, that spells can be entirely interpretational or even if it's placebo it still gave you what you were looking for...I don't know just the relaxed energy you have with your practices and the ways you have made them for yourselves is really encouraging to me.
What’s beautiful about this video is the ability of three different paths able to talk and respect each perspective.
I discovered Wicca, witchcraft, and paganism in the 90's and love this conversation! My daughter is starting to get interested and think this video will be helpful.
Thank you so much for this video! I loved the interview, with explaining the differences, but also comparing the similarities in these lifestyles. I love watching Ella's videos, and now I will check out Scarlet's! I'm new to this path, so I haven't watched that many RUclipsrs yet. I really enjoy your videos.
So glad to hear that! ☺️✨ And wishing you much success, fun experiences and discoveries on your path
Thank you all so much for coming together and sharing this information 🙏🏻💜
☺️ I am happy to hear you enjoyed it 💚
An interesting conversation, was nice to get several different perspectives, especially as - given I'm an outsider and a former religious scholar - I could compare to my own ideas and understanding of history and what I imagine are often misconceptions. Neat!
Thank you to all three of you and your teams for posting. This video is very informative! Love, light. Peace and joy to everyone.
this was such a nice video, thank you for making
So glad you enjoyed it ☺️💚
Omg I love Scarlet and Ella. Both of them of lovely and very knowledgeable. I just subscribed to your channel. I loved the video.
Their channels are such a good source for anyone interested in those two paths ☺️ welcome to my channel - I do hope you find something that you enjoy 💚
Your vids are so cozy. Your space feels super country cottage on a rainy afternoon with a roaring fire as rain falls on the fields. Lovely
Wow, Ella has a super cozy space too. Fire and warmth matter.
As I still try to determine my path, I love this video. I just listened to a vlog with Scarlet and loved the simple message to not let it overwhelm you. Take your time. Thank you for putting this interview together.
Thank you - I am so glad to hear you enjoyed this! ☺️💚
Very well done Video, Three Beautiful Witches all at 1 time,How great is this, Blessed Be my Ladies.
I enjoyed listening to my sisters chat. I’m a Native Pagan Witch but not completely out on RUclips. I just started my channel on intentional slow living. I have posted a couple of videos of seasonal celebrations to see how it goes. Thank you for your videos.
You are not a pagan. This is some faux roleplay "paganism". Catholics are more pagan than this fake atheistic garbage.
Excellent interview! Ella's, the 2023 Witches' Diary Southern Hemisphere may be helpful in sorting out the seasons and Sabbats.
this was wonderful, thank you! i am personally drawn to traditional/coven wicca and have been exploring the kinds of older books Ella mentioned for a while now. people my age (late 20s) tend to be more interested in solitary, eclectic and/or secular experiences, and i love hearing about how much their paths enrich their lives :)
ps - ich lerne gern Deutsch und freue mich darauf, mehr über bayerische Kultur zu erfahren!
Thank you for sharing your path with us too 💚😊 Wicca is definitely not for me but I would really like to learn more about it just to know the teachings and history - I will have to check out those books at some point! Also, I am super intrigued to know warum du gerade Deutsch lernst 😁
@@ThewitchescookeryThanks for your nice reply! Es fing für mich in der Uni an... ich interessierte mich für die Geschichte meiner Familie. Jetzt hab ich ein paar deutsche Freunde, also möchte ich sie eines Tages besuchen und auf Deutsch reden :)
This question goes out to Scarlett Ravenswood. How do you perform tarot magic, is there a book on how to practice? Beautiful video, I love how we Witches, Pagans and Wiccans can come together and learn from each other. It's very interesting to see how people bring a different approach to their craft and beliefs. Love Love Love ❤️ this video. Thank you for sharing. -Blessed Be.
Great video and amazing content ladies. So interesting to watch. I'm Wiccan myself, however i find myself having a bit of all three. Wicca, Cottage Witch, and Paganism. The beauty of Wicca , Witchcraft, and Paganism is that you don't need to follow any one path. You choose to follow your heart and practice with what feels right to oneself. Unlike Christianity, that you are forced to stay away anything that's not God-like. I left my Christian roots almost two years ago.. However, ive always been attracted to the study of the occult and spirituality. And practiced spells before i ever knew what it really meant or was .But Christian upbringing kept me from exploring and following my true self. I left my Christian guilt back in my rear view mirror! Learning and practicing as a solo witch is my path for now. However, as you stated Scarlett, our paths are always changing and there is nothing wrong with that. Thank you for sharing this and bringing closer a community of witches from all over the world. It's definitely beautiful and inspiring. Blessed be
I've been a practicing Pagan Wiccan for 17 years, I'm glad I found this channel )O( ❤️
I'm so glad to see you girls chat online. Although I've never categorized my views about the universe I found this RUclips channel wanting to know more about new moon rituals and found out that I've been practicing a lot of the same fundamentals without giving it a name. Girls own your views! Also, look into quantum physics it may help you understand the nature of your spells. We're all are vibrations including Mother Earth and her plants, rocks and crystals. So our intentions are vibrations. Good luck to you all!
PS When Ella talking about changing the days of her Sabbath I'd like to make a suggestion of keeping it on the same day that way all of the ceremonial vibrations go up at the same time out into the universe. It's about raising vibration. Think of it as in a traditional church when everyone prays together for someone who is sick and they recover or when they sing together and you can feel the vibration or frequencies rise. Hope that makes sense.
Loving the idea that the gods are different facets to the same cosmic gem (diamond). That's how I picture them as well. I'm studying Wicca and I generally stick to the Norse and Celtic deities. I've even had a visitation by a goddess (she took the form of Frejya) towards the beginning of my journey.
Its true we are losing touch with everything, ourselves, spirits, and the ancient ways.
This was a great video ❤️
This was such a great video!
Thank you - I am so glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Wiccan here. I enjoyed this interview. Blessed be
What a lovely chat! The conversation flowed so naturally from one topic to the next. Delightful! For me, what was interesting was the uniting of perspectives from the different traditions as they related to individual practices. I have, in one way or another, been witchy since I was a child and am glad for the growing air of acceptance that is now surrounding being a practitioner of magic(k). It was refreshing to hear voiced, ideologies that resonate with my own craft, too. Such a great mental sigh of "Thank goodness! I'm NOT the only one who believes this way! I guess I'm not such a big weirdo." 😆 Thank you, ladies.
I am so happy to read that you found some of your own beliefs in this! It definitely is hard to feel understood when following a path that is still so under wraps and stigmatised. So it definitely is good that people are becoming more open-minded towards it and social media and of course the internet in general does help with connecting witches too ☺️ thank you for your lovely comment 💚
Claireann, it sounds as if I am much like you. I grew up doing all kinds of "witchy" stuff. I just didn't know it. I grew up a practicing Catholic and Catholicism gets into you deep! So, most of my life I have spent trying to justify what I really believed and felt to the rhetoric I had been taught.
I don't really feel like I belong exclusively into one of these categories. I don't know what I am. I just know I am not Catholic. LOL
I believe we are so blessed to live in this time of internet and RUclips so we can get this information at the touch of our fingertips. That in itself is Magic to me. I am also very lucky that I have a sister who believes as I do and also my daughter so we can talk about these issues and do small celebrations together.
Thank you for this great collaboration. Lots of information from three wonderful women!
@@dodiekoehler5256 What a relatable reply! 🥰 I also came up Catholic of the Eastern rite tradition and had much to “reconcile”. Although there are more ritualistic similarities than differences between this practice and that of the craft, I have left much of it behind me for traumatic and personal reasons. Thank you for taking your time to share your thoughts. I much appreciated them. If you like please connect with me via Instagram @hearth_and_besom. 🥰
Great show, very interesting perspectives
This is such a wonderful video! Thanks so much, Becks :) I'm writing this comment for Ella mostly, because I grew up in Northern Hemisphere (Lithuania) and now I live in Southern Hemisphere (South Africa) for more than 15 years. Till now I haven't figured out the big celebrations as yet...so I just go with the flow (I've tried the opposite way, but it didn't stick with me)...Christmas doesn't feel like Christmas, just the spirit of it is similar. What I found really helped me was starting my garden the way I thought seasons should be directly translated in an opposite way, and then learning little nuances of differences, for example - cucumber should be a summer vegetable, but here it grows better in autumn, early winter. I found plants helped me to understand the transition between the seasons. From personal experience, it's also a little sad when most of the world is celebrating Christmas with cold weather and snow and my Christmas is mostly 35C+ next to a swimming pool. Also, what helped me to adjust to the energy of Southern Hemisphere was learning that the Moon looks completely opposite, ie - the New Moon is light on the left-hand side and not the right. When I learned that, everything about opposite poles started to make sense. I really would like to hear more views and opinions on Northern vs Southern Hemisphere and how people adjust. On the other note - I just love your videos and wait for each and everyone to come out :)
💖 I am spo happy to read that you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for taking the time and writing down your personal experience with practicing in another hemisphere / with the seasons! I absolutely love that you use gardening as a way to reconnect with the seasons where you live now and understand the natural world there - that is beautiful (and so witchy hehe).
@@Thewitchescookery Def Witchy...my favourite part of your video was about Baltic paganism and how we (the Balts) don't know we're witching by nature...we do it because this is what makes sense and what everyone does, but in a bigger world this is so witching :)
@@simonavandersandt7465 I find it so beautiful that all the old knowledge and wisdom is still so ingrained in the people of the Baltics 😍
@@Thewitchescookery 🧙I've visited Bavaria once (Zalsburg surrounds), but I find it so fascinating to hear it from you how witchy Bavaria is...never before I've thought Norse is so close to Germanic
@@simonavandersandt7465 celtic, norse and germanic are super intertwined with traditions, beliefs and gods. Of course they also all have their very own things but in essence they are very similar :)
Thank you for this video ! Three beautiful women talking about subject I love and want to learn more!
As usual, I’m late to the party. However, I found this video very informative so thank you!!
I was thinking “ wow” this is so complicated 😅…… but then again I’m a Christian, and we all know how complicated that is 😮😅. Super interesting!! Thank you so much 🙏😎
This was a great video. I have been in and out of witchcraft for 16 years. I think calling in the quarters has to do with the earths direction. The sun rises in the East and sets in the West. You can work with the elements like if it is a windy do air work. If you are near water do water magic. If you are in your garden work with the earth ect. For instance the closest ocean to me is East but West is still for that direction. Just my take on it.
I ve had a fascination with paganism and witchcraft for decades but it is only now that I am really starting to delve deeper. I bought tarot cards in my twenties but never truly understood them but a few weeks back I felt like they were calling to me and so I hunted them down from my loft. I've since bought a new set which is more pagan/ natural in design because I felt like they speak to me even more. I'm still very much at the beginning of my journey, trying to decipher my likes my dislikes... my understanding of different ideas and concepts. Like you I don't think I could necessarily believe in a diety... its more the universe and brilliance and wonderment of nature that I am truly drawn to. I have noticed that the more I listen to podcast/ videos or read I have been unknowingly practicing many of the things associated with paganism/ witchcraft and wiccan, a little from each.... and so I am coming to the conclusion that for me I will not necessarily follow a particular route... I won't necessarily tick a particular box... but I will just enjoy the ride.... with gratitude, solitude, manifestation, nature, animals, tarot/oracle and seasons. I will find my magic in the everyday and if that labels me as a witch then so be it.
Beliefs or dis-belief can be very limiting to our true and full potential. There is way to much fun to be had out there. When the synchronicities come it is so inspiring, and that is how you know you are truly connected to the divine.
Absolutely true ☺️💚
I absolutely love the diamond analogy - I see it as “the universe” with different energies all in the one realm :)
I liked this video and the different perspectives into the witching world.
So happy to hear ☺️
I am just beginning to start my journey into Paganism and I'm looking for my path. I think I'm drawn to Celtic paganism, because I was very close to my grandmother, and she was of Scottish descent. I have the same eyes and nose that she had, so I feel like I carry her with me everywhere I go, and I would like to try to connect with more of my ancestors in that way. Wish me luck on my journey!
Good luck
Super much information ☺
Great video 🥰🙇♂️
Lovely interview to listen to while setting up my bujo for next month
I totally had to google what a Bujo was 🙈 I am obviously not one of the cool kids anymore that know abreviations like that haha and yes, definately with you on the daily things that make life magical! I would love to hear if there is a witchcraft community in the Netherlands - I lived there for so long but never stumbled across anyone who practiced it.
@@Thewitchescookery I would have though someone with you love of planning would have recognized it haha!
We have quite a few witches here in the Netherlands, although not really a set community. I'll admit that I am both a part of it and apart from it. I lead a coven which was part of a larger community of different covens, but after our High Priest passed we decided to go our seperate ways. There is a lot of activity on facebook, but I personally found it to be very toxic and basically ran screaming after being a part of it for just two weeks. A lot of gatekeeping, drama and fighting. It was not my place to be. We do have our own witch festival, which I haven't been to called Heksfest. Lots of us also gather on larger festivals, especially Castlefest which has an entire section of it devoted to witch- and pagan communities!
Love it!! Thank you!
Wonderful magical ladies! Happy Litha!
A happy Litha to you too 💛
The diamond analogy is from Cunningham's "living wicca". I loved it too
I found this channel today! Now I follow all three!
Thank you for this wonderful video. I really enjoyed it. I'm a secular non-theistic Satanist and I've been thinking about secular Paganism and how to introduce ritual elements from Paganism in my lifestyle. I'm agnostic in terms of being open to the idea of a 'universal energy' to which one can connect, but I'm not too keen on the idea that actual deities/gods exist... yet I still feel like giving this 'universal energy' and identity, but without calling it a god/goddess.
Wonderful interview!
Thanks so much ☺️
I personally work with Hekate and the Moon in their three forms. But I do call upon other forces such as the universal spirit and other deities of polytheistic pantheons (mostly greek). I see deities as parts of a whole.
Since I was little I've always looked at the Moon in the sky and thought it had a soul. Even when I became an atheist around 15, the Moon stayed something "more" that I could not explain.
I started to listen to this inner calling when I looked at tarot more seriously a few months ago and then I straight away ordered mine (the Mucha Tarot but I would kill for the Star Spinner one) and Moonology oracle cards. People said I had a gift for card readings and I've always connected easily to people's hearts. I then started to open this tiny door in my mind fully and started talking and listening to the Moon and the universe's will. Hekate quickly became this incarnation of my beloved Mother Moon. Now I have written two incantations, one for protection calling upon Hekate's powers and help, and another one to help plants grow by calling upon Greek rain nymphs and goddesses.
I can also see the powers of astrology now thanks to new fellow spiritual friends.
So I guess I can call myself a Pagan (mostly Moon) Witch. I'm kind of out of the broom closet and my mother and sister recognise my callings even though it is still shadowy to them. Love, Light and Hope for you all, beautiful beings. And thank you, dear for this video 💜🌌
💙 you are all so similar, I love that…it’s like 3 different paths that lead to the same place
The diamond facets is the same way I described it to my friends like 20 years ago I love it
In Tasmania, Australia we have a few Pagan groups/communities. The TPA Tasmanian Pagan Alliance mostly in the South. The Cackle Club in the North and Pagans of the NW. Between the three groups you can usually find some kind of event happening for Yule, Harvest, Moon rituals, crafty stuff etc.
Thank you love bug for the Audio.
I really appreciate what Scarlet said about Paths evolving and changing. 20-25yrs ago 8f someone had predicted my Path would reflect my Tribal Heritage I would've told them they have cracked their crystal ball.... But here I am doing just that.
Been described as Wicca through a Chickasaw lens
Just had this on while making bread to celebrate Lammas, it was like three women chatting with me. Thank you lovelies. Go lightly. X
Oh that's lovely that we where part of your Lammas kitchen witchin' 😄🧡✨ hope you had a beautiful celebration!
JESUS IS LORD OVER ALL! KING OF KINGS & LORD OF LORDS!
great video! Thank you
Very interesting! I incorporate all 3 in my practice as well. I keep my circle small so I'm not involved in a coven as of yet. I'm a loner witch lol
Nice! thanks for putting this together. very informative and engaging. one thing that makes me mad is people who come along and tell me "you're not doing it right..." as if they are the expert in the practice and if I don't practice exactly the way they do, i'm somehow wrong. i'd hex them but i understand we should nurture children, not hex them, regardless of their chronological age.
Oh I feel you haha all the gatekeepers that think their way is the only true one. I get at least 3 comments a day on my videos from people like that 🙄
This was fun getting to know y’all. Felt like I was apart of the discussion
Oh that is lovely ☺️💚
I have been raised in a Christian religion and I have been disheartened by the way it's just the way it is inflexible and rigid but I think that there's more out there than just one kind of belief I would like to learn more about the position of this belief and how it works and how it can fit into my everyday life and how it could benefit me and those around me
you are so inspiring ❤️ 💗
Thank you for mentioning the Goddess. She is working through you. Hail.
I'm a Dr. of Anthropology and also a witch! :) I now live on a tiny island in the Mexican Caribbean, where the Goddess Ixchel is worshipped.
The “Diamond “ analogy is in Christopher Penczak’s book The Inner Temple of Witchcraft or The Outer Temple of Witchcraft. Hope this helps.
Still finding my path, but I believe that all gods and goddesses are part of a divine energy, yet also separate (like arms and legs) if that makes sense! Sort of the way that some Christians view the trinity I suppose. Thanks for the video, very enlightening!
I love that way of looking at it! Thanks for sharing ☺️🧡
I absolutely enjoyed this video. Would like to share about witchcraft in my country, Denmark ♡☆♡☆♡
Really enjoyed this, although there seems to have ben little clarified around the differences between Wicca and Witchcraft and Paganism as everyone shared the same practices for the most part. I relate to all the terms and use them interchangeably.
I think I recall first hearing the diamond facets analogy from the writing of Silver Ravenwolf
Interesting to know! I actually never read Silver Ravenwolf myself ☺️