Hi Laura, Just found you channel! My wife and I live aboard our boat, an ocean voyaging sailboat, and we can understand life which never quits moving, often confined to very small spaces! My spiritual path - my wife is a devout Episcopalian, but we respect one another's practices - is quite similar to yours. I've been interested in The Craft since I was 10 years old or so, (I'm in my 60's now!) and have always known I was Pagan, as nature and all living and natural things have always been sacred space for me. It is in the last 15 years or so that I've felt the witchy pull quite strongly. I am now settling on a path. Anyway, glad to have found you! Cheers!
Love the way that you gave read it from being a child, encoded it permanently in your mind and that's the way it should and will stay to have the full felt meaning of the word 😊
I love celebrating all of them to be honest, imbolc in particular is a great one , it helps gets me through my least favourite time of the year, I usually start with cleaning/ cleansing the house, treating my self to some spring timey flowers and making brigid dolls with my daughters as well as a bit of baking any excuse to eat really 😁 xx
I love the Sabbats - it always seems that the wheel makes a magical chunky turn very close to the given dates. They're all well worth celebrating 💐🕯️🥞 🥰
Hi Laura, Once again you share some valuable information that came across sincere and honest. You have such a gentle soul Laura, look after it and May Moon. Mark Alberta, Canada
I love watching your videos whether it is your boat life or Speaking about Paganism ... Being in the Southern Hemisphere I do celebrate the Sabbats in it's Season ... I am loving using the different Seasons of the Witch Oracles , not all of the Sabbats yet being published. Thank you for sharing.
This is one reason I added the disclaimer in the caption - these festivals definitely don’t make seasonal sense for a large part of the world and I think we should all take and use what resonates and don’t worry too much about doing it “right”. Thank you for watching 🧡
Good evening Laura! After my rather long reply to another post, I just wanted to say thanks for saying that there should be no problem with the way anyone pronounces the Pagan celebrations! You pronounced the Halloween ceremony as 'Soween' (at least that's how it sounds to me?) but I have always thought of it as it is spelled 'Sam-hain'! I know how others say it, but in my own head, it will always be Sam-hain! 😄
I absolutely love your pagan videos. It's so lovely to know I'm not the only one who pronounces Samhain like that 😄. I really struggle to say it the "correct way" and I had a conversation last year with the lovely lady who owns my favourite crystal shop and we just decided we were calling it Sam-hane regardless of what the gatekeepers think 😜✨
Haha brilliant! My brain will always say Sam-hane - it’s just stuck like that! Thank you for watching, this channel will be a lot more witchy from here ✨
To native Irish or Scots Gaelic ears though, Sam hane just sounds either like someone’s name, or just meaningless nonsense. If Gaelic orthography is difficult for you, why not just use Hallowe’en? I’m no gatekeeper, but I do speak Scots Gaelic and don’t have any problem with folk using Gaelic words or terminologies for a bit of Celtic glamour in whatever context.. shop names, online businesses etc. However, I don’t think it’s too much to ask that folk at least have a reasonable stab at pronouncing them, instead of trying to crowbar English language orthographic conventions onto Gaelic words, and thus, rendering them meaningless word salads. If I pronounced, say Tewkesbury as “ Teh-weks -burry “ or the “Ch” in Christmas as it’s pronounced in Cherry or Tired as “Tie-red”, I’d struggle to be understood. There’s a ton of sound files online these days…eg; Twitter has “@the Scots Gaelic for “ account…it even has the Gaelic word for Witch!
Hi Laura, hope you're doing well my dear. Really enjoying following you on your journey. Just wanted to say all the best for spring, may you have good experiences and meet wonderful people on your journey. You're a very interesting person. Love to have a coffee n a conversation with you one day. Maybe we'll bump into each other on life's path one day down the road. Who knows maybe. By the way I'm a Christian. But I'm easy going, don't judge people for their beliefs. People have to find their own way in things. Bless you , you take care. ✌️😁
Apologies for replying on this, but I just wanted to add something from my own upbringing. I was bought up ostensibly a Christian. However, when I asked my mother what religion we were (after being asked by my scout leader!) my mum laughed, and said "Well, I have tried most of them (Christian that is!) and couldn't find one that suited me!" I think that my personal beliefs come from her, as I am open and understand to everyones beliefs - I go by the general feelings that, if it harms no-one, do what you will! 😊 (I feel most drawn to Norse paganism mixed with 'witchy'! 😁)
@@PaulB-justme yeah don't worry about it. Don't have to apologize for replying. I get what you're saying though. Everyone had to find their own in life.
I think the pagan year would have had 13 month in line with the moon cycles. There is evidence Sept 7 Oct 8 Nov 9 Dec 10 January 11 Feb 12 March 13 that is 364 days so April starts one day later hence April fools day because it is not April yet. That is just my opinion
I think you’re definitely on to something! It makes so much sense - and it would actually work so well, we’d just have one random spare day but it could be a “nothing” day - no date, no one has to do anything - just a spare!
Hi Laura, Just found you channel! My wife and I live aboard our boat, an ocean voyaging sailboat, and we can understand life which never quits moving, often confined to very small spaces! My spiritual path - my wife is a devout Episcopalian, but we respect one another's practices - is quite similar to yours. I've been interested in The Craft since I was 10 years old or so, (I'm in my 60's now!) and have always known I was Pagan, as nature and all living and natural things have always been sacred space for me. It is in the last 15 years or so that I've felt the witchy pull quite strongly. I am now settling on a path. Anyway, glad to have found you! Cheers!
Love the way that you gave read it from being a child, encoded it permanently in your mind and that's the way it should and will stay to have the full felt meaning of the word 😊
I honestly can’t help it haha my brain won’t let me read the words how I know they’re pronounced now - it’s too ingrained!
Oh my god I CANT WAIT FOR THOSE LONGER VIDEOS!!❤
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Me too ❤👍
Thank you for touching on pronunciations of things like Samhain!
Really enjoyed that thankyou xx
This was a wonderful video, I really enjoyed it. Absolutely fascinating. I would absolutely love to learn more & look forward to your future videos
so very interesting and told so beautifully 😍
Thank you so much 😀
I love celebrating all of them to be honest, imbolc in particular is a great one , it helps gets me through my least favourite time of the year, I usually start with cleaning/ cleansing the house, treating my self to some spring timey flowers and making brigid dolls with my daughters as well as a bit of baking any excuse to eat really 😁 xx
What a great video... really looking forward to the more indepth videos :)
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for this video! And your hair and flower crown looked beautiful! Looking forward to the next witchy-pagany upload!
Thank you so much!
Well said. Privately in a culture where it is rare.
Hi Laura i found this very interesting cool stuff
Glad you enjoyed it
I found this so informative. Thank you ❤
Thank you for watching!!
Enjoyed the information and video..roll on march 19th (first day of spring)
Hooray for witchy content!!❤❤❤
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I love the Sabbats - it always seems that the wheel makes a magical chunky turn very close to the given dates. They're all well worth celebrating 💐🕯️🥞 🥰
I totally agree! It feels so nice to mark the seasons and embrace change
Thankyou Laura, 💚
Hi Laura,
Once again you share some valuable information that came across sincere and honest. You have such a gentle soul Laura, look after it and May Moon.
Mark
Alberta, Canada
Thank you so much!!
Very interesting x i watch your instagram reels and you always look glorious x
I love watching your videos whether it is your boat life or Speaking about Paganism ... Being in the Southern Hemisphere I do celebrate the Sabbats in it's Season ... I am loving using the different Seasons of the Witch Oracles , not all of the Sabbats yet being published. Thank you for sharing.
This is one reason I added the disclaimer in the caption - these festivals definitely don’t make seasonal sense for a large part of the world and I think we should all take and use what resonates and don’t worry too much about doing it “right”. Thank you for watching 🧡
@@Theritualkitchen Totally agree with you I loved hearing about how you create your own rituals with the Sabbats ...
Good evening Laura! After my rather long reply to another post, I just wanted to say thanks for saying that there should be no problem with the way anyone pronounces the Pagan celebrations! You pronounced the Halloween ceremony as 'Soween' (at least that's how it sounds to me?) but I have always thought of it as it is spelled 'Sam-hain'! I know how others say it, but in my own head, it will always be Sam-hain! 😄
Same here! I have to actively try with it because my brain says sam-hane every single time haha!
You look like a Greek goddess with the flowers in your hair.
I absolutely love your pagan videos. It's so lovely to know I'm not the only one who pronounces Samhain like that 😄. I really struggle to say it the "correct way" and I had a conversation last year with the lovely lady who owns my favourite crystal shop and we just decided we were calling it Sam-hane regardless of what the gatekeepers think 😜✨
Haha brilliant! My brain will always say Sam-hane - it’s just stuck like that! Thank you for watching, this channel will be a lot more witchy from here ✨
To native Irish or Scots Gaelic ears though, Sam hane just sounds either like someone’s name, or just meaningless nonsense. If Gaelic orthography is difficult for you, why not just use Hallowe’en? I’m no gatekeeper, but I do speak Scots Gaelic and don’t have any problem with folk using Gaelic words or terminologies for a bit of Celtic glamour in whatever context.. shop names, online businesses etc. However, I don’t think it’s too much to ask that folk at least have a reasonable stab at pronouncing them, instead of trying to crowbar English language orthographic conventions onto Gaelic words, and thus, rendering them meaningless word salads.
If I pronounced, say Tewkesbury as “ Teh-weks -burry “ or the “Ch” in Christmas as it’s pronounced in Cherry or Tired as “Tie-red”, I’d struggle to be understood. There’s a ton of sound files online these days…eg; Twitter has “@the Scots Gaelic for “ account…it even has the Gaelic word for Witch!
Hi Laura, hope you're doing well my dear. Really enjoying following you on your journey. Just wanted to say all the best for spring, may you have good experiences and meet wonderful people on your journey. You're a very interesting person. Love to have a coffee n a conversation with you one day. Maybe we'll bump into each other on life's path one day down the road. Who knows maybe. By the way I'm a Christian. But I'm easy going, don't judge people for their beliefs. People have to find their own way in things. Bless you , you take care. ✌️😁
Thank you so much!
@@Theritualkitchen no problems Laura you take care of yourself matey. 😁👍
Apologies for replying on this, but I just wanted to add something from my own upbringing. I was bought up ostensibly a Christian. However, when I asked my mother what religion we were (after being asked by my scout leader!) my mum laughed, and said "Well, I have tried most of them (Christian that is!) and couldn't find one that suited me!" I think that my personal beliefs come from her, as I am open and understand to everyones beliefs - I go by the general feelings that, if it harms no-one, do what you will! 😊 (I feel most drawn to Norse paganism mixed with 'witchy'! 😁)
@@PaulB-justme yeah don't worry about it. Don't have to apologize for replying. I get what you're saying though. Everyone had to find their own in life.
🪭☕️thank you🌿🌹🧚🏻♀️
What did you use the gorse flowers for?
I made NICE biscuits! I’ll be putting up a short of the recipe soon :)
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I think the pagan year would have had 13 month in line with the moon cycles. There is evidence Sept 7 Oct 8 Nov 9 Dec 10 January 11 Feb 12 March 13 that is 364 days so April starts one day later hence April fools day because it is not April yet. That is just my opinion
I think you’re definitely on to something! It makes so much sense - and it would actually work so well, we’d just have one random spare day but it could be a “nothing” day - no date, no one has to do anything - just a spare!
@@Theritualkitchen I think the spare day was April fools day. The 13th month must have had a name but what?.
Hi i am like you but im justvstarting out with my boat well i havent got one yet. But im dirr we will meet up onr day 😁😁😁😁😁🎉
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