A weekend of reading

I have been really meditating on the entire Wicca experience. I use the term Wicca for ease but honestly, it seems to be evolving into more of a nature magic. The seasons, the Earth, our connection, which has been part of me always. It is as if I am finally coming home. I love the “play” aspect. I want to find time this week to walk out into the woods and find supplies for creating my own besom (broom) which sounds so fun. Just to create and put my hands on something that is connected not only with the earth but our sisters hundreds and hundreds of years ago.

I picked up 2 more books at the library. One is called "The Magikal Life" and another is "Spiritual Gardening". I have this ravenous appetite for knowledge and just can't find enough to read. I do that. When I have a new interest (take vegetable gardening, for example) I will find every avenue at my reach and search out all the information I can. I pretty much "homeschool" myself and have unit studies; everything I do seems to stem from my interests.

It isn't like a "phase of the month" thing. I retain and adopt the best of what I learn. When I lost my weight and became active, I read every nutrition book (not diet books though, blech), bought Prevention and Muscle Fitness Hers magazines and made charts, list, etc... Four years later, those habits have more or less stuck with me, the knowledge of basic nutrition is still fresh and useful and I am still active and fit. I don't buy magazines any longer. Nor do I make the list or charts. My learning frenzy eventually simmered down to a confident knowing.

That is what I am expecting with my new studies concerning magick. I will read everything I can get my hands on, glean what works for me and toss the rest. Quietly, over time, my new-found knowledge will blend into my life.

At this time, Hedge Witch (also kitchen witch, cottage witch, nature witch, green witch) seems to resonate with who I already am- an elemental who is viscerally connected with Earth; that is who I have been all along. Does that make sense?

Now, just adding the history, choice rituals (rituals of my choice, not mandated) and as forementioned- play, is what I seek. I am such a child at heart. Playing and blending that intuitive play with my spirit just seems natural, peaceful, and for lack of a better term- right. It seems right for me.