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Pumpkins Vine Time

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Merry meet all,

The Halloween stuff is in the stores!! Oh my I’ll grab my broomstick and fly over and won’t be back till I’m broke!!! October is three months away. I’m still waiting for my veggies to grow though. I am anticipating a big harvest though. This is the time of year when I get excited. I live for Samhain. It’s time to dust off our brooms and our cauldrons, don our striped socks and head over to the stores selling the Halloween stuff.

My pumpkin vine has flowers!! My zucchini plant has a new flower too. I can’t wait for them to get big already. My cucumber plant has lots of flowers but tiny cucumbers. Oh my goddess it’s not like they have all year to grow. Can you tell I’m frustrated?

A real gardener is patient. I still can’t find that gardener. Since we are in harvest season, I hope you enjoy reading this post and learn how to grow your own!

Here are some tips on how to grow our favorite Halloween fruit-pumpkins. Pumpkins need up to 120 days to mature. Pumpkins can be grown from seed. However this year I had luck with the transplants I bought from the local plant store. Wait until all chances of frost have passed. They will grow in warm weather. They can take over a garden too and need up to 30 feet of room to grow.

Before planting your transplants, add plenty of compost material to the soil. You can grow the plants in hills. You mound up the soil and then (If you want to start from seed), put one seed per hill and plant up to four seeds in each hill Make sure there is plenty of room between the vines.

Pumpkins need tons of water. Be sure to only water the plants enough and to avoid root rot. If they look wilted, then the plant has died. Feed the plants a healthy mix of phosphorus and nitrogen, and add more phosphorus than nitrogen, which helps them grow their very best.

If you want to prune the vines, then be sure the vines have pumpkins on them first. When you carefully prune the plants, then you force the plant to stop concentrating on the vine growth and it focuses on maturing the fruit vine. This produces better fruit growth in the long run. Also, consider sprinkling diatomaceous earth under your plants. I did all summer and I have a healthy big zucchini plant in my garden that is pest bug free!

If insects are a problem on your vines, then plant nasturtiums. You have to attract pollinators to pollinate your plants. Aphids, cucumber beetles and stink bugs are a pest to your plants. By planting flowers such as nasturtiums, you will attract pollinators and the insects that might like some aphids for a tasty meal. Plant lots of flowers to increase your chances of healthy plants overall.

Harvesting pumpkins is fun and saves you money!! When the stem looks dry and the fruit is an orange color, it is time to harvest them! Knock hard on the rind of the pumpkin. It should sound hollow. Scrape your fingernail on the rind. It should not scratch easily. Harvest before the frost!

Use your favorite witch tool or boline to cut the pumpkin from the vine. Leave a few inches of stem to avoid disease. Let the pumpkins to cure for a couple of weeks first and store them properly. When they are fully cured, you will know. Allow for air ventilation and don’t dry them out near other fruit. Fruit give off ethylene gas. You can coat a pumpkin in oil which seals it for storage.

Enjoy your glowing orange pumpkins after all this hard work. !!

Blessings Spiderwitch

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Lammas

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Merry meet all,

The Wheel of the year has turned once again. Now we embrace Lughnasadh. The early harvest is upon us. Lammas is the first of the three harvest Sabbats. I want to see my garden grow. I still want my veggies to have  a chance before the frost.

I just bought a cool deck of playing cards- not tarot. The cards are from Alchemy Gothic and are so beautiful. There are two decks- one all white and the other is black. I shall enjoy those cards for a long time to come. The cards came in a lovely tin. The cards are decorated with skulls and dragons.

Mercury is finally out of retrograde. Normally Mercury retrograde never bothers me. This month I was hit with some serious ammo. I am so relieved it went direct. I had to quit Sacred Mists shy of earning my First Degree. I broke up with Vlad because he is such a jerk. I was in serious money trouble. It drove me to be sick at night with a hard rock stomach. Thankfully the difficult stuff is over and I can get on with my life. I am real upset but forward is the only way to go. We all have ups and downs in life. I think I have had more than my fair share.

The word Lammas is derived from the word loaf mass. More on this post in this link-

“The Festival Sabbat of Lammas

Lughnassadh, Lugnasad August 1st/2nd

It is now high summer and the union of Sun and Earth, of God and Goddess, has produced the First Harvest. Lammas is the celebration of this first, Grain Harvest, a time for gathering in and giving thanks for abundance. We work with the cycle that Mabon or the Autumn Equinox is the Second Harvest of Fruit, and Samhain is the third and Final Harvest of Nuts and Berries.

The word ‘Lammas’ is derived from ‘loaf mass’ and is indicative of how central and honoured is the first grain and the first loaf of the harvesting cycle.

Lugh

It is also the great festival of Lugh, or Lug, the great Celtic Sun King and God of Light. August is His sacred month when He initiated great festivities in honour of His mother, Tailtiu. Feasting, market fairs, games and bonfire celebrations were the order of the day. Circle dancing, reflecting the movement of the sun in sympathetic magic, was popular, as were all community gatherings. August was considered an auspicious month for handfastings and weddings.

But underlying this is the knowledge that the bounty and energy of Lugh, of the Sun, is now beginning to wane. It is a time of change and shift. Active growth is slowing down and the darker days of winter and reflection are beckoning…

The Grain Mother.

At Lammas the Goddess is in Her aspect as Grain Mother, Harvest Mother, Harvest Queen, Earth Mother, Ceres and Demeter. Demeter, as Corn Mother, represents the ripe corn of this year’s harvest and Her daughter Kore/Persephone represents the grain – the seed which drops back deep into the dark earth, hidden throughout the winter, and re-appears in the spring as new growth. This is the deep core meaning of Lammas and comes in different guises. The fullness and fulfillment of the present harvest already holds at its very heart the seed of all future harvest. (It is a fact that a pregnant woman carrying her as yet unborn daughter is also already carrying the ovary containing all the eggs her daughter will ever release – she is already both mother, grandmother and beyond, embodying the great Motherline – pure magic and mystery.)

So as the grain harvest is gathered in, there is food to feed the community through the winter and within that harvest is the seed of next year’s rebirth, regeneration and harvest. The Grain Mother is ripe and full, heavily pregnant she carries the seed of the new year’s Sun God within her. There is tension here. For the Sun God, the God of the Harvest, the Green Man, or John Barleycorn, surrenders his life with the cutting of the corn.

John Barleycorn

The Sun God, Lugh, as John Barleycorn, is the living Spirit of the corn, or grain. As the corn is cut so John Barleycorn is cut down also. He surrenders his life so that others may be sustained by the grain, so that the life of the community can continue. He is both eaten as the bread and is then reborn as the seed returns to the earth. The first sheaf of corn is supremely important, produces the first (and best) seed and assurance of future harvest. Death and rebirth. Everything dies in its season. Everything is reborn. This is our whisper of immortality. And the wonderful bittersweet of Lammas.

Customs of Cutting the Grain

There are many customs throughout Europe around the cutting of the grain or corn and they applied to all cereal crops including wheat, barley, rye and oats. Both the cutting of the first gain and the last grain are significant.

The first sheaf would often be ceremonially cut at dawn, winnowed, ground and baked into the Harvest Bread which was then shared by the community in thanks. The first barley stalks would be made into the first beer of the season. The first sheaf guarantees the seed and thus continuity.

The last sheaf was also ceremonially cut, often made into a ‘corn dolly’, carried to the village with festivity and was central to the Harvest Supper. The corn dolly was made into a Corn Maiden (after a good harvest) or a cailleach, hag or cone (after a bad harvest). She could be dressed with ribbons, even clothed.

This last sheaf would live in the home, often above the fireplace or hearth of the home, until the next harvest. Or it might be placed in the branches of a tree or mixed with the seed for the next year’s sowing. In some way it eventually needed to return to the earth from whence it came so that the fertilizing spirit of John Barleycorn, of the Harvest God, could pass from harvest to harvest. It could be ploughed back, returned to decay and rot, or burnt and the ashes scattered.

In some parts of Europe the tradition was to weave the last sheaf into a large Corn Mother with a smaller ‘baby’ inside it, representing the harvest to come the following year. Once the harvest was completed, safely gathered in, the festivities would begin. Bread was made from the new grain and thanks given to the Sun’s life-giving energy reborn as life-giving bread.

Herbs and Plants of Lammas

All Grains

wheat, barley, oats, rye, all representing both fulfillment and potential.

Meadowsweet.

Also known as Queen-Of-The-Meadow, Bridewort and Bride of the Meadow. One of the most sacred herbs of the Druids, this was often worn as a garland for Lammas celebrations and was a traditional herb for wedding circlets and bouquets at this time of year. Also used for love spells and can be strewn to promote peace, and its heady scent cheers the heart.

Mint.

Mint is another of the three most revered herbs of the Druids (vervain being the third, according to Grieve). Its magical properties are both protection and healing, and at this stage in the year, its properties of drawing abundance and prosperity, are most appropriate.

Sunflower. We take sunflowers for granted, they are perfectly named and loved by children of all ages. By this stage in the year the flower heads are full and heavy with that wonderful spiral of seeds and they spend the whole day gently turning their heads to gaze at the sun. In the Aztec temples of the sun, priestesses carried sunflowers and wore them as crowns. They symbolize the fertility of the Solar Logos.

Calendula. Little suns, pure joy, in all their shades from deep orange to pale yellow.

Colours of Lammas

Still green, with every shade of sun and harvest, from gold and yellow to deepest orange.

Lammas Altar

Wheat and all grains, corn dolly, bread, sunflowers and calendulas (pot marigolds).

Things To Do

Lammas Charm For Gathering In Abundance

You will need:

A broom or besom

. Don’t worry if it isn’t a traditional besom, any broom will do as it is always intent that is important. If you have no broom collect a bundle of twigs and tie them at the top with Lammas ribbon to make a hand broom shape. The besom/broom is a potent symbol of hearth and home, found in some form in almost every household. It is a traditional magical tool useful for everyday charms as it has the imprint of its owner firmly on it. Sweeping is a natural gathering gesture.

Ribbon.

A piece of green ribbon (for abundance), a piece of gold ribbon (for prosperity and gathering) or ribbon in Lammas harvest colours would be equally suitable.

A Spring of Mint.

Ideally a sprig of mint from your garden (but you can get this from any supermarket), or dried mint – put it in a pouch. The mint represents abundance and plenty and is easily accessible to the urban hedgewitch.

Take your broom and tie your ribbon around the stave or top. Tie in your sprig of mint or securely fasten your pouch. Take your broom outside, place both hands on the stave and focus on your intention – gathering in your harvest for winter. Turn slowly three times in a clockwise direction then start to sweep towards your door saying:

“By one, two, three and four, sweep Lammas gifts to my door. May abundance be a constant friend, by my hearth till Winter’s end.”

Repeat this three times, then take your besom/broom back into your house and put it in its usual place. You can leave the ribbon on for as long as want to, for a lunar month, or until winter is done. If you have made your own broom you can place it where you consider the heart of your home to be. The mint can be returned to the earth with thanks.

If you do not have an outside space you can sweep from your front door inwards to either your kitchen or hearth using the same charm.

Charm donated with generous heart by the Counter Enchantress.

Make A Grain Mother

Make your own Grain Mother or Corn Dolly. Go for a walk and see what you can find – stalks of wheat, oats, barley, rye often left growing on the edges of fields after harvesting, failing that any grasses and/or reeds you can find. Let your creativity out – if you feel confident, weave your Grain Mother into being, but equally you can just lace and tie her into being with Lammas coloured ribbons. As you do so, give thanks for the gifts of Harvest. Place your Grain Mother on your altar or at the centre of celebrations. At Samhain, return the grain stalks to the earth, they contain the seeds of future harvest…

Bake Bread

Buttermilk Bread Charm for Lammas

You will need:

3 mugs of strong white flour

500 ml of Buttermilk (available from the supermarket)

I teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda

Lammas ribbon in your choice of colour – gold, orange, yellow

Sprouted seeds – these represent regeneration. Can even be bought in the supermarket now. Frequently found in wholefood shops – or sprout your own.

Place the flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Sieve in the blended salt and soda and pour in the buttermilk. Mix well with a wooden spoon until the dough feels springy and then mix in the sprouted seeds. If it feels too sloppy just add a little more flour. Turn it onto a board and cover with a fine dusting of flour. Pat it with your hands until you have a round shape. Take a sharp knife and score lightly into eight sections, one for each festival. Our picture shows the bread cut into five sections, making a pentacle.

Place onto a greased baking tray and pop your buttermilk bread into a moderate oven for about 20-25 minutes. Keep and eye on it. When the bread is ready it will change colour and it will sound hollow when you tap the bottom. Cool completely on a wire rack. When it is cool, tie it with Lammas ribbon.

Take time to concentrate on the bread you have created and turn the loaf three times saying“From the fields and through the stones, into fire, Lammas Bread, as the Wheel turns may all be fed. Goddess Bless.”

Now take your bread and share it with your family and friends and pass on the generous blessings of this bright and bountiful festival. Eat it fresh, as soon as it is made if you can.

Recipe donated by the Counter Enchantress. Adapted by the Boss Lady with permission.

Collect The Seeds Of Future Harvest

Involve children if you can. Collect and dry them in the sun, ready for next year’s planting. Consider giving them as gifts at Samhain or Yule. Seeds are such amazing and mysterious things – each tiny seed contains within it the blueprint for the whole plant it will become. It will mirror its mother plant, the mother that raised the seed and returned it to the earth with the help of the light of the sun. It’s a miracle every time.

Above all:

Have Fun, Give Thanks and Celebrate.

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Blessings Spiderwitch

“Halifax: Five Fishermen restaurant”

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Here’s a story from another blog. It’s from my home province of Nova Scotia and the capital of Halifax here are just some of the stories there. You can read the rest of them at,

http://secondsightparanormal.blogspot.com/2009/09/haunted-nova-scotia.html

Halifax: Five Fisherman Restaurant

The building goes back to the 1800’s and was home to a few schools and one mortuary. The mortuary helped lay to rest several victims of the great Titanic disaster as well as helped deal with the numerous victims from the Great Halifax Explosion that claimed 2000 lives.

Ghost stories are shared on the restaurants webpage and include the following eerie notes.
“Many of the staff of the Five Fishermen Restaurant are so used to odd occurrences that they wouldn’t even bat an eye when a glass flies off a shelf with no one near, or when cutlery on a table shifts then falls to the floor by itself. There…

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In Memory of Rosemary Ellen Guiley

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Merry meet all,

I was saddened to hear that Rosemary Ellen Guiley had passed. She was an amazing person with many books to her credit.  I own some of her books such as The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits and The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca. I love them both and plan to read these splendid books cover to cover. 

This is what the throngs of people who loved Rosemary Ellen Guiley had to say about her: “We are saddened to learn of the passing of our friend Rosemary Ellen Guiley (July 8, 1950-July 18, 2019) who was an American writer on topics related to spirituality, the occult, and the paranormal. She is also a radio show host, a certified hypnotist, a board director of the “National Museum of Mysteries and Research” and the “Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters”, and a “Lifetime Achievement Award” winner from the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society, Michigan. She has written more than 49 books, including ten encyclopedias, the newest of which called “Planet Bigfoot” she sent to us just a few weeks ago which is several sasquatch related stories that have been published with Fate Magazine. ” 

(Facebook.com)

Well I shall enjoy the legacy she left behind and enjoy reading her books proudly displayed on my bookshelf. I am not done purchasing half her books. I plan to get more books by her. I hope those who loved her and knew her well are comforted by the fact that she did leave a great legacy behind. She has inspired me to be sure. 

In other news, I printed out the Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase Volume 5. I hole punched the pages, stored them in a binder and decorated the binder a little. I shall enjoy reading the poems and hope to learn from the writers how they wrote their own poems in my binder. 

Let’s all remember Rosemary Ellen Guiley in our thoughts. 

Blessings Spiderwitch

 

Annabelle Comes Home & countdown to Samhain

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Recently my boyfriend Vlad and I saw the suspenseful horror movie Annabelle Comes home. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was also truly scared by it. I want to watch it again. The  movie did not disappoint. This is the plot synopsis of the movie-“While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.

Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target–the Warrens’ ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

—Warner Bros. Pictures

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren keep a possessed doll locked up in an artifacts room in their house. When the doll awakens the room’s evil spirits, it soon becomes a night of terror for the couple’s young daughter and her friends.

Determined to prevent Annabelle from creating even more chaos, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll into the artifact room that is locked in their home, isolated in a “safe” place, protected by a sacred glass and with the blessing of a priest. But what awaits them is a night of horror, as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who turn their attention to a new target–the Warrens’ 10-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

Taken from the IMDB website.

If you haven’t seen it yet, go. I got to go to a special free screening. In other news, it is 104 days till Samhain. That also tells me how many days my garden veggies have. Samhain is my favorite time of year. I love attending the public ritual and have scarcely missed a year. There is much to look forward to then.

I made two cat protection bottles. I also recorded this in my big spell book. I filled them with naturally shed claws and fur, catnip, salt, sage, rose petals, lavender, catnip, tiger’s eye and amethyst chips, and olive oil. I blended it all well. I glued the black cord to the cork top with hot sealing wax . I concentrated as I did all this. I visualized and empowered the small bottles with my protection intentions. As I did, I saw my cat Penny- one is for me and one is for Vlad and his kitties. As I did, his kitty Nervil came to me the strongest. Salt is for protection and there is more salt in his vial. It is meant to be sealed and used for protective magic. These are just the instructions. I also hot glued a cat to the cork top. Nervil came to me the strongest. He was right there, big eyes wondering, paw extended, wanting a hug.

And because I know Vlad, I also added 6 pieces of (the Devil’s number), Devil’s claw root resin. I do believe these protection jars shall serve him and me well.

I burned a beeswax candle and burned some incense. The night felt magickal. Could be Nervil was protecting Vlad or is in need of it.

I shall gift him the protection bottle the next time I see him.

July is a hard month for me. August is more in line with my energy than July. August is just before September and October. I love the autumn season the most. However, I still want my garden to bloom and flourish so at the same time I can wait. My zucchini plant is taking over my garden. I can’t wait to harvest zucchini. I do feel strange, loving October so much and yet wanting summer to last to give my garden a chance. I shall enjoy it while I can. 

Today the sun is shining, my kitty’s napping and the birds are chirping. The birds chased a squirrel from the bird feeder. I sit here typing, pondering, worrying. I should be out with the flowers and bees and birds. I shall post more as it comes closer to October. !!!

Blessings Spiderwitch

Purple Rain

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Recently I decided to paint my writing desk purple. This was a big decision for me. It was hard deciding if I should paint the desk and even harder to choose a color. I just finished painting the desk. I chose a deep deep purple berry color which I madly love. I am pleased as punch on how well it turned out.

I coated the whole desk and drawers in a coat of primer first. I put a drop cloth beneath the desk, gathered the paint brushes, paint stirring tool, paper towels, a kitchen knife, and a hammer. I recruited a friend of mine, Morrige, to help me paint the desk. The paint I used was melamine paint and the color was Blackberry Currant. 

On a hot afternoon, we toiled on painting the desk and chatted. The painting of the desk took far less time than if I had been alone. I appreciated the help and repaid him with a cold rum and coke. I love the color purple. The desk was meant to be purple. I hated the color it was before. 

The deep purple color I chose has an equally deep meaning. Purple represents power, sanctimony, spirituality, protection, psychic ability and healing. The special day is Thursday, its ruling planet is Jupiter and its astrological sign is Sagittarius- so it should go without saying I love purple! 

Since I am extremely creative, I do believe I shall experience a boost in my creativity. I should call on the Goddesses or Gods that rule creativity and ask them to bless the newly transformed and now stunning desk. 

I may try painting stencils onto the desk. My bedspread tapestry is purple, my curtains are purple and my bookcase is purple. The desk matches the rest of the décor and furniture in the bedroom. 

Afterwards, I rinsed and dried the paintbrushes. I cleaned the paint stains and mopped the floor. I am waiting to put the drawers back in the desk. I love how it turned out. I do believe the purple desk is the new focal point of the room and shall boost more witchy writings!!

 

Blessings 

Spiderwitch

Paranormal Chronicles

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The June issue of the free online magazine Paranormal Chronicles is released!!! The June issue includes my story about my encounter with an eerie phantom. I am so excited!!

Here’s what the awesome editor GL Davies says about it: “Proud to launch Issue 3 of the Paranormal Chronicles FREE digital magazine! 175 FREE pages from the TOP researchers & authors in the WORLD! The who’s who of the paranormal. Plus one lucky reader is going to be winning a (gasp) £25 Amazon voucher. Putting this together is one of the hardest things I can do & thats why I do it..AND The new Paranormal Chronicles Podcast smashed 37K listeners & 5K downloads! HARD WORK + A DREAM + BELIEF = Making dreams come true!! Links to everything in the comments! Take the Bull by the horns and dare to do the things that make you happy!! Thank you to all the wonderful writers, readers and supporters of the magazine! Awesome TEAM! 5308 Readers & counting!! #lifeisforliving xXx http://fliphtml5.com/opbbo/lqki.”;

I am thrilled!! Also, Anubis Press is publishing my story about my other paranormal encounter in Handbook for the Dead. I hope you will jump to your tablets or phones or laptops to google Paranormal Chronicles and read my story and the other eerie tales. Tell everyone about it! 

I will post more when I know more about the Handbook for the Dead. Enjoy the Full Moon! 

Blessings Spiderwitch

Here is the link to Paranormal Chronicles!! http://fliphtml5.com/opbbo/lqki?fbclid=IwAR2paIssluKZkpHBWJYF70eoirL_zOfXNFvd92B-jfLLcJmSaID2QL3fZb0

 

 

Spooky News

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Merry meet all:

This week was a good one. On Sunday, I spent the day at the beach with my beau and his friend. We were on a jungle Jim of high boulders and rocks then enjoyed the afternoon at a sandy beach. The ocean waves lapped the shore. The sun beat down on us. I loved it. My beau did too. 

I received a cool certificate in the mail from the Horror Writers Association. I won in a cookbook contest. I love the certificate. I also finally got to gift my boyfriend with a  copy of a book I ordered. The book was titled The Howling: Studies of the Horror Film. Vlad is a true horror movie fan. I do believe he will enjoy the book. 

I hope to plant black hollyhock seeds this year. I am soaking the seeds till they germinate in a bowl of water. It would be cool to grow black flowers in my garden to satisfy the darkling in me. 

I bought a cool and beautiful black bag from Killstar. For anyone who truly is a darkling/witch, try that website. Killstar is the cat’s whiskers. It is truly cool. I love the bag and the fact that a pentacle is clipped to the bag. I also ordered a Book of Spells wallet. I intend to order more items from them. I love the online store with truly witchy cool items. They really get it. They will leave you drooling. 

As I sit here, sipping my coffee, youtube music in the background, I find myself suffering. It is not yet October but only 4-5 months till October. June and July feel like lazy months. Not much spooky has been happening. It will once October arrives. How I live for October. 

I think I need a countdown to October. I also need to peruse the Killstar website for more delectable irresistible purses, dresses and tops. Just to be prepared!!! 

I Shall post more here. I just want you to all know I didn’t forget you.

 Have a great summer!!

BB Spiderwitch

Shadow People Visiting Times

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I discussed the origins of shadow people in a previous post. Tonight I want to post about what they want from us, or seem to want from us. I get it. It is hard to believe such things exist- until you see them with your own eyes. I am not a fan of Paranormal Activity. I have finally seen the movies. The first one scared me more. I don’t have to watch the movies to get scared if I see a phantom, I do see them. 

I have asked myself the same questions many times over. I suspect I will never have all the answers because it is simply impossible to know everything. There is much debate on the internet about whether they are supernatural phantoms or even aliens. Their true origins are as shadowy as their appearances. They appear as a flicker you catch out of the corner of your eye. You get a glimpse then they are gone. That is long enough for you to question whether you actually saw it or if your mind was playing tricks on you. Then you see it again, and then you again ask yourself if was real or your imagination. (Btw, please don’t be awake all night agonizing whether you did see it or not- you will have a sleepless night. It is what it is.)

They could be spying on us, or indeed out to give us the frights royale, or end up in our domains because they are lost. I suspect is that they want to scare us and are then intelligent enough to (which is scarier), and not lost. I have witnessed a shadow person with a friend. The being manifested in my house and then vanished. It was scary and weird. I was jolted with fear. 

My theory is that they could be here to spy on us and thereby study us- they didn’t come all that way for nothing, right? and scare us. Mortals are limited in their years, and their abilities. I don’t know where they come from, but I am guessing they are here for a reason. It takes a lot of energy for phantoms and shadow people to move around and interact with people, so they have to feed off of energy to be able to get around. The more energy they feed off of, the more they can get around. People with low vibrational energies are still good sources of energy and yet are easier targets. People with higher vibrational energies are even better energy sources but are less likely to be targeted. People who know- like me, how to psychically defend themselves are the least targeted. 

People with low vibrational energies such as abuse victims, alcoholics, or even serial killers or depressed people are often good  targets for shadow people to feed off of. They radiate the low vibrational energies, sending off the electronic signals without being aware. So it is like sending off a beacon on a dark stormy night to the shadow person. If people with the lower energies work on building up their vibrations, they can find themselves feeling stronger and healthier. 

Conversely, people with genuine clairvoyant/ clairsentient gifts are targets too. They may have higher vibrational frequencies but they have a powerful/ strong light inside them that radiates naturally. It also shines like the beacon in the dark. Either way, the phantoms are often irresistibly drawn to them. The electronic signal is the beacon for energy to feed off of and the brighter the signal, the better. 

If you read my previous posts, you can see why psychic shielding is so important and learn how it is done. So browse through the posts till you find them. Then you can shield yourself from them. They often target or attack when a person is vulnerable, asleep. The natural defenses are lowered. I have read online many accounts of people feeling drained of energy while they lay in their beds. I don’t ask that people leave their lights on all night as they sleep, just to be aware of this. The last thing you should do is become paranoid. That leads to more problems. 

Never be ashamed to ask for help. You can obtain more assistance than you realize. Society is changing and becoming more accepting. I hope you enjoyed reading my post on shadow people. 

Blessings, Spiderwitch

Ghost Tour Tips

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Merry meet all,

I am a fan of Nox Arcana. There is nothing I won’t do for them. I’m listening to Nox Arcana now as I type. Today is rainy and overcast. The sun is on vacay. The temperatures here are still cold. 

I enjoy going on ghost walks and tours. I have been on a few in my own spooky ghost ridden town. I live in a very haunted city. There was a war here between the Natives and the people who came from Europe. the Halifax Explosion, the Titanic victims are buried here. The land here is soaked in blood. The city has a blood soaked history. The ghost tours are creepy and fascinating. 

Here are some tips for participating in ghost tours for you.

Read a bit about the history or the ghost tour beforehand. It is not enough to just have fun, a ghost tour can be educational too. 

Prepare yourself mentally for the tour. You may even see a ghost or two. The information presented during the tour can be blood curdling or unsettling. Be prepared ahead of time. 

Have fun-and a sense of humor. Don’t let the narrator’s scary tone scare you off, pardon the pun. Keep an open mind.

Go with what you are comfortable with. Don’t let fear takeover your experience of fun. Have fun. That is the point of it. If you stress, then your mind will play more tricks on you. 

Ask about the nature of the tour. I went on a ghost tour where we all ended up in a dark tunnel at night. The person’s cell phone light two people ahead of me in the line was the only light we had. Go with what you are comfortable with. 

Be chatty. It can help relieve tension that may have built up inside you. 

And my favorite tip: If you are as clairsentient and actually witnessed phantoms, then take a like minded friend with you. It helps when the muggles are joking about ghosts and helps validate your experiences. You won’t feel like the odd one out. Trust me, I know how that feels. 

I hope these tips help!

Good luck on the ghosty tours!

Blessings Spiderwitch