Three Little Witches

My story starts about 28 years ago, when I was 6 years old, the same age my daughter is now, in Milton Road School playground at the end of a long queue of little girls, awaiting their fate.

At the front of this queue was a kind of human Sorting Hat, comprised of two haughty little girls, haphazardly ordaining each anxiously awaiting hopeful their percentage of “Fairydom”.

They’d give every child a once over, then toss a nonchalant, yet absolutely definitive Fairy-to-Human ratio: “Full fairy!” - gasps of delight and flustered hand claps, the recipient flitters off to coo over their victory with fellow fortuitous beneficiaries.

“Half Fairy!” gulps, followed by fast reassurances from other semi-successful folk.. It could be worse, after all!

“Three eights Fairy!” audible confusion (maths not yet a forte amongst the best of us!) - but there was an eight in there, big number, can’t be all bad!

And then it was my turn………..

“A quarter Fairy!”

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“Excuuu… wait, wha - ME?! A quarter fairy? - a quarter, I’ll give you a quarter fairy, I flaming INVENTED fairy - just you…”

I was beside myself! The AUDACITY of these pompous little so and so’s, claiming to not have bottoms on account of their full fairyness - no, no, no. Not on my watch. My two best friend’s were also dealt this incalculably offensive hand, so we immediately huddled and hatched a most fearsome plan! We were to reject and renounce all fairy status and instead knight ourselves Full Witches!! It would become our guiding purpose to kill all fairies and their sympathisers (what can I say, I’m a Scorpio Sun, Sagittarius Moon - this was my ally!) letting all fairy feckers know that these Sorceresses make their own damn fate and they’ll soon be sorry to have ever crossed us!

Well, many a playtime was spent chasing fairies, plotting to blow up the school and generally causing havoc. But the weeks and months passed and soon the fairy frenzy had fizzled out and people have moved onto other games. Oh, but not us.

Now we spent our lunches learning to fly, casting spells, sharing stories of our night adventures in the in-between worlds and our passion for our witchery only grew stronger. I remember my greatest wish was to fly my broomstick over the school and everyone finally see that I really was a witch!

Well the years went by and our spell books grew higher, our witch school (Grizelda Hall) became realer than the bricks and mortar of our classroom, we had a witch's honour we swore by, different models of broomstick (mine was a Volvo Broomer!) and every year we would count the minutes, hours and days down to our most favourite holiday of the year - Hallowe’en!

I remember I would vehemently stand on top of my dog’s kennel in the garden, with my Volvo Broomer and knew with certain conviction that if I could just will it enough and eliminate all dastard doubt - I would be able to fly. To some degree, I still believe that.

Queue another few years and interest in boys soon took over. We were preteens, starting secondary school and witchcraft necessarily became a game of the past.

But it never sunk deep below the surface for me. I had connected with something. The power of my Will. I’d caused changes to happen in accordance with my desire too many times to ignore the role I played in that.. and esotericism and the occult continued to draw me.

So here I found myself in my mid-20’s, in front of a life coach being asked the classic question designed to connect you with your purpose and passion: “What did you most enjoy doing as a child?”.

Being a witch.

I was a witch.

I am…. a witch?

I am now 34 years old, a mother of three gorgeous little star children and yes, I am a witch.

I am a Tarot Reader by profession, facilitate Moon Circles, make Ritual Full Moon Boxes and mystical goodies for my Etsy shop and I run spiritual mentorships. I spend my days harvesting herbs and flowers from my wild garden for medicine and have replaced my bathroom sink, shampoo, toothpaste and aftershave for a cauldron, herbs, essential oils and crystals! I plan my life around the moon’s cycles, I observe major astrological transits and I focus my Will to acquire desired outcomes in my life!

Witchcraft, spirituality, metaphysics and exploring consciousness is my absolute raison d’etre!

More and more people, young people especially, are having a hunger awaken in them that no organised religion, social dogma or unexamined truisms can satiate. People are craving to relearn the quiet language of the Earth, to attune to the rhythms of nature and learn to listen for their OWN answers… The archetype of the Mage is rousing in many of us as the volatility of the times call for new certainties. As the old structures, that used to prop our sense of self up and give bearing to our lives, come crumbling down, we are collectively hunting for a more authentic relationship with ourselves, each other and our surroundings in order to truly anchor us meaningfully into our existence.

I have been studying Philosophy both in University and out, reading the ancient texts, researching the olde ways and the latest findings in quantum theory, epigenetics and neuroscience - all serving to create a giant interlinking map of the many layers to reality.

And, boy, is that a never-ending pursuit!

I love offering my intuitive insights, using the symbolism all around us to glean meaning in an infinite universe, to deeply explore both the personal and impersonal faces of the Divine and return, as ever, to the ineffable wisdom of emptiness.

For a long time now, I have wanted to develop a highly specialised space where people at all levels, branches and divergences of their spiritual path can come to find knowledge, community and resources! I’ve hunted high and low for a truly comprehensive hub of all the things that enthral me, wanting to still be stretched, surprised and delighted!

Well, I’m no longer searching. I am creating it. Every day I get asked what herbs can I use for abundance? What ritual can I do for this full moon? How do I make Moonwater? What does this tarot card mean? How do I set up an altar space? How can I manifest my dream job? How can I help myself lucid dream? Astral travel? Build a memory palace? Summon a Genie? Work with my spirit guides? Strengthen my intuition? Build personal power? Etc, etc, etc ad infinitum!

It’s not sustainable nor efficient to dispense advice individually each time. Ain’t nobody got time for that! I want to build an online Akashic Record! The archives of magick! A one-stop, beautiful, witchy wisdom wonder world! You need a spell? Please refer to the buffet available under section “Spellcasting”. Want to study the medicinal and magickal properties of Rosemary? Get in that search tab! Want to learn about Faerie magick and Folklore (yes, I have forgiven the Fae, after all I for realsies am one, check my pointy ears, no lie. Only a real Faerie flies off the handle and becomes a witch for life to spite a fool!) I got you!

Every speciality, every spiritual niche and how it interlinks with all cultures and traditions across the globe and throughout history - the patterns that can be traced throughout the story of Humanity are astounding and manifold! This is my life’s work and I want to make it available to the fellow interdimensional questors in a membership that acts like more of a realm-hopping spaceship! With in-house entertainment!

The membership would include access to Masterclasses on subjects such as Cartomancy, Sound Therapy, Manifesting with the Moon, Herbalism 101, Potion Making, Candle Dressing, Meditation, Breathwork and much, much more! The archives will be immediately available to anybody who joins and - my favourite part - there will be a wonderful community of like-minded folk who just want to connect, make friends, share tips and support one on another on this mad trip of Self-exploration.

Nothing hurts my soul more, than watching people sleep-walk through life - blind, deaf and dumb to the magick all around them! Unable to recognise the medicine in the “weeds” they kill or trample on, or to decode the wisdom in the stars above, to be so out of sync with the vibrations all around that they cannot sense the subtle guidance of the soul.

We are all at different stages in our journey, some will be ahead where I am behind and vice versa. We all have something to offer each other, some piece of the puzzle. This is mine and I cannot wait to offer up the keys to my sacred sanctuary that nourishes the soul, feeds the mind and inspires the inner warrior. We all have an inner child - looking for healing, searching for meaning and wanting to adventure out into the Great Mystery with wild abandon! My hope is that this will be the portal to help guide the growing droves of baby witches - reclaiming their innate wisdom, re-learning the land and no longer fearing to be seen as Powerful. Because we are. Because we must be. Because our future - and the future of many generations to come - depends on it. Now.