Irisanya Moon

boo cloudy days . yay roses and young strawberries and the green places are still green https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdnXuvnbuU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=scl6osfb891q

My mother almost gave birth to me in a church. It was a Sunday morning and she knew something was different. But it was a month before I was supposed to be born, so I imagine she brushed off the signs. . Until she couldn’t. . Remembering my mother is easy, letting her go is not. I called forth the magick of remembering, repairing, and releasing to come to a place of sweetness, even in deep loss. . LINK: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2019/05/magick-for-the-mothers-remembering-repairing-releasing/ . #mothersday #motherloss #grief #lifeisalovespell #witchesofinstagram #chargedbythegoddess #mothers #motherlessdaughter #bymymotherslove #patheosblog #patheopagan #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bloggersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BxU0ynzn3gA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=355ekwlygovz

“She moves like a wave herself, graceful, but with relentless, driving motion.” - Madeline Miller, Circe . This week has been out of my comfort zone vulnerable and questioning but . (more)quickly realizing that when I do something new when I learn an answer or a question to ask the edges of my understanding widen . and all the extra space (often) feels too big too much too possible . (or can this be the space of belonging?) . my arms stretch out so far that I have to lift my spine lift my neck and smooth out the roundedness where it is easier to hide and not make eye contact . but instead I have looked out and up and into the vastness of my becoming knowing that the green of the Earth stretches out to me too https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTAHb-HOdk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ib0iazmoxn6i

LOVE ~ LAW ~ KNOWLEDGE ~ LIBERTY ~ WISDOM . Details to come about this weekend immersion with the Pearl Pentacle as guided by the Moon. . If you'd like to be notified of updates, just message Irisanya. . Dates: June 8 & 9 Times: 11 - 8 / 11 - 6 (times might shift slightly) Cost: $90 - $240, sliding scale, scholarships available -- just reach out! To Register: https://goo.gl/forms/YnwsoZ23HBAu437s1 . Prerequisites: Elements of Magick, familiarity with Iron Pentacle . Space is limited, so we will collect a deposit to secure your spot. . @bud.blossom.and.hip (at Santa Rosa, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxJHTs0nODc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lcnfnrhy4tsj

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Join us for two days of encountering the magic of the pentacle, across and around the points of a star that can become a tool of transformation, of holding, and of understanding. . In this two-day class, we'll work with the energies that call out to us, that are calling us to name them and know them, to integrate them and to form them into our own personal pentacle. . We will trance in the journey of stars being born, we will follow the pentacles of becoming and opening, we will reach out to ancestors, and we will solidify our pentacles with art. . And much more! . Together, we will wander and wonder into what holds us, what circles us, what calls to us, and what our center is today, planting seeds of discovery with the coming springtime. . REGISTRATION ENDS: May 10 . Teachers: Ewa & Irisanya Dates: May 18 & 19, 2019 Times: 11am - 7p / 11am - 6p (may shift slightly...) Location: San Francisco, CA Cost: $120 - $300, some scholarships available, a deposit secures your spot! . To register: Contact Ewa at [email protected] or 415-902-4358 https://www.instagram.com/p/BxCyWiKneOI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lt3d7cn5qqhm

I stood up before a group in ritual and made a pledge to Hecate. I remember what I said. And I had every intention of following through. . But I didn't. . Instead, I made excuses. . As a result, I learned about being accountable to the godds and tracking magick. . LINK: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2019/05/tracking-magick-or-what-im-going-to-do-to-make-amends-to-hecate/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAPEugHEqt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=89swnpw5y9m1

I stood up before a group in ritual and made a pledge to Hecate. I remember what I said. And I had every intention of following through. . But I didn't. . Instead, I made excuses. . As a result, I learned about being accountable to the godds and tracking magick. . LINK: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2019/05/tracking-magick-or-what-im-going-to-do-to-make-amends-to-hecate/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAPEugHEqt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5kg83dh404em

“It is a common saying that women are delicate creatures, flowers, eggs, anything that may be crushed in a moment’s carelessness. . If I had ever believed it, I no longer did.” ― Madeline Miller, Circe . (My daily walks now include the audio book of Circle. Witchy as fuck.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAIfBKnmeO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q69c3ofpnf5r

For Beltane, I tended my altars, Cleared away and remembered why That shell goes here And that olive branch, there . I traced my face with a new rose At dawn And let the scent of Awakening and delight Rush from head to toe. . Holding joy and grief Gently Ever gently https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw7qHFQnACs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ozr6a1m75yd2

This morning we were treated to the deer show. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4hl7lnkrm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rea9s0cqfn53

I never believed in love spells. . But he was walking away from me, pulling away from me. And I wanted nothing more than to bring him back. I didn’t know what I was doing, but I trusted in a book whose name I can’t remember now. . I chanted something. Burned something. I’m sure a candle was involved. Red, of course. . And I sealed it with: If it is best for him. If it is in alignment with his true purpose. . (Or something like that.) . READ MORE AT: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2019/04/preparing-for-beltane-and-love-spell-of-life/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwuNb01HThs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=topkb4r7jsis

🌕F U L L M O O N🌕 . My spells are simple and often brought together by necessity, the light of the moon, and the tug of my heart. . For a year, I've had flowers drying in my bedroom since a working with Persephone. The flowers were meant to entice her, to bring her back from the land of the shadows, back into the arms of springtime and her mother. . All year, I would pass these flowers and they would send their scent into my heart, as though they were still green. . New Blog: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2019/04/let-her-hold-you-a-sweet-full-moon-spell-for-your-heart/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwa0r1On5ck/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=prt3lkvrz2sa

Magic is everywhere. Even the airport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #everydaymagick #lifeisalovespell #witchesofinstagram #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #chargedbythegoddess #irisanyamoon #priestess #magic #magickisafoot #witch #witchythings #witchywoman (at Oakland International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFcydIhL-C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jqvzdw96f9v4

Hey -- I wrote something for this.🌙 . "It has been observed that the traditions, philosophies and beliefs that enjoy historical longevity are not those that remain static and unchanging, but rather those that evolve and adapt to meet the needs of different or changing societies. And that truth, of course, can be extended to religions and spiritualities that by necessity must remain relevant to peoples’ lives or become intellectual museum pieces. With topics ranging from CyberWitches to Activism, from Web Weaving to Urban Witchcraft, from the Arts to Kitchen and Solitary Witchcraft and more, What is Modern Witchcraft? considers contemporary developments in the ancient craft and discusses a number of questions and issues that are frequently raised today. What is Modern Witchcraft? is edited by Trevor Greenfield and features essays from Morgan Daimler, Annette George, Irisanya Moon, Rebecca Beattie, Philipp J. Kessler, Amie Ravenson, Rachel Patterson, Mélusine Draco, Dorothy Abrams, Arietta Bryant and Mabh Savage." . LINK: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/moon-books/our-books/pagan-portals-what-is-modern-witchcraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #moonbooks #moonbooksauthor #witchesofinstagram #modernwitchcraft #writer #witchwriter #writing #amwritingthreebooksrightnow #aminneedofmorecoffee #writersofinstagram #chargedbythegoddess #lifeisalovespell #irisanya #irisanyamoon #reclaimingwitchcraft #reclaimingwitch #reclaimingteacher #witchery #witchy 517eofShAYL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1fLgHn_Od/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xl2dlfg1h8bk

“You may not run away from the thing that you are because it comes and comes and comes as sure as you breathe. As certain. The thing is deep inside your linings, way down in the marrow. people have a lot of words for it. . There are ten thousand names for it and you. Wherever you are , it catches you up. It catches you in South Africa. Wherever you are and whatever it is, the terrible is trying to grip you and sometimes you're walking down the street and it tries to knock you clean off your feet and send you right underground. The terrible comes like a bang in the night. It takes a drink and several more and comes to plague you in the morning; it damn near poisons you with all the drink it needs to stay alive. it toys with you the morning after - stays the entire day, squeezing you by the shoulders, making your hands shake. it smiles at you, the terrible. Sitting, arms folded, in the corner of the room. It just can't help itself. It just needs friends. . It's such a lonely thing. . The terrible needs to eat and it eats whole lives up in one sitting. . The terrible claps its terrible hands and everything falls right through them. The terrible is here one month and gone for a while until the middle of the next, allowing you to catch your breath - and just when you almost think everything is okay and when you're not over or under-breathing, it surprises you in the middle of the night again.” ― Yrsa Daley-Ward, The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir . . . #nationalpoetrymonth #poetry #yrsadaleyward #theterrible https://www.instagram.com/p/BvyyKPsnqXE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uvn570djv1xg

When you're running energy in ritual, either as a priestess or participant, you can leave feeling resourced or depleted. With practice and mindfulness, you can avoid magickal hangovers. . (Mostly. And if you want to.) . BLOG LINK: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chargedbythegoddess/2019/03/avoiding-a-magickal-hangover/ . . . . . . . . . . . . #chargedbythegoddess #witchesofinstagram #patheospagan #patheosblogger #magickalhygiene #magickalhangover #ground #cleanse #nourish #resourcing #resilience #restore #irisanyamoon #irisanya #magick #ritual #afterthemagick https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvt1L5qH4FI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1upfev3s9nl7x

feeling grateful for magick and gatherings once a month (better it be when the moon is full) 🌕🌕🌕🌕 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUO_cXHfDu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10mvx9rwi5mvj