Luna Sanctum

Pumpkin Patch visit of 2020. I loved the warty looking pumpkin as I felt it was extra witchy. However, I ended up with the smoother pumpkin with the scar, and I carved the face, so that the scar ran though my pumpkins eyes. 

Where did the art/tradition of Pumpkin Carving/ Jack O’Lanterns come from?

Well, believe it or not, it originated from Celtic traditions. Based on the myth of Stingy Jack who was tricked by the Devil. Long story short, Jack was a horrible drunk who used to prank others, and so the devil offered to buy Jack a drink in exchange for his soul, and the Devil turned himself into a coin to pay for the drink. Jack being Jack, he took the coin, put it in his pocket, where he kept a cross. This cross had stopped the Devil from changing back into himself and Jack allowed him to be free by bartering with the Devil to collect his soul at a later date. 

Jack played one last prank on the Devil when he did eventually come to collect his soul and in exchange for the Devil’s freedom once more, Jack asked him not to collect his soul once he had died; to which the Devil agreed. 

When Jack did finally pass away, he was unable to enter the gates of Heaven, as he had been cruel, selfish and miserable when on earth. With that being the case, Jack then went down to Hell, where the Devil refused him entry; once rejected from hell he was left to wander the Netherworld between Heaven and Hell for all eternity. Jack pleaded with the Devil for help navigating his way out of the Netherworld, and so the Devil chucked him an ember from the flames of Hell. 

The only thing Jack had with him bar the clothes on his back, was a Turnip, his favourite food. He decided to hollow out the Turnip and place the ember from Hell’s flames inside. He proceeded to wander the earth for all eternity, with no resting place, using only the light from his Turnip to guide his way. 

It has been a sweet minute since I used this blog. I feel like I keep disconnecting from my spiritual space, but I think I am going to make it an active part of my life again.  I felt very heavily connected this Samhain, and I feel like it has awoken something inside of me that I am dying to get into. Recently I have been working on having some time in the mornings and evenings to centre my energy, ground myself, and do some shielding work to ensure I have the best day possible. 

So far, I think it has been working well; I am a lot calmer, a lot happier and things of not seem to have the same affect on me as they had done previously. 

Even though 2020 is sucking to the absolute max, I am hoping this can be a glimmer of good that comes out of this year. With that, I also hope that I can reignite my passion for blogging and documenting my practises, thoughts and craft and we can go from there. 

How is everyone? 

Yours,

Sorting through last weeks flower bouquet to organise which I can dry and store/press and which are too far gone to save.

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I also decided to dig out some Smokey Amethyst wands I had got my hands, I was going to turn them all into ritual tools for myself but never got round to it. Maybe I should sell them on? Would anyone be interested? •

It’s Sunday and after a very hectic week, all I can think about is needing a nice, lazy day. I know that I can easily recharge by drawing down energy from the universe, building my own never ending supply of energy, but I sometimes really struggle focusing enough to do it/believe it’s happening. 

So, my other go to is a curl around this massive quartz point, whether I sit with it between my legs or I lay down next to it (dependant on what I am doing at the time), and use this to recharge. Something, I must admit, I’ve found to work very well. 

One of my favourite things to do recently is to press flowers and use them as decoration for both photography purposes and everyday aesthetics/ritual work. I find having a physical connection with the outside world through the form of preserved flowers boosts my energy and focus when I'm working. 

I also love crystal spheres and pyramids, the shapes and focal energy I get from them is always such buzz. 

I guess I should start with a Hi, right? 

I’m not going to introduce myself by my name, I’d rather keep this ‘anonymous’ for now. However, I will explain a bit about me and why I’m doing this. 

I’m a 25 year old witch who has been brought up around spirituality and the craft since birth. The title of this blog may suggest I’m not sure of my witch path, and to degree that’s correct. Although, for the most part, consider this blog my personal, anonymous diary online. It’s a lot quicker, and easier for me to type things out, rather than write them by hand (for several reasons, maybe to be discussed further down the line).  I constantly feel like life throws a mass of curve balls, and a lot of the time I have trouble sleeping because my minds racing. It’s currently 00:46AM and I created this blog, while my fiancé sleeps upstairs. I think if I air my mind, and also share my spiritual side on here, I may find like minded people, or maybe even help someone else who feels similar to me.  This blog will be about everything in my life, spiritual as well as everyday ins and outs. So if you’re reading this, feel free to pop up and say hi. I promise, I’m not going to ignore you/bite.  I tend to be terrible at keeping up with many things I start, so perhaps this might help me commit to an ongoing project and help me start to develop my path both in the craft and life, a bit better.