#fayepath

Oh my goodness lovelies!! I just realized today that I have passed two years of practice! I can't believe I've made it this far, and how much I have grown! 

I started my journey February 13th of 2015, and started really dedicated myself to learning more and practicing what I’m studying. When I started, I was so enthusiastic and desperate to learn, so happy to feel the warmth of connecting with something spiritual in my life. I still have that feeling, and I still hold it close. It makes me feel more real with this world, more intone with reality and what really matters in my life. 

Winter is always the hardest season for me, in a lot of ways, and I always get less in tune with my practice. This is really when I should optimise my time and focus in on using it to benefit myself, but I just don’t have the energy or time to sit down and focus. There is a time where I question if I really even belong in this community. But February is always brighter- the birds are coming back, there is less snow, I see the sun in the sky and feel its warmth. And I feel that spark in me again- that glow feels warmer and ready, like it’s coming out with the flowers. And I am going back to my happy place. 

I’m still on the lookout for a new Grimoire, but I’m feeling pretty lucky- hopefully I’ll find it this weekend! And from there, I will start anew. Not completely fresh, but just another chapter. Year two will bring more understanding, more connection and, hopefully, more happiness along with it. 

I hope you have a marvellous Saturday!

Hello my lovelies! 

 Sorry I've been away so much. My new job is taking a lot of my daytime hours away. I meant to come back on the weekend but something amazing happened! My boyfriend came over just for this past weekend! For those of you who don't know, I am in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend who lives in London (England, not Ontario lol). And we have just reached our 2 year anniversary! Because of the way we both have jobs, and because of the fact that he had already used some holiday days in January for a family trip, I thought we wouldn't be together for that day. It made me sad to think about, but it's just the way things are. There was nothing we could do about it. But! That little sneak- he came over and surprised me after work! He took the Friday off and the Monday off to fly to and from England- 2 days of travel for two days together. I can honestly say I have never been so surprised in my life- I came down from work, hit the main floor of the building I work in, turned a corner, and he hugged me from behind. As you can expect, I cried a lot haha. It made me so happy to see him, and I felt so loved. I don’t know where he found the money, and how he managed to plan this whole thing out without me being any the wiser, but I am so happy he came over. 

This New Year has held a lot of surprises for me and a lot of good karma. Moving forward. I’ve been focusing on my body lately, trying to get healthier in my diet and in my habits. I’ve been working out more and drinking more green tea and less soda. The adjustment in my life has got me rising from and going to bed a lot earlier. I want to do some spellwork while I feel motivated and energized, so you might see some of that on here soon. Beyond that, I’m starting to plan for the Spring Equinox already! Never too early to start thinking ahead. This weekend will be a super productive one for me- I want to do some Grimoire work and spend lots of time looking over my online Grimoire resource and going through what I’ve been missing. So if you want to drop me a line, or chat, please feel free to do so! I miss talking to you all! 

Hello my lovelies! It feels so good to say that again haha. 

It has been, oh gosh, like 2 weeks since I’ve really been active on here? Possibly longer? I don’t quite remember, but it’s been too long. I took some unexpected and accidental time off from being on the Tumblr and stepped away from social media. I didn’t consciously think about it, but I felt like I needed to. I just took some time to be present in the real world. I have been working towards taking care of myself, physically with a better diet and including more exercise in my daily life, and mentally by being more mindful in my alone time, and spending more time outside with friends. 

Now I am back and feeling refreshed. I am ready to start posting more and, tiny reveal, I’m working on my own independent blog! That’s right, I want to move to a proper blog platform and focus more on my own content creation. How exciting! I won’t do any big reveals any time soon, but it’s been something I’ve thought about for a long time. It won’t be a pure witchcraft and spirituality blog, but as well as a lifestyle and personal based blog. I want to write about finding balance in life and my journey to doing so. 

I’ll be putting up a few more posts in the next couple of days/ weeks about what I’ve done in my time away from the Internet. Bought a few new witchy items and have some stories to share. For now, I’ll be back posting and reblogging regularly!

Hope you all are doing wonderful and having a fantastic July! 

Hello lovelies!

I am back from my vacation in Florida and I had a wonderful time! It was unbelievably hot and muggy but I loved absorbing my sun and being near the ocean. The best part of my trip was seeing and being with my boyfriend, who is now back in England just like I have returned to Canada. I’m glad that I got to see him- six months was too long to go without him. Seeing him and being near him again makes me fall in love with him all over again. I miss him terribly and I still am walking around with a heavy yet hollow chest after leaving him at the airport, but I know I'll heal soon enough. It just takes some time to get used to the Long Distance thing again.

So! In lieu of needing a distraction, I am going to throw myself into my practice for August! Here’s a little list of what I want to accomplish before the month’s end:

Buy new reference books- I’ve read the current books I’ve had multiple times and I feel like I need to get some new perspectives and continue to get more detailed reference books (and it’s a nice birthday present to me!)

Get personal and study my tarot deck- I bought it over a month ago, and I have barely connected with it at all! I’ve charged it and start to get to know it, but I got distracted with work and life, so I should definitely pull it out. I want to study a few cards a day, get to know them and write a little about them in my BoS.

Make my creativity charm jar spell- I put all this effort into writing a spell and I am SO EXCITED to test it out but I haven’t yet! So I’m going to do it on the new moon (tomorrow night!) and get dedicated to my creative craft and book writing.

Get back into the habit of writing in my Grimoire twice a week- it’s been ages since I’ve made an entry and I think if I nail making time for my Faith Study, then I will really feel better about my spirituality. 

Set up a permanent altar- I’m home alone for half of August and I think having an altar present and up every day will help me have my practice at the forefront of my mind every day! And I won’t need to worry about my family seeing it and asking questions. Just for a little while. 

I think this is a nice to do list (along with trying to meditate every day when I wake up for ten minutes and practising yoga as much as I can), and very doable. I’ve got my goals! I’ve got my motivation! I’ve got my desire! Let’s have a magical August! 

-Faye xx

My crystal collection (clockwise from the top): Orange calcite, blue agate, amethyst, rose quartz, clear quartz, aventurine, serpentine, rose quartz (gifted to me by my boyfriend)

Hello lovelies!

It’s officially spring here in the northern hemisphere and boy did the first couple of spring get a chilly start- got a touch of snow falling from the sky but nothing that stuck around. It’s very cold here where I am, but I have seen and heard my birds and little critters running around so it’s nothing that will last! I just wanted to make a little post talking about my Spring Equinox day and share with you all how it went. It was such a warm sunny day, I was able to have my windows open for the majority of the morning and well into the afternoon without getting a chill. I cleaned my room top to bottom and swept out all those dusty negative energies from the corners, reorganised and packed some of my stuff up. While I was cleaning, I set up a little altar on my windowsill with some white and pink candles drawing in good intentions, set out a little plate of mini eggs as an offering, my little cactus plant (I wanted to buy flowers but I had no time to go out that day), and tucked my rose quartz and white quartz in the sun for just a little while (and put them out later that night for a moon bath too). I also put my small Totoro holding a sprout - I thought it was quite fitting! Totoro, the forest spirit, holding a growing sprout. It’s a little silly but it just felt like it fit the theme and he seemed to like it! I felt and still feel so refreshed after that day of cleaning and cleansing, both of my bedroom, my body (nothing a hot shower can’t fix), and my mind. I’ve been feeling very up and down lately so I needed a day to just recharge and regroup for the last bit of my school year and it was the perfect day to do it. Hopefully this energy will stay around!

Hello lovelies! 

This upcoming Sunday is the Spring Equinox (also called Ostara) and I am so excited to greet spring! I have been looking forward to this day for a while now, as winter tends to make me really tired and worn out, I plan on revamping myself with the start of the new season! I won’t be doing a whole celebration with a formal ritual and fancy spell, as I am in my final year of university and the next three weeks are crazy hectic for me and I don’t have time to plan a whole ritual- but I do plan on doing a little ‘boom closet’ type celebration. I thought I would share what I plan on doing for the Spring Equinox- take what you want and be inspired! A celebration doesn’t need to be huge, fancy, formal or time consuming- celebrate in small ways and keep in in your mind and heart throughout the day, and that is plenty!

Wear pastel colours! Greens, blues, purples, yellows, pinks- anything that is bright and soft, as to symbolise the flowers and return of colour to nature!

Lighting scented candles while I work along on my school work- mine smells like cherry blossoms and peaches!

I’ll bring out my rose quartz and white quartz to soak in the sun for a while, absorbing the energies- other gems that would love some sun are agate, garnet, and lapis lazuli

Buying fresh flowers from the market when I go out grocery shopping to bring home and put on my altar

Drinking my favourite herbal tea- teas with florals in them like lavender, jasmine and chamomile would be good- or even green tea sweetened with honey! 

Setting out a little plate of chocolate eggs on my altar, blessed with good intentions and a sweet start to the season! Some will provide as an offering, and some will be dedicated as a study snack for me. (Sugar cookies would also be good if you aren’t a fan of chocolate!) 

I’ll set aside a half hour to an hour to dedicate time reading and writing in my Book of Shadows my intentions for the coming season

Meditate at both dawn and dusk- letting my energies mix with the rising and setting sun

Clean my room! A top to bottom dust, vacuum, laundry, new sheets- the whole long mile! Shake out those old negative energies, draw in new energies, productivity and warmth into all the nooks and crannies

Seems silly but take a shower- matches the idea of the clean room. Wash off any bad or lingering negative feelings from whatever is making you feel down (I’m using floral and fruity scented soaps to charge it up) and walk out feeling like a new witch!

And, depending on how the day goes, I might be able to do a spell for new beginnings. I haven’t written anything formal, but I might end up just lighting a candle, doing some meditation and saying whatever comes to the heart. 

Hopefully these things will inspire you to celebrate the coming of spring, even if you’re super busy. I have a laundry list of things to do this weekend, a bunch of schoolwork and chores and I’m going to be very stressed trying to cram it all in over 48~ hours but I made myself promise to celebrate the Spring Equinox. I think it’ll be good to rejuvenate my spirit and help me detox throughout the day while I still get things done. 

I hope that this will come of use to you and I’ll write a post on Monday to tell you all how it went! Happy Spring and Ostara!