Merry meet all,
I recently visited my local witch shop. To my dismay, my awesome friend and shop owner Pamela McInnis or Lavender if you want to call her that, told me people harassed her about selling sage. She is entitled to sell whatever she wants in her beautiful mystical witch shop. She was attacked for cultural appropriation. I can’t believe some people. I can’t see a witch shop without sage bundles in it. Anyone is welcome to use sage. In fact, it has many benefits such as eliminating nasty negative entities, reducing bacteria in the air and clearing a space of negative energy. It can relax you and loosen up the energy in a room. I love sage and I also want some sweetgrass and cedar. Sage has been used by many cultures over time. People should learn research before they criticize someone for selling a famous herb in their store.
Imbolc is almost here! I am thrilled because Imbolc is the first Sabbat of spring! I can’t wait for the harshness of winter to give way to tiny green sprouts appearing in my garden. Last year, I couldn’t be in my garden and this year makes up for it. Yup I plan to grow veggies, flowers and herbs like nobody’s business. Imbolc can’t come soon enough for me. I hope you all enjoy the Imbolc Sabbat too. I need some seed catalogs.
I am almost done my first year at Sacred Mists. I am currently on Lesson 17. The total number of lessons in the year is 20 lessons. I have completed the Lithomancy Extension course as well as Shielding, Empathy, Magickal Tools and Lithomancy. I am waiting for my last lesson on Runes to be graded. I’ve experienced a magickal year and I would not change a minute of it. Well except for my foot injury. I could have done without that. I have learned so much and now will never be the same person. I have grown and changed because I learned so much magickal stuff and it has probably made me a better person. I hope I can continue studying there to earn my 2nd and 3rd degree. If I study hard, I will. It is harder there than you could ever expect.
I wanted to discuss one more good point about psychic shielding. Muggles don’t know how to shield themselves (And they give us witches a hard time.) You don’t have to just shield yourself from a negative entity. It can help to shield yourself from people too. It is good though to know and understand the difference between shielding yourself from energies and having a wall of defense around yourself from an abusive situation, etc. Anyone can create and use a psychic shield. Anyone can have a defensive wall around themselves too for whatever reason. There is a huge difference between the two and it is worth talking about.
If a person is in a nasty situation, or grew up in a bad situation, and is continually mistreated, over time you will develop a wall of defense to prevent yourself from feeling hurt and develop trust issues. It is normal. It is understandable. A person could have an abusive partner or parent and the defensiveness is a response to the situation. Escaping the nasty situation, if possible and seeking help is the most common situation.
Psychic shielding is creating a barrier around yourself to protect yourself from negative energy, whether human or paranormal. Anyone can create this and use it. However, not everyone feels defensive from abusive situations but anyone can use a psychic shield for whatever the reason. People can benefit from a psychic shield too. To learn more about how to create a psychic shield, please read my previous posts. You will find good information on how to do it there.
I hope this has helped create a better understanding about psychic shielding. It is a lot of work at first but over time, you can become good at it. I encourage everyone to practice it. You will feel better. I still hope off of a bus and catch other ones if I find peoples’ energy is too much for me. Good luck. Many Inbolc Blessings to you all!!!! )O(
Blessings Spiderwitch
