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Poppy goddess,

HERE

gentle muse of the eternal repose
she who moves dreamily
between sleep and silence
that which wanes in time
and that which ends utterly
pale, adoring luminary
at your breast we suckle
the milk of the fleshy orb
poppy goddess,
in our lingering lethargy
or passionate euphoria,
oh gentle final fate
of the garden of the gods
let slumber befall us,
oh kind red reaper

–Poppy Goddess, Angelina Nelson-J, 2009

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So the metamorphoses continues. One thing I’ve always really loved about the witchcraft community is that we often allow ourselves to transform- change our practices, alter our perceptions of the world and magic around us as we grow. This is not something fundamental to all religions or religious practices. A friend of mine who is über religious once told me that she felt like witchcraft was a dead end religious practice because there was no monotony, no stability to ground it. Not only is that not true for a lot of witches and traditions but I told her that the beauty in it all is that many of us allow our minds to be as wide open as we like and that letting wisdom rush in, no matter how it changes, is part of the great beauty of magic. We still disagree to this day, but I can see her point.

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It occurred to me that I don’t think I’ve ever really talked about what drew me to green witchcraft or why I am so involved with nature worship. It’s a kind of personal story, but I’d like to share(…)

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Spent the morning deep in the forest,(…)

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So, I’ve never been much of  faery person.


I mean, like many kids I had a fascination with the folklore and art- I’m a Brian Froud fiend and a lover of all the old faery movies… but I’ve never been(…)

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