Practical Magic: Glamoury and Tealight Hearths
Charms, Hexes, Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Glamoury and Unsolicited Opinions on Morals and Magic
Unnatural
An unnatural witch was not born a witch
She came into her mother’s faith
Catholic. Jewish. Muslim. Atheist.
Her power is in her struggle
Everything she had to bleed for –
The stove is hot. You will fall down. That girl/boy
will only break your heart.
Her power is not in the gifts she was born with
(they never serve you for long anyway)
Her witchcraft was not her birth right
(long nights of divination and cupboard spells)
She is not the favored child of the Universe
She cannot hear the earth sing
Or smell the perfume of her goddesses
She leaves gifts for her ancestors –
the Stella D’Oro cookies her uncle once liked
Potato pancakes for her father
(never cigarettes)
Her power is shaky, the threads tangled and snarled
An unnatural witch demands her place at the table
(it’s the only way she can sit there
instead of the kitchen)
She works for what she wants
She makes her own way when slighted
The Law of Return is a story told to keep her/them safe
Her goddesses are too busy actually working to be bothered
to be bothered to right every wrong for her
They trust her to take care of herself
That’s why they made her an unnatural
Witch.
Comments
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Tuesday, 11 July 2017I grew up in a Christian Household, and was always interested in paganism. My parents would never let me have anything to do with it though. They even ripped up my tarrot cards once they found I had some. As an adult who is openly Pagan now, they constantly tell me that they hope I realize my mistake, and that they are glad I was saved as a child so at least I wont go to hell.
It's very hard to continue doing something that everyone I care about is against, but things like this are very heart warming. I know I am following my own path, and that for me, this path is good. -
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Thank you, as someone who feels they are ineptly stumbling down the path of witchcraft/conjure, it is refreshing to hear that I am not the only one who stumbles, but keeps on going.