What motivates you during the holiday season? HO HO HO or GO GO GO?!

Finding the time to keep up with all of the holiday season activities, celebrations, & shopping can be exhausting.  Put in a full or part time job and it can be downright overwhelming. 

One of the aspects of this time of year is that we are encouraged to give, celebrate, be involved, and GO GO GO!  Hang on a sec... I need a nap just from THINKING about it! 

*Yawns and stretches*  Ok, that felt good.  Now... my question to you:  what motivates you to be all you can be and STILL keep a sane and level head during the holidays?  Is there anywhere in the Magickal Me Manual that reminds us to not only do all of the above, but also to do something nice for ourselves?  *flips through the pages*.  Hmmm... I think I see it here in the Appendix under W for "Who's Got Time?" 

If nothing else - my suggestion (and gift) to you is to take 2 to 5 minutes in the morning for yourself and do the Braucherei Morning Ritual  that you'll find on Wiccan author Silver Ravelwolf's blog.  This wonderful chant is super easy to memorize and quick to do.  AND IT WORKS! 

Not only will you find the Braucherei Morning Ritual on Silver's blog, you'll also find the Great Magickal Release Program.  Each day she challenges you to throw away, give away or just plain toss things in your life that are holding you back from being THE SUPER AWESOME FANTASTIC WONDERFUL MAGICKAL person that you can be!  The trick here is that you have to start at the beginning, and follow each day as it is laid out.  Believe me - Silver has a thoughtful purpose for each step of the program. 

I encourage everyone to take this challenge!  Start when you can, do what you can each day, and DON'T GIVE UP!  When you start to see all the mundane physical junk leave your life, you'll find that your mental junk runs away too.  (I think I heard mine scream, but that might have been Nuit when I tossed out her VERY OLD CATNIP!)

Won't you join me on this amazing journey of cleansing and reclaiming of self?  You won't be disappointed! 

In Love and Light,

~Snowy

"I'm Not a Witch" picked as top quote of the year.

I sat here for 10 minutes (give or take) and pondered the ways I could extrapolate and pontificate on this announcement.

I just have 8 words for the woman who uttered of the udderly ridiculous:  

I Am A Witch and Proud Of It!



ps:  Dorothy Morrison has the PERFECT candle for Ms Christine O'Donnell..



Mews to You'se,
Nuit

Eye of Nuit - One Month Later

So, today is the one month anniversary of our store.  In that time, I have seen the building blocks of the dreams I've had for many years starting to set in place.

I wanted a great little shop where wiccans, witches & pagans could come and not only pick up the items they need, but also find cool stuff they didn't know existed.  Everyone would walk in the door and "See, Hear & FEEL the MAGICK"  Apparently we've achieved that because we hear time and time again "You have a really nice shop!"  One aspect that definitely enhances this is the fact that our landlord allowed us to bring my familiars Nuit & Nessa Rose to the shop.  While Nuit isn't such a big fan of Going To Work, Nessa Rose LOVES to come to the store and help show people around. 

It was important to me that the prices be reasonable.  As a consumer, I really detest being grossly overcharged.  Apparently we've achieved that because one of the comments we hear over and over is "Wow!  Your prices are really great!"  Witchcraft on a Budget is what we're all about!

There needed to be space for classes, workshops & rituals.  The retail space we chose offered just that.  In January, we will be offering our first class - Crystal Healing I, and have had lots of responses from those wishing to attend.  In addition to this, the Pittsburgh Black Hat Society has chosen our location for monthly "Meetups". 

We have met so many wonderful people, and made many new friends.  The value of this cannot be measured by what's in the cash register each night.  And this, my friends, is what my dream was all about.  We didn't just open a store.  We opened a Treasure Chest!

In Her Service,

~Snowy