I've taken a few weeks away from a lot. I haven't really done any collective readings, clearly haven't written about any magical happenings or garden things; but I've tried really intentionally to figure out what I want to do with this Earth magic that flows through me.
In terms of figuring out my witch life, that'll be a really long process. But it's turned out to make me very aware of the powers that I do possess, and can use whenever I want to. This is actually really exciting! I like spell bottles, I love my cauldron, I love to burn my words and let the smoke carry them up to the cosmos, I like to be able to use things from my garden in my magic-making, and I like knowing that really, all magic is, is intention coming from my core. It doesn't work if you don't believe in it, or if the intention isn't pure and clear.
It goes back to the Magician card in the Tarot. He holds all the elements necessary to successfully travel his path, but he needs to figure out how to use them during this journey. It's all about the "how." And using them in a way that is genuine, pure in intent, without ego, and purely for the joy and betterment of oneself and others.
Soul purpose has been coming up a lot lately in the collective, and it seems like it's way heavier of a topic than it should be. Our souls' purposes will be brought to light when we do things that make us so unabashedly happy, and serve others in the process -- which can be a direct or indirect affect of what we choose to do. It's not a particular job, place, person, or situation. It can definitely be expressed within those confines, but the true daydreams and inspiration come when we're doing things that truly light up our internal fire.
I feel like a lot of us also get caught up in thinking that our purpose has to relate to our work life. It does not. Of course it would be lovely if we could live our purpose and get paid for it, but it's not necessarily realistic all the time. When I finally altered my perspective on that, and stopped looking for a new job, or this, or that, and really thought about what makes me excited and how I can serve others, my inspiration finally started to come back. While it's not at full-on mojo yet, it's slowly coming back. Something that also helped me there was a witchy friend of mine telling me that helping others doesn't necessarily have to mean helping people. Or -- that helping people can be the byproduct of helping animals or insects or nature.
LIGHT BULB!!
How am I helping others? I'm being really drawn to beekeeping. I intentionally plant for pollinators, and have done so for a few years now. I purposely choose plants that are magnets for bees, butterflies, moths -- you name it. I plant those in my gardens, and because a lot of them are native, they flourish. And year after year, I get more and more honeybees. This year is by far the most honeybees I've had since moving to this house. It's honestly inspired me to dig another bed.
But the real inspiration for this beekeeping idea comes from my bro in New Mexico. He's growing stuff, and wants to cross-pollinate this with that, and make honey, and all that good stuff. And damnit, I want in on that cool bee magic, too!
And to come full circle, then, planting for pollinators is in service of myself, and others. The pollination then serves the crops, which feed the people and animals. And then the bees make honey and propolis, which feeds and protects the hive, but also then feeds the people, and the propolis can be put into different things as an antibacterial component. Plus, then you have beeswax, which can be made into a ridiculous amount of things. So then you have all the products of the honey and hive, serving the people, sustainably, organically, without chemicals or a ton of money invested, and it's just a beautiful cycle to see in my head, and my world.
I'm looking forward to this winter so that I can really explore it. I know I'm still doing what I'm doing for a reason, but it's getting tired. And I know that the new things are coming. I'm excited, and my flames are lit!
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