For as long as I can remember I’ve always taken my baths seriously, way before I knew the health benefits of half of the ingredients I was sprinkling into my bath; Lavender, rose petals, rosemary, dried chamomile, and sea salt just to name a few. As I got older and delved into my craft, I began to understand just how important that act of taking a bath before undergoing any kind of ritual was. Before calling in any energies, help or guidance from the gods or goddesses, or tapping into the higher powers, I felt it was so crucial to bathe. To cleanse oneself from any energies lingering from the last lunar cycle, to wash away any negative or stagnant...
CRONE OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE MEDITATION Close your eyes and start to take deep breaths in and out through your nose. Sit with your spine nice and tall, or lay down if this is more comfortable for you. Start to deepen your breath, taking in long slow inhalations through the nose, then exhaling long, slow relaxing breaths out through the nose, allowing your whole body to soften and relax. Visualise a white sparkly mist showering over you, and with each exhalation breathe the white mist out until the light surrounds you. Imagine yourself standing in a magickal winter forest. It feels ancient yet you know this place, there is a sense of familiarity. Snow lays thick on the forest floor...
