A Hag Stone

Look everyone! I found a Hag Stone in my front yard this evening as I went to get pizza for dinner! I'm super glad I found this, because I wanted a small one to carry with me. (I have a huge one that I found on the beach, but it weighs as much as a kitten!) I've tied it with some black string and a bone bead, onto my back-pack.

 

Start with a jug of apple juice, pour into a large pot.









Apple juice and Mulling spice bought at a large, low price, chain store.  

Apple juice and Mulling spice bought at a large, low price, chain store.  

1/3 cup of spices in cotton cloth.

Tied with twisty tie.

Burned by stove top flame, because I am stupid. (This was the first time I ever set fire to something in the kitchen)

Let the Steeping begin.

Steeping rig, made by my mom.

I added two cinnamon apple tea bags because it smelled/tasted kind of gross.

I burned my thumb pouring this back into the bottle. But it tasted good, and would make a good television/movie scotch or bourbon replacement. (It looks good in a glass, like real hard liquor!)(I had to do this in caption, I can make it do regular beside the picture words)

Familiars?

(I Know Witches Do Not Worship The Devil. I Practice Witchcraft)

I was watching a documentary on the Salem Witch Trials, and they were saying something about "The Witches Teat." Which is some sort of mole or mark that the devil puts on a witch so that she can feed her familiar.
I know this is all a load of crap. But it made me think; did Christianity create much of the modern themes of Witchcraft? Or did the concept of familiars exist before the Burning Times?
And I know this would be almost impossible to figure out because the only people who knew how to read or write were either rich or priests.
I would really like to know. And does anyone else have any sort of witch concept that may have been created by Christians?
Just curious. :)
Blessed Be!

Polymer Clay Mouse

http://www.folksy.com/items/1247541   I was asked by my aunt to make one of these for her mouse collection. I used clay for all of the parts, even the eyes; which are small beads in the original mouse.

Updates

Hey, I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been busy with friends and I started college last Monday. I hope to start making a few things in the coming weeks. Maybe find a recipe for Mabon and maybe make a clay jack 'o lantern for Samhain. I'll try to keep up to date and add things as I do them.
Blessed Be

Facing The Darkness

Earlier this week, I read a blog post from another Witch. She was saying that she doesn't like be labeled as Wiccan, because she casts dark spells; i.e. vengeance spells, hexes and curses. And while I have been tempted to use dark magick, I feel that it wouldn't be right for me. Like it might be the best form of magick for some people, but I feel that healing and protection spells are the thing for me. I guess it varies from Witch to Witch.
But people say that magick is neutral and the darkness and light are the human aspects of spells. And the darkness is stronger in some people. And I know that the darkness is strong in me, because I'm tempted to use dark magick sometimes.
Tell me what you think about using dark spells.
And I'm not going to lie, if my mom ever found my BOS and saw that I had a curse or hex in there, I wouldn't be able to pass Wicca off as a nice, non-violent religion. (She might even send me off to a Catholic church camp!, it's scary because I'm not Catholic)

Book Of Fortunes

 I got this book for $1 at Michael's about a year ago. I was going to use it for a BOS, and I still might, it's pretty thick. But I've decided to use the first half of the book for collecting fortunes from fortune cookies.

You can't really see the fortunes, because of the scotch tape I used to tape them to the paper. I think I might start writing the date of the fortune next to it. I want to fill the first half of the book, but it might take a while because I rarely eat Chinese food.