Comments for Hail and Welcome! http://onewitchsway.com "And when your heart is filled with fear, Close your eyes for she is here..." Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Laurie Cabot (PBP – Week 5) by Molly http://onewitchsway.com/2012/02/laurie-cabot-pbp-week-5/comment-page-1/#comment-68961 Molly Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:14:57 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=5001#comment-68961 I have never met Ms. Cabot, but she is the reason I am on the path I'm on.. When I first started searching for me and began finding witchcraft, a neighbor of mine (who grew up in Saugus, MA and studied under Laurie) began introducing me to witchcraft and though she was trained by Laurie and taught me what she knew, she also encouraged me to find my own path.... I read everything I could get my hands on, both through the library and from second hand book stores...My all time favorite is "The Witch in every Woman"... everytime I get a copy of this book I run across a woman who needs to read it more than I do... so I pass it along.. I too... credit Ms. Cabot with lighting the way for me to find my way on this path I walk. I have never met Ms. Cabot, but she is the reason I am on the path I’m on.. When I first started searching for me and began finding witchcraft, a neighbor of mine (who grew up in Saugus, MA and studied under Laurie) began introducing me to witchcraft and though she was trained by Laurie and taught me what she knew, she also encouraged me to find my own path…. I read everything I could get my hands on, both through the library and from second hand book stores…My all time favorite is “The Witch in every Woman”… everytime I get a copy of this book I run across a woman who needs to read it more than I do… so I pass it along..

I too… credit Ms. Cabot with lighting the way for me to find my way on this path I walk.

]]> Comment on The Modern Witch S3E2 – Bibles in Schools, Again? by David Salisbury http://onewitchsway.com/2012/01/the-modern-witch-s3e2-bibles-in-schools-again/comment-page-1/#comment-68914 David Salisbury Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:25:16 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=4713#comment-68914 Hi yall! I'd like to come at the school situation from a different perspective if I may (in my humble opinion). I don't think that Ginger was trying to push Pagan books on the school or that it was all that dramatic. It seems to me that the act of bringing Pagan books to the school was an effective activist strategy to raise awareness about religious (or nonreligious) equality and pluralism. I dont think Ginger, CoG and the LLL ever expected to have the books there. The point was to keep the press heat on the school and to set an example for other schools to not make the same mistake. I dont think it was "gun a'blazing", since the family repeatedly asked for meetings and action to take place before the media stunt. It seemed like a calculated move that brought conversation about church/state issues to the table, something the nation needs to speak about more. Just my 2 cents :) Blessings David Hi yall!
I’d like to come at the school situation from a different perspective if I may (in my humble opinion). I don’t think that Ginger was trying to push Pagan books on the school or that it was all that dramatic. It seems to me that the act of bringing Pagan books to the school was an effective activist strategy to raise awareness about religious (or nonreligious) equality and pluralism. I dont think Ginger, CoG and the LLL ever expected to have the books there. The point was to keep the press heat on the school and to set an example for other schools to not make the same mistake. I dont think it was “gun a’blazing”, since the family repeatedly asked for meetings and action to take place before the media stunt. It seemed like a calculated move that brought conversation about church/state issues to the table, something the nation needs to speak about more.
Just my 2 cents :)

Blessings
David

]]> Comment on Laurie Cabot (PBP – Week 5) by Aine http://onewitchsway.com/2012/02/laurie-cabot-pbp-week-5/comment-page-1/#comment-68887 Aine Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:18:34 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=5001#comment-68887 I lived in Massachusetts much of my life and I love Laurie Cabot. Her book was one of my first too. I heard her speak publicly about Witchcraft once when I was new to the Craft and she was amazing. She was a very "accessible" celeb. It was common to run into her on the streets of Salem or at the renaissance fair . I admire her kindness and the fact that she walks her talk. A friend of mine, as a young single mother of 3 went to see her for a reading, and after Laurie wouldn't accept her money, but told her to spend it on her son instead. She makes me proud to be a Witch. I lived in Massachusetts much of my life and I love Laurie Cabot. Her book was one of my first too. I heard her speak publicly about Witchcraft once when I was new to the Craft and she was amazing. She was a very “accessible” celeb. It was common to run into her on the streets of Salem or at the renaissance fair . I admire her kindness and the fact that she walks her talk. A friend of mine, as a young single mother of 3 went to see her for a reading, and after Laurie wouldn’t accept her money, but told her to spend it on her son instead. She makes me proud to be a Witch.

]]> Comment on Baneful Herbs (PBP week 4) by Weissdorn (also known as Crataegus laevigata) http://onewitchsway.com/2012/01/baneful-herbs-pbp-week-4/comment-page-1/#comment-68801 Weissdorn (also known as Crataegus laevigata) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:38:35 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=4700#comment-68801 P.S. The oldest pure food & drug law on the books is "das deutsche Reinheitsgebot" from 1516. It stipulates only grain, hops, yeast and water may be used to make beer, and it was passed so they would stop mixing bane fruits in the beer - a common practice until this law was passed. P.S. The oldest pure food & drug law on the books is “das deutsche Reinheitsgebot” from 1516. It stipulates only grain, hops, yeast and water may be used to make beer, and it was passed so they would stop mixing bane fruits in the beer – a common practice until this law was passed.

]]> Comment on Baneful Herbs (PBP week 4) by Weissdorn (also known as Crataegus laevigata) http://onewitchsway.com/2012/01/baneful-herbs-pbp-week-4/comment-page-1/#comment-68800 Weissdorn (also known as Crataegus laevigata) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:34:16 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=4700#comment-68800 I enjoyed your article, but spent a bit of time looking up what some of the plant names were, because I only know them under the German and Latin names. I'm glad you stressed the fact about "don't dabble with potent plants if you only have a sophomorical experience with them!". I cringed the other day when I read about someone's traditional Samhain punch with may apples. Although the recipe stated, "don't use other parts of this plant", I really worry about posting these sorts of recipes without some sort of a disclaimer álà "If you have no experience with these plants, then you really shouldn't try them." We live in a society where people choke to death over hazelnuts. That's why I don't understand why some public witch recipes can say, "Oh, if you just eat one may apple, it won't hurt you, but a dozen will." How do they know that? So, if you would except a hint, please edit your blog and make your warning/lecture bold and underlined, because undoubtedly someone will read your blog and think, "Well if Rowan knows what she's doing, then putting around with poisons is okay for me too, because I'm a witch too." They forget Rowan knows what she's doing because she has read every book about herbs she can get her hands on, and if she took a couple classes in chemistry, she could probably pass a pharmacist exam. The second thing - this part about being a pagan and having herbal knowledge - is always the same wherever you go. What can I get high on? I always tell them: "Beer. It's legal. It's cheap. And for most people it is not a one-way trip." I don't know why some people believe if you are interested in botany, you are primarily interested in botany because you are looking for unique and interesting substances to get high on. May interest with poisonous plants began with a symbiotic relationship I had with a rare strain of Datura stramonium I found growing wild. I dug her up and took her home and re-potted her, because the next day there were going to bulldoze the lot she was living on. She liked living on my balcony, and in time she brought forth a very unusual strain of blossoms with a faint tinge of blue. At the time I was suffering from very bad allergic asthma, and sitting with this plant in a closed small room and inhaling the aroma of this plant for an hour relieved the asthma spasms (left me with a headache - but at least I was breathing easier). The pharmacy used to sell the leaves as cigarettes for asthma in the 1920's , until people began to have psychotic delusions. But I found I did not have to harm this plant to benefit from it. And smoking was out of the question. Just water it and take care of it, and keep it company when the asthma got bad. I enjoyed your article, but spent a bit of time looking up what some of the plant names were, because I only know them under the German and Latin names.
I’m glad you stressed the fact about “don’t dabble with potent plants if you only have a sophomorical experience with them!”. I cringed the other day when I read about someone’s traditional Samhain punch with may apples. Although the recipe stated, “don’t use other parts of this plant”, I really worry about posting these sorts of recipes without some sort of a disclaimer álà “If you have no experience with these plants, then you really shouldn’t try them.” We live in a society where people choke to death over hazelnuts. That’s why I don’t understand why some public witch recipes can say, “Oh, if you just eat one may apple, it won’t hurt you, but a dozen will.” How do they know that? So, if you would except a hint, please edit your blog and make your warning/lecture bold and underlined, because undoubtedly someone will read your blog and think, “Well if Rowan knows what she’s doing, then putting around with poisons is okay for me too, because I’m a witch too.” They forget Rowan knows what she’s doing because she has read every book about herbs she can get her hands on, and if she took a couple classes in chemistry, she could probably pass a pharmacist exam.
The second thing – this part about being a pagan and having herbal knowledge – is always the same wherever you go. What can I get high on? I always tell them: “Beer. It’s legal. It’s cheap. And for most people it is not a one-way trip.” I don’t know why some people believe if you are interested in botany, you are primarily interested in botany because you are looking for unique and interesting substances to get high on.
May interest with poisonous plants began with a symbiotic relationship I had with a rare strain of Datura stramonium I found growing wild. I dug her up and took her home and re-potted her, because the next day there were going to bulldoze the lot she was living on. She liked living on my balcony, and in time she brought forth a very unusual strain of blossoms with a faint tinge of blue. At the time I was suffering from very bad allergic asthma, and sitting with this plant in a closed small room and inhaling the aroma of this plant for an hour relieved the asthma spasms (left me with a headache – but at least I was breathing easier). The pharmacy used to sell the leaves as cigarettes for asthma in the 1920′s , until people began to have psychotic delusions. But I found I did not have to harm this plant to benefit from it. And smoking was out of the question. Just water it and take care of it, and keep it company when the asthma got bad.

]]> Comment on The Pagan Blog Project by An Alphabet of Devotion « Aedicula Antinoi: A Small Shrine of Antinous http://onewitchsway.com/pbp2012/comment-page-1/#comment-68524 An Alphabet of Devotion « Aedicula Antinoi: A Small Shrine of Antinous Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:08:37 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?page_id=3752#comment-68524 [...] number of people around the Pagan blogosphere are doing the Pagan Blog Project. I’m not opposed to this, but I’m not exactly clear what the direct purpose of it is, [...] [...] number of people around the Pagan blogosphere are doing the Pagan Blog Project. I’m not opposed to this, but I’m not exactly clear what the direct purpose of it is, [...]

]]> Comment on Deck Review: Earth Magic Oracle Cards by Natascha http://onewitchsway.com/2011/01/deck-review-earth-magic-oracle-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-68518 Natascha Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:13:48 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=2388#comment-68518 I found this deck on a Dutch website and felt drawn to the beautiful illustration. But very little information about the deck made me quite hesitant to buy. After reading your review, I'm so enthusiastic; ordered the deck straight away. Thank you for the review and showing the reading... I found this deck on a Dutch website and felt drawn to the beautiful illustration.
But very little information about the deck made me quite hesitant to buy. After reading your review, I’m so enthusiastic; ordered the deck straight away.
Thank you for the review and showing the reading…

]]> Comment on The Pagan Blog Project by The Pagan Blog Project | Earth and Ash http://onewitchsway.com/pbp2012/comment-page-1/#comment-68479 The Pagan Blog Project | Earth and Ash Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:04:28 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?page_id=3752#comment-68479 [...] In the attempt to refocus my writing to fight my mental energy’s dissipation (lost to the effort of living in a foreign culture), I signed up for the Pagan Blog Project. [...] [...] In the attempt to refocus my writing to fight my mental energy’s dissipation (lost to the effort of living in a foreign culture), I signed up for the Pagan Blog Project. [...]

]]> Comment on The Pagan Blog Project by A is for Awareness – The Pagan Blog Project | Syncretic Mystic http://onewitchsway.com/pbp2012/comment-page-1/#comment-68423 A is for Awareness – The Pagan Blog Project | Syncretic Mystic Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:31:11 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?page_id=3752#comment-68423 [...] yes, I am doing the Pagan Blog Project. With having to re-establish my practice, and not being sure what to blog about, this will give me [...] [...] yes, I am doing the Pagan Blog Project. With having to re-establish my practice, and not being sure what to blog about, this will give me [...]

]]> Comment on Wicca is supposed to be safe? by Weissdorn http://onewitchsway.com/2012/01/wicca-is-supposed-to-be-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-68303 Weissdorn Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:57:16 +0000 http://onewitchsway.com/?p=3830#comment-68303 LOL! I have never heard of the expression "McWiccans". Classic! LOL! I have never heard of the expression “McWiccans”. Classic!

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