Magic Is Everywhere

My personal practice is nature-centric as an animist and woods witch. More often than not, it's more mundane than it is craft. One way in which I honor the land and its creatures, is to get to know them. To learn all about what lives here in my region - from trees, to birds, to mammals, to plants, to flowers, to fungi, right down to all the tiny, glorious insects around us.

I have a bookcase overflowing with field guides to reference and to ID from, but I'm also very much a visual and hands on learner. In class, I would take a ton of notes, furiously jotting down what the professor was saying. If it called for drawings or diagrams, or visual ways to memorize, I would do those too, merely for my own benefit.

So I started a compendium for myself, a wildlife Book of Shadows perhaps. A journal where I can jot down all that I come across in my nature adventures and explorations. Learning each thing scientifically, but also spiritually. Jot down my observations. What kind of energy these plants, trees, or beings bring to the land around them. What's the place they hold in this wild world? Their function along with their beauty and magic. All in order to forge a deeper connection with nature.

From the super simple and mundane, to the highly ritualistic. From the solitary practictioner to those who enjoy group practices, magic is everywhere.

It lives in nature, in creating, in art, in music, in writing, in cooking, in curiosity, in science, in history, in social justice, in culture and tradition, in dreams, in intention and manifestation, in myth and lore, in signs and messages from the Otherworld, in spirits of the land and the home, in our ancestors, in our intuition...

Each of us practice in our own way. There is no which way to witch. That's the beauty of it. Whether you're just starting out on this path or have been practicing for years, the journey is your own. <3

Stephanie