Everyday magik

Do you believe in magik? 

I've always believed in magik, from as early on as I could remember. I'm sure being born a Pisces only made my Neptune nature even stronger. I loved anything that featured a wizard, sorceress, elves the list goes on.  I started writing short stories at a young age and among them was a heavy dose of fantasy. I often wrote myself in as powerful witch who lived in the deep woods. 

Even now, at 29 years old I still see myself as that witch. But now I realize something, I AM that witch. I just happen to live in the crazy concrete jungle that is New York City. 

I was 12 years old when I discovered there was a title for the way I felt and presented myself. WITCHCRAFT! I recall the cheesy "teen witch" book I found in my local library, nothing was ever the same again. 

From ages 12 to 16 I wanted to try everything, and I did. Everything from failed love spells to much needed binding spells. Some spells were a success and others...others...let's just say I learned my lesson. From 16 to 18 I craved deeper magik, the stuff that wasn't in the Barnes & Nobles books. The stuff you found out from the woman at the magic shoppe. During those three years I learned a lot and achieved a deeper connection to magik. 

I drifted away from my pagan roots, and practicing magik all together around 19 to 23 years old. I had a very negative encounter that scared me and I needed to detach. During this time a part of me did feel empty, but I was still too afraid to dive back in. 

Around my 24th birthday I discovered the world of Shamanism, this blew my mind! Even better I also realized I was already doing much of this practice naturally. My experience with Shamanism has been an amazing, healing and intense one. One that in it's own magical way led me back to witchcraft. Spiritually, I couldn't be happier. 

The way I approach spirit and the act of ceremony has also undergone a transformation over the years. I often use my inner voice and call my guides in mentally. Compared to before most of my preparation and communication happens from the inside. I still clean and prepare my space of course, and I still cast my protective circles. This beautiful merging of shamanism and withcraft has led to a new relationship with spirit and myself.

I've also learned to open my eyes to everyday magik, to the magik that surrounds us at all times

 and vibrates in our DNA. Just existing I am part of the magik, I don't have to perform a ceremony to feel  connected to spirit. With each breath, each hug of a tree, each beat of a drum and each lighting of my favorite incense or candle I am performing everyday magik. 

 To each his own couldn't apply more perfectly to anything as it does to ones relationship with magik. Make it your own. I did, and I couldn't be happier.