Mage Deborah Castellano posted “Twenty Years With the Amethyst Circle of Sisters” her presentation from this weekend’s Magickal Women Conference held in London at CharmedFinishingSchool site. An excerpt reads:
“When I first started attending The Amethyst Circle of Sisters, I thought that a women’s only space was a charming antiquated notion that was at once time important, in the murky second wave before I was born. I didn’t know how powerful women’s space could be. But I came to need that space in my life both in practicing witchcraft and eventually, other spaces in my life as well. I know x, y, z gender space isn’t for everyone, but it’s been a powerful part of my practice personally. When I was a younger witch, women’s space helped give me strength to be brave and to find my voice. I processed some really difficult trauma in that space, I asked for healing before I knew I had fibromyalgia and just knew I was sick all the time, I did magic to honor my body and my spirit. Now, as a middle aged witch, I find that women’s space helps soften my hard edges and to open my heart. I talk about my doubts and fears as well as my triumphs, I do magic to reclaim my power and manifest my intentions, I feel the tiny beginning of becoming an older witch and the inkling of desire to pass on my knowledge to others. When we cast a circle, we enclose ourselves into a snowglobe-like space together and I feel really safe in that space. Regardless to what magic we cast, there hasn’t been a time where I haven’t come home more centered and grounded, with new ideas and re-charged. If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is in this life, honestly.”
Read the whole magilla: http://www.charmedfinishingschool.com/twenty-years-with-the-amethyst-circle-of-sisters-magickal-womens-conference-presentation/.
