About death: a wise woman’s thoughts on this life’s end
Today, as on every day, several people are nearing what we call death. Some of them being in my direct environment, my thoughts linger on this fact a bit more…
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About healing; what to expect when you enter my practice
I personally have a strong preference for the word healing, although nowadays curing is a more common word for the type of work I do. Healing is so much broader…
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About the magic in my work and my practice
I had my doubts whether magic is the word to use on my website. It has become quite polluted over the centuries. But to not use it means denying an…
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About toxic positivity: accepting negative emotions
In an earlier blog on wyrd I already mentioned the term toxic positivity. Today I want to elaborate on that a bit more. I'm a pretty positive person. Without a…
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An easy recipe for a simple and effective cough syrup
In the series about syrups I discussed how to make your own syrups. Today I will give you an easy recipe for a simple and effective cough syrup. Let's start…
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Are the pagan gods and goddesses important in your wise woman’s practice?
One of the questions I get asked a lot is: are pagan gods and goddesses important in your wise woman's practice? Or, alternatively, people just assume that I worship pagan…
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Easy and effective of medicinal herbs part 2: hot and cold infusions
In part 1 of this series I talked about how the most effective way to use medicinal herbs is the simplest. And that we can do this ourselves without any…
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Easy and effective use of medicinal herbs part 3: decoctions
In the previous parts of this series, we talked about using medicinal herbs easy and effectively with water. We discussed why this is still one of the most important ways…
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Easy and effective use of medicinal herbs: infusions and decoctions
People often seem to think that the more complicated it is to get something, the more valuable it must be. This certainly doesn’t apply to the medicinal effect of herbs.…
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Fate or wyrd and everything it entails: how being in control is an illusion
One aspect of my spiritual practice is an inextricable part of my magic and my practice as a hagetisse. I'm talking about the way I look at how life works,…
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