Skye Alexander > Quotes

“Go for a walk outdoors. Reconnect with the feeling of the wind blowing through your hair. Listen to the birds that live in a tree in your yard. Watch the sunset. Take time to smell the flowers that bloom in the park during the summer. The natural world is just as natural as it ever was, except there's less of it than there was twenty-five years ago - and most of us don't make a point of enjoying it often enough.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“There's no right or wrong way to seek truth, and as the old axiom states, all paths lead to the same place.”
― Skye Alexander, The Only Tarot Book You'll Ever Need: Gain Insight and Truth to Help Explain the Past, Present, and Future

“A belief system usually evolves over time. It's something that we grow into, as our needs and goals develop and change. Even when we find a system of beliefs that works for us, we hone and fine-tune it, working our way deeper and deeper into its essential truth. Everything we experience, every thought we have, every desire, need, action, and reaction - everything we perceive with our senses goes into our personal databank and helps to create the belief systems that we hold now. Nothing is lost or forgotten in our lives.
You don't have to remain a victim of your conditioning, however. You can choose for yourself what you believe or don't believe, what you desire and don't desire. You can define your own parameters. Once you do that, you can start consciously creating your destiny according to your own vision.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Nature is wild. Run to her. She is waiting for you.”
― Skye Alexander

“Oaks, which represent strength and endurance, have long been linked with the Druids. Rowan trees afford protection. Hardy holly that can survive harsh winters symbolizes courage. Poplars represent death and rebirth. Willows are associated with intuition; divining rods are often fashioned from their flexible branches.”
― Skye Alexander, The Everything Wicca and Witchcraft Book: Rituals, spells, and sacred objects for everyday magick

“Witches are people.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Your life right now is a reflection of your past thoughts.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Quick Clearing Ritual Before you enter a space that you feel needs a bit of cleansing, enact this quick and easy clearing ritual. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, then sweep your arms in a 180-degree arc across the area several times while saying aloud, “This space is now cleansed and cleared of all harmful, disruptive, and unbalanced energies. It is filled with divine white light, healing energy, and love.” While you say this, envision the entire area surrounded, suffused, and purified by white light and sense it being brought into balance.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“Color Qualities red passion, vitality, courage orange warmth, energy, activity, drive, confidence yellow creativity, optimism, enthusiasm green healing, growth, fertility, prosperity light blue purity, serenity, mental clarity, compassion royal blue loyalty, insight, inspiration, independence indigo intuition, focus, stability purple wisdom, spirituality, power white purity, wholeness, protection black power, the unconscious, banishing, wisdom pink love, friendship, affection, joy, self-esteem brown grounding, permanence,”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Witchcraft Book of Tarot: Your Complete Guide to Understanding the Tarot

“Whenever you form an objective in your mind, then fuel it with willpower, you’re doing magick.”
― Skye Alexander , The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold: all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. And therefore, let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.” —DOREEN VALIENTE, “THE CHARGE OF THE GODDESS”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Witchcraft Grimoire: Your Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Book of Shadows

“The food I prepare and share nourishes my loved ones in body, mind, and soul.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“Remember, however, that your athame is a weapon of the “spiritual warrior” and tradition says you shouldn’t work with a knife that has drawn blood.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Aries: Holly, snapdragon, cactus, jonquil Taurus: Daffodil, clover, lilac, columbine, daisy Gemini: Azalea, honeysuckle, lily of the valley, heather Cancer: Iris, jasmine, water lily, white rose, gardenia Leo: Red rose, poppy, marigold, sunflower, dahlia Virgo: Lavender, myrtle, aster, fern, heather, daylily Libra: Cosmos, gardenia, pink rose, violet, hibiscus Scorpio: Orchid, violet, eucalyptus, foxglove, pinks, wolfsbane”
― Skye Alexander, The Everything Wicca and Witchcraft Book: Rituals, spells, and sacred objects for everyday magick

“Come. Take a step. Time waits for no one. The great wheel is turning, and a magickal journey awaits you.”
― Skye Alexander

“There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“I am completely and radiantly healthy in every way”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“Earth (north): Alfalfa sprouts, beets, corn, fern, honeysuckle, magnolia, moss, peas, potatoes, turnips, vervain Air (east): Anise, clover, dandelions, goldenrod, lavender, lily of the valley, marjoram, mint, parsley, pine Fire (south): Basil, bay, cactus, chrysanthemum, daylilies, dill, garlic, holly, juniper, marigolds, onions, rosemary, sunflowers Water (west): Aster, blackberries, catnip, cucumbers, daffodils, gardenias, geranium, iris, lettuce, lotus, roses, water lily, willow”
― Skye Alexander, The Everything Wicca and Witchcraft Book: Rituals, spells, and sacred objects for everyday magick

“People who have a lot of water energy in their makeup tend to be emotional, sensitive, intuitive, imaginative, and compassionate individuals.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Only health, love, and joy come through this door into this home.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“Blossoming flowers imply fulfillment, hope, and the flowering of new skills (either magickal or mundane). Buttercups represent business success; carnations and roses speak of love; irises predict forthcoming communications from friends or loved ones; and primroses herald new friendships.”
― Skye Alexander, The Everything Wicca and Witchcraft Book: Rituals, spells, and sacred objects for everyday magick

“In general, most witches seek to improve themselves and humankind as a whole, and to live in harmony with the universe. This means working for the greater good---often through the use of magick---and harming none. It also means taking responsibility for your thoughts, words, and deeds because everything you do affects everything else.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Many witches consider all spiritual paths equally valid and that all lead to the same place. Who or what you believe in—if anything—is totally up to you.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Thanks be to all beings who contributed to this meal.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“Simply put, magick is the act of consciously creating circumstances using methods that defy scientific logic.”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“A big part of becoming a powerful witch and performing effective magick is training your mind. This means focusing your thoughts, raising your energy to the highest level you can, and using your”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

“Mindfulness means putting your full attention on what you’re doing, being present in the moment, and focusing your mind instead of letting it wander.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“Bless this kitchen and this home and keep those of us who live here safe and healthy throughout the night.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“All harmful, disruptive, and unbalanced energies are removed from this place.”
― Skye Alexander, The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork

“witches often follow a version of the Golden Rule when doing spells: Be kind”
― Skye Alexander, The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells