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"Historically a handfasting was seen as a rite of betrothal, lasting a year and a day. If the relationship goes well the couple would then hold a second handfasting ceremony that would bind them together as long as their love was shared."

"Not usually eye of newt and wing of bat, but these are actually old folk names for herbs so the newt and bat population can heave a sigh of relief. (Eye of newt is mustard seed and wing of bat is holly.)"

"She [The Moon] is the Goddess in her many forms whether she is the Waxing Moon of the Maiden Goddess, the Full Moon of the Mother Goddess, the Waning Moon of the Crone Godess or the Dark Moon of the Dark Goddess."

"...she has three major facets - the Triple Goddess. She is the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone. As the Maiden she is young, energetic, independent and carefree. She is fresh, representing new beginnings and creative ideas. As the Mother she is pregnant with potential and possibilities, she brings ideas into manifestation. Then she is the Crone, filled with wisdom, reflection and introspection."

3 minds
* Middle: Conscious Mind - Personality, Ego, Reason, Logic; sees life in chronological order (past, present, future)
* Lower: Psychic Mind/Younger Self - Key to magician abilities, works with intuition, unconscious and subconscious
* Higher: Divine Mind/Older Self - Spirit, super consciousness, not bound by linear time or logic, dreams

"Part of being a witch is to be connected to the Earth, her plants and her creatures; to be aware of the energies around us so that we can connect and interact with them."

"...a kitchen witch's mottos are 'make the most of what you have' and 'adapt what you have to suit'."

"I believe magic and the Craft to be fluid and flexible, it is ever changing and we are ever learning."