Author: Open Coven
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Canal Magick
It is not pollution in the canal at Kidsgrove, but iron oxide in the stone that makes it orange. Even so, the look of it was alarming. Not a muddy orange brown, but bright, lurid. When a barge passes through it, it agitates the water creating orange plumes. You can’t see the bottom at all.…
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A Full Moon Ritual forResistance
Preparation Set up and clear your space with a ritual broom and/or smoke/hydrosol. Cast a circle by welcoming the four quarters. Read the following, taken from Leland’s Aradia Queen of the Witches. In those days there were on earth many rich and many poor. The rich made slaves of all the poor. In those days…
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Live Online Full Moon Ritual Tonight
Join me as I invoke the strength of the coming full moon to support all that are fighting against oppression.This ritual is open to all who want to protect and embolden the movement against fascism. YT Live, 8 pm EST June 10th. Resources: Find out about protests https://www.fiftyfifty.one The Immigrant Legal Resource Center https://www.ilrc.org/
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What are we for?
The most important work that you will do in your life will not be the work that makes you money. The work that you do in terms of creativity, in terms of your own personal healing and spiritual growth, the work that you do as a caretaker or as somebody in your community, as an…
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How to Make a Crescent Moon Embroidery with No Pattern
Whether you are experienced at hand sewing or just learning this is a nice project to do over a weekend. The key to this piece is the variety of yarn widths and colors that create a lovely variety of abstract patterns. If you have lots of scraps of yarn then you are good to go.…
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Learn to Embroider with Me
I have finally completed this new design especially for beginner embroiderers! Each motif is sewn with a different stitch so that you can learn and practice 8 different commonly used embroidery stitches. You can download the pattern at my Patreon shop. The pattern has full instructions on how to do all 8 stitches, but if…
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A Spiritual Connection: Slow Stitching and Expressive Fiber Arts
Expressive fiber art is a type of needlecraft that combines creativity with contemplation. Rather than carefully following a design, often created by someone else, expressive fiber art combines different techniques and materials spontaneously. As a result, each piece is unique. In the process you get the opportunity to make choices about materials that creates a…
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A Seed Stitch Ritual for a Waxing Spring Moon
I tend to think that being a witch is not always about what you do but what you notice. For me it’s a disposition, to see wonder wherever I can and observe the magic that is around and within us. Take seeds, a seed is a truly remarkable thing. They are tiny spells, proving to us…
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Finding Balance
There’s a lot happening for my family and I right now. We just had my daughter’s birthday while we’re also trying to pack and do all the admin we need to move back to the UK. On top of this I keep getting colds/sinus infections, I’m working full time while trying to develop Open Coven…
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How to Make a Tarot Cloth
This is a fun and easy project that allows you to experiment with a couple of different sewing techniques as well as mark making. I do tarot readings alone and with my friends, having a cloth on which to the place the cards creates a space of sacredness.In this project you can be as creative…
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