Earth Path

Earth Path workshop, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

Last weekend I was in sunny Amsterdam, for a Reclaiming workshop.
Had a great time, very inspiring and fun. I love to listen to Starhawk, she knows so much about spirituality and nature.And tells great stories from her political/magical activism. Of course we talked a lot about the state of the earth. And how we can be earth healers, instead of destroyers.

And learned things about the powers of toadstools in nature. My love for them turned out to be more then just a romantic fairytale creature :-) They can be very helpful in cleaning diluted soil and lots of other things.

We did an observation exercise in a beautiful canal house garden. I got dazzled by the beauty and fragile patience from the spider's and their webs.
Admiration for their patterns and durability.
website from the garden: www.museumgeelvinck.nl

I loved the trance we did, everything is interconnected, everything moves in cycles...

Saturday evening I spend in the Vondelpark with some dear coven members, and loved to stay at my friend Saskia's house. She is so sweet and a true activist.

For my ever lasting insecurity I've taken home a very good way to deal with this; if your not sure; act as if !


More websites;
www.reclaiming.web-log.nl
www.starhawk.org
www.reclaiming.org

Magic love broom

Jump over the broom, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

My friends Yoeke and Jan jumping over the broom at their handfast ritual. My first time at a handfast ritual, it was so touching my heart and soul. And saw this feelings in the others to.
Yoeke told me afterwards she's got reactions from non-pagan friends like "O, is that what you do in a magic circle, that was just beautiful...". She, being her great self asked what they thought we we're doing. " Well strange things..."
And that's the way it is with pagans and witches. From the outside it may sound strange, but if you join in it only feels more natural. Pure Joy.

Visit Yoeke's website: www.yoeke.com

Loreley

elisa en tara op kamp, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

During the last three summers, I joined the Loreley-witch camp. )( /www.reclaimingloreley.com/

These were great times, made a lot of friends from all over the world and learned a lot, about the Goddess,elements, magic, tools and rituals. Did a lot of inner work, danced by the fire, laughed a lot and cried a bit. Magic weeks in my life.

This year I won't be there, but will be sending lots of love to all my friends .

And I really enjoy our holiday at home, today we went on a day-trip to Leiden.
We visited the National museum of antiquities. (www.rmo.nl)

That was so impressive, to see all these beautiful crafted things from thousands and thousands of years ago. So much magic there, Egyptian and Roman ritual tools and offer plates. Altars for the dutch Goddess Nehalenia, the Hecate-vase, all those Gods and Goddesses. The believe of people in an other world behind death.

The knowledge and civilisation in the near East, so long ago. Long before a civilisation in Europe, I so much wish we could live in peace all over the world. And see the beauty in each other and love and care for our Earth.
It is possible, I know.

Handfasting Yoeke and Jan

Broom Yoeke and Jan, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

Yesterday my friends and coven members Yoeke and Jan had their handfasting ritual. I wish them lots of love.

It was a beautiful ritual, priestessed by Rosemary. And they jumped over the broom, for it I made a cover with all their personal luck symbols and names of family members. Drawn on hearts, because love is to me the most important thing in a relationship.
Love is all.

The weather was great, we had a very big circle with lots of family and friends. Very nice food and fun.
It was great to see all my coven friends again. We live spread out all over the Netherlands and I live in the far south part of the country, besides our coven meetings there is not much opportunity for meeting.
It gives me so much joy to be together.

Blessings for all the lovers of the world.

Limburgs museum Venlo

Limburgs museum Venlo, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

This is a photo from the outside of the museum we visited.
I like museums a lot, small or big, contemporary art or history.

There are always one or two things I keep in my mind and maybe one day I can use ideas, forms or ways of presentation.
It's one of my favorite ways to spend time, walking, looking, learning and have a lot of fun.
To see how things are made, what materials were used. See the paint stripes, the stitches, the fabrics, the decorative holes someone made in clay thousand of years ago makes me feel connected to the makers.

That's a very good feeling.

I can fly

Witchy, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

Visited the expo about witchcraft in the Limburgs Museum in Venlo. It was interactive, you could use you're magic wand to activate things and send a photo home dressed up as a witch. So I did. It was a nice expo about witches in books and movies, fear of witches in old times, burning 40 people accused of being a witch in Venlo and about witchcraft in modern times. It was nice but I like to go to Boscastle to visit a real witchcraft museum.

Blessed be and may no witch ever be burned again. So mote it be.

Abundance ritual

Abundance ritual, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

My private abundance ritual this week. It was time for me to do that, spending to much money on nice things lately.

Later that day, I've got asked to make a little window installation for Signe. This Saturday I'll start working on it.
And a nice shop wants to sell some of my work for me :-)

That's true abundance to me, to be able to do the things I love.
Try new things, explore new worlds.
I just love to live my life.

Flowers

Flowers on the tree, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

Yesterday, three blooming flowers left the circle, that made me sad but today my troubles seem far away.

I realise that nothing is stuck forever, life is always changing.
There is no need for me to try to change myself, thinking about how to be a better artist.
If I just do my work, life will change me.

Who is this flower above me, and what is the work of this God? I would know myself in all my parts.-Victor Anderson.

Brightest Blessings to my sisters.

Walk in the woods

kikker, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

Since summer, I feel like I'm standing still, not moving fore ward. Feel like a little girl lost in a dark forest. Afraid of what's behind the trees.
In order to take the next step in my life, I tend to think I have to figure out the whole thing, my hole life after this step. And to do that, I have to know how the world works... So stupid, stepping into the unknown is the only thing I can do.
And as I walk my path, try to listen to my core. And pretend I'm not afraid alone in the woods...

Have a nice walk in the woods today !

Spring- clean

spring- clean, originally uploaded by Tuttebel.

First day of Spring.

The sunshine makes me want to clean all the cobwebs in my head.
Time for a walk in fresh air,
breathing in, breathing out.
The light in, love out.