Author Archives: Amethyst

Yep, I’ve been a bit quiet on this blog. It’s all because I’m furiously working on my new business “Natural Medicine and Health” which is a naturopath clinic. I qualified last year as a naturopath and now it’s time to … Continue reading →

This week seems to have been one where I seem to have upset more people than I’ve pleased. This week I refused to teach a 15 year old about Wicca after she asked if she could be my “apprentice”. That … Continue reading →

I’m human and like many folks, when the proverbial hits the fan or I get emotionally hammered by someone or something, I feel like giving up on all the hard work I’ve put into so many things and walking away … Continue reading →

I’m having my contact lenses fitted today (I have odd shaped eyeballs apparently so I need special ones) and it got me thinking about how our witchy ancestors and folk healers would have coped with deteriorating eyesight as they grew … Continue reading →

I love the feeling I get after I’ve completed a long task of duties. That moment when I can cross the last thing off the list. Yesterday was a massive day going through my ‘to do’ list and getting things … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s been two weeks since I’ve made any post to this blog which is a reflection of how little spare time there has been this month so far. I am so looking forward to this next week with no … Continue reading →

Second day of Spring and thankfully that stinging cold wind seems to have abated. This is, without doubt, my favourite time of year when the bulbs are blossoming, when the lambs are being born, and finally when the cold weather … Continue reading →

It’s the first day of Spring today and it was a beautiful blue full moon last night. Our coven celebrated the event on the beach with a wonderful circle and some time connecting to the cycle and rhythm of our … Continue reading →

As I head into the last few weeks of my 4 year degree and my full qualification as a naturopath in November, I’ve been working on the business launch plan and the idea of offering a couple of pro bono … Continue reading →

Time is a manmade construct to help us better understand and mark the passing of the days and seasons and in fact there is no such actual thing as time. So the comments like “time seems to go so quickly” … Continue reading →

I often wonder why weather forecasters insist on giving us statistics with a natural phenomenon like the weather. “It’s been the coldest day since…” or “the wettest winter in x years”. Does it matter? Really? The weather is a natural … Continue reading →

Photos of me annoy me, largely because they don’t show me the way I think I look but of course that’s ridiculous. Of course they show me as I am, it’s just that I’m not comfortable with my aging face … Continue reading →

This morning, I had two folks, claiming to be Christian who I had never met or ever talked to before, writing utterly rude comments and threats on my Facebook page without any provocation from me and I found it shocking, … Continue reading →

This winter seems to be dragging on for rather a long time and while the plants clearly think it’s spring, my aching bones don’t seem to agree! I’ve felt that spring has been rather cold so far this year and … Continue reading →

Today is my fourth grandchild’s birthday. What a joy! When I say birthday, I mean the day of his birth. As I write he is less than 10 hours old on this earthly plane and he is a delight! My … Continue reading →

Ah the serenity! 2 whole days without being on ambulance duty or with any appointments so time for me to catch up on much needed patient treatment plans and emails and guitar practice and anything else I want to indulge … Continue reading →

Our coven had another Outer Court lesson last night and it got me thinking about change versus static learning and Wiccan practice. Our Outer Court program content and process has been much the same now for 3+ years and I … Continue reading →

Even as a senior member within my spiritual/religious community there are days or periods of time when my belief in deity waivers. Yep, I’m human and so I sometimes wonder what the heck I’m believing in and why I do … Continue reading →

I am so disappointed to see continuing arguments, bitching and fence building within the broader Pagan community. In a religion that is supposed to respect the views and rights of all, we apparently don’t exercise that right to our own. … Continue reading →

I love my life, I absolutely do and I know how blessed I am but sometimes things all come at once so instead of having a steady flow of things to deal with. I have a few days of R&R … Continue reading →

I had a conversation with my guitar teacher yesterday about the limits of conformity that are imposed on musicians. Musical notes have a mathematic structure to how they are put together on the scale and it’s interesting that in the … Continue reading →

While the internet has been the vehicle for an explosion of exploitive scams and rip-offs, it would be fair to say that it has also enabled productive, positive and effective sharing and support for folks across the globe. Facebook is … Continue reading →

As part of one of my uni subjects we’ve been discussing our motivation for working in the healing industry and it intrigued, and comforted, me to know that 100% of my class mates have chosen this vocation to help others … Continue reading →

What a very busy but wonderful day yesterday was. I had the pleasure of conducting a wedding in the covenstead’s sacred space here and followed that up by doing a bunch of filming on ritual work for our distance practitioners. … Continue reading →

My life seems to have reverted to its usual blur of nonstop activity since returning to uni this semester. Having just finished a night duty and with a string of things to do today, I must admit to feeling a … Continue reading →

I spent the weekend on ambulance duty again which meant staying close to the pager and in fact yesterday was all day inside the station co-marking team assessments until 7:30pm. This morning I have withdrawal symptoms and need to sit … Continue reading →

Creativity and inspiration doesn’t always come at convenient times does it? I was trying to sleep last night knowing that tonight I won’t sleep because I’m on ambulance duty all weekend. Anyway, right through till gone past 2am, my brain … Continue reading →

I lead an active face to face and online teaching coven and love it, I really do but now and again (only rarely of course) I sometimes wonder if it would be easier on my workload to just be a … Continue reading →

Apparently the weeds haven’t been told that it’s winter because they are growing like… well, like weeds! My sacred space is full of them again and I must weed them out this coming week because next weekend I am conducting … Continue reading →

I was thinking about my life this morning and how “un-normal” it is. It’s not “abnormal” at all but it’s not a routine “normal” life either. One week is never the same as another and I’m blessed to have considerable … Continue reading →