Well, it's been nearly a pandemic since last we chatted.  But huzzah!  It is happening!  It's a short episode because I'm exploring something new and weird.  This discussion on Arcanum (what is Arcanum?  well, listen and learn and discover that it's nothing new, but perhaps conveniently labelled) was not only recorded for here, as audio, but also livestreamed on YouTube! 

That's right, if you're inclined you can watch me babble instead of just listening to it.  And yeah, it's a rough episode because being watched is so much stranger than just being listened to.

Much love, fellow seekers.

Blessings of the wyrd and wyld to you.

Violet.

Greetings and salutations, to one and to all,

You could say that this episode is a part 2 to episode 49, expanding into some specifics around places to employ that REAL connected communication.  But since it was planned first, is it really part 2?  It's a more tangential relationship, I think, though still around communication.

We discuss 3 invitations/challenges on communication:

1) accepting apologies

2) letting people be in a difficult space, holding space for them and reflecting

3) witnessing people as they truly are

Good times ending with difficult times. 

With love, service, and the blessings of the deep and wild
~the Abysmal Witch

Greetings and salutations!

Welcome to an episode all about this planet and our relationship with it.

A discussion on Terra (and why Terra not Gaia), our bone ancestors, about land acknowledgements and why they are important (plus the power of orienting ourselves in the here and now) and a final comment on Naturum.

WARNING:  there is some difficult content in this episode, depending on your context.

Some reference material:

Truth and Reconciliation Commission:  http://www.trc.ca

Residential School History and Dialogue Center:  https://irshdc.ubc.ca 

Blessings of the deep and wild to you,
Violet, the Abysmal Witch

Greetings and salutations, my friends,

This episode is ALL about communication, REAL connected communication to be exact.  R(espectful)E(xperiential)A(uthentic)L(oving) connected communication.  What does that mean, how does it work, a slight commentary on two common less-than-productive responses (the martyr and the demon), and an honouring of the courage it takes to do it.

Blessings of the deep and wild to you,
Violet, the Abysmal Witch

There be treasure...somewhere, mateys!  It be somewhere.  

Yes, this podcast episode is about exploring a potential new working tool:  Treasure.  A little commentary on holding two realities at the same time for exploring and making space for change happens too.  Okay, some other randomish other commentaries also happen (like the structure of existence), but mostly, this is about treasure.

Blessings of the deep and wild to you,
~the abysmal witch

Greetings and salutations, 

I could try and tell you what this episode is about, to entice you into the rambling madness that is, well, this.  But that would suggest that there was intense focus and intentionality to what was done...and I feel like that is a stretch.  

I get into my terror and anxiety that sabotaged my life choices, then take a left into flipping some standard witchy perspectives and finish with a slide into the end of the world as we know it and the beginning of exploring ways to engage with that.

Blessings of the deep and wild, my loves,
~The Abysmal Witch

'Tis the dark time of the year (for us Northern hemispherers), a time to go internal, to rest with our inner darkness, or in my case, grief.  We are not well equipped in modern north american society to deal with grief, yet here we are, living it.  Exploring that, the important power of perspective and a few other things be the topic of this episode.

Blessings of the deep and wild to you,
Violet, the Abysmal Witch

Well, this was my second podcast in two weeks when I recorded it, set it to upload and failed to hit the publish button.  So now it is two weeks later, what I had written up about it is gone and my memory being what it is, so is my knowledge of precisely went into it.

I do know there was a lot about completion.  To know more, you'll just have to listen to it.

With love and blessings of the deep and wild.

~Violet
The Abysmal Witch

Hello and welcome!

First, a topic warning:  racism and other 'isms are discussed using in example at least one racist word.  

Second, what's this episode about?  A glimpse into my current worldview with a focus on Universal Flow, incubation, reflection and what that means from a personal development and magical development point of view.  Per blaterent.

And no, the numbering jump is not an error. 

Blessings of the deep and wild to you,

Violet, the Abysmal Witch

Phew!  Lots going on in this episode.

Welcome to Episode 41.  I start with a little shout out of love to all those suffering in the Trump world and then off we go to a magical place called Sneaky Hollow, where I tell a story about Siwamo, a little Asian demon, and how they spend their Imbolg day.  

In the third (or second, depending on your viewpoint) segment, I talk about a magical/meditative/reflective tool I use that for convenience I will now refer to as a reflective abacus.  If you want to see what it looks like in action, check out my A Witch's Perspective video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTckUUj0Nx4

Then naturally I conclude with Part 3 of the Wake World.  

Keep living, keep becoming, you wondrous and worthwhile people.

Blessings,

Violet
The Abysmal Witch

Merry Yule!

This surprise abysmal witch mini-sode is brought to you by the desire to give a gift to everyone this Yule season.  I'm offering a course on Practical Qabala that is free for anyone registering by March 15, 2017.  Check it out at http://www.terraarcanum.org/qabala-t/.  

There's also some tidbit thoughts around hosting your own teas, the joys of retreating from the world and some snow love.

Blessings of the deep and wild to you all!

Violet
~The Abysmal Witch