Black Stone Sanctuary Update

-

Sanctuary image created by me with Midjourney and Canva Pro

I want to share a quick update about my status with Black Stone Sanctuary. Due to personal and household health and work reasons, I'm no longer involved with the project. However, I still support founder Danica Swanson's dream of "a dark monastic incubation space."

Also, the online home of the Sanctuary has been moved back to Substack from Paragraph. I hope you'll consider following the project there and supporting Danica's vision of "an interfaith URL-to-IRL monastic retreat project." I wish Danica and the Sanctuary nothing but the best.

© Trish Deneen  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Witchcraft Basics: Binding and Poppet Magic

-
Image
Image credit: Fine Mayer, Pixabay . What is Binding Magic? Binding magic is used to stop someone from doing you or others harm. Since this is a debated subject, I will provide the following definitions of the word bind from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition: 1. To confine, restrain or restrict as is if with bonds. 2. To hamper free movement or natural action. 3. To exert a restraining or compelling effect. These definitions may induce a knee-jerk reaction, but bear with me. This form of magic is generally considered self-defense rather than attack. There are those who will disagree and believe that it hinders the free will of another. They might even invoke the harm none rule of Wicca. Others, including many Wiccans, will tell you that the ability to protect yourself is one of the most important magical concepts to be mastered. I personally consider self-defense important but will leave it up to the reader to decide whether to perform binding s...
Read more

Walnut - Witchcraft Tree for Fertility Magic, Healing and Transitions

-
Image
The walnut tree has provided food and material used for healing since the Roman times. Its long association with witchcraft once made the tree an object of suspicion and fear. Modern witches, however, hold the tree sacred and use it in folk magic and herbal remedies following in the footsteps of their ancient counterparts. In much of Europe and Asia, the common walnut, also known as the English walnut, is widely cultivated for its delicious nuts. The most prevalent walnut trees in North America are the white or butternut walnut and the black walnut tree. Black Walnut. Credit: Jami Dwyer, Wikimedia Commons . Walnut Trees in Natural Medicine Besides being a favorite nut in baking recipes, the walnut itself contains the mineral manganese. Linda Rector Page, N.D., in Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone relates that one of the many benefits of manganese is supporting the brain and nerve centers. It also helps eliminate fatigue and nervous conditions. The le...
Read more

Prayer to Tyr

-
Image
A prayer to Tyr in this dark time. Image Credit: Trish Deneen A prayer to Tyr, a god I've been more and more drawn to the last few months in my personal practice.  Image text reads: Hail Tyr, enemy of chaos. You who sacrificed a part of yourself to stave off destruction. Warder of true justice and those weary among us less capable of the fight. Balance keeper, honorable warrior. I praise you for your gift of being the boundary between us and defeat. Hail Tyr! Prayer to Tyr © 2020 by Trish Deneen is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0  
Read more