by Diane Riis | Nov 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
God is in the body not as you will, but as She wills. — Max Shüpbach I found this quote a while ago and kept the file open. So, it must be important. This morning I decided to get to the bottom of it. I closed my eyes and instantly got a jarring awareness. The Goddess...
by Diane Riis | Nov 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I did some automatic writing this morning because the non-automatic kind –where we muscle ourselves into the chair and stare at a white screen and cry and sweat– was blocked. It only took two seconds for the answer: Ego. Of course my ego is the block....
by Diane Riis | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
A smart friend said, “I like your blog. But, why Belly Witch?” How did I not know to start out with that? Here it is. Belly Witch is a reaction to the labeling some witchy/shaman-ish friends started offering up several years ago. Urban, Kitchen, Moon, Sun...
by Diane Riis | Nov 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
How do you feel today on the new Moon? There are stereotypes about how the moon phases make us feel, but it’s different for everyone. For me, New Moon feels like possibility. For you, it might be a blank slate, a down time or something else. Some of us...
by Diane Riis | Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
“I’m never going to be a Witch,” a friend wrote me after my first post. That’s groovy. She already has powerful magic. Writers are supposed to have an “ideal audience” and she’s definitely part of mine. She’s a seeker, giver, gentle and fierce; someone who has tried...
by Diane Riis | Nov 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Once I was a minister. Now I am a Witch. I am free and out of the broom closet. But if I had gotten out of the box of patriarchy’s religion sooner, things would’ve been different. But more on that another time. Today is July 31st, Lammas Eve and I want to...