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I’m not ashamed of my vinegar habit. More details in alt text. <\/div>\nThese two cupboards help me be a pretty spooky psychic witch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My journey in creating them led me down the path of Belly Magic \u2013 a practice fed by communion with the Land and Spirt, and by the ongoing work of listening, recording, reflecting, and discerning. I nourish my ability to do that in as many ways as I can, which started with strengthening my intuition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I developed a relationship with my intuition, I began to notice the deep interconnection among mind, body, and Spirit. Shaping that relationship through attention, reciprocity, humility, and devotion led me toward a new understanding of the food web \u2013 and of all the ways it may nourish our witchcraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Your magic begins in your belly \u2013 or less smoothly but perhaps more accurately, in your guts.<\/p>\n
Once you understand the relationship between the gut, the brain, and the rest of the body, your magical world can expand dramatically. And when you begin integrating that knowledge into your Practice, you may develop a vinegar problem of your own.<\/p>\n
Having well-honed intuition takes work. As one of my teachers, Althaea Sebastiani wrote in By Rust of Nail & Prick of Thorn, <\/em>\u201cRemember, it\u2019s called witchcraft<\/strong> not witchthink<\/em>: the magick you work will always be more effective than the magick you don\u2019t work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Learning does nothing unless you practice what you\u2019ve learned. Integration is key. I\u2019m inviting you to learn and integrate.<\/p>\n What if supporting your gut could also support your mood, motivation, and intuitive sense? What if paying closer attention to your body could lead to a more grounded and productive spiritual practice? What if this Patreon could give you the tools to explore that relationship for yourself?<\/p>\n Vinegar and other fermented foods, such as yogurt, kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, miso, tempeh, and naturally fermented pickles \u2013 can be part of a varied and healthy diet. Fermentation creates distinctive flavors and compounds, and some fermented foods contain live cultures that may support digestion and microbial diversity. Good mood, happy belly: what\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n But no single food works for every body. Some people cannot eat fermented foods because of allergies intolerances, medical conditions, medication interactions, personal choice, or simply because those foods do not feel good in their bodies. Fermentation is not a requirement for good health, and your magical ability is not measured by what you can eat.\u00a0<\/p>\n The gut and brain are in constant conversation. Through that relationship, digestive health can interact with stress, sleep, mood, motivation, and energy. For many of us, this conversation is part of what we experience as a \u201cgut feeling,\u201d intuition, or knowing.<\/p>\n That does not mean that the gut determines your intuition, or that changing your diet will automatically make you more magical. Rather, tending to your body can offer another way to notice your patterns, signals, needs, and boundaries. With time and discernment, those observations may help you feel more grounded and connected in your Practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n How do we bring our intuition into conversation with our bodies? How do we distinguish intuition from fear, urgency, or wishful thinking? How might food and drink support \u2013 or complicate \u2013 that relationship? Which kinds of fermentation are worth exploring? How does vinegar fit in? And what can science, lived experience, and witchcraft teach us about the connections among the gut, brain, emotions, and intuition?<\/p>\n There is no single formula for becoming a powerful witch. But we can begin with a simple invitation: Tend the body. Listen with discernment. Practice the magic.<\/strong><\/p>\n Keeping your physical belly comfortable, your intuition clear, and your magical practice responsive may involve habits that are new to your Craft path. It may also involve releasing habits or expectations that do not serve you. I am excited to lead you on your exploration of this path, dear Covenstead.\u00a0<\/p>\n My upcoming course, Belly Magic: Cultivating Your Intuitive Garden<\/strong><\/em>, will explore these questions through practical approachable lessons designed to help you connect with the way you think, feel, function, and perform your magic.\u00a0<\/p>\n Each month we\u2019ll gather around a new lesson, such as training your intuition, learning about the relationship between the gut and the brain, practicing discernment, exploring food and fermentation, and considering why witches might care about these connections in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/169746149\/214c248fe1bc4421a64087a4d9f8425a\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.jpg?token-hash=myvhyYBK3-T2Ud1cuyTV4HyQrm5BD4s42Tuzfl6FIXs%3D&token-time=1795824000\")
A larder & brew cabinet featuring kombucha, fermented vegetables and pickles, along with other long-storage goods.<\/div>\nWould Thou Like To Live Deliciously?<\/h3>\n
Food Web Magic<\/h3>\n
Come Learn With Me<\/h3>\n