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A lovely and thought provoking post, thank you Sonya. I am sure I have witchy women in my Mothers line. Incidentally today is/was Mom's birthday.

I adore reading this post. I imagine you already know that all the ingredients in the weird sisters cauldron are plants.

I am reading Virginia Wolfe's memoir, Present Moments, published after her death. She describes her occasional but repeated experiences of dropping from "muffled" ordinary reality into what I believe you are describing.

I'd like to have a longer conversation about this sometime.

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Happy birthday to your mum.

Wouldn't it be fun to make a Weird Sisters garden? https://www.dictionary.com/e/witch-ingredients/ Or perhaps a bouquet? Or flower essence? Conjuring already...

This text from Woolf: "Perhaps this is the strongest pleasure known to me. It is the rapture I get when in writing I seem to be discovering what belongs to what; making a scene come right; making a character come together. From this I reach what I might call a philosophy; at any rate it is a constant idea of mine; that behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that we—I mean all human beings—are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of art; that we are part of the work of art." I believe she did it in Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse, she showed us that connection.

I'd love a lively conversation with you on this state, which is for me one of a witness, leading to pure awareness. Love you, friend, xo S

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Ah, "sorcery of language" - I love that. I feel the same. It's not about wealth or fame; the very act of writing feels so powerful, especially amidst the chaos and feeling of helplessness I have sometimes about the world. And thank you for mentioning Wildflowers. I am honoured.

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Love this meander. Just read Sophie’s post on Joan of Arc (No Saviors) and appreciate her deconstruction. With you on the writing, versus having written, though I don’t accomplish anything close to what you have as far as “having written.” Congratulations! Look forward to this book with our shared Kentucky ancestry, though I come from what I suspect is a more fragmented lineage. The stories, ideas, and opinions are not that important. The magic and mystery is.

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You've got that right on opinions and ideas being the lesser. I like how you've stayed with your own process, and are not abandoning yourself. That's beautifully inspirational to me.

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🫶thank you, sister.

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