About Patch and this Blog
-I'm known on the internet as Patch.
I have been a practising Hellenic polytheist for 4 years.
- After following a re-con methodology for a number of years, I became unable to ignore the call to witchcraft and so here I am today exploring how this fits into my practice.This blog primarily deals with devotional worship, Hellenic polytheism, pagan living and a whole lot of navel gazing.
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Introversion, Imbolc, and using internet powers for good; not evil.
I’m writing this post tucked up in bed between breaks in the last episode of breaking bad (I am going to marry Jesse and take him away from all that!!), sipping camomile tea with spearmint, yay! As I think I … Continue reading
Calling and Choice: Creating Depth and Focus in a Practice
Over the next few months, my leisure time will be spent gathering information about folk magic and other practices. As I have mentioned before, I am taking the tentative steps towards a practice with a more magical bent. I have … Continue reading
Dark moon goodness!
Firstly, I just want to mention that I have finished work at the hospital for a few months. I really enjoyed my time there and will be sad to leave. I had to present a case study about a patient with bacterial meningitis, … Continue reading
Posted in ancestors, Devotion, divination, Local community, monthly observance, Projects, Religious practice
Tagged ancestors, casting collection, Deipnon, devotion, divination, Hekate, Hermes, monthly observance, Tarot
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A little update on my casting collection
As I think I have mentioned before, I meet on the tuesday closest to the dark moon with other female pagans and witches to practice divination. This month I bought my collection casting system, and once again it performed wonderfully … Continue reading
Posted in divination, Local community, Projects
Tagged casting collection, divination, pagan community
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Will, Resolve and Discipline.
Happy new year folks!! I hope 2012 will be a successful and happy year for all of you. This is the obligatory new years resolution post! This year for once I actually thought quite hard about what I was going to pick … Continue reading
Introducing my collection casting system
Well over a year ago, Juniper over at walking the hedge made a blog post about a method of divination using a casting system that she created. I was very inspired by the whole idea of creating a system that … Continue reading
Posted in divination, Life, Projects
Tagged casting collection, divination, personal practice, photos
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Allot(ment) of fun!
Har har I’m hilarious. Last weekend me and my friends within the local pagan community went up to a allotment we recently acquired for the first time. It’s a huge area (bigger than my garden, haha) that hasn’t been used since the … Continue reading
Posted in Local community, nature, Projects
Tagged Allotment, food, nature, pagan community
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Reflections on the year
On Tuesday, I packed up, moved out of my dorm; and came home after my first year of university. I wrapped all my sacred items in tissue paper for the journey home, gave thanks to any spirits that may reside in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, musings, Patch, Projects, Religious practice, Ritual, The gods, university
Tagged books, devotion, Goals, musings, nature, pagan community, patch, personal practice, rants, ritual, the gods, uni
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My foray into crafting: Box shrine
My local pagan community (which I do plan on writing about at some point) hosts a little craft group on Sunday afternoons, to raise money for a big Pagan Pride event that it organises and runs. I go along when I can, … Continue reading
Posted in Hellenic polytheism, Local community, Projects, The gods, university
Tagged Hermes, offerings, pagan community, photos, uni
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Life updates
It’s been some time since I posted anything of substance here. That is mostly because nothing of great substance is happening; life is instead just ticking over as normal, which is nice. -It was my birthday on the 14th. Dave … Continue reading
Posted in divination, Life, Local community, Projects, Religious practice, Ritual, Uncategorized
Tagged Cartomancy, divination, pagan community, ritual, seasonal, Tarot, Wheel of the year
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