I decided to start from the beginning of last year's (2011) Magical Almanac and talk about the articles within. The first is a nice explanation of ways that city people can still connect with Mother Earth. The author explains how in this day and age of technology we should take a moment and get back to our magickal roots and how to teach our children how to connect with the Earth also.
The first suggestion was to have your children help prepare meals, which in theory will have them want to eat the food that they create. ( in my case, if it involves a vegetable is a "No thanks mommy, you can eat it. I made it for you" ) He goes on to say that they can measure ingredients and set the table.
I would like to add to this when preparing food, setting the table, measuring ingredients, and growing/harvesting herbs and vegetables they can learn how to put their inner energies into it. "Made with love" could also be "Made with focused intent." Even those city witches that want to make a special dinner with a spouse or friends, close your eyes while you stir it send loving intent into your food. Charge it with energies of what it is intended for.
His second suggestion is getting dirty, this is where the author goes into detail about flowers, vegetables, plants and herbs. A small pot or window garden is still enough to get back to Mother Earth.
The next suggestion is "Visit a fair", in the autumn there are many apple and pumpkin type festivities and a nice outing to reconnect with the season. You may also visit local fairs featuring home made pies and "biggest vegetable" contests.
In the city though these fairs are harder to find, you would have to go further out into rural communities but a farmers market has home grown and home made goods along with an outing to the local zoo, museum, or nature path.
His next suggestion, and one of my favorites is "decorate with nature", pick up leaves, rocks, branches, flowers, etc. and make something nice out of them. Those of you lucky enough to have a porch can decorate it with the seasons. Vibrant flowers for spring, Sunflowers and seashells for summer, corn stalks and pumpkins for autumn, and poinsettias for winter just to name some ideas.
In closing he says one very important thing. "Do not forget to thank Mother Earth and I completely agree.
Even if you live in the city there are hints of nature all around you. The bee you just swatted away from your latte, that is the Mother reminding you of her. You do not have to hold rituals every full moon and dance naked in the moonlight to be a witch. If you do that it seems like it could be wicked fun and more power to you. In my opinion and path all you have to do is take a second to think about the colors on the bird's wing that just flew past your window. Or the squirrel in the park that comes closer to you everyday hoping for a piece of bread. That is what it is like to be a witch, that connection with the Earth and all of its creatures. That energy that you feel when the sun hits you or when the breeze cools you just as you stop to take a break from walking. That connection, no matter where you are, is the path.
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