Kitch Witch Moma

I’ve been working on this paper for one of my classes, about a social justice issue of my own choosing.  After looking at the suggestions and the criteria for the paper, I chose a tricky, albeit personal, one.  Tattooed individuals being discriminated against.  Of course getting tattooed is a choice and it has a lot of negative history and positive history (ie., military vs. bikers tattooed) and modern views vary as well.  So of course there’s plenty of material for me to go on and I can even argue agianst myself, yadda yadda….

But I was starting to daydream about my own (soon to be) tattoo(s).  I’ve wanted a tattoo since I was a small child, after seeing someone somewhere with a pretty one.  Recently I decided on getting a bind rune of my own design as my first, and now only need to consider the placement.  But I first considered a rune tattoo after I had been studying them for a few months last year.  I fully believe runes have power.  Not just because they’re that shape and are what they are, but because when I draw or focus on that symbol, my energy takes on that attribute or intent in a way just meditating doesn’t always do for me.  I often draw them on my skin, or on places I’ll see them in my books or apartment.  They’re reminders to keep focusing on that desired goal or feeling.  

As a tattoo, this would obviously work very well for me.  I can’t forget that right there in my skin is a bind rune to catalyze my natural energy.  But even if I didn’t choose a bind rune, if I just did algiz or wunjo or another symbol like a cross or pentagram, it has that similar power.  Whatever symbol is chosen, the goal the person has, it’s constantly there and constantly doing whatever it is it’s intended for (hopefully, as there’s always the unexpected).

This leads me to wonder what the pros and cons of tattooing magical symbols, be they bind runes or not.  On one hand, they could be more effective for some since it’s a part of the person, but it could also be too effective, or work differently. One would have to be very careful not to choose a bind rune(for example) with conflicting meanings.  Getting the “sleep thorn”, a bind rune to make a person sleep deeply and peacefully would not make a good tattoo, since the magic of the rune would be trying to make the person sleep all the time, causing feelings of constant drowsiness or of never having enough sleep.  Likewise, the rune to make enemies cower in fear might be a bad idea, since anyone you get upset with could count in that moment as an enemy.  That could result in a karmic backlash (if you believe in that sort of thing).

Then if the effects aren’t what you wanted, or it didn’t work as you wanted it Would covering it with another tattoo be enough to make it stop? Or would it have to be changed somehow into another rune? 

Had a fun time tonight at my local circle.  We crafted Witches Bottles, using shared “ingredients”.  I had a fun time using my ingredients encyclopedia to tell the group meanings of different herbs and plants we had.  The birch bark I had collected was a hit, so was the yellow onion and cedar branch.  Birch was for courage, yellow onion to ease anger between friends, and cedar a protection.  

Now the only problem is I have no idea where to put it. xD   I live in an apartment, so burying it is out (I’d just have to dig it up when I moved), so I’m thinking I’ll just tuck it under my bed or on a corner shelf.  

Hey all! I’m Moma. I’m a 21 year old college student at Winthrop. I’m a medium, kitchen witch, empath, and maybe some other things. I’m still learning what I can do, and what I’m good at, which isn’t always as simple as it could be. I’ve been on the path since I was a young girl, probably around 9 to 10 years old. I’ve always been avid about reading, ever since my mom taught me. When I discovered a section in my school’s library about magic, dream interpretation and other related things, I was hooked. That section was small but I devoured it. When I went into middle school that section was a bit larger and I read it all too. The same thing happened in high school, however my parents got me into a religious youth group and it seemed to have the answers at the time, so I dropped my studies and didn’t pick them up again until I went to University.  I rediscovered my old beliefs and through a long process of self-criticizing, analyzing and study in religion I realized what I’d started learning as a young girl was what I’d believed all along.  Now I’m back on the right path (for me, anyways) and glad to finally feel confident in what I believe.

Now, I’ve known I was a medium most of my life. Ghost walks were either very boring for everyone else or very scary for me (theory: children have more access to their abilities, so they can “repel” ghosts if they try hard enough and have a natural ability as a medium). I did not know I could accurately use tarot cards or divination cards until a few years ago when a friend bought me my first deck. I’ve learned after that that I can cast runes for not only divination and advice but also use them to block unwanted “guests”.

I figured out I was a kitchen witch after researching different forms of the craft. I was trying to figure out my gifts while learning about Wicca.  And people seem to like my food a lot. I’ve yet to have a totally bad response, and in general, domestics just come naturally to me. It’s been a lot of fun learning more about herbs and natural remedies, as well as focusing my energies to make things taste, nourish and heal in better ways. I’ve discovered talents also in drawing out rune bindings for protection and defense. I can use blood magic though I am cautious of it, due to the many possible risks associated with it. I can’t ignore blood has very high potency in ritual though… which is why I’m working on a thesis on blood magic, to explore and expand upon my thoughts on the ethics and uses of blood in ritual.

This leads me to my final bit on this (I feel like I’m being egotistical here…). I love to theorize about magic. Writing out pages on pages about uses for symbols, runes, and other aspects of spell-work, or theorizing new ways to do spell-work. It’s somehow become such a thing for me that when I’m bored I tend to go straight through my current ones and start plotting out more about them. In the works now I’ve got symbology, drawing spells, and uses of runes.