Baby Witch Tips From Other Witches

Lughnasadh, 31st July - 1st August, the birth of Autumn.

"Ah, never of a summer night Will life again be half as sweet As in that country of delight Where straying, staying, with happy feet, We watched the fire-flies in the wheat.

Full dark and deep the starless night, Still throbbing with the summer heat; There was no ray of any light, But dancing, glancing, far and fleet, Only the fire-flies in the wheat.", from The Fire-Flies in the Wheat, by Harriet Prescott Spofford.

"If all must leave me and go back Along a blind and fearful track So that you can make anew, Fusing with intenser fire, Something nearer your desire; If my soul must go alone Through a cold infinity, Or even if it vanish, too, Beauty, I have worshipped you.

Let this single hour atone For the theft of all of me.", from August Moonrise, by Sara Teasdale.

Sabbats Masterpost

The History of Samhain

Samhain Facts

Samhain Correspondences

Samhain Crystals

Samhain Colors

Samhain Plants

Samhain Incense & Oils

Samhain Animals

Samhain Foods

Samhain Ritual & Magick

Samhain Deities

Samhain Altar Ideas

Samhain Activities

Last Minute Samhain Ideas

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The History of Mabon

Mabon Facts

Mabon Correspondences

Mabon Crystals

Mabon Colors

Mabon Plants

Mabon Oils & Incense

Mabon Animals

Mabon Foods

Mabon Ritual & Magick

Mabon Deities

Mabon Altar

Mabon Activities

Last Minute Mabon Ideas

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Lughnasadh/Lammas History

Lughnasadh/Lammas Facts

Lughnasadh/Lammas Correspondences

Lughnasadh/Lammas Crystals

Lughnasadh/Lammas Colors

Lughnasadh/Lammas Plants

Lughnasadh/Lammas Incense & Oils

Lughnasadh/Lammas Animals

Lughnasadh/Lammas Food

Lughnasadh/Lammas Ritual & Magick

Lughnasadh & Lammas Deities

Lughnasadh & Lammas Altar Ideas

Lughnasadh & Lammas Activities

Last minute Lammas Ideas

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Litha History

Litha Facts

Litha Correspondences

Litha Crystals

Litha Incense & Oils

Litha Colors

Litha Plants

Litha Animals

Litha Foods

Litha Deities

Litha Altar Ideas

Litha Ritual & Magick

Litha Activities

Last Minute Litha Ideas

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The History of Beltane

Beltane Facts

Beltane Correspondences

Beltane Incense & Oils

Beltane Colors

Beltane Crystals

Beltane Plants

Beltane Animals

Beltane Altar

Beltane Food

Beltane Deities

Beltane Ritual & Magick

Beltane Activities

Last Minute Beltane Ideas

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Ostara History

Ostara Facts

Ostara Correspondences

Ostara Colors

Ostara Crystals

Ostara Incense & Oils

Ostara Plants

Ostara Animals

Ostara Food

Ostara Altar Ideas

Ostara Ritual & Magick

Ostara Deities

Ostara Activities

Last Minute Ostara Ideas

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The History of Imbolc

Imbolc Facts

Imbolc Correspondenses

Imbolc Colors

Imbolc Crystals

Imbolc Incense & Oils

Imbolc Plants

Imbolc Animals

Imbolc Food

Imbolc Altar

Imbolc Ritual & Magick

Imbolc Deities

Imbolc Activities

Last Minute Imbolc Ideas

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The History of Yule

Yule Facts

Yule Correspondences

Yule Crystals

Yule Colors

Yule Plants

Yule Incense & Oils

Yule Animals

Yule Foods

Yule Ritual & Magick

Yule Deities

Yule Altar

Yule Activities

Last Minute Yule Ideas

Book of Shadows Ideas that Aren’t Basic

sacred geometry

what damages crystals

what is a crystal grid and how do i make one?

candle flame reading

bone correspondences

what is a poppet? how do i use it?

basic alchemical symbols

ways to break a hex

favorite cryptids and their lore

what is your philosophy on witchcraft?

what is a liminal space?

scrying

how to trap a spirit in a jar or mirror

ghost hunting

species of demons

witchy books you’ve read, and a review or rating of the book (go to archive.org for free pdfs for books)

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Do you know anything about creating servitors?

A servitor is a spiritual being you create in order to do your bidding.

Servitors are used for:

Protecting you spiritually.

Guarding your property or your loved ones.

Creating glamour: creating a certain aura about you, and how others perceive you.

Bring you things you might need.

Aid in tasks.

Some servitors are such powerful thoughtforms that even others can see it (although this tends to be rare or is reserved for long-existing servitors).

Essentially, creating a servitor is put into three parts:

Construction.

Charging.

Casting.

It is outlined as follows:

Construction

You will need to create a symbolic representation of your servitor. What do you want your servitor to do? If, for example, you would want your servitor to guard you, you might want to create one in the form of a knight or an intimidating dog. Or, if you want to create an appearance entirely of your own, you may wish to add features such as sharp teeth, claws, weapons, armour, etc.The possibilities are endless although I do suggest using features that you associate with protection (I prefer using traditional associations, sometimes I even borrow imagery from tarot cards). Even drawing it out on a piece of paper helps you mentally create a “solid” representation of it if you don’t want to solely rely on your imagination in your head. Also consider: what special powers does your servitor have? What colour aura does it have? It is advisable to create a smaller servitor to begin with because larger ones require more energy.

Create your statement of intent for your servitor (what you want it to do). However, be specific and create guidelines - for example, if you want your servitor to help you gain money, you may want to tell it that causing misfortune in order to gain money is not permissible. You don’t want anything to backfire! 

It is also advisable that you create a sigil for your servitor or a symbol by which you will know your servitor. Finally, you will need to give your servitor a name. It can be any name you like or deem fitting. Do not tell anyone its name. 

Charging

After you have created the appearance and description of your servitor, you will need to actually bring it to life.

Draw the sigil or symbol of your servitor on a piece of paper and find a place where you will not be disturbed. Focus all of your attention on the sigil, repeating the servitor’s name. Visualise as vividly as you can the servitor’s shape forming. Firstly the base, and then the main symbols and features, and then the detail. You need to believe with all your will that the servitor is real and alive. There is no point in creating something which you think does not exist. This can take from 10-30 minutes. Repeat this for three days. Afterwards, the servitor will be able to function and appear on its own. 

Casting

You will need to give the servitor concise instructions on how to do your bidding here. See the servitor alive before you and call its name. Then, give it your instruction and then send it out to do your bidding. Never be afraid of your servitor, it is bound to you and it exists in order to fulfil your work and desires. 

You will also have to decide on what your servitor will feed on in order to require energy (you may wish to do this on the creation section too). Here are some examples:

Sunlight.

Moonlight.

Incense.

Candles.

Attention.

Prayers.

Water.

I suggest not using your blood or yourself as a way to charge it because this can very quickly spiritually drain you, especially if it is a larger servitor. 

You might also want to create a vessel or talisman for your servitor, and this way “feeding” it is easier as you can place the object on the feeding source. You can use anything you deem fitting for this, either jewellery, a statue, a drawing, a crystal, etc. 

To get rid of a servitor

If you no longer require a servitor because its purpose has been fulfilled, you may wish to destroy it. You can either stop using it and feeding it, destroy its vessel, or simply tell the servitor to stop and return to you. 

Damon Brand suggests that you add a code word or ritual to the job description that when spoken or done ends the life of the servitor – the warning being that it shouldn’t be a word or ritual that you could do by accident and destroy your Servitor without that being your intention.

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🧚🏻‍♀️Protection From The Fae🧚🏻‍♀️

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Iron

Iron in any form or shape has always been considered the very best protection against fae – in almost all legends, the metal is like kryptonite to Superman. If you kept an iron nail in your pocket, you couldn’t be carried away by them. Sometimes iron nails were sewn into the hems of children’s clothing for that reason. A pair of iron shears hung on the wall near a baby’s bed was said to prevent the child from being swapped for an ugly fae baby.

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Steel

Steel is also effective against the faeries because it is created from processed iron. If a faery is cut by a steel or iron blade, the wound will not heal or will take a very long time. In some stories, the Fae is slowly poisoned by such a wound. Steel or iron weapons are among the few things that can actually kill a Fae being.

However, unless it was plainly self-defense (and sometimes even that wouldn’t help your case), you could expect the rest of the faeries to exact a terrible retribution!

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Horseshoes

You can put one above the main entrance of your house and it will help protect the entire home. For added protection, put iron near any opening a person could go through. If you have large windows, you may want to place some nails near it to make a barrier. You can do the same with your dog’s house to keep the fairies out.

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Bells & Chimes

Bells were also said to have frightened off evil faeries in Medieval Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Specifically the big, deep-sounding Church bells that would ring to draw the people to Church. So this theory can be applied to your home by hanging deep-toned chimes on your front or back porch or by using deep sounding bells during magickal ritual.

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Food

Traditionally, bread and salt provided protection from the Fae. Carrying yeast-risen bread with you had a two-fold effect. It would repel some faeries. Other faeries would accept it as an offering and leave you alone.

My gramma taught me a Welsh tradition of leaving a saucer of milk and a slice of bread or some bread crusts on the back porch as an offering to the faeries, so they wouldn’t play pranks on the family or trouble the livestock. Sometimes, if you were seeking the faeries’ aid, you might add berries, honey, or cheese.

Even humble oatmeal was believed to be a fairy repellent. You could carry a handful of dry oatmeal in your pocket or sprinkle it on your clothes. As long as you didn’t mind looking flaky, you’d be safe.

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Salt

Salt’s association with purity made it an excellent tool against otherworldly beings. Spreading salt across the threshold and along the windowsills has long been the primary method of keeping faeries, demons, and spirits out of houses. If you had to carry food to the farmhands in the fields, sprinkling it with salt was said to keep the faeries from taking it – or from extracting the nourishment from it unseen!

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Offerings

Leave a pail of fresh milk, butter, or cream outside of your front door on the eight holy days to appease the fae and keep them from wreaking havoc on garden and home. Leaving faery offerings and libations dates back hundreds of years, and if you have any Celtic ancestors, you probably have ancestors who partook in this tradition. Some people in Europe still do! This is a preventative method of protection from trickster and evil fairies. Make them happy at the back door so they don’t intrude.

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Plants

Historically, garlands were often made of marsh marigolds and hung over the barn doors to protect the horses from being ridden to exhaustion by faeries in the night. Flowers, especially primroses, were spread over windowsills and hung above the door-posts of the house for safety. Your best bet, however, was a plant called St. John’s Wort. Wearing it was said to provide strong protection from fairy magic and mischief.

Fairies could vanish at will and remain invisible to mortal eyes for as long as they pleased. Carrying a four-leafed clover would allow you to see the faeries – but only once. A Celtic tradition was to sew several of the clovers into a tiny bag to be worn around the neck. You could then discern the faeries once for each clover in the bag. In some legends, the clover was said to allow you to see through fairy glamors and magical disguises.

Red berries were believed to keep fae at bay, especially if they were from rowan trees, mountain ash or holly. So did red verbena (a flower). Daisies were often tucked into children’s pockets or woven into fanciful chains to wear around their necks to prevent them from being taken away by the fae. And if you were walking through the woods, it was best to carry a walking stick or staff made of ash or rowan wood.

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Protection Charm

At this season, the Winter Court is in rule and you will want to look out for malicious, harmful beings in your interactions with the fae. You can make yourself a protection charm using:

St. John’s Wort

Sea Salt

Lemon Zest

Rosemary

Eggshells

An Iron Nail

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Ancestral & Deity Protection

One of the MOST effective forms of protection against evil faeries (and other spirits in general) is to invite your ancestors and gods into your home. Once your guides and guardians take up residence in your home, they do most of the work of keeping out negative forces like evil fairies and the like. In fact, my ancestors are SO good at protection, I have to ask their permission to allow any other spirits inside the home!

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Faery Box

Decorate a small box by painting it and gluing on glitter or plastic gems. Inside place leaves, pinecones, crystals, and plants. Add a piece of felt or fleece in the centre as a soft bed you can add essential oil to. Draw a sigil on it that will protect you from harmful fae. At night, light a fake candle by the box, and leave out some food.

Make sure to protect yourself from negative influence. Then invite those of good intention to see the place you’ve prepared for them to rest in, and stay with you through the night if they wish to. Leave the candle on, as long as it’s a fake one, and then go to bed.

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The Circle Of Light

Another effective yet simple technique of faery protection consists of using one’s mind and energy. If you are used to using visualization in your meditations, rituals, and spells, this method of fae protection should be familiar to you. It’s what I like to call the Circle of Light.

You can do this visualization exercise any time of the day, any day of the week and as often as you’d like. For me particularly, I do it every night as I’m lying in bed and before I go to sleep to continue to build the circle’s strength around my home

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Running Water

Fae folk are unable to cross streams and rivers, so in any pursuit leaping from bank to bank will be a sure escape for the hunted human. Water courses running south are said to be especially efficacious.

Oddly, nevertheless, fae seem to have no objection to still water. They actively seek it out for washing themselves and they are from time to time associated with wells. For example John Rhys in Celtic folklore (1901, p.147 & chapter 6) notes the existence of several ‘faery wells’ in Wales which demanded attention from local people, in the absence of which they would overflow or flood.

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Hag Stones

According to John Aubrey, if a person could locate stones through which natural erosion had created a hole, they could protect their horses from night-riding by fae by hanging the stones over each horse’s manger in the stables- or by tying the stone to the stable key. The fairies would not then be able to pass underneath.

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Sources : http://aminoapps.com/p/4sn2it

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Ostara 🥚🐇 💐

20. März 2025

Ostara - Jaheskreis-Sonnenfest

Ostara wird je nach Stand der Sonne zwischen dem 20. und 22. März gefeiert.

Es ist die Frühjahrs TagundNachtgleiche, dass heißt Tag und Nacht sind an diesem Tag gleich lang. Unsere Ahnen haben nicht nach der Uhr gelebt, sie haben mit dem Lauf der Natur gelebt. Sie haben sich nach den Gestirnen von Sonne, Mond und Sternen ausgerichtet. Die Natur zeigt den Lauf von Tag und Nacht und den der Jahreszeiten an. Wurde es Tag ist man raus und brach die Nacht an, endete der Tag. Das künstliche Licht hat dafür gesorgt, dass der Tagesablauf verschoben und verlängert wurde. Alle alten Feste und Bräuche haben ihren Ursprung in der Natur.

Durch die Christianisierung wurden diese Feste überlagert, um ihnen ihre Kraft zu nehmen. Es gibt keine schönere und stärker Kraft, wie die der Natur, auch wenn der Mensch heut in vieles eingreift, doch die Natur wird immer ihren ganz eigenen Weg für sich finden. Ostara hat nichts mit dem Osterfest zu tun. Duch einen Beschluss am Konzil von Nizäa im Jahre 325 u.Z. wurde der Termin für das Osterfest vom Vollmond abhängig gemacht und kann damit um bis zu fünf Wochen variieren.

"Sage und Märchen führen uns auch bis in jene ferne Zeit zurück, in der unsere vertrauten Märchenbilder vielleicht einmal greifbare Wirklichkeit gewesen sind, und in der auch der Name „Ostern" noch seinen vollen Sinngehalt hatte. Sie wissen noch von der Jungfrau, die in der Kammer eines unzugänglichen Turmes eingeschlossen ist, der nur ein Fenster nach Osten hat: durch dieses aber steigt der jugendliche Sonnenheld hinein und führt die befreite Jungfrau zum lenzlichen Hochzeitsfest. So hat es uns unter vielen anderen auch das Märchen von Dornröschen überliefert…

Der Name Ostara, den diese Versinnbildlichung der allmächtigen Lebenskraft einst geführt hat, bewahrt uns bis heute Namen und Sinn dieses Ahnenvermächtnisses. Es lebt auch in dem Brauchtum, das immer wieder aus den Tiefen der deutschen Seele genährt wird und das daher weder mit „Aberglauben" noch mit dem oberflächlichen Zivilisationsdünkel unserer Zeit etwas zu tun hat. Es ist der Glaube, daß in heiligen Osternächten die göttliche Allmacht des Lebens gesteigert die ganze Natur durchwaltet: das Feuer, das auf den Bergen brennt, und das Wasser, das durch die neue Sonne vom Eise befreit ist. So gehen die Frauen in heiliger Morgenstunde zum fließenden Bach, das Osterwasser zu schöpfen, das jetzt selbst alle heilenden, reinigenden und belebenden Kräfte enthält, mit denen die Ostersonne die ganze Natur durchströmt.“

- DAS ERBE DER AHNEN. Germanische Feste und Bräuche im Jahresring.

REZEPT - Ostara

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Neunkräutersuppe

Die Neunkräutersuppe kannten schon die alten Germanen. Dieser Brauch gehört zu dem Neunerlei-Glauben. Alles wird in neunerlei Anzahl genommen, wie neun Kräuter oder neun Hölzer. Diese Suppe diente den Menschen von damals, um ihre Abwehrkräfte zu stärken und der Frühjahrsmüdigkeit vorzubeugen. Sie verkörpert den Frühlingsanfang und das Mutter Natur endlich zum Leben erwacht. Wir essen die Neunkräutersuppe immer zu der Frühlings-Tagundnachtgleiche, zu Ostara. Aber auch in der Osterzeit ist sie eine willkommene Kräutersuppe. Die Zusammensetzung der Suppe variiert von Region zu Region. Allerdings sollten sich schon in jeder Neunkräutersuppe auch wirklich 9 Kräuter finden. Welche das letztlich sind, ist jedem überlassen.

- Brennesselblätter, Gierschblätter, Gänseblümchen (Blüten), Taubnesselblätter, Löwenzahn (Wenn er blüht, auch die Blüten), Vogelmiere, Spitzwegerichblätter, Knoblauchsraukenblätter, Petersilie

Dann benötigt ihr noch:

- Butter, Mehl, Brühe, Salz, Pfeffer, Eigelb, saure Sahne, Zwiebeln

Zwiebeln in der Butter goldgelb anbraten, dann das Mehl hinzufügen und schön sämig rühren. Danach alles mit der Brühe auffüllen, gut durchrühren und beiseite stellen. Eventuell noch mit Salz und Pfeffer abschmecken. Kräuter kleinschneiden und in eine Suppenschüssel geben. Nun werden die Kräuter mit der Brühe übergossen und ein Eigelb und die saure Sahne untergehoben. Zum Garnieren einige Kräuterblättchen drüberstreuen. Natürlich kann diese Kräutersuppe auch noch verfeinert werden. Eventuell mit Bärlauch oder Minzblätter. Auch Erbsen sind sehr lecker. Wer noch Brennesselsamen oder getrocknete Spitzwegerichblüten hat, kann sie der Kräutersuppe hinzufügen. Die angegebenen Kräuter können natürlich ausgetauscht werden, nur sollten sie in neunerlei Anzahl bestehen bleiben, damit die Neunkräutersuppe ihre magischen und heilenden Eigenschaften entfalten kann. Wenn ihr es feiner mögt, könnt ihr diese Suppe auch pürieren. Mengenangaben kann ich nicht angeben, weil ich immer meistens nach Gefühl koche. Wenn ihr noch nicht soviele Wildkräuter findet, könnt ihr euch auch eine ganz einfache Brennesselsuppe kochen.

REZEPT - Ostara

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Fenchelsuppe

1 Fenchelknolle

1 kleine Zwiebel

1 Kartoffel

1 L Gemüsebrühe

1 Klecks Schmand

etwas Salz und Pfeffer

Die Zwiebel schälen, würfeln und in etwas Pflanzenöl glasig dünsten. Anschließend Fenchel putzen, in Stücke schneiden und zu den Zwiebel geben. Das Ganze mit Gemüsebrühe ablöschen und nach Bedarf mit Salz und Pfeffer abschmecken.

Die Fenchelsuppe muss nun für etwa 15 Minuten bei mittlerer Hitze köcheln, ehe sie mit dem Mixer fein püriert wird. Wer möchte, kann die Suppe vor dem Servieren mit einem Klecks saurer Sahne oder Schmand verfeinern.

Aus überlieferte Mythen wird davon berichtet, dass die Welt aus einem Ei entstanden ist, welches die schöpferische, kosmische Göttin geboren hat.

Das Ei gilt von alters her als das Symbol der Fruchtbarkeit.

Im Frühling springt das "Erdenei" wieder auf, der fruchtbare Erdenschoß schenkt das neue Leben.

In den bunten Eiern drücken sich die Buntheit, der Reichtum und Vielfalt des Lebens aus, das nun am Auferstehen ist.

Das Leben erwacht und blüht wieder auf.

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Wildkräutersalat für die Frühjahrskur

Für 4 Portionen

20 Köpfe Löwenzahn

1 Handvoll Gundermann

1 Handvoll Sauerampfer

1 Handvoll Scharbockskraut

1 Tasse Gänseblümchen

1 Tasse Giersch, junger

1 Handvoll Brennnesseln, junge

1 TL Salz, (Wacholdersalz)

1 TL Salz, (Albkräutersalz)

6 EL Essig, (Obstessig)

5 EL Öl

1 TL Kürbiskernöl

1 Pr Zucker

1 große Zwiebel

2 Knoblauchzehe

1 Bund Schnittlauch

evtl. saure Sahne

Der Name Ostara (Eostre) entstammt dem lateinischen Wort „Aurora“ und bedeutet „Morgenröte“.

Die aufgehende Sonne im Osten.

Die keltische Frühlingsgöttin kämpfte symbolisch mit den Eisriesen und vertrieb so den kalten Winter, damit die Natur zu neuem Leben erwachen und alles wachsen konnte.

Als Göttin der Fruchtbarkeit und des Ackerbaus bringt Ostara Leben, Licht, Wärme und Energie in die Welt.

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✨My pages on casting runes in my book of shadows/grimoire✨

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Die Welt der Natur ist eine wunderbare Quelle, die jenen hilft, die sie achten und respektieren, und jene bestraft, die selbstsüchtig handeln und andere ausbeuten. Alle Wesen sind mit allen ihren Teilen heilig, und dazu gehört auch unser Selbst. Deshalb versuchen wir, uns - alles an uns - kennen zu lernen, zu lieben und zu verstehen, Geduld und mitGefühl aufzubringen sowie Geschicklichkeit und Humor zu entwickeln. Wir bemühen uns zu lernen, wie wir ganz wunderbar für uns selbst sorgen können - so wie wir für ein geliebtes Kind sorgen würden, so wie die Natur für uns sorgen würde...

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Ladies I need you to write me a list of your favourite female youtubers because I am struggling! I need women telling me things!

Mine are: 

Jess (Roots and Refuge farm aka all my gardening knowledge)

李子柒 Liziqi (separatist heaven, magical food growing and cooking)

STRANGE ÆONS (lesbian content)

Jenny Nicholson (fun analysis of media + themeparks)

Lindsay Ellis (in-depth analysis of media)

Melissa Norris (homesteading content)

I also like SarahZ, tiffanyferg, Karolina Żebrowska and Bernadette Banner but I need MORE and youtube algorythm is giving me NOTHING 

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