{"id":21362,"date":"2024-03-30T13:18:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T17:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/witchonfire\/?p=21362"},"modified":"2024-03-30T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T17:18:37","slug":"seeking-the-pentacle-path-of-the-witch-just-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/witchonfire\/2024\/03\/seeking-the-pentacle-path-of-the-witch-just-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking the Pentacle Path of the Witch? Just start."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A bit of witchy poetry that I pulled out of my Elemental Witchcraft<\/a> manuscript due to length constraints\u2026 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Seeking the Pentacle Path<\/h1>\n \ Seekers who take the witching quest, \nfor truest truths, with powers to test, \nfor treasures sought and love attained, \nmust venture there and back again. \nYou\u2019ll have tales to tell, and scars to tend, \nbut there is wisdom only struggle can wend.<\/p>\n \ The trailhead lies beneath your feet, \nto sovereignty, truth, power, love and completion, \nlike crossing strokes of the witch\u2019s star, \neach path leads deeper, finer, farther \nnever-ending, ever-starting \neach new hedge is meant for parting.<\/p>\n \ The heading matters nought \nso-as the going is fraught. \nCast your lot to the four winds, \nwith time to spend with each new friend \nsinging to each wayside bloom \nlistening reverently beside each tomb.<\/p>\n \ Be sovereign-crowned in magick\u2019s helm, \nbecause Witches are of this middle realm, \nlife\u2019s lovers, starry eyed and cloaked in earth, \nthrough exquisite death, and joyous rebirth \nWith dragons to either slay or beguile, \nalong the wyrding way we while.<\/p>\n \ Like a lantern fueled by conscious yearning \nthe way is lit by our witch-flames, burning. \nWe\u2019re born to pass through each liminal gate \nand beyond the bounds of oppression escape, \ninto accepting chambers of the God\/dess\u2019s heart. \nHow can you attain all this? Dear seeker, just start.<\/p>\n \ \u00a0<\/p>\n \ \n To further explore The Pentacle Path of Elemental Witchcraft, you can order my book and accompanying materials from my shop\u2019s website: thesojo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A bit of witchy poetry that I pulled out of my Elemental Witchcraft manuscript due to length constraints\u2026 Enjoy! Seeking the Pentacle Path Seekers who take the witching quest, for truest truths, with powers to test, for treasures sought and love attained, must venture there and back again. You\u2019ll have tales to tell, and scars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":12624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1766,9,39],"tags":[1689,865,1691],"class_list":["post-21362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elemental-witchcraft","category-magick2","category-prayers","tag-elemental-witchcraft","tag-seeker","tag-the-pentacle-path"],"yoast_head":"\nSeeking the Pentacle Path of the Witch? 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