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26 Comments

  • Blue Moon (adriancoker.blogspot.com) | Reply

    Sunday, 5th July 2009 at 8:07 PM
     

    Very entertaining site…

     

  • Millie | Reply

    Thursday, 9th July 2009 at 1:53 PM
     

    I love your site! It’s refreshing to see!

     

  • Colin | Reply

    Saturday, 11th July 2009 at 2:58 AM
     

    Just wanted to thank you for this site and sharing so much of your wisdom. I’ve only recently begun studying Wicca. Your writing and your thoughts and reflections show the sincerity of your path and practice and are a great gift to everyone. Lovely :)
    peace
    colin

     

  • Élise (liseypoof.blogspot.com) | Reply

    Thursday, 16th July 2009 at 12:33 PM
     

    You are definitely an inspiration to aspiring professional Witches like me :) My calling in life is to be a professional (though hopefully non-profit) teacher and author.

     

  • Hazel Kate (yarrowpress.com/resources.html) | Reply

    Monday, 20th July 2009 at 10:45 AM
     

    I followed you from Witch Vox — and found I’ve been here before. Your site is already bookmarked. You have a great understanding of the heart of magic.

    blessings,

    (Hazel) Kate Dooley

     

  • Papa Bear (Dr. David Babulski) (crystalpocketstudios.com) | Reply

    Sunday, 2nd August 2009 at 3:46 PM
     

    Wow an excellent web site. very impressed. As a witch of some 30 years, I am impressed amd moved by your wrtitings. I shall come by often to see if I can learn even more. I live in the buckle of the bible belt and becuase of circumstances must be a semi-solitary. I really appreciate your teachings.

     

    • Sitara Haye (sitarahaye.com) | Reply

      Wednesday, 5th August 2009 at 6:07 PM
       

      So glad you’re enjoying the site! I’m especially pleased to hear that even those with long-term experience are finding my writing applicable, entertaining, and useful! I get plenty of email from people new to the Craft, however, I don’t want to simply write for those just starting out. I want to help sustain this faith across generation gaps and philosophical divides, and that means being approachable to more than just the “new to Wicca” folk. Thanks for the shout-out and the thumbs-up! It’s greatly appreciated!

       

  • Gregory Murray | Reply

    Wednesday, 5th August 2009 at 12:56 AM
     

    I picked up the Idiot’s Guide to Wicca & Witchcraft yesterday, read most of it, was directed by it to witchvox, where I found your “Healing the Gap” article. The article deals warmly & lucidly on a subject I have been exposed to, & searching for perspective on, even in my first gropings into active paganism. Your writing reminds me of that of Blavatsky: brilliant, informative, daring, no-nonsense, down-to-earth, passionate, & caring.
    Greg

     

    • Sitara Haye (sitarahaye.com) | Reply

      Wednesday, 5th August 2009 at 6:25 PM
       

      That is one of the nicest compliments I have received yet! Blavatsky certainly did her part to help give our current practices root. Hopefully, we can live up to the legacy of our Elders in the magickal traditions and give our faith wings into the future. I’ve had a number of people “stumble upon me/my site” through happy coincidence — then again, I believe there are no coincidences, just patterns too large for us to fully comprehend at any given moment. Welcome to A Witch’s Word! I hope you’ll stay in touch and help our network of thinking Witches and Pagans grow ever larger and more interconnected! Blessings!

       

  • TJ (Terry Johnson AKA Fyree Abatwa) | Reply

    Wednesday, 5th August 2009 at 9:07 AM
     

    I am new to Wicca studies and I discovered your writings on Witchvox. I love your messages and look everyweek hoping you have posted something. Today i just discovered you have a web site so i am here exploring. Thank you for what you share and teach. I always learn something from you. I am in Knoxville and hopefully one day our paths will cross.

     

    • Sitara Haye (sitarahaye.com) | Reply

      Wednesday, 5th August 2009 at 6:36 PM
       

      Knoxville, eh? There’s supposed to be a Pagan Pride Day there in September or early October I believe. I think folks from my group were considering attending. If I plan on going, I’ll certainly post it here on my site in case anyone in the area wants to meet up! So glad you’re enjoying the site, and I hope you’ll enjoy the conversations folks have here, too. There’s great people reading and posting and making positive connections. It’s one reason I don’t want to do a forum thing right now. This is bring people together in positive ways without the trolling crap (at least, I hope!). I’m glad to know the things I say give rise to your internal wisdom and that you can apply those insights to your life! So wonderful!

       

  • Maria | Reply

    Friday, 7th August 2009 at 5:14 PM
     

    Hello!

    I followed you over here from your article on WitchVox and have really enjoyed spending the last hour or so purusing your site. I’ve bookmarked it and look forward to getting more in depth over the next few days.

    One question, do you have a recommendation for a good beginner’s guide to Tarot? I’ve bought a few books over the years but have never been really impressed and I would love to have a recommendation.

    Thank you!

     

    • Sitara Haye (sitarahaye.com) | Reply

      Sunday, 9th August 2009 at 2:32 AM
       

      I’m so glad you’ve found the site and are enjoying it! I hope you’ll become a regular here! As for the Tarot book, I swear by 78 Degrees Of Wisdom. I also recommend that anyone wanting to learn Tarot gets hold of and uses a Rider-Waite deck of some sort (the Universal Waite or Illumined Rider-Waite are both “prettier” than the original). Most of the modern “traditional” decks are based off the symbolism found in the Waite deck and Colman-Smith’s artwork. If you can understand the Waite deck, you will find more decks are easily readable for you. There’s another Tarot book out that I believe is called The Tarot Journal or something along those lines that can be very useful. I have worn out a copy or two of 78 Degrees of Wisdom, though, and still recommend it. Let me know how successful you find it, should you choose to read/use it.

       

  • Lauri | Reply

    Tuesday, 11th August 2009 at 10:13 AM
     

    I recently found your website after reading one of your articles at Witchvox. I have now read almost everything on your website. You seem to be both knowledgeable and experienced, plus you have a great attitude. You have a very engaging writing style, and I’ll be to sure get a copy of your book when it’s published.

    I also wanted to say that I’m impressed that you find time to both write for this website and work on a book while you are employed full time and have a child to care for. I have no excuse now for not following my dreams. (I too work full time and have kids. Mine are older than yours but tend to require a lot of my time in the transportation area.)

     

    • Sitara Haye (sitarahaye.com) | Reply

      Wednesday, 12th August 2009 at 9:00 PM
       

      Thanks, Lauri! As for the whole “having time” thing… I think some of it may be insanity! Learning to set limits for myself and stick to my boundaries is one of the banes of my existence. I want to do so much, want to help in so many ways, and I have a hard time learning to martial my own time (the only thing I have a finite amount of!).

      I will pass on one great lesson I learned from SARK. I have a book of hers called Making Your Creative Dreams Come True. In this book, she points out different ways we keep from making our dreams happen. One of these ways is to say “I don’t have time to pursue my creative dream! I’m too busy!” and how true it is! We’re all busy. But a creative dream doesn’t happen until you do something about it, and it doesn’t make time for itself — you have to make time for *it*.

      It’s part of giving birth, I think… this idea of making room. When we’re pregnant with our children, we have no clue how our bodies are going to fit a whole other person inside there. And then when they’re born, we have no idea how we’re going to fold that little life into ours or how much our lives as we know them are going to change. And yet, we manage. We do it because we HAVE TO, because we WANT TO with such a deep love and desire that we find ways to brush hair and teeth at the same time we’re putting on our shoes (and that’s a magick trick, too!).

      Creative dreams are the same way. Find that thing that you love and want and have to do so much, and then take small steps each day to make it happen. Scale your life — I gave up watching cable TV to launch this blog and write. This brings me more joy, does more work, makes me smile even when I’m NOT doing it (cable TV doesn’t really do that). Find ways to work your dream into your daily life. I got a better cell phone to help me read emails and do research when I have a moment of downtime. I pack my lunch to work every day so I have an uninterrupted hour to do something FOR ME that doesn’t require me doing something for someone else.

      And don’t think of it as “making excuses for yourself” for not following your dreams. Think of it as… you are a butterfly and your wings weren’t dry yet. Now they are. :-) So flap! It’s work to get off the ground, but OH! The view!

      Welcome to the site — I hope you’ll be a frequent reader and member of our growing little Witch community!

       

  • Thomas Light Stepper | Reply

    Sunday, 16th August 2009 at 8:07 PM
     

    Sitara:

    Like so many I read an artical you wrote on Witchvox and followed it here.

    Your site Is Great and Your articals Insiteful, I find them both witty and deep , a great site for both the new and those who have been around for a while.

    Its a Good work, thank you for your time and for shareing with us all.

     

  • Ravynwolfe Moondancer (victoria.tc.ca/~ravynw) | Reply

    Friday, 28th August 2009 at 1:15 PM
     

    I love your articles! I especially love the can you call yourself Wiccan if not initiated one! I swear we must share the same brain cells because that could have come from me…albeit maybe not so articulate!!! Then again that would mean we both have only half a brain..so LOL..forget that. What I’m saying is great post! I’m very glad to meet you and get to know you! Love Ravynwolfe
    http://www.ravy-trickster.blogspot.com

     

    • Sitara Haye (sitarahaye.com) | Reply

      Friday, 28th August 2009 at 5:01 PM
       

      If we’re sharing the same brain cell, girl, do I need to sign up to have it for the weekend? I got writing to do and I’d rather it not come out like gibberish! ;-) Glad you found your way here! Just be careful — there’s some saucy ladies here (and some wicked smart fellers, too, I should add).

       

  • gretchen (adkaromatherapy.com) | Reply

    Sunday, 11th October 2009 at 7:53 AM
     

    HI Sitara leaving some kindly words of encouragement : you are just the Best – so informative + never lofty. i so value you + this site.

    Love + Blessings to you and yours on this day + every day, Gretchen.

     

  • gayle oneal | Reply

    Sunday, 25th October 2009 at 8:40 PM
     

    I found you on witchvox. I am new to the craft and embarrassed to say also new to computers(long story). I read Open Letter to My Enemy.This article was life changing. I read it before I go to sleep and immediately when I wake up. It has filled me with power to heal. I sleep restful sleep and don’t dwell on the past during the day. All your writings are wonderful and help full to me but that article for me was very powerful. Thank You

     

  • Shannon Crowwoman | Reply

    Tuesday, 27th October 2009 at 4:45 PM
     

    Greetings and Blessings! It’s getting chilly here in the Southern Rockies of Durango and we’re starting to feel the bite of Samhain’s blade more sharply. Hi, Sitara. I found you through an article at Witchvox and enjoyed your writing so much I had to check you out. Your postings are both real and insightful, even to those of us who have been on the Path for a while.( I also appreciate your good grammar and minimal spelling mistakes ; ) ) You must really like to write, because you do a lot of it. One of my fellow Croewymmin likes to write novel for fun – she is currently writing for National Novel Writing Month. Have you heard of it? BB.

     

  • Gary Dupuis | Reply

    Saturday, 31st October 2009 at 7:46 AM
     

    I have read several of your essays on witchvox and I have always found your words and your thoughts to be in line with my own. Thank you for all that you do to elevate the craft. Peace and Love from my family to yours and Blessed Be, dear sister!

     

  • johnathan mears | Reply

    Tuesday, 26th January 2010 at 2:54 PM
     

    hey girl hey! just wanted to say i dropped by and i love it! i even found an article in the q & a section that i had been wondering about. it’s nice to know that i’m not the only one who thinks about making a hecate talisman from a key. maybe i’m not so strange after all! lol. very insightful and very helpful…
    love and light,
    sparrow

     

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