The Season of Frost and Fire with Rebecca Beattie

I wanted to talk a little bit more about September in general before we start, and also my personal witchings around.

So whilst I wasn't actually recording an episode, I was doing witchy things, which includes my very first Mercian gathering.

I've been aware of it for years, but I've never had the opportunity to go.

It's either been clashing with another event or I've had to work, but the stars aligned this year, so I grabbed a ticket and off I went.

And due to the consecutive heat waves this summer and the huge amount of fire hazards that were happening, the droughts, the organisers decided to switch to honouring water this year instead of fire.

So I'm not going to go into full details because I feel like that's not really my stuff to share.

But the energy was really, really beautiful and I had a fantastic time.

And I also ended up buying a book which unlocked another hyperfocus for me, which I will circle back to in a minute.

But the theme of the camp was, as above, so below.

And one of the workshops I attended was a discussion about what that meant to us.

So I wanted to share that a little bit.

So for me, I've always felt that it's very literal.

As witches, we honour the world above us and the world beneath us.

We're the ones in the middle connecting the two.

And I feel like this places a huge amount of responsibility on us.

So when we say, as above, so below, we are stating our intention to honour all of our world and maintain the balance between them.

We protect the air, the earth, the fire and the water.

And I also believe it's reminding us that we don't just look in one direction for the divine.

It's everywhere.

We don't look primarily at the sky like some paths do, but we also don't look completely towards the ground.

Most of us are polytheistic.

So we've got gods and goddesses for pretty much everything.

And it's really important to remember that and practice accordingly.

And so that's how I feel about it, but I'd love to hear what your thoughts are.

So do leave a comment on Spotify or on our socials with your interpretations, or you can even drop me an email at the, you know, all the usual places.