Episode 108: Moon Water, Explained

So one of the things I personally like most about Moonwater is that it is a reminder of something very important about witchcraft.

And I like to stress this often.

So if you've listened to multiple episodes, you're probably tired of me saying magic does not always require elaborate rituals.

Sometimes all you need for this is water, a container, and the willingness to pay attention.

That's it.

Water has always been considered sacred.

Long before modern witchcraft books existed, before ceremonial grimoires, before crystal collections and metaphysical shops, humans understood that water was life itself.

Rivers were what determined where civilizations formed.

Springs became holy places.

Wells became places of prayer.

Rain was celebrated as a blessing from the heavens.

So across cultures, water has represented many things, uh, healing, purification, transformation, intuition, rebirth, spiritual rebirth.

Just think about it.

Water changes constantly while always remaining itself.

It can freeze, it can melt.

It evaporates, becomes clouds, rain, it fills oceans, it feeds forests.

It nourishes every living thing on this earth.

It teaches us adaptability better than almost anything in nature.

So think about that concept for a moment and then add in the moon.

For as long as humans have looked up into the sky, which should be all of history, they've noticed the relationship between moon and water.

It's never been a secret.

We know now, in modern times, that scientifically, the moon's gravitational pull is what influences our ocean tides.

Ancient people, of course, they didn't have physics textbooks, but they did absolutely notice that the sea responded to the moon.

Fishermen planned around lunar cycles.

Farmers planted according to lunar cycles.