Goals of My Spiritual Path: Becoming

A Vision Board for my Spiritual Goals

I love Yvonne Aburrow’s books. I was introduced to them through a book club that read “Dark Mirror” and they attended the book club meeting. What a wonderful person. What I appreciate about their books is that they often have discussion questions or exercises in almost every chapter. Yvonne really reinforces the “practice your craft” part of witch craft. I am still reading “The Night Journey” and “Inclusive Wicca,” and I am also very interested in reading their book “Changing Paths.” They have some other writings, I will also get to one day.

For now, I am challenging myself to actually DO some of the exercises in their books, so over the next couple months I will be choosing a discussion or experience prompt from Dark Mirror and The Night Journey. I will be sharing my thoughts and reflections here. First up is:

What do you think is the goal of your personal spiritual path and/or the spiritual path of a witch? (Dark Mirror)

There are so many aspects to my answer. The over arching goal of my personal spiritual witch path is to come into alignment with myself. I am always changing, growing, and becoming, so the process never ends. It spirals back around and around. It is a constant cycle of acknowledging the shadow, working it out, and then reveling in the messy beauty that is life.

I feel that part of the process is accepting the beauty of what I am and what I have to offer others. I have always had a hard time loving and accepting myself. Yet, now as I walk the path of a witch, I am in awe of the elements and deity that I collaborate with. Part of that collaboration is that those energies flow through me and are a part of me. If I am in awe of their power and beauty, I must acknowledge myself as well or I would be dismissing parts of them.

Becoming aligned within myself also involves understanding how I reflect myself to the outside world and how others people and environments influence me. Through witchcraft, music therapy, and life, I have consistently learned that half of the work is showing up authentically in spaces in order to witness and access the natural flow of energy that is between everything. Then I must take the time to reflect on what I can do-mundane tasks and/or magical workings-that can support/protect myself and potentially help others.

This year, I plan to dive deeper into the Wheel of the Year, seasons, and cycle of the zodiac to discover more. I am hoping to create more daily rituals and identify some ways I can make mundane tasks a bit more magical.

I hope to give love and care to others and receive the same love in return. A huge part of my purpose is to help others. My work as a hospice music therapist is a spiritual calling for me. It is not easy, but I must continue to show up. Lately, I am getting a similar call to help other witches along their path.

I am not sure where my path will lead, and for a time I was very fixated on knowing what was ahead. I have been learning to let go and trust the way. I continue to build trust with spirit guides and go with the flow. I have already come so far and I am eager to know what is to come, but it will come in time. Working on this blog is definitely helping to bring some ideas and hopes into focus.