The last four days have gone by in a blur. They work my brain from sun up to sun down filling it with ancient knowledge and want me to remember it all when only told once. I have not been allowed out in the forest to hunt or even track again. I have only gone out with four of the women as my guards to have them pick my brain for the information they stuffed into it. I really don't know how much more of this I can take before exploding. Don't they know a human brain can only store a set amount of knowledge and after that it leaks out?
Here's some of what I have learned...you tell me what use of it a man has. I can now charm a rock to make it into a stone to protect hunters when they are in the forest. To do this, the hunter has to pick up a stone when the Moon is dark, wash it in the first water they see to get rid of anything negative that might be attached to it, and then carry it until the Moon is full and ripe. They give it to the Witch in a leaf or piece of cloth, so only holds the persons energy it belongs to. The Witch then makes a Sacred Circle to do the spell and ritual in, once her Circle is closed no one may cross through any part of it or the Circle will be broken and anything that was being done inside it will just stop. Plus if the Witch is empowering anything as a charm it will turn to the opposite of what it was suppose to be for, Like the protection stone would leave the hunter into danger rather then keep him out. Now this was the easy part to learn because I want to know how they did the hunter's protection stones. The hard part is learning the right words to say and how to say them. Yes even how you say something is important and not just in working Magick. I understand how to say some of the words for this spell; I just can't get the other ones out. It goes something like this "Great Gods and Goddesses who protect us from all harm, protection the one that holds this charm." This is the simplified version, which I don't understand why this won't work just as good as the version the Witches use. But I'll think about that tomorrow.
I am getting good at knowing which plants work for what. My tracking skills have gotten better and I can once in a while enjoy just looking at a rabbit or deer or whatever, but the urge to bring dinner home is still very strong when I see any prey. I have also learned how to mix some simple remedies that everyone keeps on hand in the home. Things like cough syrup, Willow bark tea for headaches, aches and pains, Chamomile tea for women's problems and peppermint tea for anyone having tummy problems. I guess having some of this knowledge isn't too bad. Maybe I can teach some of the men how to brew some simple feel better teas. Then the Witches will have more time for themselves.
By the time my initiation for becoming a real apprentice Witch is only three days away, I begin to think this won't be so bad. But the thought of never being able to hunt or fish again still is eating at my mind, body and spirit. I am a male who has been taught to hunt and provide for their family since I was very young and this women stuff is best left to women. We as men are not close enough to the Goddess of hearth and home, Hacatate, or to the Goddess of healing. Kwan Yin. I have been put in a place of bridging the knowledge of men and women, but I don't want this at all. I have to remember what a male is born for above all else or I am afraid I will lose who I am.
Oh well I'm tired I'll think about these hard decisions and questions I have tomorrow. Why can't one of the Aunts just have a baby girl NOW and get me out of this mess?
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To Be or Not To Be a Witch? (Book 1 of As the Mysteries Unfold)
Ficção AdolescenteThis series will take us on an adventure with young people growing up and finding out about some of the mysteries of the Universe. In this first book we will meet a young boy on the verge of manhood and possibly having to become something he doesn't...
