Practical Magic

When I signed on to be a part of the Practical Magic blog party, I had never seen the movie so decided what better way to celebrate than by sitting down and watching it for the very first time! I had however, not anticipated the fact that I would be in a hotel room in my home state of New Jersey and not in my cozy apartment in South Carolina with all of my witchy wares and herbs and would be unable to do much aside from simply watch the movie.

However, I had no idea how difficult it would be to get my hands on a copy of the movie to watch it nor how deeply it would effect me. After much consternation and a bit of my love's wizardry I was able to watch the movie this afternoon and I was so happy to have been able to watch this after having a few days surrounded by the important and special women in my life. Had I watched it a week or so ago, before we came up here, I may have viewed it in a completely different light. After watching it this afternoon however, my heart was filled with happiness and I shed more than a few tears. The movie focuses even more of it's time on sisterhood, of the blood and friendship varieties, than on magic. It made me realize I'm blessed to have an ever growing number of beautiful sisters in my life both near and far to send me support with the flick of a broom! As for my blood relations, I can tell you my sister is absolutely the Gilly to my Sally.

The other thing that caught my eye and tugged on my heart was the honest way they approached and portrayed certain aspects of witch craft. I particularly enjoyed the conversation between Gary and Sally regarding the craft and the gorgeous spell book within the family's home. It is that spell book and it's beautiful pictures and flowing scripts, the vast array of spells with their thick pages that most inspired me and I believe that once I get back from my vacation here and settle in again, I will set to work creating something unstructured and beautiful all my own as well as writing a few new spells.

It will be the perfect way to reconnect to my path and take some much needed spiritual time for myself. I'll happily post my progress as it comes along as well as any other Practical Magic inspiration that sneaks in after I've returned home.

Until then dear hearts, thank you for stopping by. Remember always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck and fall in love whenever you can.