Snow Water Collect snow in a jar or dish and allow it to melt.
What does snow symbolize? Think about what snow symbolizes for you, personally. It might remind you of joyous memories of past holidays. It might also remind you of loved ones who have passed on. For me, it symbolizes freezing, cleansing, peace, and beauty.
How can I use snow water? Ritual baths, spells, anointing, just about anything you can think of! Add snow water to a ritual bath to promote inner peace and beauty. Anoint a candle with snow water during a spell to cleanse negative energy from your life and create even more joyous memories.
Snow Sculptures
Snow people-Could be used similar to a poppet. If using herbs or crystals, please do research to find out what is safe for the environment and animals, and what is not! You could even use the snow person as a protective tool! Build it with intentions to “freeze” negative energies sent your way, and “melt” those energies back into the ground.
Snow animals-If you have an animal companion, this would be an excellent way to honor them. If you don’t, you could choose animals to sculpt based upon their symbolism.
Snow spirits- This would be a great way to honor deities and local spirits too!
Snow Sigils
Need to create a sigil? Don’t forget that you can write in the snow using your footprints! Another option is to use food coloring and water mixed into a ketchup bottle.
Snow Meditation
Speaking of footprints in the snow, I imagine you could create quite the impressive labyrinth!
Watching falling snow can be used as a method of relaxation and focused meditation. Allow your mind to drift with it as it falls.
Even if you’re not a lover of the snow, I’ve just given you a few reasons to appreciate it a little more! :)
In astrology, Neptune is considered a planet of inspiration, dreams, psychic receptivity, illusion, and confusion. It rules spirituality, and all things subtle … Neptune is associated with intuition and spiritual enlightenment… it is also a planet of mercy and compassion.
The more negative manifestations of Neptune include deception, trickery, deceit, guilt, and addiction…” (cafeastrology.com).
This is a time to hone your healing gifts, the zodiac’s deep-diving fish directs attention to what lies beneath the surface …
Remember that Water is life, carry a reusable water bottle with you to stay hydrated wherever you go. 71% of the Earth is made up of water. Roughly 60% of the human body is comprised of water as well…
Let your emotions flow like water. Pisces season brings us a heightened intuition, and we will be receiving a lot of ‘messages’ during this time especially. Pick up a journal and spend time letting your thoughts flow onto the paper ✍
Release old grudges. Pisces is the 12th and final sign of the zodiac. The Pisces sun illuminates places where we have fallen into a negative mentality, which can inspire forgiveness & change. This is the time to ask yourself, “what did I learn from this?”.
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Moon water (water that has been charged under moonlight)
-universal magickal properties, can be used in most spells for cleansing, purification, balance, and energy
Cleansed water (tap/filtered water that has been cleansed)
-again has universal magickal properties but not as strong as moon water. Mostly used for cleansing and purification.
HOW TO CLEANSE TAP WATER FOR SPELLWORK
1. Run tap water into an empty bottle and immediately pour it out
2. Fill the bottle again but this time seal the bottle.
3. Draw out a cleansing sigil. I use this one HERE
4. Tape it to the outside of the bottle.
5. Arrange four white tea lights and a long candle into a pentagram with the long candle at the apex.
6. Place the bottle of water at the centre of the pentagram
7. Light the long candle and use it to light the tea lights in a clockwise rotation.
8. Place a clear quartz on the bottle
9. Place your hand over the clear quartz and allow your positive energies to flow through it. Imagine the quartz like a magnifying glass and your energy the sun.
10. Finish your spell with your preferred method. I blow out all the candles and say “so it is”
A portrait of my original character, battle mage Nyma. If enemy survives her magic spell, they will have to deal with her little blade. And with her fists. :3
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❖ Daneal is charming, adjusts easily, and doesn’t know who he is yet
Biography -
There is a certain strength that flows through the rivers in Teccupia that the children of the city receive, too, the characteristics that make it possible for everyone to notice their heritage. The Teccups born in the city of Pucante learn everything about the history of their people; they are taught the differences between them and other races, and will find that there is only one thing that the youth has to do to show how important their country and their capital is for them. Daneal broke the record of the fastest Teccup to ever swim the length of the river and jump off the waterfalls. He was honored by the President, a party was thrown in remembrance of his name, and his family moved into a bigger and more luxurious house. Eventually the state paid for Daneal’s education, and he was most grateful to go and become his city’s hero.
Daneal arrived in Trolian at age ten, his reputation was known only with the Measters of the school, who made sure to warn him before hand that if he wanted to swim he could do so when all students his age had received their lessons. He didn’t let it get to him that he didn’t get to swim, instead Daneal won over some hearts with his easy going nature and his way of talking around the teacher. He was the popular guy, but not because he was good looking, or because he had a charming way of talking; he simply never gave anyone a single reason to dislike him. He didn’t bully, he was never rude, he only sometimes broke the rules but always to help others. He graduated with high marks, fought at sea for about ten years before joining the Compan under Aros Lucica, a man to his heart.
Personality -
In contrast to a lot of his fellow Knights, Daneal doesn’t fight too well on land, he’s way too adjusted to the sea, his natural habitat. He is however still formally known as someone who takes his respect and continues to be charming. He’s likable, tries to make his time and that of others the best imaginable. He goes out often to swim, easily adjusts to any situation that is thrown at him and in the image of others never seems to do a thing wrong. But Daneal has come a long way since he broke the record, he’s no longer certain about who he is. He used to be the record boy, after that the popular guy, now he’s a Knight, just a Knight, hoping to once again make a name for himself.
He fits in perfectly with Grahan Rolf and Deanan Calos, though both of them are more interested in each other’s company, and have the thought that Daneal will spill their little secret. He dislikes Getraya Mel Galada and her brother Delvius Bol Galada, and is overly protective of Evia Morse. A lot of the people that were his best friends in school are long dead now, taken away by war or lost in action. While he misses them, the presence of death has stopped surprising him.
Fate -
Unknown
Connections-
Grahan Rolf & Deanan Calos ❖ Daneal likes the company of Grahan and Deana and will often follow them around like a good little dog until they accept he can play with them. Often on the battlefield they hang out together, share the same tent and their stories. They watch out for each other, which makes it a bit easier for Daneal to accept that they will never see him as a good friend, because no one can come between those two.
Evia Morse ❖ Daneal is very protective over Evia Morse, she’s a good friend of his and he’s lost his best friends in the war. He won’t allow himself to loose her. She means the world to him, and he can imagine she could be her little sister.
Group -
Daneal Oas is a member of the group under Aros Lucia
“There’s always much more going on than we know, trust me.”
✚ Occupation: DracoMancer ✚ Specification: Second in Command ✚ Magical form: Water Magic ✚ Race: Teccup
❖ Lehain is friendly, content, and intelligent.
Biography -
Lehain does not remember a time before she came to Varamadras’ strong castle in Yartihn. She was born in Teccupia, but does not recall what the land looks like or what city she came from, other than it was cold and night. The Mancers and Lath Magicians that found her never spoke a word, and by the time she graduated, she couldn’t recall what they had looked like or if they were even still alive. She missed the love she could have received from parents, yet she found it in the friends she made during her education. The fate of death came into her life many a time, first with the Mancer who had taken care of her after she came to Morto to be raised and trained later on, and then with the teacher she had graduated under. She lost so many people, that in the end, she wasn’t placed in a new group anymore, and though she didn’t become part of Varamadras Elite, did become friends with them. She was instead sent on missions to retrieve Dark Souls that needed her help. Though years were filled with war and friends she made frequently died, it all seemed part of life.
A few years ago, she saved Torque Martain, a Dark Soul who had passed under their radar for a very long time, and when he became a groupleader, she insisted to join his group and help him with anything he might need – though Torque turned to Gearett Toss for most of his questions. She suddenly was back into the action she had lived with before, a member of a group once again. But she had been adjusted to special missions, so Varamadras promised her missions outside of those she did with her group. She became a member of the Elite, not because she was so strong, but because she was multi-talented.
Personality -
She has feelings for Torque, who she had met before he joined the DracoMancer, since she was part of his rescue party. She’s kind and strong, intelligent and content. Many know better than to face her in battle, she’s very skilled with her Water Magic, and Torque tries to help her reach the first phase of Magical ability. Others mostly think she’s easily caught off guard, imagining she might be a strong kid, but every girl has her issues. Not Lehain, though, having learned from Marius Thesus, one of the best Water Magicians, she knows that people can always try to hurt you, but not if you’re better than them.
Lehain is good friends with almost everybody, but nobody in particular. She always turns around everybody, while no one ever meets her at the center. She’s content with it though, seeing that having more friends is to her benefit. The ones she truly gets close with are those that belong to her group: Gearett Toss, Sortos Nefenson and Torque Martain. She also hangs out with the Elite, which has made her respected by a lot of Mancers that can only dream of such a place. Even some groupleaders aren’t trusted as a part of that group.
Fate -
Unknown
Connections -
Torque Martain ❖ Torque gives her many unofficial lessons in trying to reach Phase One, a certain extend of her Magic she wants to have, but knows only he can help her with that. They are often in each other’s company, and she likes him a lot, though more like a teacher and friend than how she thinks he sees her.
Gearett Toss ❖ Gearrett is a member of the group, and thus a friend without doubt. They don’t hang out that much, they only train together, and fight together at some points. Other than that, Lehain isn’t really interested in keeping in touch with him, she knows however that there is no way around him, and his heritage interests her a lot.
Sortos Nefeson ❖ Sortos has a doubtful past, and a lot of things he hasn’t told any of them yet. Like, how Varamadras found him? Where he was before? She tries to get the answers to those questions, though she knows she might never get them from this boy who is as closed off a she appears.
Title:Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition
Author:Annwyn Avalon
Review: ★★★☆☆
I wouldn’t call myself a water witch since I have yet to fully incorporate my affinity for water and the sea into my practice, but I am always hunting for resources to bring my magic and the water closer. A long time “to-read” on my list of witchy reference books, Water Witchcraft wasn’t quite what I was looking for, but it still has a lot of potential as a beginner’s book when it comes to water magic.
Before I really dive into this book (sorry, I had to!), let me go ahead and say that Avalon does mention smudging in this book. As a book so heavy-handed in lore from the UK, it really went over her head that smudging isn’t from that tradition.
Speaking of lore, if you aren’t into old folk tales, myths, legends, and cautionary tales, I wouldn’t recommend this book. A large portion of most of the chapters are dedicated to brief synopsis or full tellings of these kinds of stories, and while they’re interesting, I’m not sure how useful they are if you’re just looking for a more technical understanding of water magic. But, who knows, they might inspire you.
When Avalon starts talking about exercises and her practice, that’s when this book shines. The exercises in this book are simple and fairly adaptable, and she manages to include things for those major markers of the year like solstices, sabbats, and moon phases without dwelling on the basics of phases and cycles that many beginner books get caught up on. The final chapter, “Water Witchery” is a shining example of this.
Overall, this is a solid and interesting read, though it is easy to get bored when she dumps pages and pages of lore on you and she has a tendency to let the organization of the book (by body of water for the most part) get the best of her and lead her off topic or otherwise reveal her unfamiliarity with the specifics of an environment. Water Witchcraft is a book that you will have to go beyond to make it useful, though. What makes this a three star read and nothing better is that Avalon has these moments of addressing things you might not often see in witchcraft books and then leaving them behind. If she had just pushed things a bit further (and taken a step back on the frog and toad stories), this book would probably be great instead of just good.
It almost goes without saying. And yet the weather patterns on our planet-such as the drought in California- as well as the leering threat of major corporations, who wish to privatize water, should make us stand back and take a good look at this element which is literally everywhere in and around us.
We are a microcosm of the universe and within us the entire universe resides. Therefore we as individuals as well as a collective human consciousness hold the keys within our own conscious awareness to heal the state of water, because it is essentially an extension of us, just as we are of it.
You will see what I mean if you have ever looked into the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, a Japanese researcher who discovered that water is deeply impressionable and that by subjecting water to various sounds, words, and intentions, it would literally change at the molecular level to reflect the vibrations to which it was exposed.
The point in all of this is that we can absolutely change the quality and state of water through our thoughts and intentions. Here are 3 specific ways:
1. Heal Your Relationship with Water- This step could actually be an entire article in and of itself. In actuality, when we bring something within the self totally into alignment, we are bringing healing to the collective. To have a healthy relationship with water, we need enough water in our bodies to function properly on all levels which means staying hydrated and drinking high quality water like alkaline, spring, or at the very least filtered.
Additionally, it is good to learn to respect water. That means appreciating the water you drink, swim, and bathe in as well as cook and clean with. If you possibly can, it is respectful to reuse water. For instance, if water stagnates, it can become quite unpleasant. Use it to water the plants or clean something if you forget a glass of drinking water.
Finally, start the day with a glass of fresh water. Mindfully. Stand facing the rising sun and drink a big glass of water with gratitude and with good intentions for the day ahead.
2. Pray or Meditate to the Water:In using the word ‘pray’ I simply mean to use whatever method is appropriate to you for connecting with the greater essence of life and focusing positive intentions somewhere. Because water is impressionable, praying to or meditating for bodies of water like a local lake or creek or the ocean will have an effect on the water. This effect is highly intensified if many people participate at once. Getting a group of people together to pray for the water can affect the over-soul of consciousness of the water everywhere on the planet as well as the water in your own living cells. This type of ceremony would benefit greatly from including music and song which creates and shifts vibrations with great power.
3. Alchemize the Water- As Masaru Emoto demonstrated with his life’s work, you can create specific changes in water through your intentions and the use of sounds, intentions, the written word, and imagery. If this appeals to you here is an experimental ritual to try:
Take a small quantity of water, no more than a gallon, and place it in a glass container that can be transported easily. Now spend some time with the water. Hold your hands on the water and pray or sing, visualize the water taking beautiful forms or being full of light, color, and beautiful energies. Write positive words on small slips of paper and stick them onto the container facing inward. Expose the water to sacred geometric symbols or healing frequencies such as 432hz or to healing mantras. You could also place crystals like clear or rose quartz in the water for several hours or overnight on particularly a full moon, and allow the energies to be imprinted into the water.
Now specify your intention for the water, because you will use this water as a sort of ‘concentrate’ to heal a larger source of water. So state or imagine your intentions clearly and communicate them to the water. The inention may be your image of all the waters in the world being pure, clean, accessible, and full of healing light. Once you have sent these thoughts and intentions into the water, give the water as a gift to a larger source of water. This could be at the seashore, a lake, a creek, or even down your own drain to heal the city water which badly needs healing. Hold your intention as you give the water away as you allow it to flow away and bring the beautiful vibrrations it contains with it. See it as a sort of concentrate of energy impressions that will shift the vibration of the entire water source to which it is flowing.
The water on our planet dearly needs to be healed, but the first and most primary aspect of the healing of water is for us to come into alignment with water as individuals. After we are in a good relationship with water personally, then we can follow our inspiration and use other methods to project healing to water throughout the world.
The lovely young Hops Goldenoak! A dwarven Warlock with her Hydro Cat Barley. She comes from a family of famous brewers (Goldenoak ail). She’s very short tempered, but loves her friends dearly. Hops is very much a free spirit and her water based magic comes from a powerful river fairy.
The Keg of Holding is Hops’s weapon of choice, which can contain thousands of different types of drinks. I had immense fun designing this weapon and all its taps, locks and buttons.
▶fill empty, clean container ¾ full of aloe vera. ▶add 1/5 parts rubbing alcohol. (The measurements will differ depending on the size of the container.)
✔for an average size handsanitizer container… ▶add 12 drops of ceadarwood essential oil (for grounding) ▶5 drops of orange essential oil (for happiness) *add more or less oil depending on container size.
▶add fairy dust (optional) *you can get fairy dust at lush stores, but if you want sparkle any glitter is fine. I prefer the fairy dust because it’s very very fine, and doesn’t add any extra texture.
Feel free to draw any desired sigils on the container. Enchant and use as you please.
The first use for cemetery water is to connect with the dead. Because this water is infused with death energy, its function is similar to graveyard dirt.
Put cemetery water into death witch or necromancy-related spells. I used some in my spirit work oil andnecromancy ink. You can also add it to salves and oils (not on the body). Dipping a candle in it (not the wick!) and letting it dry might enhance a candle spell. Add a tiny bit to dampen your herbal smoking blend should you want to go hedgecrossing or divine.
To simplify, view cemetery water as a spirit work booster. Anything you add it to should help you connect with the dead.
Another use for cemetery water is lecanomancy, otherwise known as water scrying. Since ancient Rome, necromancers have peered into water to receive messages from the dead.
To practice water scrying, grab a clear bowl (glass is ideal) and pour cemetery water into it. Make sure that the bowl is not too dark; you want to see the water. Light a candle and keep it nearby to illuminate the space. Some people put a bit of olive oil into the water, but that is not necessary. Breathe evenly, clear your mind, and peer into the water. See what the dead wish to show you.
Protection with Cemetery Water
Another potential use for cemetery water is protection. Depending on the folklore, even imitating water can protect you from spirits.
Rub cemetery water onto your windows and doors to ward your home. While leaving a cemetery, toss some water behind you so that spirits don’t follow you home. Painting certain objects in the color of water might dissuade spirits from touching them. Include it in washes to cleanse your divination tools.
“Given the old beliefs surrounding wells and sacred springs as a ritual locus of pilgrimage, where one may initiate exchange with the Otherworldly and seek Divine wisdom and vision via the agency of indwelling spirits, or of the human well guardian as a spiritual intermediary, it is of no surprise the holy wells should possess a rich tradition of divinatory and prophetic use.
Some of the divinatory purposes for which the people would resort to holy wells were much the same as those commonly sought from professional witches, wise-women and cunning men; such as for matters of love and matrimony, or to discover the identity of thieves and the whereabouts of lost property. For such services a sometimes hefty fee would be required by the professional folk-magical practitioner, thus the holy well could have represented a more economical recourse for such matters.
At a number of prophetic wells however, the presence of a guardian wise-woman would be required, for, it was believed, the rites would require her advice or assistance for efficacy, or perhaps, only she could mediate or interpret for the spirits of the well.
One such Cornish well, now no longer extant, was the prophetic holy well of Gulval. Here, in the first half of the 18th century, the well was cared for by an elderly woman who appears to have acted as its 'high priestess’; instructing visitors in the virtues and rites of the potent waters. Gulval Well was widely reputed for its powers to reveal the location of lost cattle, or that of stolen property. Also, it was possessed of the ability to revealIf living, the friend’s state of health could also be gleaned from the spirit of the waters. The name of the friend had only to be spoken over the waters, and, if dead, they would remain still and quiet. If they were living but in ill health, the waters would begin to bubble and cloud with mud. If however they lived in good health, bubbles would arise to the surface; the waters remaining of crystalline clarity.
As with curative well magic, the offerings made during popular rites of divination at holy wells included such things as pins and pebbles. Often it was the offering to the waters that activated the prophetic powers, via bubbles rising to the surface, or the waters acting upon the offering, causing it to move in a certain manner.
It was both bubbles and the movement of offerings that would be read in divinations for matters of love at Alsia Well. On the first three Wednesdays in May, many young women would gather at the well, there to learn the fate of named young couples. Two pins, or pebbles, would be dropped into the water, and their actions as they sank to the bottom closely observed. If the two settled together, then the couple were to join together in matrimony. If, however, they settled apart from one another, then the couple were destined to part company. The number of bubbles sent to the surface would foretell the number of years until the prophesised union or separation. Love divinations would also be made at Alsia by floating bramble leaves on the water’s surface. Such were also popularly used in conjunction with spring water in the folk-magical charming of burns.
At other Cornish wells, such as at St Euny’s Well, Menacuddle Well and at Roche Holy Well (on Holy Thursday), readings would also be made of the number of bubbles sent up by the offering of pins or pebbles. Coins were used as well as pins in divinations at Jesus Well, St. Minver.
The offering of pins however might also produce prophetic visions within a well’s waters. At St Caradog’s Well, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, an offering of three pins was required of any woman who sought, on Easter Monday, to conjure forth a vision.
Other prophetic wells required crosses of straw, rushes, or a Palm Sunday cross, the movements of which would provide the signs to be read.
At Holy Well, Bodmin, young people would fashion crosses by tying rushes gathered from the nearby marsh. These they would set to float upon the water with a spoken charm which, like the well itself, is now sadly lost.
The brave could discover whether or not they would outlive the year by visiting the holy well of Our Lady of Nance, Colan, on Palm Sunday. There, an offering of money and a palm cross was required; the cross was put into the well, the money into the hand of the priest. If the cross did float upon the water, the enquirer would live to see the following year, if it sank however, death was predicted to be near.
For love divinations, a cross was required at Madron Well, fashioned from two inch long pieces of straw, affixed at their midst with a pin. This was to be floated on the well’s water on May Morning, the first Sunday in May, or the first three Thursdays in May, whereupon the spirit of the well would send bubbles rising from its depths. The number of bubbles produced foretold the number of years until matrimony. Alternatively, two pins or pebbles might be employed to consult the spirit of the well in the very same manner as employed at Alsia. The use of straw crosses and pins put into Madron Well for wishes is remembered by elderly locals as still taking place in the 1930s.
Clothing and personal items such as handkerchiefs might be used, via which it would appear the spirit of the well was able to read the fortune of the enquirer. Rites of love divination were conducted on Anglesey by the old wise-woman guardian of Crochan Llanddwyn - 'The Crochan Cauldron’ in the 19th century. On the 25th of January, the feast day of St Dwynwen, to whom the well was dedicated, young people would visit to make wishes or divine their prospects in love. After paying a fee to the old woman, she would take the client’s handkerchief and lay it upon the surface of the well’s waters in order to read their future by interpreting the movement of eels living in the spring. If bubbles appeared during the reading, it was a fortunate omen of happiness in matters of love.
At another Anglesey well, Ffynnon Gybi, handkerchiefs were also used in love divinations, or a feather might be employed instead. If the item, laid upon the water’s surface, began to move in a southward direction, the well had revealed that the enquirer’s lover was honourable, but dishonourable if it instead moved towards the north.
At some wells, the sick would have their chances of recovery divined by the use of clothing. Such a method was employed at Ffynnon Gelynin – 'The Well of St. Celynin’ in the Conwy valley, North Wales. At this little well beside the beautiful and remote Llangelynin Church, ailing children would be bathed, wrapped and taken to a farmhouse nearby for an overnight period of incubation. An article of the child’s clothing would be placed into the well where a good omen of recovery was given if the clothing floated. If it sank however, death was prophesised.
When water was drawn from the Head Well, Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, to be brought to the bedside of a patient, their chances of recovery would also be divined via their clothing. The article would be placed upon the water; its floating foretold recovery, and death by its sinking.
On the Isle of Lewis, the waters of St Andrew’s Well possessed the power read a patient’s chances of recovery from a wooden bowl used to draw water for them. After the water had been brought to the patient’s bedside, the bowl would be returned to the well and floated upon its surface. Here, if the bowl turned in a sun-wise direction, recovery could be expected, but death was indicated should the bowl turn against the sun.
The movement of two straws were used for the same purpose at the Black Isle well of Craigie, Avoch. Here, on the first Sunday in May, the straws were floated upon the water, if they began to turn in opposite directions a recovery was indicated, but death if they remained still.
Offerings of food might also coax the water spirits into making revelations. Chink Well, Portrane, Dublin, was washed by the high tides of the sea, and here bread would be left at the wells edge. If it was taken by the tide, a cure was assured.
By such food offerings could the identity of thieves be revealed by the well spirits. At Ffynnon Bedrog, Gwynedd, the one injured by theft could drop a piece of bread into the well and begin to speak the names of all those suspected of the offence. Upon speaking the name of the thief, the piece of bread would sink beneath the waters. This was also a well of healing, and pins would have been employed within its rites, for a vessel of dark stone was long ago brought up from its bottom and found to be full of pins.
The old rites were not all necessarily performed at the well itself, for the water may be drawn forth and taken home for the practice of divinations. This would seem to suggest that, as with water drawn from a well and brought into the home for curative and protective purposes, the prophetic spirit and virtue remains present within the very water when brought away from its locus of springing forth.
The popular old love divination involving written names rolled into balls of clay, sometimes called specifically for water drawn from a spring to enhance the rite’s efficacy. This was particularly the case when the Romany employed the method. The enquirer would write the name of each of her suitors upon slips of paper; rolling each of these separately into a ball of clay. Upon one slip however, she would write her own name. The balls of clay were dropped into the vessel of water and anxiously watched as the clay dissolved to gradually free the slips of paper. The first name to rise to the surface was the suitor the enquirer was prophesised to marry. If, however, it was her own name that arose first to the surface then she will remain unwed.
The spirit of the well was not always dependant upon the presence of humans or their rituals in order to issue prophecy and omen. 'Drumming Wells’ are so named for the strange, sometimes loud, and as of yet unexplained drumming sounds that they occasionally produced. The occurrence of the drumming sound was often taken to be ominous of significant national events, or of the fate of royalty and noble families, particularly in foretelling deaths. Perhaps such links associated the spirit of such wells with the sovereignty and sanctity of the land?
Belief in the oracular powers of the sacred spring and holy well is truly ancient. Around a well sacred to the goddess Demeter, the ancient Greeks would perform complex rites in order to receive oracular vision regarding life and death. Offerings of sacrifice would be made, and a mirror suspended over the well by cords, wherein the enquirer would be shown visions that would reveal unto them the fate of their longevity.”
