Weatherworking...

[enwyn]

hi everyone!

i thought i'd start this thread because i was curious to see what people's thoughts were on weatherworking? :) what do i mean? well - weather magick, have you created rain (or some other type of weather) before or what is your experience with it? I don't know if it belongs under Just Talk but i didn't know where else to put it.......

well, here we go!!! :D

*Brightest Blessings!*
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enwyn

[Yvonne Belisle]

Both Naillosotarrain and I work weather. We try not to do it too much because we don't want to hurt plants and animals that need the water. We tend to do little things like a bit more breeze when sailing or a few clouds blown away for a picnic. We are really careful.

[enwyn]

i have done some harmless things like that too. but like the two of you i don't like to "mess" with it too much either because it's not my place. :) i have called rain once when we really, really needed it. and i've blown away little clouds too....but thankyou very much for sharing with me!!! - Blessed Be!

*and the Changeling grins...*
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enwyn

[Dragonmother]

Hmmm, I'm intrigued. Is weather working a talent, a learnable craft, a formula type spell? I'm not especially planning to try it, just curious....

[Shatav]

Originally posted by Dragonmother
Is weather working a talent, a learnable craft, a formula type spell?

Aren't they all one in the same...or at least can be?

[Yvonne Belisle]

Naillosotarrain and I don't know we are both naturals. For whatever reason we can just do things. I personally feel the weather and ask it to do what I want.

[Mairwen]

I see nothing wrong with weatherworking. It's part of our magical heritage and goes back to the Beginning of Time. However, I've seen people/groups/boards get all up in arms in heated arguments over the "ethics" of weather magic ~ a bit far-fetched if you ask me. :D

[mol]

Weatherworking, to me, has its place in Magick. So, through the practice of this...we do attain Weatherworking talents as we do all other Magickal practices.

[enwyn]

i'm not too sure....i never learned it, it just came to me too. like Yvonne and Naillosotarrain i just feel the weather.
but also like mol said, i think the potential is there for everyone! :) also maybe it is more prominent in some than in others....what i mean is that maybe some people have more of an affinity to it than others. for example: my *sister* Loradana can read the tarot like it's her second nature or second language in a sense but when you put me in the same sense i'm kind of fuzzy on what the reading is telling me. i just don't connect with it as completely.
then on the other hand runes are my second nature/language and i can feel them to my core but put Loradana in this sense & she is like i am with tarot...she can read them but she doesn't connect to them as easily. hmmmm....interesting anyway! thanks to everyone who replied!!! :D

*and the Changeling grins...*
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enwyn

[Yvonne Belisle]

I'm careful in my weather working because all workings for good or ill have reprocussions. I just don't like to tamper especially because in the past I have been upset and had things get out of hand. I think we have all made mistakes as we have learned it's part of the learning process. I just don't like to make mistakes so I have learned to take things very slowly.

[enwyn]

you do have to be careful in everything that you do. i learnt that the hard way a long time ago and i wish i hadn't been so ignorant back then...but the lesson deffinitely did not go unheeded! i apologize if i ever come off sounding like i don't heed boundaries...i just tend to be very open and direct and assume that everyone knows that i do heed them. :o i guess i shouldn't do that, hey? :) but yeah, i have scars on my hand to remind me not to let things get carried away and 'out of hand!' ahhhh! CHEESY PUN! sorry about that :D ! he he he!

*and the Changeling grins...*
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enwyn

[Lady Tana]

weather working ... that is something that i have tried and failed... so i guess it is something that i must practice at (and since when i fail it drives me nuts-o, its something that i still would love to work on!!)
anyone with any great hints... insight or such ... i would love to hear!

[Yvonne Belisle]

Can you feel lay lines and energy currents? If you can when you go outside start feeling them. As the wind changes direction feel what's different . It's a good starting point. I just sort of feel then ask it to do what I want so does Naillosotarrain. There are ways to force it to do what you want but I've never tried them. If you live near a pond or ocean go feel the currents within the water they feel similar to the air and most people have a strong feeling for water currents when they try. Storms feel kind of zesty I know that is a taste but it's the best I can do maybe someone else has a better word. It's like putting your tongue on a 9volt battery you never forget the taste. The air on a powerful storm tastes similar.

[Ayla]

I used to use the Gift to change the weather in my immediate vicinity, especially between the ages of about 8 and 12 when I'd want it to be either sunny or raining most of the time, but didn't like windy days.
One day I was told a story about weather magick, about a young Witch who cast a spell to make it rain, but the rain was taken away from a farm and the plants withered, so she made a spell to make it sunny, but the sun came from a cold place and noone could go outside. It was something like that, and I rarely practice weather manipulation now.
I'm thinking of writing the story up and publishing it, because I think there are too few stories out there specifically relevant to children with the Gift.

Love & Hugs,
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[Niamh]

That sounds like it a great story/parable/fable. I'm not sure which genre would apply! But I think it would be onderful in book form to use with children.
I don't know a lot about weatherworking, and have never tried it.