Journaling in my plant witchcraft grimoire is my way of returning to a magical place where I would spend hours each day writing about my life as a solitary green witch! Somewhere along the way, I’ve lost myself. I’ve lost my way back to that magical place in time where I long to stay.

Years ago, I started a blog during a dark, difficult period. My youngest daughter had left the nest and I suddenly went from being a single mother to having to fend for myself.

During this period, I would spend hours in the forest hiking, praying, and talking to the nature spirits. It was here where I found peace and calm amidst the struggles. It was in the heart of the forest where I officially became a green witch.

I would write about the animals I would talk to, the trees I would give offerings to, and the changes in the seasons and the weather. I was going through a spiritual awakening, like a butterfly breaking free of the cocoon. I could feel myself shedding skin and I could feel my new self emerging.

I would write from the heart, pouring out the exuberance of the new experiences while working on my shadow self in an exploratory fashion. Writing has always been a form of shadow work for me, a grand piece of psychological analysis into who I am.

The blog became so popular that I began to receive emails from people all around the world. My readers resonated with the things I wrote about, which were everything from plant profiles to fairy shamanism. It was a beautiful thing to behold!

I began to feel restless in the work that I was doing. I was journeying into the world of green witchery more each day and I was still growing, transforming, and changing. I was definitely in an uncomfortable, in-between space. Thus, Plants By Laurali was born!

I deleted my old blog and vowed to make a fresh start somewhere new, somewhere even better! I was prepared to make changes, but I wasn’t at all prepared to feel lost without my old blog. I think I went through a grieving process.

There was a time when I transferred all of my old blog posts and reformatted them on my new blog, but I ended up deleting them all out of frustration. Something just didn’t feel right. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.

Today, I have come to the understanding that the old blog represented the me I was becoming at the time. At the time, I was fully transforming into the green witch I was always meant to be. This was a grueling process, which I began at the intermediate level.

I needed to leave my old blog behind because I was having growing pains. I had outgrown the intermediate witch who needed to talk to every spirit under the sun and try my hand at everything. Things had become complicated.

The witch I’ve grown into is an advanced-level plant witch! I have rituals and routines now, a set of Greco-Roman Gods I work with daily, and a growing connection to the magic of plants.

There are things that I want to share here that I haven’t shared before on any other blog. A grimoire is very personal, sometimes dark, and always deeply magical. There’s a specific kind of magic to what I do and I’ve always wanted to share my wisdom and knowledge with others.

I’m always reading stories of people who want to work with plants and animal magic, as they feel a spiritual connection with them. I can help them bridge that connection and create a stronghold in their craft.

There’s a lot of information about witches in the ecosphere, but less information that revolves around the green witch, the hedge witch, the hearth witch, and the kitchen witch. They are all intricately connected and overlapping.

I am hoping to bring encouragement to those who are walking the green path, seeking information and knowledge that could prove to be useful. In doing so, I am hoping to get back to that special place in time when I could write without the pressures of the world folding in on me.

I wish to represent my new & improved self. I am thankful for my journey into green witchcraft, as arduous as it has been. I have reached a level where I can touch others through words, energy, and heart-shaped magic.

Journaling in My Plant Witchcraft Grimoire

Part of journaling in my plant witch grimoire is focusing on my daily routines and rituals. I have transformed daily activities into everyday mundane magic. Everything from putting on makeup and braiding my hair to mopping the floor and cooking a healthy plant-based meal become spells!

My green witchcraft practice has become more focused and I have honed in on specific topics like animal witchcraft and plant magical properties! I have become so in tune with the Earth that I can pinpoint seasonal shifts, weather magic, and lunar cycles.

I am going to start writing about monthly green witch forecasts that cover the patterns and themes of each month! Have you ever noticed how October is a mystical month while August is a transitional point in the year? I am going to delve deeper into what I feel and notice and share it with my readers, to see if you notice it too.

One of the biggest changes in my life is my shift into Hellenism. I worship and work with Greco-Roman deities full-time. My patron deity is the Goddess Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck!

Working with Fortuna has led to her introducing me to a wide array of deities from the Greco-Roman period! Part of that is working with planetary magic. Planetary magic has assisted with everything from astro-herbalism to money magick!

I’m planning to introduce you to the deities I work with and create online altars for each of them. Hellenism is a huge part of my life now and I have created intimacy and comfort with this particular set of Greco-Roman deities. I love them with all my heart and I’d be remiss not to share this part of my life with all of you.

I work with and create astral animal familiars a lot in my practice. Animal witchcraft and magical animal practices are a huge part of what I do. Everything from seeing an owl in the forest as a message to dreaming of animals is part of my life as an earth witch.

Perhaps the biggest part of my practice is plant witchcraft! There’s not a day that goes by where I’m not working with plants and trees in some fashion. My desire to write plant profiles and teach people how to use plants magically and medicinally is quite strong!

The truth is, I love writing and writing is one of how I connect with Spirit. I’ve missed it with all of my heart. I felt lost when I couldn’t write.

I had all these ideas and something in me just wouldn’t let me write. It was a dreadful case of writer’s block. It was a terrible case of Mars Square Saturn and the restrictions that brings astrologically.

I’m not out of the woods yet. Astrologically speaking, I’m still going through it. This may not even be a good blog post, but I digress, at least I’m writing again.

Things are different now. My life has vastly changed and it’s these changes I am yearning to write about. For one thing, after ten years of being single with no end in sight, I am in a relationship. I have a boyfriend who I am very serious about and see a future with.

I’m sure all of this has played a factor in why I’ve been unable to write and why I’ve felt so overwhelmed. I need to get these feelings out and creatively express myself. I’ve been holding things in for a very long time.

So, this blog post isn’t perfect. In many ways, it feels incomplete. In my heart, I am hoping, praying, and wishing it leads to more writing that comes from the heart. My plant witch grimoire is at the heart of everything I do. Thanks for reading! xo