Missing Witches - OSTARA 2025： This Episode Is A Spell

00:00:00.000 You aren't being a proper woman, therefore you must be a witch. 1.00

00:00:06.500 You must be a witch. 1.00

00:00:09.820 Happy Equinox. 0.85

00:00:12.340 This episode is a spell.

00:00:17.220 Awake to love and to repair.

00:00:20.740 Awake to kindness and to care.

00:00:23.720 Sovereign action made by our choice.

00:00:26.980 Empowered to speak in our witch's voice.

00:00:30.000 The candles, the books, the altars, the tools. As witches, we follow our own rules.

00:00:37.620 Into the depths of the shadow we peek to know thyself is what the witches do seek.

00:00:43.700 We call on the elements and create sacred space into the other world, outside time and place.

00:00:51.520 The energy raised for hope, healing, and power, our spells reverberate throughout the hour. 0.95

00:00:58.320 as we will it we will see and witches blessed fucking be i feel you quickening your salty 0.97

00:01:07.400 womb thickening compost worms wiggling up to the light i am spell casting that she is everlasting 0.99

00:01:14.780 gaia earth mother life blessed fucking be i call to the women and goddesses of war 0.92

00:01:21.480 who fight at home and afar, wrapped in magic capes and armor, working as teacher, healer, farmer, 0.98

00:01:29.160 to warrior women hidden in midwives' cloaks, to warrior goddesses who sit inexorably in their

00:01:34.680 hub of spokes. I reach out to all witches. I call the night bitches to snarl and howl to be on the

00:01:41.440 prowl. I call on the furies and the juries to hunt tyrants and despots without respite, 1.00

00:01:47.220 bind them and grind them out of existence clearing the way for so much more than subsistence 1.00

00:01:52.860 may we flourish may we fly may we nourish may nothing go awry blessed fucking be we shall 0.99

00:02:00.340 succeed we could give up and melt into tepid tears but we've got teas to brew and tender hearts to 0.97

00:02:07.400 stitch stitch stitch into warrior spears and we've got to breathe deeper better because loves

00:02:14.340 we're in it for the long haul our hearts will keep cracking open under the cruel flourish of

00:02:20.660 the strong men's pen and gun but we're not broken yet so yes we could melt down and maybe that's

00:02:29.020 tomorrow but today we've got seeds to plant look the snowdrops have crowned and that means okra

00:02:36.600 and black-eyed peas seedlings to pot up on windowsills means bitter melon and ginger five 0.89

00:02:44.040 varieties of tomatoes means making mounds for the three sisters clearing out the beds

00:02:49.960 and firing up the grow lights and yes our tears could water what sprouts but we need a harvest

00:02:57.480 of courage we've got a war to wage on too many fronts our arms too full of baskets and notebooks

00:03:05.240 to melt into damp puddles that's how they want us anyway boneless and compliant but my kin

00:03:11.720 we're supple like birch trees and tenacious as mugwort and the earth is calling us to bury our

00:03:19.580 hands in the dark loam so here's how we do it gloves off skin binding to mud in praise song

00:03:27.420 in fight song come home so i strip the colonizer's verbiage from my tongue i'd rather speak the

00:03:36.560 truth erase it from my mind's eye so i can see what's new see what's new rip his opinion from 0.98

00:03:44.020 my heart so i can feel the presence eat his culture then shit it out i alchemize his legends 0.92

00:03:50.720 all his legends pull his thorn out of my crown re-baptize self as goat lead myself away from 0.96

00:03:58.360 slaughter sacred knowledge was always known always known carve new standards into flesh 0.96

00:04:04.900 peel stubby hands from vaginas sleep peaceful in the beds we made free bleeding on their china 0.99

00:04:12.920 their good china i feel like my roots are deeper than they appear through rocks and crags they 0.96

00:04:19.840 thrive? Who was I as that seed grew into the leaves which I currently reside? Who is she who

00:04:27.980 first existed, and how much of she is still here? Or is she wholly gone from my blood, and it's why

00:04:35.300 I have no memories, I fear? Was she a priestess on a hill, accepting pilgrims from all corners?

00:04:42.460 Was she a tyrant who ruled a world 1.00

00:04:45.440 Or a mother whose children adored her

00:04:47.920 I feel her, sometimes I swear it

00:04:51.500 Down beneath the trunk of my tree

00:04:54.520 Deeper than the current roots can touch

00:04:57.840 I swear she is there

00:05:00.180 And I swear she is me

00:05:02.520 You are a prayer the earth sings to itself

00:05:06.360 Follow this song that she's singing in there

00:05:09.360 The earth song your prayer

00:05:11.060 This story you tell

00:05:13.040 This song you spell

00:05:14.900 Weave it from dreams and with care

00:05:17.700 Tie it into your hair

00:05:19.400 Seeing shadows right beside me

00:05:23.000 Though there is no sun

00:05:24.240 I walk

00:05:26.040 Knowing that the horrors of this battle have begun

00:05:30.040 I walk

00:05:32.080 Wishing that the work I'd done had led me to the light

00:05:35.980 I walk

00:05:37.880 Knowing that my old life has prepared me for this fight

00:05:41.900 I walk

00:05:43.640 The army of my past selves, fractals ready, rank and file

00:05:48.740 I walk

00:05:50.540 But I am not alone now, others greet me with a smile

00:05:54.680 I walk

00:05:56.480 Hearts enjoined and heads held high

00:05:59.860 We pour out love that's lasting

00:06:02.720 I walk

00:06:04.300 For each of us, my coven, this protection spell I'm casting

00:06:09.120 Persephone, oh please don't oversleep

00:06:13.540 Or come back early to the earthly realm

00:06:15.860 Where edges of the changing seasons creep

00:06:18.200 We need your divine timing at the helm

00:06:20.300 May warming light of full warm moon arrive

00:06:23.500 Bring forth the daffodils and celandine

00:06:25.940 May foxglove and forsythia come soon

00:06:28.580 Following hellebore and columbine

00:06:30.740 But most of all I ask you not to wake

00:06:33.600 the apple blossom buds when you arrive they need to sleep until the pink moon takes its turn to

00:06:39.160 fill the sky and pull the tides so as i plant these seeds i bid thee please on this ostara

00:06:45.000 morning wake with ease some will say your names no more in fear of voldemore i cast a spell to

00:06:53.840 say your names forevermore until you are no more as i spell your name t-r-u-m-p his name m-u-s-k

00:07:06.860 that name p-u-t-i-n i could go all day there are so many names to write and play like a cheeky

00:07:16.300 school girl at the blackboard mighty is my chalky sword i spell myself free of your game 0.99

00:07:22.720 I spell a spell to send you all right back to hell. 0.99

00:07:28.520 This is my coven blessing. 0.99

00:07:32.100 Around the circle, circle round,

00:07:35.060 which is missed and which is found.

00:07:38.140 No one left out, no one alone,

00:07:41.380 crafted in love, strong as stone.

00:07:45.440 Rising together in community,

00:07:48.280 growing and thriving,

00:07:49.340 three times three times three.

00:07:52.720 with rosemary for remembrance mint for renewal i call to the winds the waters the fire of the soil

00:08:02.240 ancient wisdom rises through tangled roots as systems of power begin to uncoil

00:08:08.480 ancestors gather in circles unseen your strength flows through us like mountain streams

00:08:14.960 we honor your struggles your vision your path as we nurture the world that lived in your dreams

00:08:21.020 The scent of herbs mingles with morning light

00:08:24.460 Nature's rhythm pulses with truth and might

00:08:27.500 Patriarchy crumbles, capitalism fades

00:08:30.920 As we build new structures of equal height

00:08:33.240 By the power of those who walked before

00:08:36.680 By the strength of those standing at nature's door

00:08:39.660 We weave our intentions with the earth's own thread

00:08:43.080 For peace to blossom forevermore

00:08:45.440 The chains of old systems now rust and break

00:08:49.140 As collective liberation fully awakes

00:08:51.600 With mint and rosemary we cleanse and heal

00:08:54.760 A new world of balance is what we make

00:08:57.060 So mote it be, by herb and star

00:09:00.400 By the light that shines both near and far

00:09:03.220 In harmony with nature, in peace we stand

00:09:06.160 Transformed by love to be who we are

00:09:09.000 Sadness and grief, I welcome thee

00:09:12.380 Do your thing, and then be free 1.00

00:09:15.660 I call in protection for my trans siblings 0.99

00:09:19.420 To kill the oppression nibbling at our heels 0.98

00:09:22.480 The hatred clawing at our hearts

00:09:24.900 The despair sawing away at the foundations of our peace

00:09:28.540 Trans ancestors, I call on you 1.00

00:09:31.680 Remind us how in this wide blue world

00:09:34.700 We have always been here

00:09:36.840 Protect us from all harm and fear

00:09:39.900 All that's against us now will cease

00:09:42.480 When we breathe, we are free

00:09:44.780 When we love, we are free

00:09:47.220 When we live, we are free

00:09:50.080 We will always exist

00:09:52.560 We will forever persist

00:09:54.600 In love and chaotic freedom

00:09:57.140 We will always live

00:09:58.920 So mote it be

00:10:00.240 Reflection, protection

00:10:04.980 Let your magic bear its teeth

00:10:08.460 Let its whisper lure you in

00:10:11.100 Break all deceit over your knee

00:10:13.860 Weave the threats they deem too thin

00:10:16.940 Stars above, ground below

00:10:20.040 Protect our hearts, protect our glow

00:10:23.100 Cease the thoughts that make us cry

00:10:26.280 Replace them with a lullaby

00:10:29.120 Bring us peace within our soul

00:10:32.300 Bring us happiness as we grow

00:10:35.180 Take the illnesses that dwell within

00:10:38.480 And help us heal, help us win

00:10:41.840 Starry sky, shine your light

00:10:44.960 Bountiful earth, ground us tight

00:10:47.900 As I hold my head up high

00:10:50.460 Protection comes with the healing sigh

00:10:53.180 So mote it be

00:10:55.500 O goddess of the crossroads

00:10:59.080 Whose light is given freely to see the skyline

00:11:02.780 We offer mullein to you in grateful praise

00:11:06.380 As we bask in your moonshine

00:11:09.220 May the road we walk be protected and lead us by your hand to our highest good aligned.

00:11:16.480 May we never forget we are guided by the divine.

00:11:20.180 I am the mother and I am the child.

00:11:23.000 I hold my own hand as we walk through the wild.

00:11:26.140 I am the forest and I am the trees.

00:11:28.600 I stand tall and defiant.

00:11:30.340 I'm down on my knees.

00:11:32.000 The earth is still spinning and wandering, wobbling, stumbling forward and injured and hobbling.

00:11:38.240 her wounds will scab over then scar and then fade long after the weapon grows rust on its blade

00:11:44.900 keep your mouth open wide to eat and to shout unhinge your jaws let the sorrow all out lay

00:11:52.280 down your burdens and pick up a brick i'm all out of carrots it's time for the stick

00:11:57.180 i am the mother the child the home and the sun and the ocean the birds and the loam

00:12:03.620 I am endless, eternal, ephemeral, empty, and I choose to believe there will always be plenty.

00:12:11.100 We gather in unity, strength, and fire to shield the weak and lift them higher.

00:12:16.620 No chains shall bind, no fear remain.

00:12:19.240 Justice rise and break the reign. 0.99

00:12:22.200 Blessed fucking be, this night we stand in unity. 0.98

00:12:26.140 Open eyes that cannot see and release those that are not free. 0.99

00:12:30.120 grant us strength and grant us power as we unite this very hour feel our love and guide our rage

00:12:37.100 show us how and keep us safe it's time to stand we've come to fight our beacon's flame is burning

00:12:42.620 bright hand in hand heart to heart this weave of love none shall part by the pricking of my thumbs 0.97

00:12:50.040 something righteous this way comes blessed fucking be let blinders fall the truth run free 0.95

00:12:57.360 Let hearts ignite in unity. 0.96

00:12:59.860 Let light the path to victory.

00:13:02.180 No more solemn sitting silenced on dull dark docks.

00:13:04.860 No more pestilential prisons with lifelong locks.

00:13:07.620 We are breaking the chains.

00:13:09.200 Let no tyrants remain.

00:13:10.740 We will be free from tyranny.

00:13:14.120 Raise the web, the ties that bind.

00:13:17.880 Leave those who would do harm behind, ensnared and neutered, neutralized.

00:13:24.280 all power to caregivers the wise the kind this or better with harm to none with every breath

00:13:36.440 the spell is done before me here sits the pine tree standing in glory above me with the strength

00:13:45.280 of the pine i feel bold in my spine may you give confidence to me just as spring flowers

00:13:53.440 awake and arise we witches together all visualize a new world created from our hope and our love

00:14:00.720 don't be shy think of all that you've ever dreamed of as we begin our spring planting protect us

00:14:08.120 from boots trampling and we'll not just survive creating a world where all thrive awake and arise

00:14:16.200 come be part of the hive can you hear us all buzzing a new world is coming

00:14:21.740 in the darkest hour may we feel our power to rise and take flight broadcasting light

00:14:31.660 spreading love from high above with voice and breath we send our words and hearts to tend

00:14:40.180 From the sky our visions fly

00:14:43.380 Through the air we spread our care

00:14:46.520 We seed a new dream of love supreme

00:14:50.320 A blanket of peace we do weave

00:14:53.580 As we watch those in power cleave

00:14:56.740 May their cult of doom and death

00:14:59.440 Be vanquished by our collective breath

00:15:02.960 Our voices ringing, loudly singing

00:15:06.300 Cutting through the cruelty like a knife

00:15:09.100 finally ending earthly strife love to the spirit of all life peace to the spirit of all life

00:15:17.020 with the spark of flame this spell i claim with my breath my words manifest in our time of need

00:15:26.840 which is here my plea this is not our time to flee as enticing as that might be

00:15:33.020 Work in the shadows, not in the sun

00:15:35.780 Witches act as one, our will be done 1.00

00:15:38.780 Let them feel our blows with the force of a shotgun 0.99

00:15:42.480 Let them test the rose, feeling the bite when done

00:15:46.400 Work in the shadows, not in the sun 0.98

00:15:49.600 Witches act as one, our will be done

00:15:52.940 We call on those who went before us

00:15:56.060 To fight once again as the world adjusts

00:15:59.520 We implore you, lend us your strength

00:16:01.900 come along as the spell we brew combine with us down the wavelength help us be at full strength

00:16:09.060 work in the shadows not in the sun which is act as one our will be done ancestors near and far 0.84

00:16:17.600 protect us from this modern czar may the seeds of his regime wither under celestial beams 0.70

00:16:24.340 work in the shadows not in the sun which is act as one our will be done 0.71

00:16:30.260 deities spirits and guides gift us your otherworldly eyes may the truth of the divide

00:16:36.960 be known to all sides work in the shadows not in the sun which is act as one our will be done

00:16:44.700 with the coming spring tide let them all collide and not be able to hide from shame and pride

00:16:52.960 open their eyes so they may switch sides usher in a changing of the tides work in the shadows

00:17:00.480 not in the sun which is act as one our will be done with the bite of the knife precious red

00:17:07.840 pearl of life with my blood the spell is done so mote it be drift away the tides of fear

00:17:15.980 so that now our souls may see clear a focus on something our soul knows is true our deepest

00:17:24.660 desires come into view as we open up and let inside all the self-love we have denied

00:17:31.540 we are ready to accept our gift and far away our fears now drift

00:17:38.460 we join in this community and give ourselves to mystery on wing of migratory flocks we cast this

00:17:50.200 spell for equinox compassion come take rule of land shift consciousness like tide shifts sand

00:18:00.600 and make the one percent en masse lay down their arms of war of class and see the truth

00:18:07.600 that one another are children of same earth same mother like scrooge's ghosts have visited and

00:18:15.500 changed all thoughts inside the head awake to this epiphany all the lords of industry

00:18:22.700 awake to love and to repair awake to kindness and to care with sun in face and air in lung

00:18:33.260 What loving hearts this spell is sung

00:18:36.480 To cast a vast protective net

00:18:39.360 For everyone we've ever met

00:18:41.900 And symbiotic kin will be

00:18:45.380 Like rain to earth and earth to tree

00:18:49.100 From harm by those chaotic fates

00:18:52.700 Protected be my covenmates

00:18:55.220 An end to hate, an end to greed

00:18:59.920 Abundance comes to those in need

00:19:03.600 And with the lighting of this candle

00:19:06.640 Together there's nothing we can't handle

00:19:11.940 We join in this community 0.99

00:19:15.260 And howling blessed fucking bee 0.99

00:19:18.220 Combine all of our quantum quirks 0.99

00:19:21.040 To guarantee this magic works

00:19:23.900 Awake to love and to repair

00:19:27.340 Awake to kindness

00:19:29.240 and to care to the east I offer flame that can burn away my shame smoke and

00:19:46.220 haste to cast out fears as inhibitions disappear I dissolved illusions in the

00:19:58.920 rain. Sip April showers like champagne. Indecision fades away. With the dawning of the day.

00:20:17.980 To the east I offer flame. For clarity on where I aim.

00:20:28.920 Not only arrow, I am bow.

00:20:34.560 I commit and I let go. 0.99

00:20:43.920 Blessed fucking be. 1.00

00:20:46.280 Blessed fucking be. 1.00

00:20:49.760 You aren't being a proper woman, therefore you must be a witch. 1.00

00:20:53.220 Be a witch. 1.00

00:20:54.500 Be a witch. 1.00

00:20:55.120 Be a witch. 1.00

00:20:55.720 Be a witch. 1.00

00:20:56.820 You must be a witch. 0.90

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Missing Witches - March 20, 2025

OSTARA 2025： This Episode Is A Spell

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