| Maeves Book of Shadows |
| May 4,1978 Today for the first time I helped Ma cast a circle for Belwicket. In time I’ll be high priestess. Then I’ll be leading the circles as she does now. Already people come to me for charms and potions, and me only seventeen! Ma says it’s because I have the Riordan sight, the Riordan power, like my grandma. My own Ma is a very powerful witch, stronger than anyone in Belwicket. She says I’ll be stronger then that yet. And then what, I wonder. What will I do? Make our sheep healthy? Make our fields more fertile? Heal our ponies when they go lame? I have so many questions. Why would I have such power, the power to shake mountains? My granny’s Book of Shadows says that our magick is just to be used here, in this village, this place in the country, so far away from other towns and cities. Is that so? Maybe the Goddess has a purpose for me, but I cannot see it. –Bradhadair July 6, 1977 Tonight I’m going to scry with fire. My witch sight is good, and the magick is strong. I used water once, but it was hard to see anything. I told Angus and he laughed at me, saying that I was a clumsy girl and might have splashed some of the water out of the glass. I know he was teasing, but I never used it again. Fire is different. Fire opens door that I never knew were there. |
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