It was early October and the colors of the leaves were changing every day now. Last night the first autumn storm had razed over the witch’s forest and the next morning Hekske (the little witch) and Falke (the 10 year-old witch apprentice) went for their daily inspection round of the damp forest. Luckily, apart from a few broken branches and thousands of fallen leaves, there was no real damage.  As always, they ended their tour near the tiny (3 feet high) oak tree which is destined to live for 1000 years and become the future mother tree of the forest.  The 2 witches were greeted by Lalita, the young nymph who had come all the way from South-East Asia to protect the little oak tree 24/7.  After their welcome hug, the little witch noticed something unusual.  The hollow willow tree (which is believed to be over 200 years old) had split open.  After a closer look, it appeared an entrance to the cavity had been opened.  Spontaneously, the girls slipped out of their long white dresses and entered the cavity.  There was just enough room for the 3 women, but it was nice and cosy inside the tree. It felt like coming home.  But then something strange happened. The tree started to move and the entrance to the cavity closed itself, while the 3 girls got squeezed even closer to each other.  It was pitch dark and they could see absolutely nothing. Luckily none of the girls has claustrophobia so they were not worried the least bit.  They could still breathe, albeit not at the same time, meaning they had all had to breathe at the same rhythm and slightly out of sync.  After getting used to their tight situation, the girls felt the heartbeats of the 2 other girls with their chests.  And strangely, all 3 heartbeats gradually synchronized so that there was finally only one strong collective heartbeat.  They had never felt more connected.  And strangely, not only did they feel each other’s warm skin everywhere, the tree kept on moving and it was as if they were being touched by 1000 fingers.  The wood of the tree was hard and soft at the same time and for the 3 girls it was a very pleasant feeling of infinite connectedness.  After a while, they felt a deep connection with the whole tree, from the deepest hair roots to the tips of the leaves.  And after tuning in even more, they could even feel the energy from the dying leaves being drawn into the tree itself and travelling all the way down to the roots.  The 3 girls gradually got filled with a pleasant energy which started from their belly and gradually spread over their whole body.  It felt like pure love.  The mind of Hekske wandered to Ishola, her lover from the African rainforest.  And Falke’s mind drifted away to Esfandiar, her Persian soul mate she had met a few weeks earlier, and she smiled.  And Lalita – as always – was thinking about the tiny oak tree she had to protect for the next 1000 years.  Never before had the 3 women felt so connected with everything and everyone.  And gradually they lost all sense of space and time, and they had no idea whether this state of total bliss lasted for hours or for days.  They only wished it would never end…

Witchtape #133 | Guest Wizz : fid codo

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Photo credits :  Boris Riaposov

Witchtape #133 | Guest Wizz : fid codo

Witches are the guardians of the forests.  We're not evil or dark, just a bit shy.  And even surprisingly sweet and kind... as long as you respect the forest.

Art project of Hekske ('Little Witch' in my native Flemish language).
Founded on the 22nd of January 2017

Avatar and wallpaper by Ironika (Irina Alexandrovna)

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