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Ruby
@nicmara.bsky.social
Pagan, Scottish folk magic practitioner, and all round witchy woman 🌿 mental health occupational therapist 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Perfect weekend in which I stayed with the family in rural Perthshire and cuddled an elderly chicken.
Over halfway through my 8 week fitness program and I can't believe how much stronger and more together I feel in my body!
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
November 1st #occult #samhain
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Had a lovely time at the Scottish #Pagan Federation Conference 2025 yesterday - I love connecting with and learning from pagans of all paths, and it was great to be back in my birth city of Edinburgh again ✨
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Got a bit emotional this morning seeing all the autumn colours - hello home! 🍂🍁🍄
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Visited Dunino Den today after being recommended it as a great site for pagans... To find it covered in rubbish. People keep tying bits of plastic to trees as a vague gesture to clootie well traditions, but it just hurts the land.

I left the den with a full bag of litter..
October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's taken 2 hours but I've managed to clean, clear, rearrange, and tidy the whole living room 😤🥱 only 4 more rooms in the flat to go!!
June 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I keep revisiting The Outrun (2024) - her story hit me in such a personal way and the island on which it's set was a place I visited at a pivotal moment in my life. Going to read the book soon 🌊
a seal swimming in the ocean looking at the camera
ALT: a seal swimming in the ocean looking at the camera
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June 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Camping in Glen Etive last weekend was pure healing ⛰️ lots of swimming in Crystal clear water 🌊 #scotland #folkmagic
May 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Nothing like pausing on my way to work to watch two hares running in a field under the bright morning sun ☀️ it seemed like they stopped to watch me for a bit too, a wee magical moment 🥰
May 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Climbed up what felt like the windiest hill in the world today, surprised I wasn't blown right off the top!

Worth it for the stunning views from the Tay and other Sidlaws, right to Shiehallion, Ben Mor, and the Angus Glens

#scotland
May 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As a pagan with an atheist partner having to explain not to wash up the offerings on the altar when he asks:

"so uhh.. The things in the spare room [referring to the oatcakes and drinks]... Is that like umm... Gifts?"
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Having a life admin day with council tax, hmrc dealings etc... Its really making me reflect on the accessibility of it all
May 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Always finish an episode of black mirror ready to delete all my apps, throw out my phone, live off-grid... And yeah I never stick to it
May 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Garlic bitter, gorse sweet;
Springtime gifts for us to eat.
Pick it, wash it, add it to stew,
But just enough for me and you;
For if we wish to live in peace,
We must ensure that all can feast!

A little springtime forage poem that the spirits helped me to write 🌱
It is still wild garlic season! I like to forage from this den about 10 minutes from my home; where it grows so abundantly you could collect a sackful and not make a dent in the green.
May 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Coming back home for a couple days and reading in my folks beautiful garden ☀️

The period around #Beltane is my favourite time of year; I am so glad to be creating some homely magic amongst the birds, by the sea, and under the blossoming rowan

#scotland #witchsky
April 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It is still wild garlic season! I like to forage from this den about 10 minutes from my home; where it grows so abundantly you could collect a sackful and not make a dent in the green.
April 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I love Highland coos so much!!!!! Cutest animal in the world I was so excited
April 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The UK Supreme Court is made up of 10 men and 2 women.

So congratulations "feminists" you've effectively allowed a group of men decide what it means to be a woman. Incredibly progressive, I'm sure this won't pose ANY problems for cis women as well as trans men and women /s
April 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Sorry I was late to work, I spent my morning trying to nurse a bee back to health 🐝
April 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A bit too early for the bluebells to be out at Kinclaven Bluebell Woods, but we had a beautiful walk regardless. Will have to go back in a month for the carpet of flowers!

#witchywalks #scotland
April 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Ruby
not to be dramatic but this is about to become my favorite book @scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Where better to read the last few chapters of Milldust and Dreaming Bread by @scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social than huddled in a souterrain, or "earth house" hidden in the middle of sunny fields?

I was joined by a hare, some sort of bird of prey, many happily noisy songbirds, and busy wee bumblebees!
April 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Another one for #witchywalks 🌊 elephant rock near Montrose, #Scotland

Nearby was the ruins of what looked like a wee old fort or castle. I wished there was more information about it beyond the warning sign of its crumbling structure!
April 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Caterthuns in Angus, #Scotland ☀️ two iron age hillforts, walking up them felt like moving into a slightly seperated world; a liminal space between land and sky.

#witchsky #witchywalks #pagansky
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM