Category: My Life
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What if I Don’t Want to Learn a Lesson?
Some lessons are hard. Really hard. And sometimes we feel stubborn. Really stubborn. And there are times when we just plain old do not feel like learning the lessons before us. What should you do? What CAN you do? Well, before exploring options to get rid of your lesson (or a particular totem), I recommend…
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Masks and You
Just like books have covers, we have masks. Those masks are what we wear to convey to the people around us what we’re about. Whether we’re stern and serious, or if we’re child-like and playful. And how we’ve constructed our masks can determine how well we are treated. We have a lot of issues, though,…
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Visibility or Not
One can never be entirely sure if something is visible or not or if one is simply not perceiving. ~ Nathara, in conversation with a friend about technology
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The Shadow Self per Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
I’m reading a wonderful book of women’s magic by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. called “Women Who Run With the Wolves”. I’m loving it so far. Dr. Estes has collected many stories from all around the globe, some familiar and some not, and included them in her book along with an analysis (she’s a Jungian Psychoanalyst)…
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On the Quality of Movement and Technique
When I was first learning to dance, I remember how I raced to keep up. It was a challenge to make the right movements with my hips – to thrust, twist, and drop them – in time with the music. My practicing often included going over choreography as quickly as I could possibly get through…
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End of the World
Well, it looks like we’re still here. At least, the two of us are. The “end of the world” came and went and the world is still here. But that doesn’t mean that we’ve missed out on the opportunity for change that endings bring with them. Just because the Earth is still intact and going…
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I Celebrate Christmas!
It’s true! And you can, too! I mean, it all depends on what you really want. I also celebrate Solstice AND Yule. Separately. And Samhain and New Year’s, too, but they’re beside the point. My whole point is – well, I suppose it’s that I’ll take any excuse for merriment. But really, my point is…
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Black Widow at Moon Dark
So, just a couple days ago, on the night of the new moon, I felt like I needed to reconnect. That I’d grown far from my gods and from my magick and I wanted to bridge the gap that had formed. But I didn’t feel like doing a full ritual, so I settled for a…
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The Stormy Side of Life
Things don’t always go perfectly. They don’t always go according to plan. In fact, I used to have rules against plans because it seemed that just having them prevented them from ever happening! Somtimes our lives can be REALLY stormy. You may have see those list of ‘ascension symptoms’ going around on the internet… let…
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Exploring Spirituality
In my post on Pagan Embarrassment, I refer to blog posts by Drew Jacobs and John Halstead. And WOW! Have their posts sparked a lot of responses, of which mine was just one of many. John Halstead has collected a number of them in his post The Many Shades of Pagan Embarrassment, which I’m still…
