Category: My Life
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Invitation to Experiment: Mantras
I’ve been experimenting with mantras the last several weeks. I would like to invite you to join me. It costs nothing but concentration! What is a mantra? The dictionary says: “Noun: 1. (originally in Hinduism and Buddhism) A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. 2. A statement that is frequently repeated; a…
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Winter Solstice 2011
Wow, another Winter Solstice is upon us! Time seems to be passing by so quickly this year, and in just another couple weeks, it will be 2012! We have two Solstices every year, one during summer and one in winter. Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and the longest night of the…
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This Holiday Season
Every holiday season it seems harder and harder to find that perfect gift. Everyone seems to have everything they need or want – except for the really expensive things. So what’s a well meaning gift giver to do? Or maybe you’re thinking about going green or supporting the economy – I have some suggestions for…
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Thanksgiving Thanks 2011
I spoke yesterday of writing this post today and have found myself putting it off and putting it off. I thought it would be easy just to write a big old post about all the things that I’m thankful for and have gratitude towards but it’s actually surprisingly difficult. There is SO MUCH GOOD in…
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Who’s in Your Tribe?
According to the World English Dictionary, a tribe is: a social division of a people, esp of a preliterate people, defined in terms of common descent, territory, culture, etc. Though we consider ourselves a literate people, this pretty well describes a tribe. Especially the “etc” part. But in our modern culture, people use tribe in…
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Facing Our Shadow Selves
Tarot Elements developed a spread to help us face our shadow selves and reintegrate it into the rest of ourselves. It’s a wonderful spread and can be used for self-healing and getting to know yourself. While they view the shadow self as the Jungian view, I have a different perspective. A lot of people think…
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Why Self Care Matters
I’ve done a lot of readings the last few days and one thing has really stood out to me. The most common piece of advice I’ve been giving people is that they need to work on self-care and being more confident in who they are. This applies to all areas of your life – romance,…
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What Are You Reaping?
So, yesterday was the beautiful Harvest Moon for 2011. It also, coincidentally, was the farthest away the moon is in its orbit around the Earth, so the moon was undetectably smaller than usual. This may make the moon’s energies slightly lest potent, but there will still be a strong effect. The Harvest Moon is an…
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A Little Rambling + Review of Children’s Spirit Animal Cards
Today has been one of those days, which is weird because it’s Sunday and most the time ‘those days’ are Mondays with the occasional Friday. I had a financial goal to meet and didn’t make it. The big monster in my life is finances – we butt heads and face off time and time again,…
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You Don’t Have to be a Shaman to Practice Shamanism
So, I’ve finally published my free eBook, Foundations of Shamanism: An Introduction to Earth Magick! I’m so excited! I’ve been working hard on it and, after many formatting issues, finally have something lovely and informative to share with you. To get your copy, all you have to do is sign up for my mailing list…
