This moon cycle has been one of refocusing my path and my career, as well as refining my approach. As is typical for this psychopomp, action in arena B brings results in arena A, but such is the way of things. I pulled a card tonight, during my Full Moon meditation. As an aside, it…
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Web Links Wrap Up
As I putter around the internet, I come across things that ought to be shared with you. For your consideration… Inviting the Secular Another reason to get a good night’s sleep Magick and Social Justice Mindfulness 101 Just Love 7 Things That Probably Don’t Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Harvest Moon
Full moon is Monday night. Her influence carries over until the wee hours of the morning on Friday. The full moon tends to be a magical time for people. Sometimes that’s good, and we are inspired; sometimes it’s less desirable, and people get a little wacky. When a woman’s cycle syncs up with the full…
Where in the World is Ayamanatara?
Every year, for the past 13 (this will be my 14th), at the end of the summer I have packed up and headed for the desert. I tend to just tell people I’m going on retreat, because that’s what it is for me. I’m off the grid, dealing with extreme weather conditions, in sacred space….
Weekly Round Up of Web Links
Researchers investigate what it means to ‘hear voices’ 10 Things You Can Learn From A Good Relationship Walden reminds me that when I feel lacking – I don’t need new things, I need new eyes with which to see the things I already have. Natural Pain relief Three tips for building wealth with magic Pope…
Gretchen’s Practice
The other day, my friend Gretchen said, “I decided I have to be happy. I’m going to find something awesome in each thing I do until I feel grateful and feel the purpose of my life again.” I love this. I love this more than gratitude lists, which can feel contrived. In looking for something…
New Moon in Leo (and other assorted energies)
The energy right now is all about being authentic and owning who you are in all of your awesomeness. Figure out what you are interested in, rather than what you think you should be interested in. Have fun, because you can’t be inauthentic when you’re having fun. Discover your superpower. Carry around a little notebook…
Celebrate Lemuralia
Thursday night/Friday Morning this week marks the celebration of the annual clearing out of the dead and old energies, according to the Roman calendar, known as Lemuralia. Why not take the opportunity to exorcise your own demons? According to Ovid, this is done by having the head of the household walk barefoot through the house…
Relationship Boundaries and Sulfur
Sulfur is great for helping you maintain healthy boundaries within all sorts of relationships
Abundance Assistance: The Money Tin
It seems like the government shutdown hit a lot of people in the pocketbook. When we get hooked by the idea of lack, it sets up a cascade effect, and increases the lack in our lives. News stories about “not enough money” and a “sinking economy” only feed that. In order to turn your finances…
And so it begins…
Welcome to eclipse season! And a Full Moon! And renewed solar activity! And the thinning of the veil! And Mercury retrograde! …And some other stuff too, I’m sure… For all I write about Mercury Retrograde and Lunar cycles, I am not an astrologer. I play, but I have so many lovely colleagues whose passion it…
Words
(a reprint from 2002) The clearest, most concise communication is that which is given energetically, either through the fourth or sixth chakra. Words are, for the purposes of communication with others, imprecise and do not translate abstract concepts well. Spoken word was created not for the purpose of communicating at all. It is a tool…