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Items Needed: Several fallen leaves, one for each of several things for which you are grateful, and one for each of several wishes yet to come true. A small bonfire or an iron cauldron with tea light. Incense with a touch of cinnamon, apple, or pumpkin pie. A small basket. A mirror. During the day, […]
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Autumn is officially here. But as always, I like to talk about how our own cycles reflect the seasonal ones, and what the changing seasons mean to me on a deeper level. The energy of Mabon and fall is adulthood. Maturity. The fullest level of growth. It’s harvest time. The fruits of our actions are […]
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I got the most amazing things from my morning meditation today! Things about light, and about the nature of the soul, and about who and what we are. Here is what I got. I was shown my cupped hands, and my spirit-self pouring its energy down into them and from them into my body. I […]
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That’s right, this blog post is going to compare a Tarot card to a physics lesson. I promise, it’ll be simple and easy to understand because, contrary to popular belief, I am not a particle physicist. A photon is the smallest particle of light we know about. In experiments, a single photon exists in many […]
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It’s here, it’s here! The Vernal Equinox was yesterday. Today is the first full day of spring. Daytime and nighttime are equal, and from now on every single day will be a little bit longer, and every night will be a little bit shorter, until the longest day of them all, the Summer Solstice. To many […]
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Imbolc (2/2)is the Celtic holiday that celebrates the creative fire. And I feel it. This time of year I’m on fire, writing like a madwoman, feeding from a bottomless well of creativity. It’s the festival of Brighid, Goddess of the Forge and of Poetry, a Fire Goddess who inspired artists and creators of all sorts. […]
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The news hasn’t been very uplifting, of late. Everyone’s angry. The world is divided. The latest climate reports are dire. And no one seems to be doing anything to make anything better. Mostly, I think, because it’s hard to know what to do. What power does one little individual being have among 7.7 billion? That’s […]
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The meaning for us this time of year goes deeper than we generally treat it. It’s bottomless, really, the well of knowing we can tap into right now. You feel it, don’t you? There’s nothing else like that feeling we call Christmas Spirit. Our hearts swell bigger, and we get choked up at the drop […]
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The Mystic Takes a Walk One of my everyday tasks is to walk the dogs. It’s not really a task. It’s a guarantee that I’ll spend some time in nature every day. Mostly. I readily admit that in the case of blizzards or pouring rain, both my bulldog and I opt out. But in decent […]
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How to make ordinary life magical It came to me fully formed, the notion of how magical my everyday life is, how it got that way, and how I might share all of that with those who want more magic and mysticism in their lives. So I’ll begin with a series of posts right here […]
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