Tag: magic
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Autumn Is the Twilight of the Year
Like twilight, autumn is a balance – a paradox of shadow and light in which all elements of the spectrum are present and accepted, as though the dimming light illuminates a softer, more thoughtful reality. It is as though the veil between the real and the imagined is just a bit more permeable.
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Witch Quest
I’m playing with an idea I call “Witch Quest.” I thought it would be fun to create a set of cards with instructions. The idea was for those interested in witchcraft to try a bit of everything in a magical journey to connect with their inner sorcerer.
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Self-Care Magic: More Than Bath Bombs
I’d love to see the whole “self care” trend become more than just yoga and long baths and more about determining and taking a stand for what we really need to manifest the life we want.
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The Subtle Rules the Dense
In my quest for deeper understanding, I came across the following quote: “All magic, including sorcery, is the putting into practice of this: that the subtle rules the dense — force, matter; consciousness, force; and the suberconscious or divine, consciousness.” This is the space between stimulus and response, wherein lies our power for growth and…
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My Barbie, My Self
I saw the Barbie movie over the weekend, and it really resonated. Not just over its extremely valid points about outdated gender roles, but because I realized that all my life, I’ve treated my body like Weird Barbie: done questionable expiriments with hair and makeup, played with it too hard, bent it in all the…
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Prayer for Lahaina
As I watch news of the Lahaina devastation on TV, I find myself thinking about the words of the great prophet Don Henley: “They call it paradise; I don’t know why. You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye.” Links to help the Lahaina victims included.
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Witchy Fashion: What to Wear in the Summertime
“Witchy fashion” has always appealed to me. But in the summer, one needs a whole new approach. What’s a witch to do?
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Staying Jung: Living in the Present with the Tarot
This week, I discovered that Carl Jung, the father of modern analytical psychology and protégé of Sigmund Freud, spoke of the Tarot cards as a way to explore our inner selves and the hidden forces that motivate our behavior.
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Witches Be Angry
All my life I’ve been gaslighted into believing my anger has been unhealthy and unreasonable. I realize now that my anger has always been an imminently healthy and entirely reasonable response to whatever I was going through, which was often severe trauma that was ignored or dismissed.
Communicating Authentically 