Tag: north country
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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.
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Using Magic to Banish Bullsh!t
I’ve dealt with a lot of bull in my life. I’ve thrown some of it, too, and still do, I’m sure. But I’ve come to the age where I don’t really care what people think of me, so I tend to be more truthful in general. I also find that my bullsh!t tolerance is lowering…
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Meditation Magic
One of my favorite quotes is by Catholic mystic Angelus Silesius: “God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can’t come to visit you unless you aren’t there.” It inspired this poem: an attempt to express how I meditate and what it does for me.
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Witches, Don’t Hex This Stain-fighting State Senator
CT state Senator Rob Sampson doesn’t want to see bills that rightfully or wrongfully attempt to paint America as a bad place with a bad history and put a stain on the country. So by that logic, if I spilled red wine on my rug, and he suggested a good stain remover, the stain would…
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The Tarot Predicted My Heart Would Break – and It Did
I draw a Tarot card each morning for a fresh perspective to set my daily intentions. Today I drew the three of swords: the heartbreak card. Sadly, it came true.
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Dream Magic
I’ve heard that when you dream of a house, it’s a representation of yourself. The houses in my dreams have helped me get to a magical place in my life.
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My Spirit Animal Is Not a Spider
I consulted the mighty oracle, Google, to see what it might have to tell me about finding my spirit animal. Boy, was that a mistake.
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It Turns Out My Tarot Deck is a Smartass Also
A few weeks back, I wrote an irreverent post about the Tarot entitled, “My Tarot Cards Told Me I’m a Smartass.” This week, my Tarot deck paid me back.
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The Last of My First Impressions of the Tarot
My last two posts (My Tarot Cards Told Me I’m a Smartass and I’ll Take My Tarot Salty, Please) have been about my first impressions of the original Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Here is my final post on this subject.
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I’ll Take My Tarot Salty, Please
This week, I’ll continue with some of the cards in two decks of the Minor Arcana: Wands and Cups. These suits symbolize fire and water, desire and emotion, clubs and hearts, John and Paul, Bert and Ernie. Enjoy.
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