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A Little Yuletide Crystal Magic
A crystal + rune ritual to help you consciously welcome in the magic, healing, and blessings this time brings.
How To Charge Quartz With Your Intention
Quartz can be charged or charmed (what many people refer to as "programming") to work according to a specific intention, or to channel any kind of energy you wish.
Solar Eclipse Smoky Quartz Ritual
This will help you to release what no longer serves you more deeply, and create space for the positive shift and new energy downloads that will take place within 48 hours after the eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse Ceremony
While the moon rules the tides, it also rules our emotions, and when we're going into a full moon lunar eclipse, the effects on our emotional body, psyche, and collective unconscious can be deeply felt.
Mystic Mastery: The Magical Eclipse Season of August
We have quite an incredible month ahead of us! It begins today with Lughansadh, the first of three harvest festivals and the transition in triple goddess lore from the time of the Mother (fullness, life) to the Crone (wisdom, psychism, death). So how does all of this translate into our everyday lives?
Have You Been Conditioned To Compromise?
Why are you compromising? Here’s how to undo it if you’ve been conditioned to compromise…
How To Work With Carnelian
Carnelian is an excellent crystal for passion, creativity, empowerment, grounding, and fertility.
How To Work With Shiva Lingam
Shiva Lingam is one of the best crystals to work with to help you if you are working on following and trusting your intuition.
Crystal Layout for Soul Searching
When we tune into our soul’s guidance, and honor what comes through, it’s the only real guarantee we have that we’re making the right decision for ourselves.
Waxing Moon Ritual: Crystal Spirit Totem
If we harness the energy of both waxing moon and sun energy wisely, we can use it to sling-shot us towards our goals, and to ground and deepen our personal power.
My Past Life Journey Experience
Past life journeying and reclaiming work can certainly help us to heal issues that baffle us in this lifetime…
I did my first past life regression years ago to help heal a fear of sharks. I’d had the fear ever since I could remember, and not for any apparent reason. People would ask me: “Did you watch ‘Jaws’ when you were little?” And my answer would be “No way!”. That film would have scared the dickens out of me. My oldest and dearest friend would always wave her hand and say “You were probably a little Polynesian boy in a past life who was eaten by sharks.” I decided to find out…
Gathering of the Ancients: Beltane Lore
The bards were playing their lyres as the priestesses prepared offerings and libation for the sacred union. The festival of Beltane is here again. The celebrations begin on the eve of April 30th (though traditionally, on the eve before the sun is in 15 degrees of Taurus).
Clear the Energy of Your Space in 5 Simple Steps
While having your aura shielded and protected from lower and/or harmful energy is an essential part of self-care, you also need to be mindful of the quality of the energy in your space. Your space, after all, is an extension of yourself.
You Are a God/dess: A Mini Equinox Ritual
In our modern mystical age, many people tend to focus on the theme of balance when it comes to the equinox (which is today, March 20th!).
In ancient times, the equinox was a celebration of the return of spring, and of all the good things people were hoping for in their lives.
Gathering of the Ancients: Vernal Equinox Lore
From dawn til dusk they gathered: Druids in a circle around the great oak, priestesses clasping hands in the sacred grove.
Changing Your Story: A Ritual for New Beginnings
Get real with yourself in terms of how you’ve been interpreting your past and present, and how that’s been setting up your future (cause it has!).
A Modern Mabon Magical Ritual
Fully committing to a ritual, big or small, is a deeply healing act.
Autumnal Equinox - Balancing The Forces Of Light And Dark
The Equinox is about balance, and it's up to us right now to find and achieve that balance between light and dark in our lives.
Simple Abundance: A Ritual of Gratitude
The Autumnal Equinox, also known as 'Mabon' in some spiritual circles, marks a the balance between the day and the night. This is a perfect time to celebrate the abundance in your daily life: food, friends, music, and your achievements. It's also a good day to reflect on where you're at in your life, as well as where you'd like to be.
A Simple Full Moon Crystal Ritual
Full moon's are always magical! They're a time when both magnetic and repellent energies are at their most potent, so it's an excellent time to work both manifestation and banishing magic. Here’s an easy ritual to try. You will need: a piece of clear quartz that has been cleared and charged, a notebook and pen or a recorder, and a list of questions for divine guidance.