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2025-05-13T20:54:47-05:00

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Embracing Cycles, Changes, & Faces of the Divine Feminine

Last updated on: May 13, 2025 at 8:54 pm By Esa

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Life is not linear, it is a combination of cycles playing out over and over again. Not static, for our actions, our choices, shift and change the outcomes, but the cycle remains. Spiritual Journeys are much the same. We spiral in, exploring, gaining experience, and going deeper. Then we spiral back outwards, incorporating, renewing and rebirthing ourselves. It is the process of growth, of movement, of transformation. Each cycle bringing us closer to ourselves and to Divine. Santa Muerte has... Read more

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2025-04-22T12:19:46-05:00

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Santa Muerte’s Red: Devotion and Deeper Movement

Last updated on: April 22, 2025 at 12:19 pm By Esa

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Santa Muerte has been heavy in Her Red. At first I was like “Really?” but considering where we are right now in my work, that actually makes a lot of sense. I have a slightly different view of Her Red though. Commonly, people say the Red is about Love, Passions, Sex, and Sensuality. This is true but I am a Crane Practitioner and Death Emissary, we go deeper, see the Dualities, to find the core. For me the deeper part... Read more

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2025-04-08T21:27:39-05:00

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A Bird is Just a Bird – Until It Isn’t

Last updated on: April 8, 2025 at 9:27 pm By Esa

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Some things just are: Fire, Earth, Air and Water are – what those mean to us, how we move with them and through them depends on who we are, it is personal to us. An obsidian stone just is – the energy we feel from it, how we interact with it, what it brings into our energy depends on who you are. Our energy, its frequency, its vibration – our aura, or personal magnetic field generated by the beating of... Read more

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2025-03-18T15:01:42-05:00

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Battle Magic & The Seidkona: Role of Warrior & Healer

Last updated on: March 18, 2025 at 3:01 pm By Esa

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In Nordic Tradition, Seidkonas were the practitioners who communicated with and called forth spirits. They dealt in the Unseen and the Dead. Using a specific set of tools, including Galdr – the song of the Runes, they performed rituals, going from town to town, to aid the people there. From war to healing, the Seidkona stood between the worlds influencing the Web and serving as a messenger. I have written on the practice of Seidr and the Seidkona a few... Read more

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2025-03-13T13:21:30-05:00

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American Witch: How Diversity Shapes Modern Witchcraft

Last updated on: March 13, 2025 at 1:21 pm By Esa

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The term “American Witch” is an interesting concept. It is generally used to identify a witch who lives in the US, the problem though is in the reality of that term. The United States is a big country that inhabits a good portion of an entire continent, thus a wide range of different ecosystems which leads to vastly different practices and that is not even including the various cultures and cultural blendings of different regions. Variety of Ecosystems The US... Read more

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2025-03-05T11:18:41-06:00

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Working the 3 Shields of Crane Tradition

Last updated on: March 5, 2025 at 11:18 am By Esa

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In Crane Tradition there are three Shields we develop and work with. The make-up for the Shields are the same: One shield is our Death Deities, the second our Life Deities, and the third are the Temple Guardians. Who those Deities are for each of us looks different though, because that make-up is dependent on our personal paths, what we need as far as personal transformations, what our outer world/ life work looks like, which ones we personally connect to,... Read more

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2025-02-20T15:28:43-06:00

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From Runes to Revelation: Crafting New Divination

Last updated on: February 20, 2025 at 3:28 pm By Esa

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Over the years I have created my own divination tools through different Rune Journeys using stitchomancy and oracle work. Through the process of completing the Rune journeys, what I gained was a personal divination system – the lessons and words of my Deities, Their stories behind each of the symbols, what they mean for my journey, and how to use them. The Core energy of each symbol didn’t really change, but the expression and depth did. I have done this... Read more

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2025-02-17T13:49:41-06:00

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What’s Next for You? Evolving Spiritual & Magical Practices

Last updated on: February 17, 2025 at 1:49 pm By Esa

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The past few weeks most people have really been focused on current events, politics, and everything going on not just in US but around the world. Although it is important, it can’t be our only focus. There is always going to be something going on. I also assume the people who read my writings are also spiritual and magical crafting people. We have a spiritual path we are walking and using magic to enhance and navigate that. Even when chaos... Read more

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2025-02-13T11:49:32-06:00

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Pagan Unity In Action: What To Do

Last updated on: February 13, 2025 at 11:49 am By Esa

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This is a more of a follow up from my last article Pagan Unity in the Face of Christian Nationalism because of a reoccurring question “How do we do this?” In the end it will depend on each of us to decide that, from individuals – to small groups – to organizations – to regional areas – to countries. I do have some suggestions and ideas though, as this is a topic I have given a lot of thought to... Read more

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2025-02-10T13:45:15-06:00

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Pagan Unity in the Face of Christian Nationalism

Last updated on: February 10, 2025 at 1:45 pm By Esa

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About a year and a half ago I wrote the article The Question of a Unified Paganism. This wasn’t from the perspectives of beliefs but from a social- political perspective. Being a part of, and recognized as part of, the Inter-faith coalitions and communities that meet and advise government entities on issues surrounding religion/ humanities. Although some have argued we do in smaller circles and regional areas, I have not seen it in the large scale Inter-Faith Coalitions. Freedom of... Read more

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