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2024-04-15T11:33:26-05:00

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We Speak from Experience and Perspective

Last updated on: April 15, 2024 at 11:33 am By Esa

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In an age where we have so much information at our fingertips and the conditioned mindset of proving “truths” from a scientific standpoint, creates some interesting illusions. The illusion that if it is a published text, then it must be true. The older the text, the more trusted and untainted. That if a group of people agree and push certain texts or ideas, then they must be true. In all of this I am speaking from the magical, occult, pagan... Read more

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2024-03-30T08:22:47-05:00

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The Coming Solar Eclipse – Energy and Magic

Last updated on: March 30, 2024 at 8:22 am By Esa

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Everyone has their own stance on Eclipse magic. Some will avoid it or be fearful of it – then there are others like myself who thrive in it. I personally think this has more to do with how an individual views and moves through change. If you are a person who has a difficult time with change, who fights it, who is scared of the unknown, then the energy of a solar eclipse is probably hard for you. For those... Read more

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2024-03-20T09:38:01-05:00

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A Message for Spring Equinox

Last updated on: March 20, 2024 at 9:38 am By Esa

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Day of Balanced Movement It starts from a place of love and balance within. To embrace and love the whole self – the light and the dark, the beauty and the scars, the feminine and the masculine energies we all carry. All have a purpose and all shape who we are in this moment. Today is a day of balance and tomorrow begins the shift towards the light, the sun, the outward actions to bring forth the dream we... Read more

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2024-03-17T22:14:07-05:00

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How is your Confidence? (plus a giveaway)

Last updated on: March 17, 2024 at 10:14 pm By Esa

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Magical practice is centered around energy. The components of every spell holds a specific energy that is geared to a specific aspect of an outcome you want to create. As we work the spell we are blending or weaving those energies/ aspects together. As our body is doing this work on the physical plane, our soul is mirroring this act on the energetic/ spiritual plane, and the end result is the success of our spell. However, if we are doing... Read more

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2024-03-07T18:27:59-06:00

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In Nature’s Time

Last updated on: March 7, 2024 at 6:27 pm By Esa

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Just sit quietly and listen. Just sit quietly and look. Just sit quietly and feel. Nature has its own rhythms and way of keeping time. Parts are local and parts universal. No matter where you are, the land is speaking to you. It is expressing rhythms of cycles that mark the changing of time. It is circular and repetitive, yet containing variations and altering outcomes because it is alive and filled with life that is transforming. Human society has its own... Read more

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2024-03-03T17:32:24-06:00

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A Story of Doggerland

Last updated on: March 3, 2024 at 5:32 pm By Esa

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As you can see above, Doggerland was a large land mass that connected the northern European islands and lands as one. It is a relatively “new” discovery and there are many theories surrounding it and the people who once called the land home. My husband and I have been studying it for awhile because of the deep connections to our ancestral research. Beyond our Native American ties, all of our other ancestry is found in the countries surrounding/ part of,... Read more

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2024-02-28T14:41:37-06:00

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Healing and Shadows

Last updated on: February 28, 2024 at 2:41 pm By Esa

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Shadow Work. A phrase uttered often, yet applied to various different concepts. It refers to illuminating the shadows within us. Whether those be the parts of ourselves that we push down because we do not like them – Pain, wounds, and trauma from our past – fears that are deeply rooted within us – or just the parts of us we hide because others deem them unacceptable. The word “Shadow” has a lot of different meanings but the goal of... Read more

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2024-02-20T14:19:04-06:00

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A Different Way for Witches and Pagans to Start

Last updated on: February 20, 2024 at 2:19 pm By Esa

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I am going to suggest a different way to get started in Witchcraft/ Spiritualism. When people ask “Where do I start?” common answers tend to be external. Protection, get to know plant/ animal allies, the elements, and so forth. None of these are an issue, but those people can still feel overwhelmed and not know really where to begin. There is a different approach we can take though. One that I think prepares us better for the wider journey of... Read more

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2024-02-15T11:17:05-06:00

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Channeling Requires Trusting Yourself

Last updated on: February 15, 2024 at 11:17 am By Esa

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We hear the term channeling in many different spheres. It is the ability to be able to receive messages and information from the unseen – Deities, those who have passed, Otherworld/ other dimensional spirits and beings, and so forth. This also includes our ancestral soul – the one we carry within us, a part of us, that which holds all the lives we have lived before this one. Every single person can, and does channel. We each have a soul,... Read more

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2024-02-06T09:40:15-06:00

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What Brought Us Here?

Last updated on: February 6, 2024 at 9:40 am By Esa

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I think sometimes we can forget what led us down the path of esoteric exploration in the first place. What drew us to witchcraft, paganism, or the occult in general. This is especially true the deeper we go. We get immersed in the culture, community, and actions within our craft. The original reason shifts as we shift and grow. Yet, the spark that lit the flame is an important one. The Question The question “What brought you here?” always seems... Read more

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