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December 2016

December 10, 2016

Holiday Survival as the Family’s Psychedelic Sheep

It's not easy being the psychedelic sheep of the family--especially during the family-oriented, conformist-rewarding celebration...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

Ringing in happy home energies for the holidays

I had everything I needed to clear my home's energies for the winter holidays. To...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016: The Ritual

Using the energies of Samhain, we seek answers for clearing the clutter that blocks us,...

October 30, 2016

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul, Day 4: Seek a Guide

Grey-eyed, grey-cloaked, He stands at the water's edge. Mist obscures the farthest shore. He lifts...

October 29, 2016

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016, Day 3: Do Something!

Use the Power of One to set yourself up for decluttering success, both above and...

October 28, 2016

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016: Day 2

Use an altar or art to create focus and support for our journey.

October 27, 2016

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016: Day 1

Use Samhain's energies in a five- day workshop to clear objects and attitudes in the...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

Making Art of Annual Divination

I was so busy working with my Decluttering for the Samhain Soul challenge that I...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Decluttering For The Samhain Soul: Day 5. The Ritual

Most of the year, I keep a small, ceramic box of earth sitting near a...

October 30, 2015

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul, Day 4: Who’s Your Ninshubur?

Who is your Ninshubur? “Ninshubur, my constant support, My sukkal who gives me wise advice,...

October 29, 2015

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul, Day 3: Do Something!

Today is a “do something” day. We’ve spent a couple days focusing on the issues...

October 28, 2015

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul: Day 2

Each journey needs a beginning. Our Samhain ritual journey’s starting spot will be either an...

October 27, 2015

Decluttering for the Samhain Soul: Day 1

“Dad is being transferred. We’re moving. Go to your room and go through your things...

October 23, 2015

A Five-Day Decluttering Ritual For The Samhain Soul

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about decluttering. Not just the kind that has left...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Start Anew With Pattern-Breaking Lunar Eclipse

No one wants The Tower. But sometimes, we need it. I pulled two cards for...

March 2015

March 02, 2015

The potent domestic magick of clutter clearing

There is a potent domestic magic in clearing away that which no longer serves. We...

December 2014

December 21, 2014

Love and Artistry Bring Back Songs of Babylon and Sumer

Just as some Pagans have made it their life’s task to recreate the ancient religious...

December 17, 2014

New Moon Shines on Potent Yule

This year’s Winter Solstice is not only the point at which we in the Northern...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

Heroic Hands Reach Out to Give Hope and Help

Those hands are the ones that make faith and love visible. Those hands are the...

November 21, 2014

Interstellar Inspiration for the Sagittarius New Moon

I saw Interstellar last weekend. And I think it is the most Sagittarian thing I...

November 10, 2014

Initiatory ordeal or bad teacher?

It’s considered improper to speak ill of the dead. But all of us leave unfinished...

November 05, 2014

Taurus Full Moon Seeds Beginnings in Life’s Endings

Gardeners know that the soil which nurtures seeds is made of the dead leaves of...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Ancestral shadows haunt Samhain in St. Louis

I would ask, as my local spiritual community gathers this year, if my ancestors of...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

To Alleviate Poverty, Show Compassion

I have always been passionate about food, good food, well-cooked and shared. Having been poor...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Chili and Corn Bread Fire Winter Weekends With Abundance and Love

After Thanksgiving's sleepy festival of tryptophan-rich turkey and carbs, I need some fire. So I'm...

November 26, 2013

Grateful to be Free From Want and Out of the Underworld

I never expected financial stability to take the form of becoming a self-employed housekeeper. My...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Hermes Psychopompos Rules During This Mercury Retrograde Samhain

Endings and beginnings are written into the stars this Samhain.

October 18, 2013

Libra Lunar Eclipse Calls Us Together–or Asks Us to Journey Alone

This eclipse calls us to look to the ways in which we feed our groups,...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Getting Real Under the Virgo Sun

It's Virgo season, and I'm doing a most Virgo thing—clearing clutter to prepare for the...

August 15, 2013

Traveling green brings rich rewards

While I'm “pinch me, I'm dreaming” thrilled to be able to see so many parts...