Warrior of Fire Warrior of Fire, Thunder, and Lightning April showers bring May flowers.  The beginning of spring is typically a time of rain and rising temperatures.  What better way to recognize the onset of the season than to introduce a God associated with thunderstorms, passion, and fire?  I give to you, Orisha Chango. Chango has been said to have incarnated into human form in West Africa many hundreds of years ago.  He ruled the Yoruba’s Oyo Empire during the fourth dynasty.  Chango’s rule lasted for some forty years, and was so successful that he was deified after his death.[1] Chango rules fire, thunder, sensuality, and power.   He ensures victory…

Flourite Aids nervous system and memory.  Use for help in remembering past lives.  Important balancer.  Opens heart and throat for clarity, overview, seeing additional truths/realities.  Good for your spleen bones, teeth, lungs, detoxification, anxiety, and insomnia.  Clears the way for new things, upliftment, aura cleansing, and 3rd eye.  It helps with eyesight, sinuses, and repels colds.  Enhancer of other Gems. Fossils Due to the strong life-force that is preserved inside fossils, holding fossils and meditating can be very uplifting when this stored energy is tapped.  They also provide a natural link for those wishing to develop conscious bonding with the animal Kingdom.  Works on the 1st Chakra.  Grounding and Bonding.…

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. *Ask Your Mama™ Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Spirituality and Didn’t Know Who to Ask™ by ©Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman A Question of What To Do Dear Mama Donna. The recent state of the financial, political and environmental realms have pushed me to the point of despondency. I am completely crippled with feelings of helplessness and inadequacy. There is so much that I want to see improve in our country and in the world, but I don’t know where or how to begin. What is a girl to do? Depressed, Frustrated and Disillusioned in…

Wise Woman Ways to Boost Your Energy Almost every woman has, at one time or another, felt so fatigued she wanted to cry. But for some women, and for a variety of reasons – including menopause, caring for a new-born, working odd hours, chronic anxiety, and poverty, to name only a few – fatigue is a constant, not an occasional, problem. Stimulants don’t really give us more energy, though they are what many women turn to when they feel too tired. Stimulants create false energy, leaving us more exhausted at deeper levels. One more cup of coffee, one more soft drink, one more jolt of fear increases energy, to be…

Abandoned and Broken : Soul Retrieval “Take all the time you need to heal emotionally. Moving on doesn’t take a day. It takes a lot of little steps to be able to break free of your broken self …” At first read you may think that this quote is a good piece of advice. I admit that when I first read it on facebook I thought to myself, “Yeah. That’s right. It’s that old cliché ‘time heals all wounds’.” But after reading again I found that I had to strongly disagree with the quote. In order to explain why I feel this way I need to first explain the idea…

Bealtaine – A Celtic Festival As the first of May arrives, so too does the Summer festival of the ancient Celts: Bealtaine. Also known as ‘Beltane’, this fire festival is one of rich fertility, optimum growth and vibrant youth. What we regard as ‘Mayday’ once marked the beginning of the Celtic summer and was a time of huge celebration across all Celtic tribes, specifically those found in Ireland (Curran, 2000). Today, followers of the Pagan path similarly regard this Quarter as a time for commemoration. But how exactly did the Celtic people mark this religious event? For the Celts, this was a brilliant opportunity to conjure the summer in. Bealtaine…