Advice from the Dragon’s Den   The Philosopher’s Stone for this month is Puffer/Bellows The key terms are Reorganize / Reconsider Your Goals / Find the Humour in Your Frustrations Message of Puffer – Bellows The Bellows call to you and tell you that it is time to place your priorities in the right place. Look at the factors that are motivating you. Are you doing things for the right reasons or are you being motivated by selfish desires? Are there others who are manipulating you to let go of your goals and your ideals and telling you that you need to follow them? There are many factors that a…

Advice from the Dragon’s Den   The Tao Oracle: The Family Key terms are: Heredity, Blood Bonds, Kindred Spirits, Ancestry, Home Life, Community, Intimate Relationships, Our human Family. Message of The Family The Family wants you to look out beyond the ties of blood and marriage. You need to expand your horizons and your understanding. Family is a bond that unites all of us. We all share a common history that brings us together. We all live on the same planet, we all breathe the same air, we all drink the same water and eat the same food. We are a global family. Ever since the world began the different…

When a friend of mine, who I’ll call Wanda, told me many years ago that she had visions and was visited by spirits and wandering souls when she was younger, I thought it was pretty neat, a bit scary, but neat. I wasn’t into too much mysticism at the time, wasn’t even quite sure what a pagan was. I never thought twice about it until about a year ago when she brought it up again, us on the verge of rekindling an old friendship. She started coming regularly to my house for belly dance lessons; something I warned her might have profound effects on her feminine soul. By then I…

The last rays of the sun filter into my cellar and wake me. Time to rise. Why? What is the point? I ask myself. Then the hunger reminds me. I find the mirror with its layer of grime. My reflection is a shadow in the shadows. I watch until the sunlight fades completely and only the artificial glow of the naked bulbs fills this museum of forgotten lives that has become my home. The magus warned me I would outlive the reason I took this power. He warned me the hunger would not abate even after my revenge was realized. He did not warn me I would outlive my essential…

Dreams, Drums, & Green Thumbs Artist: Bonnie Lockhart 1032 Winsor Avenue, Oakland, CA. 94610 Year 2002 Intially, this cd held nothing for me as the first song In My Family’s House reminded me kind of the something I would hear on the Beverly Hillbillies…and I mean no disrespect by that. It just was not of my taste. Who Were The Witches was a very amazing and powerful song and I believe my favorite on this cd. I decided that perhaps since I was 38, that I needed a childrens opinion. I borrowed my neighbors kids who are ages 2 and 7 years of age. Some of the songs caught their…

CD Review Sounds of Tantra: Mantra Meditation Techniques from Tools for Tantra by Harish Johari 1991 Destiny Recordings This was two 60 minute cd’s that I became instantly enthralled with. I actually used some of them during meditations that I did and found my journeys to be more in spiritual flow. I actually became so relaxed during one of the recordings that I fell asleep. One can easily be lulled by these cd’s…how relaxing. The music was the same in each different Mantra, only the words changed and to be honest with you, it took me about 8 Mantra’s to realize this. This is a keeper in my library and…

“Something Magic” by Maggie S. Davis; illustrated by Mary O’Keefe Young, 1991. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 $13.95 (U.S.) ISBN 0-671-69627-0 Something Magic Happens for the Reader too! While not overtly Pagan, this lovely children’s story focuses on a young girl’s special relationship with her Grandmother. Beautifully worded, colorfully drawn, this story can easily wet your eyes. All through the story, the girl tries to see which part of herself most resembles her “Gammy.” There are healthy, graceful undertones about the way Gammy has aged over the years. There is also a very touching page where they remember Grandpa,…

Numb, like 2 days of cheap vodka and lortabs. These feelings have been repressed for to long. I am angry that I have kept them bottled up. I am going to show true feelings and emotions from now on. I am bitter from memories of my past. I am angry at my mother for allowing these memories to be real. I am embaressed by my actions that come from lack of self-control. I am hurt becuase I have hurt those I love. I am scared that I will never have a stable mind. I am sad that I cannot fix all that is wrong. I am regretful of more things…

my make-up is smeared my hair is in knots sweat covers my body my innocence is lost you put on your shoes rush me away call the next day to see that I’m ok I’ll say I’m fine what a divine lie how long will I hide deep down inside the woman who screams let me be free *** author bio: My name is Alisha Poff. I grew up in Bluefield WV. I’ve always loved to write. Pretty much since I learned how to. I wrote alot of short stories when I was younger. I won a few awards for them. One being the Young Writer’s when I was in…

Bound by the opression of love. The tortures, unsympathetic mind you posess. Constant, consistent, rejections fill you with the color of happiness. Red, blue, green. You keep me shackled to you, close enough, like a watchful hawk’s eye. But far enough that the taste of sweet honey is denied. Fighting through the incoherentness that is you. Only leads back to the illusion of who you were supposed to be. *** author bio: My name is Alisha Poff. I grew up in Bluefield WV. I’ve always loved to write. Pretty much since I learned how to. I wrote alot of short stories when I was younger. I won a few awards…