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Book Review Witchbody A Graphic Novel By Sabrina Scott 74 pp. “Can magic teach us how to love?” asks Sabrina Scott partway through their graphic essay, “Witchbody: A Graphic Novel.” As Scott builds up layers of radical environmentalism and transformative animism through the book, the answer crystallizes: yes, magic can teach us how to love, because empathy and experience are the way forward, and magic gives us the tools to learn and practice both. While it is difficult to pin down a single thesis for this essay — perhaps only because the scope of Scott’s topic is so broad — one clear theme is that through the intentional sharing of…

The sweet song of the birds calls me from my winter’s sleep announcing that Spring has arrived. I stretch and wipe the remnants of sleep from slowly focusing eyes. Sunlight streams though spider silk curtains of gauzy lightness and a soft and gentle breezecarries the scent of newly awakened earth. I stand from my soft bed of moss and greenery the earth below my feet moist with fairy kissed dew a leafy canopy of roof that shelters over head filters early morning sunlight like shards of the finest crystalline prism. All of nature surrounds me The call to Spring heard in the deep roots that meander through loamy earth. I…

Book Review Divining With Animal Guides Answers from the World at Hand by Hearth Moon Rising I was delighted to discover that Divining with Animal Guides is not a cookbook dictionary, concretizing the “meanings” of animal encounters. Author Hearth Moon Rising has created a manual for learning to observe and discern and ultimately, to shift our strictly human viewpoint. Only when we look at the context in which the animals offer us their messages are we able to fully understand their invitations and gifts. Rising weaves science, mythology, mathematics and storytelling into each of the chapters. There are 9 in total, covering the cat family big and small, alligators and…

Book ReviewMoon Powerlunar rituals for connecting with your inner goddessby Simone Butler Published by Quarto Publishing GroupPages: 208 Where the Moon appears in your birth chart* determines your emotional nature. Your moon sign indicates what makes you feel secure and what wisdom you’ve accumulated during past lives. In “Moon Power: lunar rituals for connecting with your inner goddess,” Simone Butler provides information about the moon in each astrological sign. “Identifying and honoring your lunar nature helps you feel comfortable in your skin,” she states in the book where she helps women connect with their primal, feminine, moon power. My moon is in Scorpio and I devoured the 14 pages allotted…

Book ReviewThe Ultimate Guide to ChakrasThe Beginner’s Guide to Balancing, Healing, and Unblocking Your Chakras for Health and Positive Energy by Athena Perrakis, Ph.D. Most books about the Chakras generally stick to the seven (7) more broadly known. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this guide includes two additional that make the study more cohesive and aligned with those who are exploring this subject area with the intention of reaching beyond the standards. The first statement by the author is one of reminder that the system of the Chakras is one that reaching deeply into ancient practices and by virtue of that reach is inclusive of the work we…

Dracula This month, I reviewed Dracula, the original one starring Bela Lugosi. OH MY!!!!! They just don’t make movies like they used to! Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve found the divine Bela Lugosi to be positively magnificent, but I have never sat and watched the entire original Dracula he made famous. I waited too long, and if you have not seen it, don’t wait any longer. Take a look at the trailer of what we have been missing! Universal has released a set of Blu-Rays’s called “Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection”, and it has six films, including the 1931 Dracula with Bela. The films were made from 1931-1948,…

“Going Shamanic” is hosted by Jennifer Engracio on P.A.G.E. Media Project’s blogtalk radio each month. The show focuses on how to integrate shamanism into every day life. Instead of relegating the spiritual aspect of ourselves to Sundays at church or weekend workshops, this show will support listeners in weaving ritual, prayer, magic, alignment with the Spiritworld and the Earth into their lives to enrich their experience of living. This Month’s Topic: Healing with Ho’oponopono Join us for Going Shamanic as we explore the Hawaiian art of forgiveness called “Ho’oponopono.”  Uncle Harry Uhane Jim joins us to talk about why clearing the past is important to our health and well-being in the present, and shares with us how…

Earthen scents ground me and fulfill me while candlelight flickers the moon steals the show My heart beat a drum the rhythm of eternity Enchanting voices on the winds growing more beautiful upon approach The river feeds the lake with love A lasting peace must be sought We can do this together like the universe sing as one Lend your voice to the voiceless harmonize as one Tribes come together recalling rainbow tales customs not forgotten the new ones always shared Beautiful mind, body, and spirit If it is utopia we are to build Education, creativity, and love for all must be by our society upheld *** About the Author:…

Book Review Sacred art A Hollow Bone For Spirit Where Art Meets Shamanism by Imelda Almqvist As a sacred art student of Imelda’s I was eager to get my hands on this book. Her teachings have had a profound impact upon my journeys within journeys unfolding and unfurling as the art is created. This is a truly inspiring book taking you on a journey of the history of art from rock paintings through to “mo-dern” day art. A journey which shows how art, region, science, alchemy and cosmology were all once interwoven and how unfortunately they became split in our need to break things apart. Your thoughts, ideas, perceptions of…

Beads N Botanicals is a shop on the corner of N. Broadway Ave and W. Water St. in Urbana, Illinois. The first question most new visitors, to the shop, notice is a wonderful aroma and they ask: “What is that smell?” This question always elicits a big smile from either the owner, Catherine, or her longtime helper, Ethel, and a giggle from me if I am standing in the sales space. And the answer is: “The shop!” Catherine is a Certified Medicinal herbalist, Hypnotherapist, and Reiki Master. She teaches on a variety of Health, Creative and Spiritual subjects. Catherine has been using her Herbalist knowledge to create some beautiful incense.…