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Doppelganger      Have you ever heard the theory that we all have a twin?  The thought that there may be someone out there who looks and acts exactly as we do only it is not us at all.  To some this is a mere urban legend, the myth of the Doppelganger.      Though is this really a myth?  There may be some truth to this bizarre phenomenon.  A look back reveals there have been some recorded cases in history of people seeing and even interacting with these “other halves”.      The word is German for “double goer” or “double walker”.  Similar is the Vardoger from Scandinavian folklore, which describes a…

Mind Detox   We’ve all heard about detox programs for the body, which aim to clear away all the toxins which block our system. Well, considering the amount of mental ‘toxins’ we indulge in everyday in the form of negative and destructive thoughts, I thought why not have a mental detox program too? By this, I mean a series of practices you could do for a couple of weeks, or a month, at the end of which your thoughts would be purged of negativity and a new clarity and peace of mind could emerge in your life. These five steps outlined below – meditation, simplification, inspiration, exercise and positivity –…

Affirmation Breathing   A simple meditation technique that can help you to easily shift your mood, release stress, and even trance out is what I like to call “affirmation breathing.”   This is an intuitive technique.  Breathe as deeply or shallowly, quickly or slowly, loudly or softly, forcefully or gently as you feel moved to.   With each inhale, bring something into yourself with an affirmative thought, such as “With Love.”  With each exhale, release or banish something with another affirmative thought, which could be as simple as, “I release.”   Use your powers of imagination to make this meditation more powerful.  What does breathing in love look like, feel…

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What happens to the words which can’t be written, said or heard. The words which swim inside a head, constantly begging to be said but held refrained, those which can’t be named or seen together just in case someone gets the wrong idea. Even though those words may be quite clear in their proper place, hidden behind a face. Once they appear actually written, heard or said, it changes everything inside the head of everyone exposed.

Conserving Magical Energy   We all contain magical energy, and this energy is unique to each of us.  But due to conditions of modern life, all of our magical energy is deployed in habits, habits of perception, of feeling, of thinking and doing.  Very little is left over every day for exploring our magical heritage.  This is why most spell books on the market are not much help in casting spells.  They take a cookbook approach which assumes that people as they are have sufficient magical energy available to make them work.  They don’t. In order to access our own magical energy, we must begin by saving little amounts of…

What’s in a Name? Have you ever wondered just why herbalists refer to plants by both common and Latin names? When I was first learning about the properties of plant medicine, I was often frustrated by references to the long, difficult-to-pronounce Latin names. After all, why not simply say, “Chickweed” or “Dock”? Plants, like trees, animals, birds, fish and everything else in our environment were named by the local people who interacted with them. Sometimes the same name was given to plants that may seem similar but have very different properties. The Hemlock tree (Tsuga) was given its common name due to a similarity in the smell of its crushed…

Book of Seasons           March Our next month in the Book of Seasons is March and the beginning of the turn of the wheel to Spring!  With the arrival of the equinox comes the perfect time to check in with our heart and breathe into the balance of the Earth.   The deep quiet of winter is at an end.  Before the quickening of life begins, take time to enjoy the momentary lull.  Soon the stirrings of new life will begin and our focus will be drawn outward. My affirmation for March is – My inner world is in perfect balance with my outer world. As a…

Earth, Elements & Consideration   To work with earth’s elements it is not so much about getting outside of oneself as much as it is to become part of oneself. The more connected, the more open to the energetic alignment within the more connected that this is to each element. This is not only about connection but also what this provides when the connection has been established. It is being open to the energy that flows within the veins and seeing this as a pathway to something more beautiful that equally reflects and enables in each individual.   It is no secret that the elements known in the day to…