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Elements of a Personal Cult There is a sense in which the favorite deity has already chosen the devotee, and an early step in establishing a devotional relationship is to examine any unusual dreams or waking experiences that seem to be messages from someone.  Think back through your past, looking for experiences that preceded important turning points in your attitude and approach to life.  The experiences themselves need not have been unusual in any obvious sense, making their influence on us all the more mysterious.  I can remember one morning long ago when I was up at dawn walking to breakfast.  I had had a personal disappointment the night before,…

April Astral Travel Assignment Review Time! Reflection is a very important part of this astral travel course. Please use April as the perfect excuse to look back at all that you’ve done in this class and consider where you’ve found your strengths and what areas were difficult. On the surface, this assignment may seem like an easy one, but really take the time to reflect back on all that you’ve done so far. Submit one positive, one negative, and one projection: 1- What has been the easiest assignment or area of astral travel for you? Or what assignment do you feel you did the best at? (of course you’re always…

April Showers of Blessings The world is busting out in life as April reveals herself. Hope is seen everywhere as bulbs planted last fall push their way through the chilly earth to greet the sun. Hope and life are the two main themes at this time of year for those of us who follow an Earth based religion as well as our Christian family and neighbors. There is an amazing energy of love that cannot be contained within one belief system. The power of growth and warmth infuses not only the plants and earth, but each of us as well. It is the time to push through our own darkness…

Kitchen Witch Cleaning Now we don’t all have to be complete domestic Goddesses, but a kitchen that is tidy and smells clean helps with energy I think. When you are cleaning how about singing a song or playing some music?  Singing a Goddess or pagan song as you clean can really help raise the positive energy in your kitchen.  Doesn’t even have to be a pagan song, it can be one of your favourite disco ones if that’s what makes you happy and fills you with the energy to clean! I always like to put on an apron when I am in the kitchen, it is somehow a mental switch…

IS THIS A CHRISTIAN NATION? I look around at all the fighting and harassment. I read the debates and arguments about which religion is right and which is wrong. The fundamentalists trying to infiltrate our government and make everyone see through their beliefs and make everyone believe as they do, this is not what our founding fathers wanted. If the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence knew what was going on today they would roll over in their graves and I know for a fact if they were alive none of this religious crap going on today would be happening. The Bill of Rights was designed to go hand-in-hand…

Merry Meet Readers!!  And a Happy Ostara to you all.  We hope this Spring brings many blessings upon you all!! This month we see the return of our herbal Column The Witch’s Cupboard. We are still looking for an Oils & Incense writer.  If you are interested email us at [email protected] We are keeping this short and sweet so you can enjoy this issue.  Have fun reading.  Remember to leave your thoughts with us!!!

It Is Just An Illusion Reality is an illusion. Do you agree? All that you see and experience here on earth are simply projections of what you want, believe or expect them to be. It is all perception and perception is subjective. What I deem as reality may or may not be yours. Our realities or perceptions are based on what we experience through our interactions with people we come in contact with, our environment and situations that we’ve had as we expanded on this plane of existence this time around. There is no one absolute truth (though many religions will try and convince you as such). Many claim that…

An Energetic Reflection There is no doubt that this year has been extremely intense for all of us. The subtleties of the shifts have been completely omitted as the wash of enthusiastic transition affects us. We have seen some dramatic weather conditions from floods, cyclones, typhoons and fires that affected us on some level, whether personally or through our empathic nature. The weather itself has left us bewildered as to what is to follow in the coming months. On a deeper level clearly a lot is going on. When it is so blatant in the conscious we can only assume that underneath we are truly feeling the force of change…

Springtime Calls Ghost Hunters Back Outdoors Ridgelawn Cemetery Well we had a big winter thaw here in Michigan.  Two feet of snow melted and the temp even hit the 50s.  The blanket of winter draws back to reveal the grass, freshly green from its long slumber.  The birds return and the scents of new life are in the air. It was short-lived, though.  As I finish this article, a winter storm- complete with snow, freezing rain, and sleet descends upon the area.  But that brief taste of springtime brings with it thoughts of sunny days and fun in the great outdoors.   If you’re a ghost hunter, thoughts this time of…

March Simplicity This turn of the year brings with it bird song, flower buds and warmer days. It is a time for new beginnings and births. We instinctively long to be outside to feel and connect with the return of the sun. I try to walk everyday and I love to hear the birds sing on these chilly mornings! I am ready to reconnect with the wider world after winter’s dark quiet. All of the ideas that have been germinating in my mind are ready to move into the light and grow. I have the energy to put action behind the ideas. To “give birth” to plans conceived in winter!…