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Pagan Prompts no. 2 – Journal Prompts for a Witch’s Self Reflection – Shadow Work
Fun Shadow Work PROMPT: Describe 5 obsessions you had as a kid. Are you living up to the aesthetic, lessons, or experiences of them? How would child-you feel about the life you’re living now? Let’s go back in time and look at those childhood obsessions. Those fixations. Those dreams you had, both waking and asleep. It may have been a certain amusement park. A movie. A book. A specific outfit or piece of clothing. A certain toy or game. A time of day, a tree in your yard, a family member or friend. For some reason, as kids, there are things that we fixate on and want to…
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Toxic Spirituality
I try to keep these articles from being super personal. Avoiding using words like I, or speaking from my personal experience. This will be the opposite. This piece will be 100% gonzo. So, I’ll start my saying, I was always a seeker. A lot of people start their path Christian by default of indoctrination. I was different. I sought after the truth, and it was told to me that it was Christ. I spent much of my time in the church. I saw lots of abuse. I saw people ostracized due to their sexual relationships. I saw people mindlessly brainwashed by the platitudes of the church, even if they…
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As Above So Below (How the Stars Became Our Hearts)
Confessions of a Dark Witch 2 Dark Instinct Everyone inherently understands how important the play between the light and dark is. Your shadow is longer when the light is at its highest. If you’ve been to a rave, or have ever experienced Christmas lights, you’ll note that the lights are prettiest in the dark. When the sun is out, you can’t see the stars. And as a witch, we love the moon. If there was no darkness, her splendor would constantly be washed out by the radiance of the sun. The universe doesn’t value light or dark. It values balance. In a cake recipe, each ingredient is…
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Celebrating the Old Ways in New Times
Celebrating the Old Ways in New Times for July 2020 Bright Blessings, I don’t need to tell you the World is being shaken by it’s very foundations right now. As it should be. The murder of another black American at the hands of corrupt police mobilized a movement, demanding justice and change. As a white person, even though I’m a minority being female, deaf, Pagan, and having mental health challenges, I’ve endured my share of discrimination, and had my life held up by it. But this is absolutely nothing compared with the hell people of color in this country go through. I don’t know what it feels like to be…
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Spiritual Gaslighting: Part 1
Spiritual Gaslighting: Is this Happening to You? “We sometimes look at leaving as a bad thing or associate it with giving up or quitting, but sometimes leaving is the best thing you can do for yourself. Leaving allows you to change directions, to start over, to rediscover yourself and the world. Leaving sometimes saves you from staying stuck in the wrong place with the wrong people. Leaving opens a new door for change, growth, opportunities and redemption. You’re even allowed to leave the old you behind and reinvent yourself.” -Rania Naim I grew up in a Portuguese family of mostly lapsed Catholics. My paternal grandmother was devout, however.…