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A Talk with Sharon Blackie, Author of Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life
Sharon Blackie, PhD, is an award-winning writer of fiction and nonfiction, and a psychologist who has specialized in neuroscience, narrative, mythology, and Celtic studies. Her unique approach to working with myth, fairy tales, and folklore highlights the insights these traditions can offer us for authentic and meaningful ways of being. Her work has been published extensively in professional journals and consumer media, and she offers workshops and seminars worldwide and online. She lives in Wales, UK. More information at SharonBlackie.net and www.Hagitude.org Q: Why do elder women matter? What do they have to offer in today’s challenged and challenging world? Sharon Blackie: In our more distant…
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Review of Kraft Paper Muse Magazine & Interview With Editor Ana Maria Selvaggio Renmeleon
Bright Blessings, Readers! This month, I was fortunate enough to review Kraft Paper Muse and score an interview with Ana Maria Selvaggio Renmeleon and I must say this is a great publication you can either read online for free or subscribe to and get the print copy for a small fee. This is what their site says: “Kraft Paper Muse (KPM) is an independently published, bimonthly magazine centered on intentionally living a more cohesive, digitally-analog creative life while maintaining wellness and balance. We believe in diversity, the power of words, and the importance of play. Drawing inspiration from the global collective of creatives around us, we celebrate all mediums and…
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‘Every Day Is Powerful’ Interview with “Daily Magic: Spells and Rituals for Making the Whole Year Magical” Author Judika Illes
‘Every Day Is Powerful’ Interview with “Daily Magic: Spells and Rituals for Making the Whole Year Magical” Author Judika Illes A Cancer with her sun in the sixth house and a Scorpio moon, Judika Illes was destined for a writing career. But first she was a freeform radio deejay, she sold small leather goods in a deluxe store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. She’s a certified aromatherapist. Until her first book was published, she sold makeup in the mall (because if you gave her a jar of skin cream, she understand the ingredient list, such as boswellia is frankincense. She was a card reader and dream interpreter…
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‘The Grief Ritual’ A Ritual and Interview with Bernadette Pleasant, Somatic Healer and Creator of the Emotional Institute
‘The Grief Ritual’ A Ritual and Interview with Bernadette Pleasant, Somatic Healer and Creator of the Emotional Institute It’s almost two o’clock on a sunny Sunday afternoon, and I’m lying on my back on the floor of my stepson’s empty room, sobbing uncontrollably. My feet rest on the carpet and as I feel the fibers between my toes, I remind myself to let it all go: tension, pain, sorrow — everything I don’t want to burden others with, and everything I shouldn’t carry myself. I feel it melt away from my body and into the earth, flowing off of my body like water, lightening me with every shaking…
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Couple Begins a Wiccan Tradition, a Church and Projects to Preserve Both An Interview with Lisa Stewart, author of ‘Simply Wicca: A Beginner’s Guide to the Craft of the Wise’
An Interview with Lisa Stewart, author of ‘Simply Wicca: A Beginner’s Guide to the Craft of the Wise’ As young as four, Lisa Stewart began having paranormal experiences. “I set them aside while going through school because I didn’t want to be so different,” she said in a phone interview. In 1989 she came to The Craft of the Wise and began identifying as a witch. Nine years later, she met her husband online. He was living in England. “The first thing I asked him for was his birth information so I could run a natal chart. We had sixty-four compatibilities, so I thought, ‘I think I like…
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Review of “The Witch Books” & Interview with Author Michely Cantagalo
The Witch Books I & II By: Michely Cantagalo 240 Pages “Every woman has a witch inside her!” That’s the first line of Michely Cantagalo’s “The Witch Book I.” In an email interview she explained, “It was the kind of Book of Shadows / Grimoire I would like to have. I actually was looking for something similar to buy, and didn’t find anything cool, so I decide to make one.” The book – the first in a series – introduces the Divine Feminine, describes the magical and medicinal uses of eight herbs, identifies forty magickal symbols over two pages, presents rituals such as one for protection, and gives…
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What to Do with Faith Loss
(art by Lucia Heffernan) “Everyone has the perfect gift to give the world and if each of us is freed up to give our unique gift, the world will be in total harmony.” -Buckminister Fuller Someone asked me a question the other day. She wanted to know how I deal with loss of faith (something she’d been struggling with for a while). The Oxford Dictionary of English describes faith as a “complete trust or confidence in someone or something.” I’ve been a proud idealist most of my life. And I’ve believed strongly that there is always a solution to every problem. One, incidentally, that would magically align with…
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Book Review – Find Your Mantra: Inspire and Empower Your Life with 75 Positive Affirmations by Aysel Gunar
Book Review Find Your Mantra Inspire and Empower Your Life with 75 Positive Affirmations by Aysel Gunar 144 Pages The book is a small hardback of 144 pages, the illustrations and colors are beautiful, vibrant, and soothing. The introduction discusses the writer’s bracelet brand which is cool because the whole thing is inspired by the authors son and the drive to be more “in the moment”. Aysel Gunar the author declares the book will be “short, sweet, and to the point.” I agree, the book was definitely short and sweet, but also basic. The book is broken into five sections, peace, love, happiness, strength, and journey. Each chapter showcasing…
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Book Review – The Moon + You: Your Guide to Finding Energy, Balance and Healing with the Moon by Diane Ahlquist
Book Review The Moon + You Your Guide to Finding Energy, Balance and Healing with the Moon by Diane Ahlquist 240 Pages This book review is for The Moon + You by Diane Ahlquist. Its a guide to finding energy, balance and healing with the power of the Moon. I gotta say the first thing I fell in love with was the design of the cover. It’s hard back and it’s a shiny glimmer silver and white with a purple inside binding. It’s really well done, they say never judge a book by its cover but its my favorite cover i’ve seen haha. This book has 240 pages.…
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GaelSong
A Light Worker’s Guide to Dealing with Covid-19 All things that happen are created for a reason. As a light worker, I long ago realized that any difficulty in my own life was being brought in by the Creators to help me remember a fear I took in long ago, during a past life or my fall from heaven to earth, in order to heal it. Every global catastrophe is linked to cosmic fear archetypes, powerful spirit beings that brought very specific fears or shadows into all humanity during our long-ago descent through the seven heavens of the inner planes to earth. Covid-19 is no different. As these global…