Welcome to the Apocalypse

As you know, on the weekends, I like to post poetry, wisdom and inspiration from other visionaries. Today, I offer an excerpt from a column by astrologer and bliss conspirator Rob Brezsny.  The column was published in December, 2007 and is from his book Pronoia, which offers fabulously subversive instructions for Living.  In the midst … Read more

Blessings of the Cancer New Moon and Total Solar Eclipse

Dark of the Moon New beginnings Dark of the Moon Plant a seed tonight Dark of the Moon What we envision Will come to be by the Full Moon’s light. Nearly every month, on the New Moon, I post this little song that I learned years ago at Spiralheart Reclaiming’s Witchcamp.  Every New Moon is … Read more

Uranus in Aries Foretells Interesting Times Ahead

As promised yesterday, I wanted to share a guest post from my friend and renowned astrologer, Lynn Hayes, regarding yesterday’s transition of Uranus into the sign of Aries. It is another important shift that is leading to the intense line-up of planets later this Summer that just about every astrologer I know has been warning … Read more

Blessings of the Leo Full Moon – The Ice Moon

From my friend, renowned astrologer Lynn Hayes today: This Full Moon will be a very interesting event – so interesting that it’s getting its own radio show entitled “Fire and the Full Moon.” It’s not only a powerful Moon astrologically, but it’s at perigee, meaning it’s at its closest proximity to the Earth. This is … Read more

Pinching the Straw

He jests at scars that never felt a wound. — William Shakespeare In this tenth chapter, we are Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection. Lo and behold – turns out that some of the most necessary self-protection we need is from ourselves! So we are gently, but honestly examining the last stronghold of our most volatile, … Read more

Hot, Shiny, Toxic

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we’re afraid. — Richard Bach We’ve been examining how we block our creativity by using deeply rooted behaviors of self-sabotage and distraction. As soon as our artistic process starts to … Read more

Blessings of the Oak Moon

Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart. — Marianne Williamson The Moon reached Her fullness this morning at 2:30 am, Dec. 2nd, Eastern time (or 7:30 am UTC; or 11:30 pm last night, December 1st, if … Read more

In Remembrance – The Burning Times

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. — Exodus 22:18 On this day in 1985, the American House and Senate dropped the “Helms amendment,” which would have barred the IRS from granting tax-exempt status to groups that promote Witchcraft. And on this day in 1998, only eleven years ago, the Vatican finally took responsibility … Read more

Deeper Healing

Solitude, Outer Hebrides © Pamela BoneEmpty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty hearts can do that. — Norman Vincent Peale Can I confess something to you? I have to admit I am having a little difficulty psyching myself up to come here and write about this, this week. Like many of you are finding, … Read more