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What’s in a Fragrance?
Perfumes were not always considered cosmetics. In the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Persia, China, and Rome— cultures that revered plants and their spirit communication properties — perfumes were used to anoint the body and used in ceremony. Perfumes were used as spiritual and physical adornment to make requests to the goddesses and gods, as well as viewed as protective armour.
Ways to invite harmony with the forces of Change
While I’ll be sharing loads of wisdom on befriending Change, including hands-on practices with Tea on September 17 – Befriending Change (Part of the Magick of Tea series), here are a few doable practices to help get you started. Move around and remove objects in your surrounding that have no practical or beautifying (a form of practical IMHO) impact on
An animist’s forecast: 2 Key Themes for the rest of 2022
August was a midpoint for the lunar new year, igniting a major portal for the remaining months chaperoned by the Water Tiger. In many ways, the first 6 months of this lunar year was like a washing machine, where energies, circumstances, intentions, and reference points are jumbled, chaotic, and unclear. August, the seventh month this lunar year, felt much like
Spirit is the Body
There are some spiritual beliefs that are focused on freeing spirit from matter, from the body. There is also another way, an ancient way— the animist tradition that sees the Spirit in Matter, in the Body. We do not typically find it miraculous when something breaks down or dissolves, but when spirit is made flesh, when something visible comes out of
About Spirit Communication
We start off with one question / area of exploration, though that doesn’t mean you only receive one message from the spirit guides. The one question is simply to get the ball rolling, and as with the spokes of a wheel, this first spoke connects to the greater wheel, and integrates many other concerns as well. Oftentimes the wheel of
Dancing with Fear
In my heaviest, gloomiest days, these are the choruses I am confronted with: “I have no friends; I do not belong”. “What I do has no meaning.” “I create more problems.” I know these thoughts are not true, but it doesn’t mean the thoughts don’t have a momentary hold on me. And sitting with Tea, she
What’s in a Fragrance?
Perfumes were not always considered cosmetics. In the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Persia, China, and Rome— cultures that revered plants and their spirit communication properties — perfumes were used to anoint the body and used in ceremony. Perfumes were used as spiritual and physical adornment to make requests to the goddesses and gods, as well as viewed as protective armour.
Ways to invite harmony with the forces of Change
While I’ll be sharing loads of wisdom on befriending Change, including hands-on practices with Tea on September 17 – Befriending Change (Part of the Magick of Tea series), here are a few doable practices to help get you started. Move around and remove objects in your surrounding that have no practical or beautifying (a form of practical IMHO) impact on
An animist’s forecast: 2 Key Themes for the rest of 2022
August was a midpoint for the lunar new year, igniting a major portal for the remaining months chaperoned by the Water Tiger. In many ways, the first 6 months of this lunar year was like a washing machine, where energies, circumstances, intentions, and reference points are jumbled, chaotic, and unclear. August, the seventh month this lunar year, felt much like
Spirit is the Body
There are some spiritual beliefs that are focused on freeing spirit from matter, from the body. There is also another way, an ancient way— the animist tradition that sees the Spirit in Matter, in the Body. We do not typically find it miraculous when something breaks down or dissolves, but when spirit is made flesh, when something visible comes out of
About Spirit Communication
We start off with one question / area of exploration, though that doesn’t mean you only receive one message from the spirit guides. The one question is simply to get the ball rolling, and as with the spokes of a wheel, this first spoke connects to the greater wheel, and integrates many other concerns as well. Oftentimes the wheel of
Dancing with Fear
In my heaviest, gloomiest days, these are the choruses I am confronted with: “I have no friends; I do not belong”. “What I do has no meaning.” “I create more problems.” I know these thoughts are not true, but it doesn’t mean the thoughts don’t have a momentary hold on me. And sitting with Tea, she