In today’s practice I was beginning a protection weave for an upcoming family funeral. Families can be challenging in the best of times, more so when you’re vulnerable, and even more so when you’re a sensitive empath. My intention was to create a web of protection that was strong enough to shield me from anything …read in detail
Blessed Beltane
Dearest Beauty, A very blessed Beltane to you! I’ve been dancing in the flames today. Until my first sip I didn’t realize how I’ve been thirsting for you. The flames quench like water, how surprising! Fire, my old friend, reawakening and revealing something new. Something that can only be seen, not in reflection but by …read in detail
Silent Storm
If only I could cry the tears would flow and carry away the refuse of my soul. Why can’t I cry? When did I decide to stop? I used to cry storms that cleared away the debris. Why can’t I cry? pressure behind my eyes, welling up in my chest …read in detail
Lessons from the dark:
Darkness IS dangerous; looking into the shadows may reveal something you don’t like and would rather not see. It may disillusion, challenge long held beliefs and force change. But persistent denial of darkness doesn’t make you enlightened.
To She Who Dreams
I believe in miracles and the magic that created them I believe in the hand that holds the wand the heart that guides the hand the power that ignites the heart the desire that calls forth the power the dream that awakens desire and the darkness that sends the …read in detail
Sweet Samhain
Deep, cool, dark gratitude Samhain sweet and clear. Longing melts in your embrace homecoming, end of fear. Deep, cool, dark, undoing shed my binding skin. Bliss, the freefall of my flight surrender with my kin. Deep, cool, dark, beloved when eyes see not the way. Come to me sweet darkness …read in detail
Lughnassa: Welcoming the Waters
Happy Lughnasadh! The sun’s heat intensifies as it offers its waning powers, the last sunburst before heading into the dark half of the year. Lughnasadh is the first of three harvests in the Autum, the celebration of first fruits from the growing season. As Autumn is ruled by water it is a time for self …read in detail