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Getting Crystal Clear Visions
A friend of mine told me recently that she celebrates the new year in three stages. At the solstice, she acknowledges the collective spiritual beginning of the new year. On January 1st, she marks the start of a new cycle of work and finances. And on the first new moon in January she finally…
A Reading for 2021
I remember when I started giving intuitive readings in my twenties. I had expected to receive direct messages, clear-cut answers to share with my clients. Instead, I saw storied metaphors. At first I was disappointed, but I soon came to realize that these metaphoric images helped me— and the person I was working with—…
The End Before the Beginning
Marked by the longest nights of the year, the solstice season has always been defined by a profound pause. In Latin, the word “Solstice” translates as “sun stays still.” If you watch the sunrise on the days around the Solstice, it appears as if the sun is halted in one place on the horizon….
Small Celebrations Matter
Last week we had our first snow of the year. A dazzling down that blanketed the land in white, it felt like a hug from the sky. After an unusually quiet Thanksgiving— and the news that Christmas would be similarly spent— the coziness of the snow felt like a gift. With the roads impassable…
Reclaiming Your Lost Power
We all have times in life when we feel emptied. Small, unsure, tired or at a loss. In shamanic circles it’s said that in moments of shock, part of our soul can flee the scene, taking with it a piece of our power. For a lot of us this whole year— with its relentless…
The Best Way To Honor Your Ancestors
I always seem to have big things happen in autumn. Job changes, new relationships, the passing of loved ones, windfalls, leases and losses. I used to think it was just random— but now I know that the constellation of your life simply becomes more malleable this time of the year. In part, because the most…
The Answers are in the Otherworld
There is another world that lays alongside this one, like the twin roots of a great oak. In this Otherworld live all the hidden things— our departed loved ones, the old deities, the spark of new ideas, the Earth’s soul, our creativity. Running directly parallel to this existence, the Otherworld, as it’s understood in…
A Beginner’s Guide to Water Magic
(Plus a FREE, transformational PDF guide here) The oldest magic on Earth never died. It’s still flowing down the hillsides, literally falling from the sky. Before humans worked with plants or stones, the first source of medicine was water. Across my ancestral lands— the British Isles and European continent— some of the oldest sites of worship are…
