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Yes, it happens: jealousy and witch wars arise in our Neo-Pagan communities. When people just can't get along anymore, it's time to move on, to find a new organization or coven where it's peaceful. In Shakespeare's As You Like It, the exiled Duke Senior finds peace in the Forest of Arden. Go outside, find a shady spot, wrap yourself in protective energy, and declare your intention to find your own Forest of Arden where you can restore friendships and spirituality to your life. Contemplate this ...
It's unlikely that you'll get outside at the exact moment the moon is new, but you can go out tonight and gaze up at that crescent in the sky. Wearing turquoise jewelry (courage, protection), call out to Selene, whom you see riding the crescent moon, to fly down to you.<?p> Entering your deepest mystical state, visualize yourself meeting the goddess and climbing aboard the new moon. Rise with her and gaze down at your home, neighborhood, city. Ride the moon across the night sky with ...
When our lives get too complicated, it's time to ask the Three Fates for advice. Plato's account of the Fates tells us that they sing to us. Lachesis sings about the past, Clotho sings about the present, and Atropos sings about the future. Choose three questions to ask the Fates, such as: What in your past should you dismiss or forgive? What in your present can be trimmed and/or set aside? What are you facing that you may need advice to deal with? Instead of casting a circle, cast a ...
Most of us work indoors nearly all the time. It's summertime. Time to get outdoors. Find a private place and visualize it as a magical island. Read aloud Caliban's speech from Shakespeare's The Tempest:Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,Sounds and sweet airs, thatgive delight, and hurt not.Sometimes a thousandtwangling instrumentsWill hum about mine ears;and sometime voices,That, if I then had wakedafter long sleep,Will make me sleep again:and then, in dreaming,The clouds methought ...
