New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit Since 1901
In my book Burn & Brew Rituals: Incense Blends and Cozy Drinks for Balance, Healing, and Inner Peace, I share a practice built on a simple premise: the body listens to the world through the senses long before the mind understands it. A curl of smoke. A warm cup in the hands. A repeated moment that asks nothing of you. These ordinary gestures become orientation points—small places the spirit returns to when life grows larger than language. When I created this daily grounding practice, I did not know I was also developing a survival strategy. There are days when the atmosphere feels different. Nothing visible has happened in your immediate surroundings, yet people move ...
Okay, I don't really have five favorite deities. Seriously how could you possibly just pick five? Not to mention that my favorites change with the seasons, my moods, and my needs. There are, however a few deities that I tend to come back to more often than most, or with whom I feel a stronger connection, so let's talk about them. It's worth noting that different people have different perceptions of various deities, and connect with them in ways that may not look the same. For instance, Apollo might appeal to musicians for his associations with music, and with those in the medical field or dealing with illnesses for his healing skills. Most deities have many sides, and it is definitely ...
Shadow work continues to become increasingly popular in a multitude of spiritual spheres, metaphysical approaches, and psychotherapeutic work. And for good reasons! Acknowledging and coming to terms with the shadow, in its all of its countless forms, allow us to develop a more complete picture of ourselves and the world around us. When it comes to metaphysics and magickal practice, what do you think of when hearing the term "shadow?" Perhaps the most obvious association, and undoubtedly the most important, is that of the inner shadow. In a Jungian sense, the shadow self is the unconscious aspect of the mind, where traumas, pain, and unresolved challenges are compartmentalized for the ...
In the old Highland folkcraft ways, magickal protection arose from deep knowing and ancestral remembrance, from standing as one with the land as kith and kin, held in right relationship with the genius loci. Imagine you are standing on the highest mountain top in the Highlands of Scotland. You feel the caress of the wind speaking to you in its own language. You feel anchored and grounded in the ancient, weathered soil beneath your feet, alive with ancient memory. There are no borders here, no straight lines, nor edges imposed by human hand, only the presence of power and place within the Highlands. You lift your arm with respect, extending the power finger, the index, just before the ...
