The Llewellyn Journal https://www.llewellynjournal.com The Llewellyn Journal RSS news feed for articles by famous and new writers. https://www.llewellyn.com/images/moon_logo.gif The Llewellyn Journal https://www.llewellynjournal.com en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:29:20 CDT Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:29:20 CDT TextPad TLJEditor@llewellyn.com (Journal Editor) 5 Ways to Forge Communion with Crows https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3160 Crows and ravens are some of the most intelligent and magical animals that most people will ever encounter. By attuning ourselves to the extraordinary, even supernatural abilities of corvids, we can better alter our consciousness so that we can open our Third Eye and access the divine realms. Here, Crows and Ravens author Rick de Yampert provides 5 ways we can forge communion with corvids. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3160 Paganism and Witchcraft The Meadow Tarot Spread from the Bee Tarot https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3170 A tarot spread is essentially a storyboard that allows the reader to sequentially follow a pattern that is designed to address a particular topic. Use this Meadow Spread from the Bee Tarot that utilizes elements of your intuition to receive information. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3170 Tarot 3 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Intuition https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3161 Whether you're aware or not, you're regularly directed by your intuition. It's your gut instinct, the feeling you have, or the nudge, or even the images you see that are guiding you throughout your life. But, it can be difficult to recognize these intuitive messages. Here, Real Life Intuition author Melanie Barnum provides three ways to recognize when your intuition is working. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3161 Self-Help and Personal Empowerment Making the Most of Your Book of Shadows: 10 Simple Tips https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3159 Not everyone has a Book of Shadows, but they can be a very useful tool for your Witchcraft practice. Here, The Eclectic Witch's Book of Shadows Companion author Deborah Blake provides 10 easy suggestions for how you can make the most out of your Books of Shadows. Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3159 Paganism and Witchcraft A Magickal Cookbook for Self-Empowerment https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3158 Our relationship with food can be complicated. However, preparing foods more mindfully and magickally can help shift the dynamics, and it can also elevate humble ingredients into deliciously magickal meals. Here, author Melanie Marquis explores the power of cooking magick and kitchen witchery. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3158 Paganism and Witchcraft Herbal Help for Coughs and Colds https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3157 Winter and early spring always bring a seasonal crop of coughs, colds, and flu. Happily, Mother Nature provides us with some help to boost our immune systems and treat the symptoms of these ailments. Author Anna Franklin discusses some of her favorite herbal helpers in the fight against colds and flu. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3157 Herbalism, Homeopathy, and Aromatherapy The Eight Phases of the Moon https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3163 As Earth orbits the Sun, the Moon orbits Earth, reflecting the Sun's light back to us. The Sun is always lighting the side of the Moon that faces it, but we don't always see the illuminated side as the Moon circles us, approximately monthly. While this light cycle of the Moon is continuous and unbroken, eight lunar phases offer a way to mark the transitions in the shape of the Moon's reflected light during its monthly cycle. In this excerpt from Llewellyn's Moon Sign Datebook, astrologer Amy Herring breaks down the eight phases of the moon and what they mean for your natal moon phase. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3163 Astrology Meet the Seaborn Kipper https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3156 Most closely resembling Lenormand, Kipper is a 36-card divination system with origins in 19th-century Germany. Its direct nature makes it a powerful tool for garnering clear insights, and it can be useful to those seeking to understand present influences as well as future probabilities. Here, artist Siolo Thompson and author Thomas Witholt answer a few questions about what the Kipper is and how to work with it, as well as specific questions about their project, Seaborn Kipper. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3156 Tarot Fig Spell to Embody Your Desire https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3154 The endless flow of incoming data, mixed messages, digital stimulation, and more screen than face-to-face time that have become hallmarks of modern life can, ironically, also add to our sense of disconnection. In the midst of all the digital distraction, it's easy to become detached from our desire. Here, author Jamie Waggoner provides a fig spell to help you hone in on your desire, release what no longer serves you, welcome new intuitions and ways of being, and fully embody your desire. Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3154 Paganism and Witchcraft The Journey of the Shamanic Sage Woman https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3152 The timeless landscape of the Sage Woman crosses the span of energy and time, and the forgotten Woman Sage is still quietly waiting within all women. Here, Spirit Guide Invocations author Billie Topa Tate presents some information to help you cultivate your powerful Sage Woman energy. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3152 Angels and Spirit Guides Mountains in Ozark Folk Magic https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3151 For traditional Ozark healers, the mountains have been a spiritual source of power and inspiration for many of the verbal charms, prayers, and rituals utilized by specialist practitioners. Here, author Brandon Weston explains the power of the mountains in Ozark folk magic, and provides 4 verbal charms and rituals that you can do yourself. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3151 Paganism and Witchcraft 2024 Solar and Lunar Eclipses Through the Houses https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3155 A minimum of four eclipses occur each year, two solar eclipses (New Moon) and two lunar eclipses (Full Moon). Sometimes as many as six eclipses take place. Their presence creates intense periods that often start to manifest a few months before the eclipses actually occur. This article from Llewellyn's 2024 Moon Sign Book, examines possible outcomes or meanings for the eclipses through the houses, using the natural wheel of the zodiac beginning with Aries and ending with Pisces. Your natal chart drives the actual houses where these eclipses occur. Natal planets in those houses affect the intensity of the eclipse; the closer to a conjunction, the more powerful the effect. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3155 Astrology 3 Tarot Meditations to Support Your Life https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3150 The combination of meditation and tarot isn't just for those who want to deepen their relationship and understanding of the tarot, but also for those with a dedicated meditation practice who are bored and looking for a new, fresh way to meditate! Here, author Chanda Parkinson offers three simple meditation and tarot techniques you can begin using now to support your personal path and life choices. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3150 Tarot Petitioning Your Dreams and Manifesting Your Desires https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3149 The notion of manifestation is that you can have absolutely anything you want in life; you simply have to learn a technique or two, and the life of your dreams is there for the asking. But is this true? And to the extent that it is, how can we aid this process and become truly powerful manifestors? Here, Psychic Dreamer author Dr. Michael Lennox explains how we can work with our dreams as part of our manifestation work. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3149 Dreams 3 Practical Principles of Animism https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3148 Animism is growing in popularity. But, what does animism mean and how can you go about incorporating it into your own witchcraft practice in a meaningful way? Here, Season Songs author Emma Kathryn shares her top three practical principles of animism that will help you begin on your own wondrous journey and allow you to bring a more animist perspective to your own craft. Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com() https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/3148 Paganism and Witchcraft