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Crystal grids are similar to mandalas; they are simply an arrangement of stones in a pattern for the specific purpose of directing energy toward a goal. The variety of combinations is limited only by your imagination. For this particular grid, however, we will use a pattern designed to honor the elements and send healing energy to the Earth. Although this ritual can be performed at any time, it is ideal for an Earth Day celebration. It can be done alone or with a group. For a group working, each person can recite a part of the ritual and place a stone into the grid. You will need one quartz cluster of any kind for the center of the grid to symbolize the Spirit. Clear quartz is the ideal ...
Do you believe you've lived before? At a party I attended in 2006, I met a middle-aged man who claimed to have recovered memories of a past life. After dinner, he pushed back his plate of bread pudding and announced, "In a former life, I was a black woman. I clearly recall giving birth to a baby in the middle of a cotton field behind the railroad tracks." Earlier the same year, I met a woman known for her ability to help others glimpse their past lives. She darted around the room, peering into people's eyes and announcing what she saw: You were a fish. Yes, definitely a fish. And you—you were a horse. And you? You were a dancer in Russia, but you starved to death before you could ...
Anima mundi means the soul of the world, and in ancient thought it was believed that our souls enable us to dream. When we dream we enter another world, one that seems real to us at the time. This dream world has its own rules and regulations, and its own logic. We can go back in time, and flash-forward into the future. We have an unlimited ability to fly, swim, transform ourselves, and in essence we, and the people and objects in our dreams, can shape shift at a moment's notice. Symbolism plays a big role in our dreams. Our dreams enable us to explore limitless facets about ourselves, as Sigmund Freud, a Taurus with a Scorpio Rising Sign, and Carl Jung, a Leo who also had a Scorpio ...
After writing one book covering all eight of the sabbats (Sabbats), and another one about the Ostara sabbat, I wanted a "fresh" angle for Ostara this year. Most Pagans become familiar very early in their studies with the primary icons and concepts of our solar celebrations. Most of us know Ostara is the celebration of the spring equinox, a day of balance between dark and light. I don't think many of us can tolerate reading one more dry description about the symbolism of the egg in springtime, but that word "fresh" kept going through my mind, eventually bringing me back to "fresh eggs." (I won't do that to you, I promise!) I also wanted to avoid the cliché in the word "renewal." I ...
