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Setting up an ancestor altar is often the cornerstone, the very foundation, of working with your extended network of kin and clan for spiritual empowerment and personal growth. Much like a garden, with some regular tending—and a bit of occasional weeding—it can become a place where your spiritual work blooms and flourishes. By putting an ancestor altar in place in your home, and giving your people a space of their own, you're carrying on a tradition found around the world, going back thousands of years. The presence of an altar in your home—ideally, a permanent one—has plenty of benefits. First, it provides a degree of protection upon your house and everyone who ...
Lucky planet Jupiter, the "bestower" of good fortune, opportunity and abundance, will move from the water sign of Scorpio and into the fire sign of Sagittarius on November 24 this year. With it comes a bundle of good luck for fellow fire signs, and for Aries and Leo, too. Of course, this period is expected to be one of the most fortunate for Sagittarius in over twelve years, which was the last time Jupiter came to call on those born between November 23 and December 21. However, all zodiac signs will benefit in some way, depending on where this "visitor" falls in their astrology chart. Jupiter is Sagittarius' ruling planet, so there is extra strength when this transit occurs. Jupiter can ...
Feng Shui (pronounced, "fung shway") literally means "wind and water." Water represents the physical, manifest world while wind represents the inner world of energy that interacts with the outer. External Feng Shui is about arranging our environment, our homes, and our businesses to open to the energy (Chi) of Prosperity and Success. Internal Feng Shui is about exploring our inner worlds of mind/body/spirit and opening these worlds to the Chi of Health and Happiness. In many Feng Shui resources, the emphasis is on external Feng Shui only. External Feng Shui techniques are effective; however, they are not the whole picture. For example, many businesses use flowing water by the front door ...
Witches frustrated by mediocre results need not give up and toss their wands out with the trash. Using magical glyphs in new ways will give spellwork the boost it needs to succeed. A glyph is a shape or symbol, and these marks are an ancient and universal medium for magic. The caves at Lascaux, France, one of the best-preserved sites of primitive art dating from around 13,000 B.C.E., are full of them: the entrancing spiral and other mind-altering geometric patterns dot the walls, hinting that it may have been a place of shamanic ritual. In Siberia, spirals and a circle are found engraved on a 24,000-year old amulet made of mammoth tooth. The Tarot, a crowning triumph of magical culture ...
