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Light a yellow candle and a stick of cedar incense. Hold your hands in prayer pose, close your eyes, and focus your attention at your third eye (above the center of your brows). Relax and set your intention by envisioning/feeling perfect clarity and creativity in your life. Now, clear clutter from your home. Box up or discard clothes you don't wear or that don't make you feel good, papers you don't need, gifts you never liked, and everything else that's just taking up space. Drink lots of ...
Perhaps the origin of spring cleaning, this ancient festival marked the time of annual temple purification, changing of the flame, and readornment of the Goddess after a ritual bath in the sea. Priestesses used brooms to sweep out the marble and tile rooms, making ready for the return of Pallas Athena. Offerings of figs were considered especially proper because they were the first cultivated fruit, symbolic of a new beginning in the Goddess' care-a kind of fresh start for everyone. With this ...
Words are sacred tools used for incantations, spells, and enchantments. To celebrate the birthday of the eighteenth century champion of the limerick, Edward Lear, write your own five-line rhyming poem using an A, A, B, B, A pattern of rhyme. Use your words to engage and entertain, educate and involve. Use your words to make magic, altering consciousness at will. Like the traditional mummers who shaped group energy, and magical practitioners who craft spells and incantations, use your words ...
Thunderstorms cleanse the Earth, combining the powers of earth, air, fire, and water, and can cleanse you, too. Capture that power by catching rainwater in a bottle. Watch the entire storm from a window. Visualize the bottle expanding to embrace the storm. Allow the rain to create a trance-like rhythm. As you chant, imagine the rain falling on you, and notice thunder in the distance vibrating your body. Thunder beat, my heart drums, Lightning strike, my skin thrums, Rain of rivers, ...
