Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Astrea Taylor, author of several books, including Intuitive Witchcraft, Air Magic, and the new Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods. Composting is one of my favorite pagan practices. You might think it's not a pagan activity at all, but I can assure you that it is. I treat the earth as if it were the living embodiment of Gaia, the Greek goddess of the earth. When I scoop my food scraps into her heap of soil, leaves, and trimmings, I feel a connection with her that makes me feel grounded and peaceful. My compost practice started during the pandemic. I was stuck in my home more than ever, and I noticed that every time I went outside, it was

Your Tarot Toolkit: Simple Activities for Your Daily Practice by Ru-Lee Story   Pulling a card each day is a favorite tarot activity, for both novices and experienced readers alike. Newcomers are sometimes overwhelmed with all the options available within this simple practice and would like guidance. Long-time practitioner’s often welcome new ideas to keep their practice fresh. Ru-Lee satisfies both these desires. For each card in the deck Ru-Lee provides simple yet powerful affirmations, areas of reflection, and activities. The book is inclusive in language, but also inclusive in recognizing that people have different levels of ability physically, mentally, and emotionally. This

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jilly Shipway, author of Yoga Through the Year, Yoga by the Stars, and the new Chakras for Creativity. Anxiety is a natural response to these turbulent times through which we're living. However, it's important not to allow anxious thoughts to squeeze the joy out of life. In this post I'd like to share with you a simple meditation that calms and soothes a troubled mind. It will restore your peaceful equilibrium and give you a much-needed breathing space. The 7 Step Chakra Breathing Space Find yourself a comfortable position. We're going to take our awareness from the root chakra at the base of the spine, up to the crown chakra just above

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jenay Marontate, author of the new Tea Magic. As the season of winter approaches, we honor the direction of north for all its cold and slender beauty of naked trees, frosty mornings, and frozen puddles. This is the time of year to go within—not only indoors where, we can keep the cold at bay, but to go within ourselves. Inside our inner dialog, and our quiet thoughts. This is the time to massage our deepest roots. You the know the ones. The ones that keep us grounded and stable during the challenge of winter. These roots, metaphorically speaking, act as an anchor, so we simply just don't give way to the wind and blow away with the