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As I explain in my book Slava! Slavic Paganism and Dual-Faith Folk Ways, a fundamental concept of holism exists in the Slavic mythic consciousness. This worldview is essentially animistic and shamanistic in nature, regarding as it does the intrinsic at-one-ness of humanity with a spirit-saturated natural world, as well as with the deities and other sacred beings that populate every level of the tripartite mythic construct of Ultimate Reality. This Reality is envisioned as a sacred oak tree (Drvo Svijeta in Croatian) at the center of the Universe. The Tree's middle realm is the domain of living people and the creatures with which we share this earth.1 One of the most revered creatures among ...
For years, I've had the same conversation with single clients and friends searching for love. They'd tell me about people who were interested in them, dates that went nowhere, and a general sense of frustration. When I'd ask what they were looking for in a partner, I'd get vague answers: "Someone nice," "A good person"… or silence. The problem wasn't that they were too picky or not trying hard enough. The story was written right there in their birth charts. Your birth chart holds much more than just your Sun sign personality or your Venus sign love language. It contains a complete map of your relationship story, including the patterns that keep you stuck and the keys to breaking ...
The moon has always been our most ancient guide. Throughout history, the moon has been used as a calendar and timekeeper to mark planting, harvesting, resting, and celebrating everything in our days. Today, we still tap into the energy of the lunar phases to manifest and create our best lives, as I outline in my book, Manifesting by the Moon: A Guide to Lunar Magic. Through ritual and spellwork, modern-day witches use the same techniques that were harnessed so long ago. One facet of any practice, and especially a lunar practice, is what we put into our bodies. Since we are mostly made up of water, we can easily feel the pull of the moon's phases if we open to this energy. We can also ...
The word Spirit can mean so many things. We have a Spirit, there is Spirit, we can connect to and with Spirit. But what the heck is Spirit? For the context of this conversation, I am referring to Spirit as an element of magic. The element of Spirit is sometimes called the fifth element (with the other classic magical elements being Earth, Air, Fire, and Water). In a modern witchcraft perspective, the four classic elements are often honored or acknowledged in ritual, but not all traditions honor Spirit. However, in a way, Spirit is the most important of the magical elements. Spirit is what holds the world together. It is the glue of the Universe. Nothing can exist without ...
