What is the fire elemental? It represents our WILL. It represents our primal psycho-sexual life force. It represents our ability to be creative, and to assert ourselves into our experience of the world. It represents the manifestation of our personal and spiritual power, and our ability to become empowered at a very dynamic level. It represents our vitality. It represents our potential for self actualization.
The Underworld Diaries: Journey Toward Gratitude
Gratitude. It's the latest new age rage. I've been trying to get on the gratitude wagon for a long time, and I personally have found it to be a difficult task.
Tarot Tips: Breaking In Your New Tarot Deck
Congratulations! You have just purchased your very first tarot deck! You couldn't wait to get them home, take them out of the box, and look through the incredible collection of artwork that your new deck contains. Having oogled over the designs for the appropriate amount of time, and possibly flipped through the companion book that came with it, now comes the business of breaking them in, and actually using them for the purpose they were designed for.
Wicca / Elemental Tools: Growing into their usage
I've been practicing magic for over twenty years. Can you believe that in all of this time I have never owned a proper magical ritual wand? What? I know right?! How is this possible?
Astrology: The Twelfth House
In a horoscope, the 12th house is traditionally looked upon with some bias as a “problem” house, which is true, but only because it reflects what is true about human nature. The 12th house in the natal horoscope is in my opinion one's “personal underworld”.
“No Peaceful Warrior” by Ambrose Hollingsworth Redmoon
Many of you may be familiar with the quote: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one’s fear." This is a quote which was taken from an article in Gnosis magazine, "Holy War" Issue. The author, Ambrose Redmoon, was my occult mentor and instructor and very dear friend, for seven years before he died. I fondly remember reading the rough draft in my early 20's prior to it's submission to Gnosis, (about 30 years ago), while taking a nice hot bubble bath. He had asked me to give him my opinion of it before he sent it off to the magazine. The quote above has become so famous, that it has even made it into the script of the movie, The Sisterhood Of the Travelling Pants.
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Tarot Reading
When it comes to matters of fate and free will, my philosophy is this. Karma is the direct result of your choices. Some choices serve better then others. Karma, if it prolongs itself in a series of repetitive bad choices, over a long period of time eventually becomes fate.
Pluto In Astrology
In astrology as in mythology, Pluto is often seen as the “captor”. In other words in a natal astrology chart he tends to represent those areas in life where we feel held back or trapped.
Sleep Paralysis
If you have ever awoken in the middle of the dream state and suddenly felt the terrifying inability to move, then you have experienced a very fascinating phenomena known as Sleep Paralysis.
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