As my body tries to heal, I find that the usual drains on my energy are too much for me and I need to conserve and focus on myself. Helping other people has been such a norm for so long that it’s hard to make the switch, but I am slashing through some of the [...]
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I’m a big fan of looking over your shoulder every now and then to know how far you’ve come. I can point to three different events in recent months that have been solid proof to me that I have my self-confidence back, and really, maybe even to a point [...]
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For many of us–especially those of us raised in an environment of real or imagined scarcity–getting into a mindset of abundance and prosperity is a real milestone on our spiritual journey. Reaching that peak is a true celebration, yet we can fall off that peak and back onto a pit [...]
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“How can I release old resentments and anger?” a friend asked. She’s a very wise and together person, and very spiritual, so the question surprised me a little. There’s always that expectation, you know, that spiritual people don’t get angry or carry resentments but some wounds are deep and take [...]
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There’s an edginess that’s been in the air for the past couple of hours. It’s the kind of feeling you get after a fight with a lover or when a dream just got deferred. I can’t pin it down but it’s been intense. Weighty. It’s nothing new…but I wasn’t [...]
Around the riverbend, life is sometimes pretty amazing.
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Inexplicably, things suddenly seem shinier than they have in previous years. Given the state of the world at the moment—and the state of my current social trend toward being, well, unsociable after several of my dearest ones had [...]
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Certain types of incense make me feel calmer, others put me in the mood for loving, and some just remind me of the serenity and sacredness of home. Seems there’s some science now to back up my weird impressions.
Discover Magazine reports ( http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/26-smell-your-way-to-happiness ) that at least one incense has uplifting effects in an article [...]
Pausing on the beach on Thanksgiving Day, Grayton Beach, Florida, (c2008, by Shannon Bailey) …
(see second photo below)
This is a Powerful Pause. I’ve been paying attention to my intuition for several years now, and sometimes I’m able to step aside and take a look at what I “know” is coming as opposed to what [...]
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Back in college, one of my term projects was to find and point out erotic objects in advertising as part of my demonstration of how subliminal advertising works. Yes, there were plenty of phallic symbols–some VERY plain–in the shadows and curves of liquor ads.
I’ve heard the [...]
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When I was a little girl in a Southern Baptist church, the preachers often talked about how we’d all recognize each other when we got to heaven. Even as a child, I had a few problems with the way this scenario was presented to me. Sometimes we were told that [...]
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For the past year, I’ve used “going with the flow of energy” as a guideline for making the most of my efforts. On a very tiny scale, this principle was as simple as having a sudden urge to clean the house from top to bottom—and doing it while [...]
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The November Full Moon, aka the Beaver Moon or the Frosty Moon, occurs in Taurus on November 13, 2008 at 12:17 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle.
Taurus is a sign of solidity, sensuality, earthiness, pleasure, enjoyment. Sounds great, huh? Except that, astrologically, this moon has some difficult angles, plus the Sun is [...]
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When I talk about feeling energies or “energetic connections,” non-empaths usually think I’m crazy. They don’t understand if they’ve never experienced their world through that particular sense, much as a man blind from birth might not understand when I talk about the subtle hues of different colors. Experiencing energy is [...]
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It’s important that we as both seekers and teachers don’t become so secure in our own little universes that we fail to sample the knowledge of another universe. I have made some of the greatest progress on my own spiritual journey by talking to people outside my circle and sometimes even [...]
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(Yes, S.B., this is for you…because we’re tired of your cell phone going off 30 times every morning!)
Oh, the subjects that come up over lunch with a friend! Her live-in boyfriend has accused her of cheating and, honestly, she’s fed up. This time, it’s all because she didn’t respond immediately [...]
Halloween, 2007; copyright Tedder/Bailey
It’s 1 AM, the morning of Halloween. Halloween, not Samhain, for the Sun is not yet at 15 degrees of Scorpio.
Something in the house is troubling me, taunting. Only now do I remember the talisman on my dresser. I’ve hardly slept at all in my room these past few weeks, choosing instead [...]
Photo by Lorna Tedder, copyright December 2006; Peaceful on the farm at sunset–a much gentler energy after Daddy died.
I hated him. I loved him, too. But this is probably the first time in my life that I’ve been grateful that Daddy was a tyrant. It’s afforded me the opportunity to see his traits in others and [...]
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“You have an interesting life path,” a clairvoyant friend told me 3 weeks ago. Her eyes widened and then she chuckled as she said it. She never told me what she saw that made her laugh. I could use a laugh about now.
Perhaps it was that life has a way [...]
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It’s a perfect example of the Law of Attraction in action, but I tend to draw to me people who are or have been abuse victims. This was highlighted for me by The Elemental Muse (hi, Bev!) this week and through an intense EFT (tapping) session with AngelSu when I [...]
Photo: Lorna (Third Degree High Priestess) and WolfFire (First Degree Priest)
For four or more years I had potential students come to me, asking me to teach them, to Initiate them into my sacred path. Some wanted power–for revenge, for money. Some wanted me to arrange my circle to suit their personal needs and no one [...]
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The Hunter Moon, the full moon after the Harvest Moon, occurs in Aries on October 14, 2008 at 3:04 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Aries, as the first sign of the Zodiac, has its own themes of exuberance and fresh starts–think of a four-year-old boy [...]
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Pagans and New Agers just loooooove to “send energy.” Me included. It makes me feel a little less powerless when someone else is in trouble, and if they use the energy in a way that’s helpful to them, I’m glad. But it’s also a sign of how codependent [...]
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It was Edain McCoy who first called my attention to it—the link between the current economy and prosperity spells. I honestly had not noticed. And maybe that’s a good thing.
I’d just returned from a trip to the Daytona-Orlando area where New Age shop owners talked of the current economy, of [...]
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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” –Francois Rabelais
Or to put it another way: When one door closes, another opens. Or, when one door closes, a window opens. Or to put it the Lorna-way, When one door closes, find me a sledgehammer because I’m making a hole in [...]
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Without commenting on my feelings on the Caylee Anthony case, I’d like to point out an interesting exchange of energy caught on videotape. This is the extended version of the event, so watch the entire thing. Pay particular attention to the little boy, from beginning to end. Notice what he hears, says, sees, and how [...]
Continue reading about Cindy Anthony's Clash with Caring Protesters: Teach your Children Well
