Back yard circle, Summer Solstice ritual.
I can’t believe I actually have to tell people how to behave. Really? I mean, really????
While I am very much a live-and-let-live kind of person and I don’t believe that there’s only one way to do most anything, certain behaviors bother the hell out of me and will [...]
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Be careful what you wish for, especially in how you frame your desire with words. Sometimes I think the Universe is sitting back, howling, slapping its all-powerful knee, and saying, “Hey, the Law of Attraction always works! You received exactly what you asked for!”
One of the things I’d put on my list of intentions for [...]
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Time for New Year’s resolutions and Burning Bowl intentions! It’s a great time of year to check your personal growth. Here, ducking out of a holiday party to send some cheer to absent friends.
How My Burning Bowl Ritual Began
Years ago, I made New Year’s resolutions. Usually the same ones, every year: lose weight, stop biting my nails, [...]
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I didn’t put up Halloween decorations this year, contrary to what you might think. I mean, I’m the neighborhood witch so certainly you’d think I’d have all sorts of styrofoam displays, ghosts hanging in trees, plastic skulls cackling on the front porch. Nope, not this year. In fact, I’m not even putting out my usual [...]
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I’m at the point in my spiritual life where I no longer need tools. Oh, don’t get me wrong–I love my tools just I still love the beauty of a well-crafted ritual. I just don’t use them much anymore. I haven’t needed to in several years, and when I do now, it’s sheer indulgence in Art [...]
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Looking for ritual ideas? Sometimes an impromptu ritual can be very insightful as I realized when my candles began “talking” to me. Read on for ideas you can incorporate into your next rite or meditation. (photos copyrighted by Lorna Tedder)
I hadn’t planned a Full Moon ritual for the eclipse on 21 December 2010–not because I [...]
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“I’m living in a powder keg and giving off sparks….” — “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
This year’s Winter Solstice promises to be an extra powerful one for setting your intentions for 2011, especially with the boost not only of a Full Moon but a Full Lunar Eclipse occurring 21 December 2010. This one will be visible [...]
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For about 15 months, I offered regular Full Moon and Eclipse Rituals as part of this blog. If you’re interested, check out the Astrology category and read some of the posts from 2008 and 2009.
For those of you looking for rituals, prayers, or meditations for the Full Moon eclipse on June 26, 2010, I’m not [...]
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If you’ve moved into a new house or just moved your ex out of your house, you know that sometimes your living space just feels…icky. Some people sage. Others open all the windows and let the stagnant air move around and fresh air move in. Some dance, drum, raise energy to get old energy cleared [...]
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Enjoying the sugar-white sand of the Grayton Beach – Destin area at Thanksgiving, pre- Oil Spill. Photo copyrighted; all rights reserved.
Since I posted A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico a few weeks ago, I’ve been inundated with requests for rituals, spells, and prayers–both pagan and Christian–for the oil spill. [...]
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Whenever I’ve visited a place I consider sacred ground, I must both approach and leave it in a respectful way. Otherwise, I have a hard time absorbing the specialness of it and an even harder time breaking loose from it.
I first discovered that I needed a technique for getting the most out of such sites [...]
From the upcoming book, Passion to the Third Degree; originally published in 2007.
I am exhilarated, mellow, happy, calm, peaceful, powerful, amazed, excited, sleepy, and awake all at once. Ah, I feel wonderful.
You know it’s a great ritual when you feel the energy coursing through your body to the extent that your whole body is rocking [...]
Jasmine incense, right after one of my famous Sunday Night Gatherings. This smoke art is copyrighted by Aislinn Bailey, used with permission.
When I was first looking for a like-minded spiritual group in Northwest Florida, I found several existing circles rather easily. These were people who were either pagan or pagan-friendly, with anything from a nice [...]
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Today’s Book Spotlight is on Salt and Fire: Cleansing and House Purification Rituals. Lauren Hartford uses a “novel approach” to explaining how to perform a complicated (and possibly dangerous) ritual to cleanse your home. All details are provided in the form of a short novella, covering the materials needed, the actual process, the [...]
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The “Light Altar,” a combination of a door mirror and three garden pedestals. Photo by Lorna Tedder.
Understand and amplify your magick and rituals by using the Law of Attraction, whether your intent is to manifest love, prosperity, healing, protection, or something else.
Making your rituals and spells work is easy if you understand Universal Law.
Ever since [...]
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Photo by Ais Portraits.
I am truly blessed. I had the honor during this Solar Eclipse of January 2010 to facilitate the Third Degree Elevation of my youngest student, Lord Midlight, who began studying with me in August 2007. During this time, I watched him really come into his own, and especially as a powerful [...]
NASA photo: The Galileo spacecraft surveyed the moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system.
The September Full Moon in Pisces, aka the Corn Moon, occurs on September 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about letting your dream take you [...]
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The August Full Moon in Aquarius, aka the Sturgeon Moon, occurs on August 5, 2009 at 7:55 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about dreaming your dreams a little differently. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…letting your dream take you by the hand. More on that….
Aquarius, [...]
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The July Full Moon in Capricorn, aka the Buck Moon and sometimes called the Thunder Moon, occurs on July 7, 2009 at 4:22 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about telling your story the way you want it to be, even if it’s not always the way it’s [...]
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The June Full Moon in Sagittarius, aka the Strawberry Moon, occurs on June 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about speaking your truth. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…telling our story, the way we want it to be even if it’s not [...]
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The May Full Moon, aka the [...]
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The April Full Moon, aka [...]
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The March Full Moon, aka the Full Worm Moon or Full Crow Moon, occurs [...]
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This Special Post on the Full Moon Eclipse is sponsored by The Long-Awaited Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy, available at half-price to readers of The Spiritual Eclectic. Click here to download.
The February Full Moon, aka the Full Snow Moon, occurs in Leo on February 9, 2009 at 8:49 Central time here in [...]
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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 [...]
