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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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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This Special Post on the Full Moon 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.
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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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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 [...]
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Every time there’s a New Moon, Full Moon, or an Eclipse, I get thousands of search engine hits from readers looking for rituals/meditations [...]
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The January Full Moon, aka the Wolf Moon, occurs in Cancer on January 10, 2009 at 9:27PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…the heart.
Cancer is generally a sign of emotions, nurturing, motherhood, nesting, home. Right now, the Sun is in Capricorn, to me (Pisces that I am) a [...]
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Lorna Tedder, adding a little spice to life…or at least to a wonderful Winter Solstice feast. Photo by Aislinn Bailey; all rights reserved.
Most people I know make New Year’s resolutions, manage to give up on them in defeat within two weeks, and feel like failures for the rest of the year because they couldn’t manifest [...]
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Around the riverbend, life is sometimes pretty amazing.
Photo by Chan Worley, Copyright all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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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The December Full Moon, aka the Full Cold Moon, occurs in Gemini on December 12, 2008 at 10:38 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about having an “idea of who we really are.”
Gemini is a sign of mental processes—communications, ideas, intellect, flexibility, adaptability, changeability. [...]
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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 [...]
I know, I know. After everything you’ve heard about Kristin being all evil from those Generation Hex authors, you probably expected her new cookbook to be about newt eyes and Hansel and Gretel cookies, but nope, sorry.
Instead, you get 188 pages of really wonderful and different recipes that will keep you from ever having another [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
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Oh, the power of words! Especially when said in a ritual circle.
As my Circle grows, I find it helpful to discuss situations with other High Priests and High Priestesses because at some point, I’m going to be asked a question I really cannot answer and that the questioner really [...]
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Clarity is a beautiful thing…eventually. To be honest, the fog can be prettier but sometimes it’s best if you see the truth.
It’s one of those things that highly spiritual people ask for. They don’t ask for money or power. They go for the more spiritual quality that can help [...]
