A New Message from the Turtle Totem Animal
For years, I’ve turned up my nose at the thought of a turtle totem animal. My totem is a deer, usually as a stag but sometimes as a fawn. There are other animals–fish, fowl, and…
Lessons from Maleficent: The Best Reason Not to Curse Someone
“So are you gonna put a curse on them?” my friend asks casually over lunch. I can’t tell if she’s serious. It’s a question I’ve heard many times in my life, usually by Christian friends…
Different Directions: 3 Experiments for your Circle-Casting
As you may have figured out already, I like to experiment. Experimenting means not becoming stagnant in my spiritual practice. It means learning more, going deeper, taking my connection to Deity one step higher. Here…
Instead of Candle Spells, Try…a Cup of Tea
Aren’t those all-day candle spells great? If you can stay home with it all day, which I can’t. Or if you can burn a candle at work, which in my case is highly frowned upon…
New Year’s Resolutions, the Burning Bowl, and Personal Growth
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…
The High Priestess Speaks: When the Student Is a Disappointment
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…
Prayers, Rituals, and Spells for the BP Gulf Oil Spill
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…
A Pagan Point of View of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
All photos on this page taken between 1993 and 2009 of Lorna Tedder, Shannon Bailey, and Aislinn Bailey are copyrighted; all rights reserved. I stand with my toes in sugar-white sand and squint through bright…
Look! I’m Manifesting Elephants!
Once you get pretty good at understanding how the Law of Attraction works–or how magickworks–or how prayer works, it can be a little amusing to see your desires given to you so soon after you…
Despite Economic Hard Times, Pagans Dig Deep to Help
SEE BOTH PHOTOS. At the Florida Pagan Gathering, these beautiful creatures stopped a few feet away from me to preen, so close I could have reached out and touched them. Both pictures, photo copyright by…
