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…
Eclipse Rituals and Unexpected Insights
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….
Winter Solstice Full Moon Eclipse and a Ritual for 21 December 2010
“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…
Beltane Ritual Memories, From 2007
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…
July 2009 Full Moon and Eclipse Ritual/Meditation
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…
May 2009’s Full Moon Rituals and Meditations for the Flower Moon
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. ************************************ The May Full Moon, aka the Flower Moon, occurs…
Better than New Year’s Resolutions–A Ritual that Really Works
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…
A Breakthrough: "For the Highest Good of All" and Other Caveats
What I learned from my conversation with Dorothy was that I’ve become too enmeshed with the philosophies of some of my spiritual friends. That’s not uncommon for me, being a Double Pisces, because I do…
A Cleansing of Sorts
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…
Better to Rush Upon this Blade
Beautiful dagger– Photo by inhisgrace; creative commons license 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…