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I share practical insight, tips, and exercises every week, drawing on decades of study and personal experience. Get info on manifestation, meditation, crystals, energy healing, candle magick, occultism, rituals, shamanism, quantum physics, Reiki healing, animal totems, plant medicine, and much more.
Magical Meaning of Pumpkins
Samhain is coming and it's our favorite time of year here in Salem. Let’s take a quick look at the magical meaning of pumpkins. Pumpkins for protection Pumpkins have long been used in folk practices to ward off evil. In fact, the ancient Celts used to carve faces into...
Full Moon Rituals for the Harvest Moon
Blessed Harvest Moon from Salem, Massachusetts! Try these full moon rituals to make the most of the moon's energy. Take a sea salt bath Salt water is cleansing, and resonates with the cycles of the moon just like the tides do. It's one of my favorite full moon ritual....
Meditation to Get Unstuck and Stimulate Creativity
This is for all of you out there who are feeling a little stuck right now. This meditation may help you get unstuck, and stimulate your creativity. It might be in a relationship. Or at work. Or maybe you just feel like you’re adrift or treading water and going...
Motivation Meditation to Be More Disciplined
Life is hard, right? You're busy. There's too much to get done. Never enough time. And you have a lot of things competing for your attention. This motivation meditation can help you get back in the groove. And how about information overload? From your friends +...
The Witch House in Salem Massachusetts
Check out these gorgeous views of The Witch House here in Salem, Massachusetts. I'm excited to kick off the 2019 Halloween season here. It will be my 13th here as a resident of Witch City. Located at 310 Essex Street in Salem, The Witch House is the former home of...
Personal Power Meditation to Trust Your Instincts
Much of modern society today trains people to give their personal power away. To mistrust their own instincts. To look outside themselves and instead depend on experts, gurus and institutions for what to believe.We're taught to "go with the flow." But not go with OUR...
Feather Symbolism and Meaning
In this post, I'll explore feather symbolism, including feather lore, associations with different deities, and different ways you can use them in your spiritual practice. So, you guys: Some people pick flowers when they take a walk, I usually wind up finding feathers....
What is Shamanic Reality?
This post will give you a quick intro to the three worlds that make up shamanic reality. In shamanic tradition, there are 3 worlds--states of non-ordinary reality that are richly layered over our consensual reality (the physical world most of us walk around in most of...
Meditation: Explore Your Personal Power
In this post, I'll explore the idea of personal power a little, and offer you a simple meditation to help you dive deeper into how you use yours. Your words, thoughts, and actions have power This idea has been proven out again and again. Your personal power is...
Animal Spirit Altar
Just a quick hello to you all from my animal spirit altar. The animal spirits have a lot to say tonight! Very happy for the weather to turn cooler. I always love to see the play of light when I take a photo of a candle or an altar. Looking forward to all that the last...
Halloween Season Kicks Off in Salem, Massachusetts
Good morning from Witch City! October is here and WE ARE READY! Halloween in Salem is a month long party, with big events every weekend and also during the week. Have you been to Salem at Halloween? Leave a comment below, let me know! I'd love to hear about your...
Metaphysical Meaning of Herkimer Diamonds
Let's explore the meaning of Herkimer diamonds and how you can work with them. What are Herkimer diamonds? Herkimer diamonds are like crystallized lightning! These are 2 favs from my collection.These little babies aren’t really actual diamonds. They’re an extra...
How to Create an Ancestral Altar (Plus Meditation)
Blessed dark moon from Salem, MA! Let’s talk about honoring the ancestors and how to create an ancestral altar. The new moon is an excellent time for introspection. One powerful way to harness the dark moon’s energy is to do ancestral work. The big idea with ancestor...
New Moon Rituals and Meditation
The new moon, also called the dark moon, is a time of introspection, cleansing and releasing. Try these new moon rituals to connect with this powerful lunar energy. Set intentions for what you want to manifest It's also the perfect time to plant the seeds for what you...
Dogma Meditation to Release Negative Patterns
Let's talk about dogma and how it may be hiding in your life where you may not realize. Try the dogma meditation exercise at the end of this post to help unearth sources of limiting beliefs. What is dogma? This is a heavier topic, but a good one as we come into the...
Meditation to Remove Limiting Beliefs
Everything is energy. Nothing rests. Everything moves. Everything is vibration. Try this simple meditation to dive deeper into your own personal energy, understand how you can control it, and help remove limiting beliefs. Some energy is really dense, and we perceive...
Schrodinger’s Cat: Open Mind Meditation
Let's talk about Schrodinger's cat. What is it? What does it mean? And how can a cat in a box possibly apply to your life? What is Schrodinger's cat? Schrodinger's cat is a thought experiment cooked up by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. He designed it to...
Smoky Quartz Meaning and Meditation
Let's take a look at one of my favorite stones. This post will discuss smoky quartz meaning, talk about how to use the stone, and offer you a simple meditation to connect with its energy. Meet my 18-lb. rough smoky quartz altar stone! When I've had a doozy of a day, I...
Autumn Equinox and Mabon Rituals and Meditation
Fall is here and I couldn't be happier. I love the colder months. Let's talk about how you can celebrate with Autumn equinox and Mabon rituals. What is the Autumn Equinox? In the Northern Hemisphere, the equinox falls around September 21 when day and night are the...
Simple Mindfulness Meditation
Try this simple mindfulness meditation to get deeper insight into what's motivating you right now. We are the masters of our own reality We create our own reality. Every day. With every thought. And every choice. We’re constantly collapsing quantum possibilities into...
Everything is Energy
Everything is energy.When you want to manifest something in your life, you need to bring yourself into resonance with the frequency of the thing you desire.That means tuning your mind to the same energetic wavelength, so you can draw what you seek to you. Think of it...