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You’ll find in-depth guides on herbs, crystals, lunar energy, elemental healing, and spiritual practices — all designed to help you ground, balance, and expand your energy in rhythm with the Earth.

Meaning of the Rabbit Totem

Meaning of the Rabbit Totem

The rabbit totem symbolizes fertility, intuition, and transformation, offering guidance through life’s journey. Revered across cultures, it embodies qualities like agility, renewal, and playfulness. Engaging with its spirit through meditation, nature, and reflection can foster personal growth and joy, encouraging a deeper connection to one’s inner self and new beginnings.

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Your guide to the Spring Equinox

Your guide to the Spring Equinox

The Spring Equinox, a time of balance between day and night, signals growth and renewal. It has deep historical significance, celebrated across cultures, from ancient Egypt to Greece. Modern practices embrace its themes of transformation through rituals, planting seeds, and reconnecting with nature. It’s all about new beginnings and embracing change.

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Medicinal Mushroom Broth Recipe

Medicinal Mushroom Broth Recipe

This mushroom broth is my favorite soup for chilly days. It’s super easy to whip up. Just toss in your chosen mushrooms, garlic, ginger, and seasonings. Simmer it down, sip it straight or use it to boost stews, rice, and more. Plus, mushrooms are packed with nutrients and flavor—and a healthy dose of nature’s magic.

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How to Celebrate Summer Solstice

How to Celebrate Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year. In this post, you'll learn: What is the Summer Solstice The metaphysical properties of the Sun How to work with the energy of the Sun 5 ways to celebrate the Summer Solstice What is the Summer...

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Easy lacto-fermented pickle recipe

Easy lacto-fermented pickle recipe

This post will teach you how to make my easy lacto-fermented pickle recipe at home. These pickles are loaded with gut-friendly probiotics -- and packed with flavor. You can make them in just about a week from start to finish. Once you get into a pickle-making groove,...

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Year of the Wood Dragon

Year of the Wood Dragon

Happy new moon and lunar new year! This is such a powerful time to manifest your desires. -New moons are a potent time for new beginnings, cleansing + releasing, and setting intentions -Dragon years occur every 12 years and are full of passion and power -The Wood...

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Simple Healing Bone Broth Recipe

Simple Healing Bone Broth Recipe

I'm getting over a nasty cold right now! This is my go-to healing soup. I drink cups of it throughout the day, laced with a hefty amount of ground cayenne and good sea salt. It's warming and soothing, and always helps open me up when I am really congested. It's also...

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Onion Fermented Honey

Onion Fermented Honey

Fermented honey is ancient medicine and magic that you can make today. In your own kitchen. With just a few ingredients. This Onion Fermented Honey is one of my go-to cough and sore throat home remedies. (Check out my Dragon's Breath Fermented Chili Honey, which I use...

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12 Metaphysical Books To Read Right Now

12 Metaphysical Books To Read Right Now

I'm doing a little window shopping today, and a bunch of books caught my eye. It's still early for holiday shopping for me, and I really have no business buying more books. My To Be Read pile is a few dozen books (conservatively) deep right now. (Can you relate?...

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Full moon, Buck Moon, July 2023

Full moon, Buck Moon, July 2023

July 3, 2023 marks the full moon. It’s known as the Buck Moon. This moon is also a super moon, which means that it’s much closer to earth than normal. So if you feel its influence more than normal, it's not just you! This is around the time of year when bucks start to...

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What is Saturnalia?

What is Saturnalia?

Celebrated on December 17, shortly before the Winter Solstice, Saturnalia is the ancient Roman festival dedicated to the god Saturn. What is Saturnalia? This post looks at a brief history of Saturnalia, the symbolism of Saturn, and different ways you can honor the...

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Large Selenite Logs

Large Selenite Logs

I love stumbling across little bits of magic totally by accident. Just wanted to share these gorgeous pieces of selenite and large selenite logs with you guys! You know you’re an unrelenting crystal nerd when you stop in the mall to take pictures of the selenite...

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Owl Totem Meditation

Owl Totem Meditation

Owl is a messenger of magic, inner light, and exploration. One of my favorite bird totems, I know I'm in for a wild ride when an owl shows up in our yard. Let's talk about Owl Totem meaning. I've included a simple meditation at the end of this post to help you connect...

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Full Moon in Gemini

Full Moon in Gemini

FULL MOON IN GEMINI READING + MEDITATION--Bright blessings for the last full moon of the decade! December 2019 (and the last 10 years, for that matter) is going out with a bang! As the end of the year approaches, things feel like they're speeding up! (Can I get an...

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Crystal Candle Holder from 4 Winds 1 Breath

Crystal Candle Holder from 4 Winds 1 Breath

Last week, I strolled through the Cultural Survival Bazaar in the Prudential Mall in Boston. Check out this gorgeous crystal candle holder I picked up. I bought this beautiful, handmade crystal candle holder from Roseanne Romiglio-Ashley, the artist behind Four Winds...

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Cultural Survival Bazaar in Boston

Cultural Survival Bazaar in Boston

I had loads of fun strolling through the Cultural Survival Bazaar in Boston's Prudential Center today. There were so many talented artists and craftspeople selling art, crafts, home goods, jewelry, clothing, and more. I loved the opportunity to connect and chat with...

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Electric Eel Totem Meaning (Animal Spirit)

Electric Eel Totem Meaning (Animal Spirit)

When electric eel swims into your life, get ready for a powerful burst of energy you can use to manifest your desires, create new things, and heal yourself and those around you. Let's take a look at Electric Eel totem meaning.    First off, what is an...

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Snow Day in Salem, Sacred Cacao Medicine

Snow Day in Salem, Sacred Cacao Medicine

All the cozy feels from my nest to yours on this snowy day! I'm snuggled up in my attic office this morning. Candles lit. Little electric stove glowing. Coffee steaming. So my huge coffee mug is filled with strong organic French Roast that's laced with raw cacao,...

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Fox Totem Meaning

Fox Totem Meaning

Foxes are creatures of otherworldly sight, travel, and shapeshifting. When Fox shows up for you, get ready for MAGIC. Let's talk about Fox totem meaning. Foxes walk between worlds Liminal creatures, foxes walk blithely in the in-between places, masters of...

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Happy Thanksgiving from Salem!

Happy Thanksgiving from Salem!

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving from beautiful Salem, MA! I’m so grateful to have connected with each of you! Grateful for your support, and that I'm able to share what I've learned with you. Working hard on my online shop. VERY excited to launch this Spring...

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New Moon Cleansing Rituals

New Moon Cleansing Rituals

Tonight marks the new moon in Sagittarius. Try these new moon rituals for cleansing and renewal. With every dark moon, especially this one, I start with this idea: Face the darkness within. That means YOUR darkness. Sit with it. Explore it. See what's hanging out...

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Elderberry Tea for Cold and Flu

Elderberry Tea for Cold and Flu

So, I woke up this morning with the beginning of a cold. This elderberry tea is my personal, go-to magic bullet to fight any kind of winter ick. It's a heady mix of berries, flowers, and herbs that almost always beats a cold if I drink it right when I first start to...

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Horse Totem Meaning (Spirit Animal)

Horse Totem Meaning (Spirit Animal)

Horses are ancient totem animals that symbolize power, stamina, and freedom. Learn about horse totem and try a simple meditation to connect with horse energy. Meaning of horse totem Horses are powerful animals with a natural grace and beauty. They're large and strong,...

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How to Find a Shamanic Portal

How to Find a Shamanic Portal

To go on a shamanic journey, practitioners use a natural opening to journey to the Lower and Upper worlds. This shamanic portal is the focal point that helps them begin to shift their consciousness. Shamanic journeying is the art of entering an altered state of...

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Hawk Totem Meaning (Spirit Animal)

Hawk Totem Meaning (Spirit Animal)

Let's talk about the meaning of Hawk totem and what it means for you when this animal spirit shows up. I've included a quick meditation at the end of this post to help you connect with Hawk's energy. I spotted this gorgeous hawk in Boston, perched on the roof terrace...

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Shamanic Journey Portals

Shamanic Journey Portals

Shamans and shamanic practitioners often use natural openings when they journey to the Lower, Middle, and Upper worlds. Here are a few natural portals I found today in my walk around Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. I'll definitely use some of these in my shamanic...

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