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Welcome to this collection of my writings on the Sacred Arts, Culture, and living between the worlds. You may find my latest piece at my blog, Canto.

Foundations
Right Relationship
Alchemy & Magic
Ceremony & Ritual

Divination & Dreams
Lineage & Legacy
Prayer & Blessing
Purification & Cleansing

Alchemy and Magic

seen

Hearth and Home Vol. 21: Being Seen

needed

You Are Here And You Are Needed

Hearth and Home Vol. 17: All Stars All the Time

What Football Taught Me About Magic

prizes

Share A Little Magic. Win Something Big!

define magic

What IS Magic Anyway?

bring it in

Bring It In!

magic

Discovering Your Soul Soil – An Active Imagination Journey complementing Chapter One of Making Magic.

lunar letter

Remember Your Magic

Nailed It! Peter Pan caches his shadow

Magical Missive: Nailed It!

ingredients for prayer bundle making

Magical Missive: Gathering Prayers – How to Make a Prayer Bundle, Mojo Bag, or Charm Packet

Detail from the Gundestrap Caulron

Magical Missives: How to Enchant Your Aid

Magical Missive: Fast Action Fire Power

The Golden Rose

Magical Missives: A Mid-Summer Potion ~ The Golden Rose

Brian Froud Faerie

Magical Missives: A Ceremony for Healing

Magical Missives: How to Seal and Bless Yourself

Illustration of an altar, with feather, cup, crystal, two lit candles and a pyramid with orb. Hanging above is a sacred heart wall piece with 8 star points.

The First Magic, Creator of Space

Lodestone

Rocking It with the Magical Lodestone

love letters, stationary, pen and ink

How to write a petition

New Year Prosperity: tips and tricks to spruce up your pocketbook

Of Glass and Fire: How to work with Devotional Candles

evil eye

Something Wicked this Way Comes: 13 Points About the Evil Eye

The best herbs and curios for Academic Achievement+Success

How to make a honey jar (with pictures!!!)

howtomakehomemadefloridawater

How to Make Homemade Florida Water

valentine

Two Valentine’s Day Recipes

Now that's abundance

Spiced Figs for Fertility and Abundance

20 Magical Ingredients that live in your Kitchen & Suggestions for Use

ritual

How Long Until We Get There?

Seed Money Ritual

money altar

How to Make a Money + Abundance Altar

Ceremony & Ritual

october

Star Stories: October 2020

september

Star Stories: September 2020

pluto

Pluto as a Holy Helper

jupiter in pisces

Jupiter in Pisces ~ The Last Shall Come First

jupiter as a holy helper

Jupiter as a Holy Helper

mars

How to Work with Mars Retrograde

needed

You Are Here And You Are Needed

august

Star Stories: August 2020

July

Star Stories: July 2020

mars

Mars as a Holy Helper

june

Star Stories: June 2020

May

Star Stories: May 2020

cancer

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Home Bodies

april

Star Stories: April 2020

march

Star Stories: March 2020

february

Star Stories: February 2020

january

Star Stories: January 2020

Star Stories: December 2019

Protected: Star Stories: November 2019

fold 'em

Hearth and Home Vol. 18: Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em

beloved dead november

Magical Missive: How Do You Honor Your Beloved Dead

Protected: Star Stories: October 2019

retrograde

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 4

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 2: Talk is Cheap

retrograde

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 1

Protected: Star Stories: September 2019

wait

Creating Ceremony Lesson Five: Wrap It Up, Tie It Off

wait

Creating Ceremony Lesson Four: Just Kick the Ball

wait

Creating Ceremony Lesson Three: Say it Loud

wait

Creating Ceremony Lesson Two: And Now You Wait…

wait

Creating Ceremony Lesson One: Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Protected: Star Stories: August 2019

wait

Creating Ceremony: We are all Cinderella

When the Dog Bites

Protected: Star Stories: July 2019

Protected: Star Stories: June 2019

Protected: Star Stories: May 2019

Protected: Star Stories: April 2019

Protected: Star Stories: March 2019

Protected: Star Stories: February 2019

Protected: Star Stories: January 2019

Bookshelf - is there room for a Sumerian Dictionary?

Hearth and Home Vol. 10 ~ Does Anyone Here Speak Sumerian?

Magical Missive: Home Sweet Home Candle Magic

Sagittarius, star

Protected: Star Stories: December 2018

Nailed It! Peter Pan caches his shadow

Magical Missive: Nailed It!

animalia stellarum scorpio

Protected: Star Stories: November 2018

libra

Protected: Star Stories: October 2018

Balancing Acts for Fall Equinox

Balancing Acts

star

Protected: Star Stories: September 2018

Protected: Star Stories: August 2018

intention

Communities of Intention and Intimacy

Protected: Star Stories: July 2018

Protected: Star Stories: June 2018

star

Protected: Star Stories: May 2018

mercury

Hearth and Home, Vol. 3: Book Cover, Baby, and the Magic of Mercury Retrograde

The Feast Day of Candlemass and Imbolg

How to Handle A Holiday Retrograde

Magical Missive: A Warming Potion

libra

Animalia Stellarum ~ Libra

Detail from the Gundestrap Caulron

Magical Missives: How to Enchant Your Aid

star

Animalia Stellarum ~ Virgo

Sacred Arts, Faery Tales and the Wild

Magical Missive: Fast Action Fire Power

What is a Sacred Arts Education?

Honoring our armour New Moon in Cancer

New Moon in Cancer – Honoring our Armour

Brian Froud Faerie

Magical Missives: A Ceremony for Healing

Magical Missives: How to Seal and Bless Yourself

Epiphany

The Feast Day of Epiphany

Hope left

When Hope has Left: Practical Medicines for Challenging Times

kidfriendlydiadelosmuertos

Mommy Magic: 8 Ways to Celebrate the Day of the Dead with the Whole Family

Purify, Protect, and Bless: How (and why) to make a Salt Jar

alchemical woman from 16th century

Two Questions to Ask Before a Ceremony

Magical fix

Want a magical fix that works forever? Then do this.

Adobe Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe with candles

A Ritual for Mothers of Lost Children

Vamp nails, pretty hands, magical light ball emerging from palms full moon

Six Months of Magic Every Full Moon

metal heart milagros

Want the best love spell? Do this.

Black and white drawing on veiled woman on unicorn

Read this the next time you decide magic doesn’t work for you

Full Moon over ocean

How to Honor the Full Moon

Mommy Magic: How to deal with bullies

lunar carving from the cave at laussel

4 Ways to Honor the New Moon

Magic Works When You Do

Banishing

What are you really banishing?

three fishes

Meditation not working? It’s not you, it’s your process.

There is a light

Blessed Imbolg and Happy Candlemas

A birth

What Do You Birth? Contemplations on Returns & Light

Divination & Dreams

Astro

Astro RX 2021

crisis

Crisis Means You Have To Choose

planning

Planning by Starlight ~ Part Three

planning

Planning by Starlight ~ Part Two

planning

Planning by Starlight

Astro

Astro RX 2020

Mercury RX in Pisces: Decoding Intuitive Messages

Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: How to Dream Deep

Mercury Retrograde in the Sign of Pisces

Astro

Astro Rx 2019

Spinning Gold: Beauty and the Beast

Threads of Gold: Beauty and the Beast + Hope and Dreams

Star Stories: December Edition

Star Stories November 2017 Astrology

Star Stories: November 2017 edition

Mata Hari IS Jupiter in Scorpio

Jupiter in Scorpio: Go Deep or Go Home

Ancestor Altar

Magical Missive: How to create an Ancestor-informed Tarot Reading

Fall Flowers photo by Jacquelyn Tierney

Star Stories: October 2017 Edition

star

Animalia Stellarum ~ Virgo

Animalia Stellarum ~ Leo the Lion

Animalia Stellarum ~ Cancer

Animalia Stellarum ~ Gemini

Taurus

Animalia Stellarum ~ Taurus the Bull

Aries

Animalia Stellarum ~ Aries the Ram

pisces

Animalia Stellarum ~ Pisces the Fish

Aquarius

Animalia Stellarum ~ Aquarius the Water-Bearer

Capricorn

Animalia Stellarum ~ Capricorn the Sea Goat

Sagittarius, star

Animalia Stellarum ~ Sagittarius the Centaur

animalia stellarum scorpio

Animalia Stellarum ~ Scorpio the Scorpion

blessingatarotdeck

All in the Cards ~ How to Cleanse, Consecrate, and Bless a Tarot deck

Jupiter in Libra

A Marriage of Abundance: How to Work with Jupiter in Libra

"eclipses are for breaking patterns"

Eclipses are for Breaking Patterns

Jupiter and Jupiter Return

How to Honor a Jupiter Return

Mercury Dime

What to do BEFORE Mercury Retrograde

photo of blue Uranus

13 Questions for Uranus Retrograde

Oracle at Delphi detail from Sistine Chapel

Sacred Arts and Civics: a report on the Delphic Days gathering

Allegory of Alchemy by Bartholomaeus Spranger

In Search of a Deeper Retrograde

Black and white illustration of Ferdinand the Bull

The Gifts of Mercury Retrograde in Taurus

banish

Three Ways to Release the Old and Call in the New

Astro Rx

2016 Astro RX

fairy tale

The Best Fairy Tale Resources

Rock a Retrograde: Mercury RX in Gemini

Vintage book cover with lucky horseshoe, star, and heart

How to Interpret Signs and Omens

Detail from Paragon China fortune-telling tea cup

My Ongoing List of Personal Omens

Comets

December Astro RX

The Great Red Spot of Jupiter

The Best Way to handle Jupiter Retrograde

November Astro RX, Aurora and the Birds

November Astro RX

10 Ways to Rock Mercury Retrograde

My Tarot Story

aries

The Introverted Aries & other Astrological Anomalies

Daily Practice and Dancing Planets

Star Gazing Astrology

Snaps of Spring

Mars retrograde in Libra–Swords to Ploughshares

Make Mercury (Retro) work for you!

How to work a Void of Course Moon

Faerie Godmother for Omen Days

Magical Missive: Optimize your Omens

Venus in Retrograde

Sylvia’s Mistake and what it means for Professional Intuitives

Celestial Happenings-Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo, Mercury in Retrograde-oh my!

Foundations

help

Hearth and Home Vol. 22: Go and Help Your Brother

october

Star Stories: October 2020

seen

Hearth and Home Vol. 21: Being Seen

september

Star Stories: September 2020

venus

Venus as Holy Helper

uranus

Uranus as a Holy Helper

pluto

Pluto as a Holy Helper

pluto retrograde

Claiming Our Power ~ How to Work with Pluto Retrograde

jupiter in pisces

Jupiter in Pisces ~ The Last Shall Come First

holy helper mercury

Holy Helper Mercury

mars

How to Work with Mars Retrograde

roman god of time

Working with Saturn Retrograde

august

Star Stories: August 2020

July

Star Stories: July 2020

neptune retrograde

Neptune Retrograde

crisis

Crisis Means You Have To Choose

june

Star Stories: June 2020

securities

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Low Risk Securities

nourishes

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: What Nourishes?

mum's

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Mum’s the Word

May

Star Stories: May 2020

april

Star Stories: April 2020

march

Star Stories: March 2020

february

Star Stories: February 2020

january

Star Stories: January 2020

Star Stories: December 2019

share

Hearth and Home Vol 19: You Don’t Have to Share

Protected: Star Stories: November 2019

beloved dead november

Magical Missive: How Do You Honor Your Beloved Dead

Protected: Star Stories: October 2019

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 3: Funny Money

What Football Taught Me About Magic

Protected: Star Stories: September 2019

Tribe is Tribe

Protected: Star Stories: August 2019

phase

Hearth and Home Vol. 15 From Walking to Dancing

summer

Hearth and Home Vol. 14 Summer and Celebrations

Protected: Star Stories: July 2019

interview

Lipstick as a Magical Power – Special Interview

turtle

Turtle Patrols and Holy Helpers

Protected: Star Stories: June 2019

Protected: Star Stories: May 2019

Protected: Star Stories: April 2019

Protected: Star Stories: March 2019

But They’ll Say I’m Crazy

dos

Mercury RX in Pisces: Do’s and Dont’s

Protected: Star Stories: February 2019

Mercury Retrograde in the Sign of Pisces

Hearth and Home Vol. 11 The Angel’s Share

Protected: Star Stories: January 2019

Sagittarius, star

Protected: Star Stories: December 2018

Nailed It! Peter Pan caches his shadow

Magical Missive: Nailed It!

animalia stellarum scorpio

Protected: Star Stories: November 2018

ingredients for prayer bundle making

Magical Missive: Gathering Prayers – How to Make a Prayer Bundle, Mojo Bag, or Charm Packet

libra

Protected: Star Stories: October 2018

star

Protected: Star Stories: September 2018

shine

Hearth and Home Vol. 6: Where We Shine

Protected: Star Stories: August 2018

Protected: Star Stories: July 2018

Hearth and Home, Vol. 4: Make Space for Life

Protected: Star Stories: June 2018

star

Protected: Star Stories: May 2018

mercury

Hearth and Home, Vol. 3: Book Cover, Baby, and the Magic of Mercury Retrograde

Who’s Afraid of the Dark?

Hearth and Home, Vol. 2: “XO” – The Best Business Decision Ever

Hold On, Hold Close, Hold Together

The Hard and the Hopeful

Tarot De Marseilles: Tower, Death, Sun

Choose and Be Well

best sacred arts artisans

The Best Sacred Arts Artisans

altar

All About the Altar ~ What, Why, and How

cultivating calmness

Cultivating Calmness ~ My Favorite Sacred Arts Practice + Aural Magic

Illustration of an altar, with feather, cup, crystal, two lit candles and a pyramid with orb. Hanging above is a sacred heart wall piece with 8 star points.

The First Magic, Creator of Space

herbsrootsplantallies

My Favorite Resources for Herbs, Roots, and Plant Allies

relationship

It Begins with Noticing

Blessed be the sanctuaries

Standing in the Depths by the Little Church in the Mountain

Pen and ink drawing of the Phoenix sacred arts

What are the Sacred Arts?

Sleeping beatuy and the old woman spinning

The Truth about Daily Practice

Black and white drawing on veiled woman on unicorn

Read this the next time you decide magic doesn’t work for you

Magic Works When You Do

three fishes

Meditation not working? It’s not you, it’s your process.

sacred artist

The Sacred Artist

The Artist as Shaman, The Shaman as Artist & the Inspiration for Both

Scars are Sacred

Lineage & Legacy

venus

Venus as Holy Helper

uranus

Uranus as a Holy Helper

pluto retrograde

Claiming Our Power ~ How to Work with Pluto Retrograde

jupiter as a holy helper

Jupiter as a Holy Helper

holy helper mercury

Holy Helper Mercury

roman god of time

Working with Saturn Retrograde

neptune retrograde

Neptune Retrograde

mars

Mars as a Holy Helper

mum's

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Mum’s the Word

fold 'em

Hearth and Home Vol. 18: Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em

beloved dead november

Magical Missive: How Do You Honor Your Beloved Dead

Hearth and Home Vol. 12 These Things Will Change

witches

Will the real witches please stand up?

Shining the Light

Ancestor Altar

Magical Missive: How to create an Ancestor-informed Tarot Reading

Blessing for the Dead New Moon Scorpio

Blessing for the Dead ~ New Moon in Scorpio

Families of blood and choice

The Man Who Taught Me About Magic

blessings

Of Bones and Blessings, Cursings and Curings and Walking in Between

deadcandance1

This is What Tradition Looks Like

Prayer & Blessing

neptune retrograde

Neptune Retrograde

neptune

Neptune as a Holy Helper

holy helper

How to Work With a Planet As It Changes Signs

beloved dead november

Magical Missive: How Do You Honor Your Beloved Dead

Tribe is Tribe

wait

Creating Ceremony Lesson Three: Say it Loud

Hearth and Home Vol. 13 Opening Prayer

Shining the Light

prayers

Thoughts and Prayers: Footprints of the Heart

Prayer for the Solar Eclipse

Magical Missives: How to Seal and Bless Yourself

Litany of Blessings

A Litany of Blessings For You and Your Friends to Share

Prayer for Prisoners

Prayer for Prisoners ~ New Moon in Pisces

Gathering Prayer

A Gathering Prayer ~ New Moon in Aquarius

Prayer for Real Peace

Prayer for Real Peace ~ New Moon in Capricorn

Illustration of an altar, with feather, cup, crystal, two lit candles and a pyramid with orb. Hanging above is a sacred heart wall piece with 8 star points.

The First Magic, Creator of Space

Hope left

When Hope has Left: Practical Medicines for Challenging Times

Blessing for the Ever-Unbroken ~ New Moon in Sagittarius

Blessing for the Dead New Moon Scorpio

Blessing for the Dead ~ New Moon in Scorpio

blessing-for-the-hard-times

New Moon Blessing in Honor of Libra ~ A Blessing for the Hard Times

blessingatarotdeck

All in the Cards ~ How to Cleanse, Consecrate, and Bless a Tarot deck

New Moon Blessing of Hands in Honor of Virgo

New Moon Blessing in honor of Leo

Radiant Sun

What Winter Solstice Teaches

La Señora

Litany For Guadalupe

thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Prayer

How to honor the sacred + Blessed Michaelmas

brighid

For Brighid

La Señora

For La Señora

prayer

A Blessing of the Body

Archangel Michael-Who is Like God-Angel of Healing, Protection, and Victory

impossible

Petition for the Day: Expect the Impossible

prayer

Love and Prayer

done

May Can’t & Won’t Blaze the Trail to DONE

Failure IS an option

shine

Make Space to Shine

Purification & Cleansing

pluto retrograde

Claiming Our Power ~ How to Work with Pluto Retrograde

roman god of time

Working with Saturn Retrograde

family

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: The Ties that Bind

cancer

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Home Bodies

magic

Discovering Your Soul Soil – An Active Imagination Journey complementing Chapter One of Making Magic.

Pisces

Mercury RX in Pisces: My Favorite Magic

Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: How to Dream Deep

social media jealousy

How to Banish Social Media Jealousy

social media

Breaking Up with Social Media

social media

Making Social Media Feel Magical Again

intention

Communities of Intention and Intimacy

Magical Missive: A Warming Potion

libra

Animalia Stellarum ~ Libra

star

Animalia Stellarum ~ Virgo

The Golden Rose

Magical Missives: A Mid-Summer Potion ~ The Golden Rose

Brian Froud Faerie

Magical Missives: A Ceremony for Healing

Magical Missives: How to Seal and Bless Yourself

Hope left

When Hope has Left: Practical Medicines for Challenging Times

sacred arts approach to self-harm

Sacred Arts approach to self-harm

So Fresh and So Clean – The Art of Sacred Bathing and Spiritual Cleansing

typeology

On the limitations of typeology and hype

The Wisdom of Wild Things-what nature knows and you do too

journey, end game

Define your End Game

sin

Missing the Mark–the truth about Sin

Right Relationship

help

Hearth and Home Vol. 22: Go and Help Your Brother

october

Star Stories: October 2020

september

Star Stories: September 2020

uranus

Uranus as a Holy Helper

pluto

Pluto as a Holy Helper

pluto retrograde

Claiming Our Power ~ How to Work with Pluto Retrograde

jupiter as a holy helper

Jupiter as a Holy Helper

holy helper mercury

Holy Helper Mercury

mars

How to Work with Mars Retrograde

roman god of time

Working with Saturn Retrograde

august

Star Stories: August 2020

water

Hearth and Home Vol. 20: Just Add Water

July

Star Stories: July 2020

crisis

Crisis Means You Have To Choose

mars

Mars as a Holy Helper

june

Star Stories: June 2020

securities

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Low Risk Securities

mum's

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Mum’s the Word

family

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: The Ties that Bind

May

Star Stories: May 2020

cancer

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Home Bodies

april

Star Stories: April 2020

march

Star Stories: March 2020

february

Star Stories: February 2020

january

Star Stories: January 2020

Star Stories: December 2019

share

Hearth and Home Vol 19: You Don’t Have to Share

Protected: Star Stories: November 2019

beloved dead november

Magical Missive: How Do You Honor Your Beloved Dead

Protected: Star Stories: October 2019

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 5: Do’s and Don’ts

retrograde

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 4

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Vol. 2: Talk is Cheap

What Football Taught Me About Magic

Protected: Star Stories: September 2019

Protected: Star Stories: August 2019

Protected: Star Stories: July 2019

Protected: Star Stories: June 2019

Protected: Star Stories: May 2019

Protected: Star Stories: April 2019

Protected: Star Stories: March 2019

But They’ll Say I’m Crazy

dos

Mercury RX in Pisces: Do’s and Dont’s

Protected: Star Stories: February 2019

Protected: Star Stories: January 2019

Sagittarius, star

Protected: Star Stories: December 2018

animalia stellarum scorpio

Protected: Star Stories: November 2018

libra

Protected: Star Stories: October 2018

witches

Will the real witches please stand up?

Bandolier at Sunrise

Hearth and Home Vol. 7: Refusing to Bounce Back

star

Protected: Star Stories: September 2018

shine

Hearth and Home Vol. 6: Where We Shine

Protected: Star Stories: August 2018

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Protected: Star Stories: June 2018

star

Protected: Star Stories: May 2018

mercury

Hearth and Home, Vol. 3: Book Cover, Baby, and the Magic of Mercury Retrograde

Hearth and Home Deer Drawing

Hearth and Home Volume One

"The Son of Man" by Magritte

Protected: Saturn in Capricorn

How to Handle A Holiday Retrograde

Hope left

When Hope has Left: Practical Medicines for Challenging Times

relationship

It Begins with Noticing

William Blake

10 Teachings I learned from Fairy Tales

tricksters, miracles

Fools, Tricksters, and Miracles

illuminated galaxy with stars and planets

Self-Help becoming Self-Hindrance? Let’s fix that.

Daily Practice and Dancing Planets

dark moon

Treat Me Right Tonight-Devouring the Dark Moon

10 Ways to Heal (and deal with) a Broken Heart

Power & Grace-The Difference is in the heart

gift

Holiday Gift Giving — Give Love and Avoid Stress

blessings

Of Bones and Blessings, Cursings and Curings and Walking in Between

Know (and be grateful for) your Limits

When Self-Care is Required

In Praise of the Midnight Snack & Touching the Divine

When the Answer is NO

Bhakti & Devoting Yourself

Reconciliation

Stepping Into Divinity-Reconciliation in love & life

bloom

Bloom Where You are Planted

present today

Being Here Now