In our linear, capitalistic, patriarchal world, productivity is everything. We all want to feel like we’re not wasting our time, that we’re putting out meaningful, impressive things into the world. We forget that productivity means to produce, to make, manufacture, build. Productivity is vital, but it is also overwhelming, focused solely on the extraverted, materialistic world, and often denying of the introverted, spiritual one. And
I suppose I’m a Jungian witch. In my early witchy days, no matter how many charts and quizzes I tried, none of the traditional witch types felt right. Of course I knew that there was no need to type myself, that my craft was my own, a mixture of all sorts of creative magic. But still, there was something sweet about the label, something validating.
It honestly scares me how casually we talk about shadow work. Shadow work is a term that has become ubiquitous in new-age spiritual communities over the last few years, and has even begun branching out into the mainstream. You may hear it thrown out casually at your yoga studio or in a coffee shop or on an Insta post—“This self-care Sunday is going to be
Today, the word “mystic” has become borderline meaningless. I don’t mean to sound snarky (or at least not too snarky), but it’s true. The word is ubiquitous in the new-age world, and applied to anything spiritual, metaphysical, magical, or jut holographic and sparkly. It’s somewhat decorative, adding a whimsical, mysterious flair to a tarot deck or an Instagram handle or the name of a crystal
When you’re a real tarot lover, not just any deck will do. As a tarot newbie, it’s important to have a deck that’s simple, clear, but also eye-catching. As a tarot professional, the deck you read with has to be straightforward, easy to interpret, and magical. I have collected at least a dozen decks in my years of tarot interpreting, but I always seem to
Now, more than ever, self-care is essential. When we think of self-care we still think of massages, yoga classes, and margaritas after work, but the true meaning self-care is in its name: it is the care-taking of the self—spiritually, emotionally, and somatically, in whatever way you need. Maybe right now self-care looks like calling your doctor, or having an uncomfortable conversation with your partner, or
Corona is the Latin word for crown. When I first learned this I could feel my scorpio senses tingling, confirming my suspicion that the coronavirus pandemic had several spiritual lessons to teach. Later that day I attended a yoga class—the last before the studio decided to shut down—and the teacher announced that the focus would be on the crown chakra, the gateway of higher consciousness
I first met the Divine Feminine in a book. It was Goethe’s Faust, and after hundreds of pages of dense, bewildering story about the quest for power and knowledge, I had little hope for a good ending. But then I read its final two lines, and they changed my life: “The Eternal Feminine draws us onward.” I know some people insist that the Divine Feminine
When you pose a question for the tarot, have you ever wondered who you’re asking? Yes, it’s the reader who’s spreading out the cards, or a friend, or yourself, but who is it that’s offering an answer? Maybe you believe it’s your “spirit guides”, the unknowable, undefinable energetic emissaries that funnel messages to us from the Universe. Or perhaps you assume it’s the wisdom of
Jesus’s birthday isn’t December 25th. That’s not meant to be inflammatory, it’s simply the truth. In the earliest years of the church, the birth of Jesus was not nearly as much of a focal point as his resurrection, and the actual date was (and still is) unknown. But in the 4th century, Christian leaders came together in that series of infamous councils to formalize a