Do you ever feel like there's a gigantic gap between the way you're living now and the life of your dreams? Do you sometimes wish you could wave a magick wand and all of your problems would just disappear so that you could finally step into the kickass life you know you were meant to lead? I can't promise you that transformation is as easy as waving a magick wand, but I do have quite a few tricks up my sleeve and am more than happy to share them with you here. So, chin up, Gorgeous, stick around and, most importantly... BELIEVE!
"I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I
could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the
whole world is here for me to see." -Jimi Hendrix
Will YOU accept the challenge?
If so, here are some links that might help give you a bit of inspiration for kicking off your own special version of a Spirit-Led Day. ENJOY...
HiPPiE WiTCH episodes onLetting Spirit Be Your Guide:
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Although, the day is almost over at this point...
I've had my Mother's Day fun & received some very interesting gifts, a new tea kettle, some potted daisies, bear mace (yes, bear mace... don't ask), and one disturbing, possibly well-meaning gift from my murderous cat, Steve, a dead, pregnant lizard, her neon egg babies strewn about her lifeless body beneath my dining room table. Yikes!
I also called, texted & Facebooked my most heart-felt LOVE & respect to all of the moms in my life, but now...
As the sun is setting on this special day, another mother is on my mind & that is the ultimate mother, the Big Mama to us all, Mother Earth.
Beyond serving as our home & primary source of sustenance, Mum Gaia is also, in her own right, a living, breathing, sensitive being worthy of our care & loving devotion.
So- in honor of this beautiful planet & her gracious, indomitable Spirit, I give you my picks for 13 Magickal Etsy Finds For Grooving On Mother Earth...
Archetypes are symbolic patterns that represent the various parts of ourselves. They present themselves to us in dreams & in our imaginations, showing up in our stories, our books & movies & TV shows, as The Hero, The Beggar, The Villain, The Queen.
Archetypes speak to a deep unconscious part of us, and they can evoke powerful emotion. That is why, thanks to the work of Dr. Carl Jung, they are often used in psychology and spiritual development.
Humans have been working with archetypal symbolism since the days of our ancient Pagan ancestors with their pantheons of Gods & Goddesses, which we later reworked into our fairy tales & now see acted out by modern day super heroes like Iron Man, Cat Woman & The X Men.
The more you get into archetypes, the more you realize that this mythologizing of the human psyche can be found everywhere! It most certainly can be found within.
One archetype that is particularly close to my heart is The Witch. It is an archetype that I think deserves a reinvention in our collective unconscious, and I feel that the best way to do that is to repeatedly put out a positive image of The New Witch.
The New Witch is deeply spiritual, although that spirituality is not necessarily packaged in organized religion. She or he is a lover of nature, a healer, a magick-maker & a wonderful friend. The New Witch is empowered & empowering, going with the flow of life & working with the cycles of nature. She or he is most certainly Kickass!
The subject of archetypes is a big one & I barely scratched the surface of it in this video. If you'd like to look further into this fascinating perspective, the obvious places to look would be Joseph Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces and Carl Jung's Man And His Symbols.
"All women possess a magical side of their nature that is embodied in the archetype of the Witch. Despite what many would have you believe, Her gifts are life-sustaining, empowering and restorative. The Witch personifies a woman's ability to intuit, create, enchant, protect, initiate, nurture, teach and heal. She is a figure capable of great judgement, compassion, endurance and strength." -Laurie Cabot
