Magick, Paganism, Spiritual Growth

Tree of Life Meditation for Grounding, Cleansing, and Energizing

This meditation is the product of years of energetic learning, exploration, and fine tuning. It draws from several different schools of energy work, including yoga and tantra, and has been adapted to most deeply resonate with how I personally experience energy. This experience is different for everyone, so I encourage you to tweak this meditation to best fit you. The goal of this meditation is to create a balance of grounding energy from the Earth, and energizing energy from the Cosmos/Divine within you.

Altar with a statue of Aphrodite and several lit candles
Magick, Paganism, Ritual

Workings of the Witch: Magick and Spells

Magick is an essential part of my spiritual practice. In a more general and abstract sense, it suffuses everything we do. In a more tangible sense, everything is energy. Magick is how we direct and interact with that flow of energy.

Aphrodite, Paganism, Ritual

Unexpectedly Aphrodite

I like to think Iโ€™ve gotten used to Aphrodite showing up in unexpected ways. Iโ€™ve written multiple posts on this blog about how my experience of Her doesnโ€™t usually match the lore, and doesnโ€™t jive with the frilly, superficial way She is often portrayed in modern Paganism. I no longer assume that She will fit into any mold that we humans prescribe for Her. And yet, there are still times when She surprises me.

Aphrodite, Devotions to Aphrodite, Paganism

Devotions to Aphrodite: Conscious Eating

Aphrodite is not only a Goddess of Love, She is also a Goddess of Pleasure. Pleasure comes in many forms, but one everyday experience of pleasure is consuming food. Like many of our most intense pleasures, food is very primal. We need it to survive, but we are also capable of drawing immense enjoyment from it. Finding joy in cooking a meal, savoring it, and sharing it with others is one of the ways I connect with Aphrodite.

Empath, Magick, Paganism, Spiritual Growth

The Extroverted Empath – A Rare Species

I am an extroverted empath. I know to some that may sound like an oxymoron, but I promise it is not. Being an extroverted empath presents some unique challenges - Challenges that most of the resources for empaths donโ€™t address. Here are some tips Iโ€™ve picked up in my time as an extroverted empath.

Empath, Paganism

An Empath All Along?

The short answer is: Iโ€™ve been an empath all along. The slightly longer answer is: Iโ€™m a very weird kind of empath, so the traditional methods used to measure empathic abilities and traits donโ€™t fit me well. The even longer answer is: the rest of this blog post.

Magick, Paganism

7 Ways to Bring the Magickal into the Mundane

Creating a synergy between the magickal and the mundane promotes energetic flow in your life, helps you to deepen your spiritual practice, develops your intuition and spiritual skillset, and brings you closer to Divinity. Here are some simple yet powerful ways to infuse your normal โ€œeverydayโ€ life with magick and the Divine.

Aphrodite, Devotions to Aphrodite, Paganism

Devotions to Aphrodite: Pole Dancing

Spinning around the pole, moving my hips, and landing a trick all felt like a corporeal prayer, a body-song of worship. There was energy raised and lowered on the pole. I learned new things about my body and my being. I knew the closer I was to being the full expression of myself, the closer I would be to Aphrodite.

Empath, Paganism, Spiritual Growth

Are You Projective or Receptive?

I believe that everyone has projective and receptive abilities. For some, one will be much stronger than the other, and thatโ€™s okay. It just means you will have to work a little harder to develop the other skill. I also donโ€™t believe that being projective and being receptive are mutually exclusive.