I just received my first order of books,The Little Handbook of Spiritual Awakening, from Amazon. If you have an order in, your books should be arriving soon, if they haven’t already.
[excerpt: Chapter 3, page 112] (on the chakras: opening your throat chakra)
To open this chakra
1. Wear turquois or light blue. Wear it as clothing, or a piece of jewelry. Plant blue flowers; paint your nails blue; buy a blue throw rug for your house, or a blue blanket for your bed. Take pictures of blue things.
2. Sing. If you can’t hold a tune, that’s okay. Sing when you’re alone in the shower and you’re all alone in the house. You (and Spirit) will be the only one to hear you, and you will be opening up and energizing your throat chakra
3. Write a letter to someone you haven’t seen or spoken to in a long time. Write a letter to someone that you are estranged from. Write a letter to someone you’ve always wanted to talk to but never had the courage. You don’t have to actually send this letter to anyone, unless you want to. But you will be opening up the channels of communication, and your throat chakra as well.
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The chapter that I found the most fun to write was Chapter 4: Botanicals & Pagan Spiritualism. I love the use of herbs and their energies in the pagan path, and I’m strongly connected to them with my own practice. There is a nice segment on herbs, all formatted as the excerpt below, with a variety of uses for each herb as it pertains, some quite interesting and a bit unconventional.
If you have ordered your copy of this book, they should start to arrive to their destinations the middle of this month. I’m waiting, just like all of you, for my first clean copies, so far I have only the author’s proof, which is printed with a wide gray “not for resale” band across the cover.
And when you receive your book and have a chance to read it over, I would absolutely love it if you would leave a brief review or a few words on Amazon. Reviews make all the difference in the success of a book, and they often help someone decide if a particular book is what they’re looking for.
I know I can’t wait for my copies to arrive, and I can’t wait to get your feedback! I know you’ll love this book as much as I do.
Hyssop
Energy: projective Planet: Jupiter Element: fire
Magical uses: purification, protection
Aside from sage, hyssop is the most popular herb for purification, used widely in protective recipes for oils and powders, as well as burned for its cleansing purifying smoke.
If you’re feeling a bit tarnished spiritually, and you’re not sure from where or whom this energy is coming, you can fix it. Add a little hyssop to your bath water for a cleansing soak. You can add some dried and ground hyssop to your favorite moisturizing lotion or body oils and apply it sparingly, touching your forehead and heart to clear the energy about you.
“This book is written to help you explore and experiment and discover a spirituality that you might not even be aware of. This book is here to help you embrace your inner pagan, to reconnect with your ancient roots and an earthy spirituality based in nature and magic and inspiration.”
This little handbook and journal is special because I wanted you to be able to make this book your own, to add your private thoughts, inspiration that strikes out-of-the-blue, and positive affirmations. I wanted this book to be a companion to you as your spiritual explorations and awakenings unfold. There are ample pages of lined paper for you to write on, a beautiful watercolor wash that’s inspiring on its own, just waiting for you to put pen in hand.
I’m so proud of this beautiful book, and I know that my own personal copy will become a keepsake journal mirroring my own spiritual journey.
Please be sure to order your copy now, and if the spirit moves you, leave a review or a few words at Amazon. Thank you so much for supporting my books over the years and traveling this marvelous mystic path with me.
I would have to say that the most challenging chapter to write was Chapter 3, Preparing for Your New Spiritual Life.
The topics touched upon in this chapter include:
What do you need to let go of?
What do you need to draw to you?
Paving the way.
In the Exercises, Activities, & Exploration section, the first exercise called “Getting Rid of Baggage” was an almost cathartic experience to think and write about, because realistically every single one of us has some sort of baggage. If you’ve lived at all, you’ve got baggage, it just goes with the human experience, it’s how we learn.
I open the exercise with this paragraph:
“As you experience your personal spiritual awakening, your soul may feel lighter, the world brighter. But that doesn’t mean that you will experience an instantaneous clearing of baggage you’ve accumulated over time. You’ll find that clearing emotional, past relationship, and physical baggage is something that you have to consciously choose to do…”
There then is included three brief lists with suggestions for clearing that baggage, because this really needs to be resolved and/or released so we can successfully progress on our spiritual journey and exploration.
Thank you all for the support you’ve shown this book, kicking it off with a burst of enthusiasm that charted it at #5. Please continue your support by leaving a review; passing this link on to someone else who would enjoy this book; and sharing links and posts with your friends, or on social media.
Chapter 1: [an excerpt] From Chapter One Exercises, activities, and explorations 3. Reconnecting with animals and trees
“Do you love trees? Do you feel an affinity for, or a special connection with, trees? Do you have a favorite kind of tree? Do you have a tree from your childhood experiences that has stuck with you, maybe a particular beloved tree that you think about even now, after all these years? Do you feel uneasy in a forest, as though you’re being watched? When the wind blows through trees, do you hear it as voices with a message, or at least feel this energy?”
*Note: Quote from The Little Handbook of Spiritual Awakening @ amazon
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Many of you have asked how you can support me beyond buying your own copy of the book. One way you can really make an impact is to write an honest review of the book on Amazon.
Customer reviews lend credibility to products online. Reviews help people to make up their minds about purchasing a copy if they’ve been undecided. Thank you for your help spreading the word about The Little Handbook of Spiritual Awakening. By leaving a review, you’re helping the book reach a larger audience, and making sure the book winds up in the hands of people who will enjoy it and benefit from it.
It’s finally here and available to the world! I started this book in 2021 after an inspirational moment with that little voice in my head that said “write this book”, and I was almost finished with the manuscript when I unexpectedly came down with a 2nd bout of covid, which put this project on hold. So, seven months later, I’m extremely thrilled to be making this post and giving you the link to this beautiful and inspiring handbook and journal.
The Little Handbook of Spiritual Awakening includes:
The Spiritual Journey
Exercises, activities, & explorations: creating your personal journal; exploring gods and goddesses; reconnecting with animals and trees; taking a spiritual walk
The Witch’s Spirit
Exercises, activities, & explorations: exploring earth, air, fire, and water; how to write your own spell; creating a magical recipe; a look at neo-pagan founders
Preparing for Your New Spiritual Life:
Exercises, activities & explorations: getting rid of baggage; drawing positive energy to you; forgiving yourself with a blessing; opening your energy centers
Botanicals and Pagan Spiritualism
Exercises, activities, & explorations: making for thieves vinegar; making black cat oil; growing your own herbs; blessing your garden
Pagan Spiritual Practices
Exercises, activities, & explorations: house cleansing; a basic candle spell; how to use a pendulum; setting up your personal altar
Good morning, World!! Oh, my gosh!! What a way to start the day… I got an email this morning from my publisher, John Hunt Publishing (Moon Books):
Congratulations on having sold 5,000+ copies of “The Gray Witch’s Grimoire”. By most definitions, in most markets, this is where it starts being thought of as a “bestseller”.
Holy buckets! So, did you buy a copy yet? If no, here’s an Amazon link… click Here
9/Swords ~ “Oh, woe is me!”, this card seems to moan, with a very dramatic Edgar Allen Poe feel about it. But take it seriously, even though it may seem overly dramatic and even a bit childish at times, because behind this first facade there can lay the bones of serious depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, or some other cloaked and lurking mental demon. This card expresses to perfection human anguish and helplessness. Once you recognize it for what it is, the tarot will help you find the way out. Look around for that single ray of light, that ray of light that’s always there, it’s just not visible to the figure on this card because their face is buried in their hands.
Reversed:
Okay, you’ve crawled your way up out of the bottom of this very clique bottom of the pit, but how are you going to stay on top? If medical or psychological treatment was sought out, keep up with it and any medication that was prescribed. If the situation wasn’t quite that drastic, but was just a matter of recognizing unhealthy individuals and circumstances in life, continue to avoid them at all cost.
My Personal Connection:
This card, besides the 10 of swords, is probably one of the darkest cards in the deck. We all own a piece of this card, whether we admit it or not, whether we even admit it to ourselves or not. Inside everyone, in the blackest nooks and crannies of our mind, there lays all sorts of shadows and demons that have surfaced from time to time. I don’t believe that anyone who has lived can avoid this energy.
What I have noticed through several decades of life, is that being able to identify the demon and to figure out its weakness, it’s Achilles heel, will help you to overcome it. The mistake that a lot of people make is thinking that if they’ve overcome their darkest most personal demons, they’re victorious. The battle is over. Not so, as I’ve seen with a few unfortunate individuals who have come into my life for brief periods, that’s their down fall. They drop their guard, and IT resurfaces, to claim their soul.
This is a dark card, and it can bring to light a dark spirit, or a dark personality… beware this card, take it seriously, and be vigilante.
My Personal Connection:
This card, besides the 10 of swords, is probably one of the darkest cards in the deck. We all own a piece of this card, whether we admit it or not, whether we even admit it to ourselves or not. Inside everyone, in the blackest nooks and crannies of our mind, there lays all sorts of shadows and demons that have surfaced from time to time. I don’t believe that anyone who has lived can avoid this energy.
What I have noticed through several decades of life, is that being able to identify the demon and to figure out its weakness, it’s Achilles heel, will help you to overcome it. The mistake that a lot of people make is thinking that if they’ve overcome their darkest most personal demons, they’re victorious. The battle is over. Not so, as I’ve seen with a few unfortunate individuals who have come into my life for brief periods, that’s their down fall. They drop their guard, and IT resurfaces, to claim their soul.
This is a dark card, and it can bring to light a dark spirit, or a dark personality… beware this card, take it seriously, and be vigilante.
New post @ Every Cat… wow, I pushed the publication button maybe 10 or 15 minutes ago, and this has already had several hits, and I’m actually still editing this piece! …”Time to Speak Up ~ Amazon Reviewer’s Hysteria”
I’m still blown away by the support I’m seeing for The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners! Reading through these reviews every once in a while feels amazing and reminds me why I’m so happy to be a published author. Here’s one of my favorites so far…
Whoa! I just noticed that The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners already has a number of reviews coming in and a five star rating on Amazon! Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to leave their honest feedback—it’s amazing to see how people are reacting to this project that I worked so hard on.
If you haven’t had a chance to leave a review yet, please take a couple minutes to head over to the Amazon page and leave your thoughts. You can do that at this link: https://amzn.to/2FIOU1f
Don’t have your copy of my new book yet? The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners is officially out now, so go ahead and get your copy at this link: https://amzn.to/2FIOU1f As of this morning, this book is on the top 100 best sellers list in the following three categories:
Many of you have asked how you can support me beyond buying your own copy of the book. One way you can really make an impact is to write an honest review of the book on Amazon.
Customer reviews lend credibility to products online. They also help people who are on the fence decide if this book is right for them. Thank you for your help spreading the word about The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners! By leaving a review, you’re helping the book reach the hands of folks who most need it.
It’s finally here! Today is a beautiful day—my brand new book, The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners, is officially out in the world for you all to read and enjoy. Thank you again for all of your support. It really means the world to me! I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I loved writing it! This book @ Amazon:
The Essential Guide to Wicca for Beginners includes:
Intro to Wicca―Learn everything you need to know about Wicca for beginners, including key beliefs and practices like deities and observances, the four elements and Spirit, and the Wiccan Wheel of the Year.
Wiccan history―Explore the roots of Wicca with comprehensive information about how it began and where it originated, the diverse Wiccan traditions, and influential figures in history.
A range of spells―Acquaint yourself with Wicca for beginners using straightforward spells and rituals for attraction and affection, healing and harmony, binding and protection, and more.
I can’t believe it —The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners launches TOMORROW!! I’m so excited to be in the home stretch, and I can’t thank you enough for all your support! It’s the best feeling to know that you all will have actual copies in your hands and start reading it soon.
Still need to get your own copy? Pre-order it here (every pre-order counts!): https://amzn.to/2FIOU1f
Have you ordered your copy of The Essential Guide to WICCA for Beginners yet? Order your copy here: https://amzn.to/2FIOU1f
With launch day just a few days away, each pre-order makes a HUGE impact on the success of this book. Your purchase really helps to show Amazon that this book matters, and that you support the author. If you haven’t already placed an order, it would mean the world if you pre-ordered before Tuesday! Get your copy using the link in my bio! Thank you so much for your support!
Magickal Connections 