The heat is on and so are the art fairs and connecting more face-to-face with many of you! Last weekend in Irvine, California a lovely family visited my booth and commented about how happy it made them feel and how it was like stepping into a magical fairy tale - that made my heart sing!
I'm also tuning in daily to the old gods and goddesses on my walks through the wilderness of where I live in the desert valley outside Temecula, California wine country. Bobcats, the rare Mountain Lion and plenty of Coyotes accompany me along with hundreds of Quail and their babies, Red Tailed Hawks and as night falls, the Great Horned Owl, the ghostly Barn Owl and occasionally a whole family of tiny Burrowing Owls silhouetted against the desert sunset.
Astrologically we’re in for a very Plutonian (intense) Neptunian (watery) vibe right now as the US undergoes a Pluto Return and a recent Neptune/Jupiter in Pisces conjunction echoes all year long. Staying grounded is more important than ever as we focus on tapping into our intuition to help us stay connected with Spirit and the Divines in a world that does not recognize or honour this power.
I pulled this fairy card from my upcoming Fairy Herbal Deck to help you celebrate the Full Moon Moon in Aquarius on August 22nd at 5:02 am, Pacific Time. I've been using my own hand made fairy deck for over 10 years now in giving soul readings.
Heather Fairy Guidebook Excerpt
Affirmation:“I am beautiful.”
This is an herb of immortality with a long herstory of conjuring ghosts. Make an amulet from the wood or take as a daily tonic for protection, luck, a long life and to perceive the soul. Helpful during initiation, to bless couples, and for rain-making. Add to your altar at Lammas and Ostara and to a Full Moon bath to enhance beauty.
Dear Moon Muser, This month I was guided to create a Virgo Full Moon meditation audio recording plus pull some oracle cards from my hand painted decks which I’ve shared in the image within. May you be guided, healed and blessed by this reading.
- Virgo Channeled Meditation - Create a sacred circle in tune with the elements - Channeled oracle reading with my hand painted decks - Bring your seeds of intention to fruition - Be of service to others and self - Create and add to your spiritual tool bag - Astro tips for the month/year ahead
I had a wonderful time creating this Full Moon Video filled with astrology tips, Leo Goddesses, a Channeled Butterfly Meditation, herbal kitty wisdom to warm your soul plus a chance to pick a card for a soul reading and have your questions answered. The oracle cards are all below - enjoy!
I send you just a little taste of this pearly, sensitive Cancerian Full Moon energy within to help you tune into the beauty and grace of our Mother Goddess Divine Herself. I've been reading lately about how the Moon was considered masculine in Native American legend. How do you see or feel the Moon's energy? As a she, he, they, it? When we open up to our intuition, all things are possible. May you be guided and gentle with yourself this Full Moon, as your Magick blooms forth surely and strongly.
Tune into to my extra long, juicy, rich and intuitively guided Full Moon Video and Blog Soul Reading to help you attune with your week ahead, the curious energy of this Gemini Full Moon and the deeply satisfying and meditative time that accompanies the darkest time of year as we head into the Winter Solstice here in the Northern hemisphere.
Every Moonday I share a Soul Reading Video and Blog with the help of my hand painted oracle decks to guide you through the week ahead. This week there is a Full Moon on Saturday in conjunction with the Witches’ New Year: Samhain (or Halloween). This is a time when the veil between worlds is thin and we welcome in our ancestors and wise guides from the Other Side to share any messages they might have for us as we in turn honour them with gifts of food and drink, photos, memorabilia and memories, heartfelt and magickal.
The beloved dead surround us, the unborn future waits…in this darkness we birth the eternal Now, for all time is one and magick awaits, awakening our intuitive heart in tune with Mama Moon. Blessed Be.
Erin Lale
Fellow faculty at Harvard Divinity School posted an open letter to Wolpe in response to his article. It's available on this page, below the call for p...
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Here's another response. The Wild Hunt has a roundup of numerous responses on its site, but it carried this one as a separate article. It is an accoun...
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Here's another response. This one is by a scholar of paganism. It's unfortunately a Facebook post so this link goes to Facebook. She posted the text o...
