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Happy Sunny Oil

I just finished making dandelion oil. This is a wonderful happy sunny event. Let me share my old herbal journal notes: May 5, 2007: Put fresh dandelion blossoms in safflower oil, in crockpot for maybe five hours. (I forgot it … Continue reading

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A Ten-Day Shamanic Treatment to Heal Your Body

This is a Distance Healing May 6 through May 17, I will do a ten-day ritual for healing the physical body. This shamanic treatment is a distance healing. No meeting required, not even by phone. I will take two days off … Continue reading

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May My Shamanic Visions Not Diminish My Serving as a Shaman

My visions are dear to me. They are more than ecstatic, they are also my life’s sustenance. But as amazing as I experience them to be, that is only my experience. Therefore, they must not imply rules for others. Visions—no … Continue reading

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An Economy Based in Love & Service

Someone who does work they love in an alternative field—work they feel is needed in the community—should be paid fairly. Herbalist, craftsperson, psychic, shaman, doula, political activist . . . The work of choice might be in a spiritual, creative, … Continue reading

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Now, Self, Alone, God

survival, mourning, sorrow, Sicilian heritage, the daily scramble, illness, worry, powerlessness, spiritual practices, beauty, & divine blessings Continue reading

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THE SPIRITUALITY OF ART AND THE ART OF SPIRITUALITY: a 14 week process that 1) integrates your spirituality and creativity 2) uses each to nurture the other. We meet in a group phone call. No computer or special equipment needed. … Continue reading

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Welcoming Newbies

Part 1 in a series on supporting newcomers in your spiritual community. Continue reading

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Content, Not Form

I’m sad – actually sad in my heart – that some people think disdain makes them look spiritually superior and virtuous. Continue reading

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Pagan Mystic Springtime

Pagan Mystic Springtime: Multimedia – - poetry, painting, and photo collage. Sit with this as a contemplation / vision / ritual / affirmation / place / story / poem Continue reading

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Herbs are Poetry.

Poetry is not just words on a page. Life is poetry. Herbs are poetry. I love St. John’s wort and oatstraw. Our approach to holistic healing has to become more holistic. Continue reading

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