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Blessing You

Star-Filled Faerie Blessings: I’m excited to announce a new service. In traditional native culture, each person was taken care of by her tribe’s shaman. My mother trained me to do this work from childhood, as part of the family’s shamanic … Continue reading

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Pagan Arrogance?

Spiritual arrogance can happen just as much in Pagan groups as in mainstream religion. If we each look inside for arrogance, we can make a better world. Continue reading

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I Do Not Seek War, But Dappled Light

I do not seek war, only the glory that is mine for fighting well. I ignore petty jibes of would-be warriors who long for fights to distract themselves from their own poor stature of spirit…I honed my fighting skills to protect my healing work, my students, my culture, my kitchen, and my herbs…I see dappled light and find peace in it. Continue reading

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Authenticity with Strangers

Authentic connections can happen with strangers, if one is true to oneself. I recently encountered a beautiful soul. The experience brought home the importance of risking being yourself. Here’s the story. Cindy commissioned a spirit portrait. Aside from a handful … Continue reading

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Heart-Based Promotional Copy

Marketing needn’t be unethical hype. Here are four tips for writing ethical, effective marketing copy that comes from the heart. Continue reading

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Depression Healing

What pain has dwelt in silence too long? What muted scream of terror unheard? What outrage ignored as, around you, life after life after life is devastated? What pain in you? Find one such pain, right this moment. Now, draw … Continue reading

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Advise to myself:

  If you pray for help from God, use every last bit She sends. ————————————————————- Sprinkling Faerie Dust on Breakfast. Powerful reading that is short enough to fit into your day. Available only from the author: https://www.etsy.com/listing/114317006/sprinkling-faerie-dust-on-breakfast

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What Is a Direct Spiritual Transmission?

I have been asked more than once “What do you mean when you say that you give direct spiritual transmissions?” I can’t give an “official” definition of direct spiritual transmissions because I do not know how anyone else does it. … Continue reading

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Artful Moments of Self-Care

Artful Moments of Self-Care I teach a class called “The Spirituality of Art and the Art of Spirituality.” The most recent group just wrapped up. At its beginning, we each chose an art project that we could finish within the … Continue reading

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An Economy Based in Love & Service

2015 Update: A revised version of this essay is in my new book, which is titled A Sacred Marketplace: Sell without Selling Out or Burning Out. Mysticism + Marketing = Sales. ———————————- An Economy Based in Love and Service Someone … Continue reading

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