Hermes Psychopompos Rules During This Mercury Retrograde Samhain
Endings and beginnings are written into the stars this Samhain.
View ArticleAncestral shadows haunt Samhain in St. Louis
I would ask, as my local spiritual community gathers this year, if my ancestors of blood and spirit have gained insight which might help us to heal the racial rifts that have so painfully split our...
View ArticleA Five-Day Decluttering Ritual For The Samhain Soul
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about decluttering. Not just the kind that has left me, for the first time in my life, with more drawer space than things to put in them. But the kind of decluttering...
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul: Day 1
“Dad is being transferred. We’re moving. Go to your room and go through your things and get rid of the ones you don’t need any more.” I first heard that sentence from my mother when I was seven years...
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul: Day 2
Each journey needs a beginning. Our Samhain ritual journey’s starting spot will be either an altar or an artwork, or a bit of both. Traditional Samhain altars I’m familiar with tend to have certain...
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul, Day 3: Do Something!
Today is a “do something” day. We’ve spent a couple days focusing on the issues that are most cluttering our internal closets and blocking the progress we want to make in our lives. Today, we move...
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul, Day 4: Who’s Your Ninshubur?
Who is your Ninshubur? “Ninshubur, my constant support, My sukkal who gives me wise advice, My warrior who fights by my side.” (From one translation of Inanna’s descent.) Ninshubur. She who fights...
View ArticleDecluttering For The Samhain Soul: Day 5. The Ritual
Most of the year, I keep a small, ceramic box of earth sitting near a figure of Kuan Yin. The box of earth holds soil from two places. One, more black, is from the field that is in front of my Grandma...
View ArticleMaking Art of Annual Divination
I was so busy working with my Decluttering for the Samhain Soul challenge that I haven’t yet done my annual Samhain divination project. So, I’ll be saving my big annual Divination Fest for astrological...
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016: Day 1
Use Samhain's energies in a five- day workshop to clear objects and attitudes in the way of where we want to go, and who we want to be.
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016: Day 2
Use an altar or art to create focus and support for our journey.
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016, Day 3: Do Something!
Use the Power of One to set yourself up for decluttering success, both above and below.
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul, Day 4: Seek a Guide
Grey-eyed, grey-cloaked, He stands at the water’s edge. Mist obscures the farthest shore. He lifts his hand to lead us from what was to what is and will be. Hermes, the traveler. Hermes, the...
View ArticleDecluttering for the Samhain Soul 2016: The Ritual
Using the energies of Samhain, we seek answers for clearing the clutter that blocks us, and aid in cutting the cords that hold us back.
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