• Build a house that the wolf can’t blow down: Fill your space with what gives you joy—books, pictures, magical talismans. You’re strongest when you’re surrounded by beauty.
• Spin straw into gold: Take an old dress from a thrift...
At the Back of the North Wind (1919), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
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There is an image that has stayed with me since childhood: a tall woman, almost impossibly tall, taller than the tops of the London houses, with...
Illustration by Guinevere Von Sneeden
In the crazy-making noise of the world today, it is easy to feel pushed, pulled, and called to follow a million different directions. Energy-wise, this leaves us feeling scattered, unrooted, and unclear. In my work...
Feature Image:
“The Moon” from the Divine Feminine Tarot by Corina Nika.
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You can tell a new tale from an old one by the lack of pause, the lack of a sacred taking in of breath. In the old...
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE PARKE
Many of us try to avoid our dark side completely, but the truth is our light would not exist without our darkness. Even the most spiritually advanced of us experiences anger, bitterness, hate, and fear. The...
When we think of a loved one who has passed, their spirit is naturally drawn to us. And as you may have experienced, when we are relaxed and undistracted or in a dream state, our deceased loved ones and...
Photography by THE WITCH AND THE GODDESS
It can be autumn, but you still might find yourself in need of whimsy and color. You might stare at bright bouquets in stores or packets of unused seeds heaped in a corner....
We wanted to tell you about this brand-new Tarot for Kids deck by Theresa Reed aka The Tarot Lady (TheTarotLady.com!) who's been a professional tarot reader for over 30 years and is the author of many many books about tarot and astrology not to...
Have you noticed that fairy tales aren’t really about fairies? J.R.R. Tolkien points this out in his essay “On Fairy-Stories.” Fairy tales, he says, are really about Faerie, “the realm or state in which fairies have their being.” This...
Alyssa Blackwell is busily preparing for a craft popular handmade brooms will be bought and treasured by purchasers from all over the Portland, Oregon, area. Less than four years ago, she’d never made a broom. Today she makes her...