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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Brand New Book!
Our series of annuals has grown with the release of A YEAR OF BLISS, Volume 3. It’s on sale now in eBook format at Amazon for Kindle, Barnes and Noble for Nook, Kobo for Kobo eReaders, and GooglePlay for android devices. The Apple iBooks version is being slow, but it should be live there any time. It’s only in eBook for now, but there will be print copies eventually. We had a heckuva time figuring out how we could refer to 2020 as a year of bliss, but I think we managed to ha
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 13
- 6 min
Year of the Ox
In yet another moment of putting last year behind us, we have just ended the Year of the Rat, and are now fully in the year of the Ox. You dirty rat... Even if you didn’t know last year was the Year of the Rat, you probably knew last year was one ratty-ass year. I mean, really, what do In Chinese lore the animals were in a race to reach the emperor. The first 12 to get to him would be in the royal guard or something, but it didn’t matter because it was a small honor compared
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Word for the Year
A group of friends and I have a tradition. We each choose a kind of a focus word for the new year. Usually it’s a word we think of as a goal. Something we want to do more of or do better Last year I chose “Balance.” It seems to me, at the end of 2020 as I look back at the year I’ve had, that the word we choose teaches us something. We don’t necessarily become more of our word, although sometimes we do. But sometimes, I think we just seem to inhale the word. We assimilate its
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Maggie Shayne
- Sep 13, 2020
- 6 min
The Magical Power of Distraction
There’s a method I’m using with great success at the moment, the method of distraction, which is a form of magic all its own. A person who is lying in a sick bed thinking about their illness, is going to suffer every bit of that illness. A person on a roller coaster is not going to feel any part of his illness. Unless he gets motion sickness, in which case… Okay maybe that’s a bad example. Did you ever notice that a great movie or book can make you forget you had a headache?
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Maggie Shayne
- May 31, 2020
- 5 min
God as Gamer
Today to help me get into the the vibe of meditation, I thought being aligned with my non-physical self means leaving it all behind. All those things I worry about all day, the to do list, the grocery list, the bills. All the stuff I know about my profession. All the rules and facts and methods. All the grammar and spelling. All the point-of-view rules especially. (You’ll see why.) I felt myself rising and spreading broader. I sensed I was experiencing myself as consciousness
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Maggie Shayne
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
Doorway to the Season of Change
I love living here...
where the most subtle of changes are felt in every breeze, every breath, and every cell of our bodies if we’re in tune. The constant shifting of the seasons is reflected in every leaf on every tree, and oh how our Autumns thrill me! August 1st was the exact mid-point
between the longest day and shortest night of the year (June We’re a week past that point at this writing. It’s August 6th, and everything is su
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Maggie Shayne
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
Doorway to the Season of Change
I love living here...
where the most subtle of changes are felt in every breeze, every breath, and every cell of our bodies if we’re in tune. The constant shifting of the seasons is reflected in every leaf on every tree, and oh how our Autumns thrill me! August 1st was the exact mid-point
between the longest day and shortest night of the year (June We’re a week past that point at this writing. It’s August 6th, and everything is su
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 2, 2016
- 3 min
Imbolc Special Edition: Blessed Imbolc Brigantina
Blessed Imbolc, Creative Goddesses! This is not our regular Saturday post, because today is a very special day, the ancient Celtic Holy Day of Imbolg Brigantina. It is the exact mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. That means it’s an “In Between Time.” These halfway point Holy Days are known as the High Holy Days in the Craft of the Wise, because things that are in between are known to contain more power. Doorways are in between one room and another.
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 2, 2016
- 3 min
Imbolc Special Edition: Blessed Imbolc Brigantina
Blessed Imbolc, Creative Goddesses! This is not our regular Saturday post, because today is a very special day, the ancient Celtic Holy Day of Imbolg Brigantina. It is the exact mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. That means it’s an “In Between Time.” These halfway point Holy Days are known as the High Holy Days in the Craft of the Wise, because things that are in between are known to contain more power. Doorways are in between one room and another.
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 2, 2016
- 3 min
Imbolc Special Edition: Blessed Imbolc Brigantina
Blessed Imbolc, Creative Goddesses! This is not our regular Saturday post, because today is a very special day, the ancient Celtic Holy Day of Imbolg Brigantina. It is the exact mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. That means it’s an “In Between Time.” These halfway point Holy Days are known as the High Holy Days in the Craft of the Wise, because things that are in between are known to contain more power. Doorways are in between one room and another.
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Maggie Shayne
- Sep 20, 2015
- 4 min
A Super Moon Eclipse Ritual
“Because the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle, the moon is sometimes closer to the Earth than at other times during its orbit. When the moon is farthest away it’s known as apogee, and when it’s closest it’s known as perigee. On September 27, we’re going to have a perigee full moon—the closest full moon of the year.” Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
That’s right folks, we’re in for a Super Moon!
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Maggie Shayne
- Sep 20, 2015
- 4 min
A Super Moon Eclipse Ritual
“Because the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle, the moon is sometimes closer to the Earth than at other times during its orbit. When the moon is farthest away it’s known as apogee, and when it’s closest it’s known as perigee. On September 27, we’re going to have a perigee full moon—the closest full moon of the year.” Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
That’s right folks, we’re in for a Super Moon!
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Maggie Shayne
- Sep 20, 2015
- 4 min
A Super Moon Eclipse Ritual
“Because the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle, the moon is sometimes closer to the Earth than at other times during its orbit. When the moon is farthest away it’s known as apogee, and when it’s closest it’s known as perigee. On September 27, we’re going to have a perigee full moon—the closest full moon of the year.” Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
That’s right folks, we’re in for a Super Moon!
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 23, 2013
- 6 min
Love: What is it and How Can I Get Some?
Yes, true love is real. And yes, I would say that. I’m a romance novelist currently engaged to the love of her life and blissfully happy. If I didn’t believe in love, I wouldn’t be here, blogging at you. More importantly, I wouldn’t be here, in this life. Love is when you recognize yourself in the eyes of another. Never is this more obvious than in the love between a mother and her child. She looks into the eyes of this child that she herself has brought into creation, a chil
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 23, 2013
- 6 min
Love: What is it and How Can I Get Some?
Yes, true love is real. And yes, I would say that. I’m a romance novelist currently engaged to the love of her life and blissfully happy. If I didn’t believe in love, I wouldn’t be here, blogging at you. More importantly, I wouldn’t be here, in this life. Love is when you recognize yourself in the eyes of another. Never is this more obvious than in the love between a mother and her child. She looks into the eyes of this child that she herself has brought into creation, a chil
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 23, 2013
- 6 min
Love: What is it and How Can I Get Some?
Yes, true love is real. And yes, I would say that. I’m a romance novelist currently engaged to the love of her life and blissfully happy. If I didn’t believe in love, I wouldn’t be here, blogging at you. More importantly, I wouldn’t be here, in this life. Love is when you recognize yourself in the eyes of another. Never is this more obvious than in the love between a mother and her child. She looks into the eyes of this child that she herself has brought into creation, a chil
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Maggie Shayne
- Oct 26, 2011
- 3 min
It’s Magick Season!
It’s nearly Halloween! And the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. That means (among other things) that magick is easier to perform now than at any other time. What better time to try your hand at a spell or two? There’s a little Witch in every woman, after all. Here’s one you can try on for size. Magick is easy, all you have to do is relax, and believe! Maggie’s Money Magnet
1 magnet, any shape, but little, like 2″ or so.
1 crisp new dollar bill
1 green candle,
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Maggie Shayne
- Oct 26, 2011
- 3 min
It’s Magick Season!
It’s nearly Halloween! And the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. That means (among other things) that magick is easier to perform now than at any other time. What better time to try your hand at a spell or two? There’s a little Witch in every woman, after all. Here’s one you can try on for size. Magick is easy, all you have to do is relax, and believe! Maggie’s Money Magnet
1 magnet, any shape, but little, like 2″ or so.
1 crisp new dollar bill
1 green candle,
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Maggie Shayne
- Oct 26, 2011
- 3 min
It’s Magick Season!
It’s nearly Halloween! And the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. That means (among other things) that magick is easier to perform now than at any other time. What better time to try your hand at a spell or two? There’s a little Witch in every woman, after all. Here’s one you can try on for size. Magick is easy, all you have to do is relax, and believe! Maggie’s Money Magnet
1 magnet, any shape, but little, like 2″ or so.
1 crisp new dollar bill
1 green candle,
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