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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 4
- 6 min
The Spiritual Meaning of Sun Dogs
This beautiful image is of something we call a sun dog. It's a circular rainbow that seems to surround the sun. The sky within the circle...
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Maggie Shayne
- Feb 2
- 5 min
The Festival of Brighid
The quickening of our own inner fire begins now. Here's how to cultivate and honor the energy of Imbolc
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Maggie Shayne
- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
The Year-End Review
This post includes how to accomplish a year-end review, how to sort experiences into a naughty list and a nice list, and instructions on...
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Maggie Shayne
- Jul 13, 2022
- 4 min
Get What You Want
So how do we get everything we want in life? When asked this question, the first thing I noticed was that it includes two verbs: get and...
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Maggie Shayne
- Apr 29, 2022
- 5 min
Beltane and Sex
As anyone who has read The Mists of Avalon and its sequels already suspects, Beltane was once observed with bawdy parties and revelry and lo
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Maggie Shayne
- Jan 14, 2022
- 5 min
What are Fairies?
There's a simple rule for puzzling out how things work and what things are. "As above, so below. As within, so without."
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Maggie Shayne
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
The Stillness of Winter & a Pine Cone Spell
Winter is a time of stillness, and the Winter Solstice seems the epitome of absolute stillness. Which to me translates as absolute...
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Maggie Shayne
- Sep 12, 2021
- 6 min
Working Widdershins
I have long held a firm philosophy if never working widdershins, but my practice and understanding are constantly evolving...
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Maggie Shayne
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Two Ways to Meditate
I spent years believing I couldn't meditate. As a novelist, my inner mind chatter was necessarily more persistent than most. It was differen
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Maggie Shayne
- Aug 28, 2021
- 4 min
The Element of Water
Water's direction is west, the direction of the sunset, and because of that, it's seen as the direction of maturity, fullness, abundance. Ha
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Maggie Shayne
- Aug 12, 2021
- 5 min
Creative Blocks and Self-Healing
So far in 2021 I've released zero new novels. I'm working on two of them, but working is a relevant term. Mostly I've been feeling bad
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Maggie Shayne
- Jul 31, 2021
- 5 min
Do Our Brains Synch Up With One Another?
According to Discovery Magazine, scientists have observed that when people are working together on the same goal, their brains synch up....
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Maggie Shayne
- Jun 20, 2021
- 5 min
Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice thoughts, symbols, and ritual ideas follow. May your growth be rampant, your rainfall be plenty, and may the summer sun radi
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Maggie Shayne
- Jun 5, 2021
- 2 min
Sacred Texts of the Craft: The Witch's Rune
The Witches Rune seems to be a basic Altar Devotion or Altar Quickening, that is a rite one performs at the very beginning of ritual.
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Maggie Shayne
- Apr 21, 2021
- 6 min
Law of Attraction and The Rule of Three
There’s hot debate about the Wiccan Rule of Three. Many believe the first mention of this “rule” seemed to come from a novel by,,,
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Maggie Shayne
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Element of Fire
In my spiritual practice, Fire's direction is south. It's seen as all things new hot and active, things that are full and are thriving.
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Maggie Shayne
- Apr 6, 2021
- 6 min
Practical Magical Gardening | Planting the Seeds
There is no part of my life that is not imbued with magic. And so magical gardening is just how I do it.
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Maggie Shayne
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
My Ostara Magic
Law of attraction says that like attracts like. When we want to create something that we don't currently have in our experience, the method
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Maggie Shayne
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
The Element of Air
In natural magic, there are 5 elements. Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. Each element has numerous associations.
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Maggie Shayne
- Mar 15, 2021
- 5 min
Eggs in Magic: History, Uses, Substitutions
Down through time, folk magic has thrived among rural dwellers who had to use whatever magical ingredients were handy. After all, it's not t
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