Tarot Blessing
One of my spiritual groups, Becoming, is undergoing a time of transitions. I am stepping down as the Presiding Celebrant after eight and a half years of service, and handing the responsibility over to my dear spirit sister Ketzirah and her vision. We have also been struggling with the continual search for a permanent home [...]
What is magic?
What is magic? The young child asks. Imagine, if you will, a scintillating light wandering through all time and space, linking my heart to you heart, to the heart of our cat, to the heart of the pine tree, to the heart of a virus, to the heart of the homeless man across the street, [...]
Breathing Our Prayers
About a month ago, I wrote about the magick of our breath. In our tradition, the season of Spring (early February through end of April) is the season of the element of Air and of the archetype of the Artist. We focus on our breath as the mover of life force, the meeting of [...]
Magic of Breath
Ghost of the Spirit by Chris Luckhardt, http://www.flickr.com/photos/motionblur/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Today, I am reminded, not “to breathe,” but to bring my awareness to my breath. Breath is life. Breath is magic. Breath is both body and spirit. As I have learned from various teachers including my mother, energy follows attention. So, if I attend [...]
Winter’s Daily Practice
At Reflections Mystery School, we have seasonal daily practices that correspond to the element of the season: Earth in Winter, Air in Spring, Fire in Summer, and Water in Autumn. These daily practices are meant to connect us in a physical and energetic way to the element of the season. In the Winter, we ground [...]



