I admit it: I have a serious love/hate relationship with The Law of Attraction. I get the physics behind it, that if we properly align our energies with the Universe, we can attract whatever we want into our life with a lot less sweat. That makes sense to me. That’s the “love” part. Buuuuttt……then why …
Intention
How to Use A Pendulum
Pendulums are one of the most fun divination tools ever. At the New Age store that I once worked at, we’d play with the display models during slow afternoons. Always a hoot. Pendulums are a great way to get a quick “yes” or “no” answers. And you get a real experience of the physical energy …
How To Connect With The Dead
By a certain age, we’ve all acquired a few things: a credit rating, a droopier ass, an inability to remember why we came into the room. We’ve also acquired more than a passing familiarity with death and the loss of special people. Like that droopy ass, this is something we’d rather not have to deal …
How Your Future Shows Up
So I’m laying out the cards, and I see a change coming. A new job, new lover, a shift in living situation. Something awesome and positive. But then the client leans across the table and starts reciting how they expect their new lover, new job, new fill-in-the-blank to appear. “Well, I know someone who knows …
Simple Moon Spells
My given name is “Cynthia.” Which I’ve always hated. The family story goes that my sister picked it out of a baby name book ‘cause she thought it “sounded funny” (bitch). But my parents liked it and I was stuck with it. That’s what sucks about being a newborn – no say in anything. Anyhoo, …
Never Too Late: How to Fix the (Seemingly) Unfixable
There’s a house up the street that’s stood vacant for the last 25 years. I’m told that, on his deathbed, the owner made his wife swear she’d never sell it. She didn’t. Instead, she moved to Georgia with her daughter, leaving the house to rot. The weeds grew up, raccoons were spotted inside. My …
Death — It Ain’t What You Think
My best friend lost her father this week. I stopped in to give her a hug, and over coffee, she shared her story. One of the things she was struck by was how fast he went, shortly after entering the hospital. She said it was like he had made the decision to leave and had …
How to Do An Instant Tarot Reading
The Tarot has been around for centuries; judging from the amount of info about it, no shocker there. For that reason, learning this ancient art can be off-putting to the newbie. So much to take in: meanings, reversals, context, spreads. It’s enough to send you running for a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and a …
5 Must-Have Spiritual Stones
I first got turned on to crystals back in the 80s (didn’t we all?). At one point, they were everywhere in my tiny apartment. My roommate would just roll his eyes when he saw another added to the collection. I was about 4 stones away from officially being declared a hoarder. All these years later, …
A Secret About “The Secret”
I’ve recently been revisiting that book, The Secret. It’s not quite as trendy as it was about 5 years back, but its discussion of the Law of Attraction is as relevant as ever. The book’s thesis – that thoughts are magnetic –feels right to me, and is being backed up by science. Focusing your mental …