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May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May you have the courage to stand in your own knowing.May you find the grace to let go of striving for perfection, and instead embrace the sacredness of your imperfect, human journey.May luminous moments of optimism and possibility guide you,even as you move through gray times of despair and doubt.May you have the wisdom to choose differently, to prioritize what truly matters,creating a legacy that lingers. May you always find solace in the holy ground beneath your feet,the sacred presence that dwells within and all around you.Shine your light, dear one,your small, precious gifts are needed in this world.Happy Spring Equinox! I hope you are enjoying a gentle leap into a new season. Our own weather has been erratic and wild, including nearby tornadoes that wreaked havoc on our town. And, then, today, as I work on the newsletter, sporadic power outages at our house cutting off my internet. As such, this newsletter will be a little shorter than usual with only a brief audio edition. I've gotten very off schedule this week! Our shop update today is an eclectic one, featuring assorted divine imperfections, “Luna” one-of-a-kind goddesses, and some red winged Nemesis goddesses (by customer request).We also still have assorted goddesses in our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 8 minute video: beholding delight.Resource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies* 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy* 6. influential authors in goddess studies* 7. audio retreat: spots of time (note: publishing Saturday)Blog Posts:* Ritual Reading for Spring Equinox (A Spring Ritual of Returning)* Clarity and the CrossroadsBeholding DelightReminder: Let us be open to delight. Let us be open to wonder. Let us allow joy. Let us be open to the possibility of bliss.Journal prompts for the week:* What is calling to you? What doorway are you sensing?* What are you saying yes to? What is your ritual of returning?Affirmations for this week:* Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely.* I am open to joy.* I say yes to life.* I listen to the call.* I allow an expansive dream or creative quest to emerge.* I find the small sacred moments in my daily life and let them sustain me.* I walk my path with presence and intention.Goddess of quiet knowing,help me to make a space for stillness,to guard a place for peace.Remind me that stillness and motionare a constant interplay,the beat between notes,the space between raindrops,the pause between breaths,the silence between heartbeats.The nature of the body is to be in motion,the constant unfolding of a whole universewhirling within our cells,the still spaces in betweensomehow holding the whole together,as in stillnesswe move.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video! Note: this one is 8 minutes. Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess March 16th: What are you beholding where you are? Can we allow joy? Can we be open to the possibility of bliss? Can we be open to the possibility of delight?* Resources: Special edition Spring/Áine goddesses in the shop.* Sacred Forest Oracle: Bluebird. Affirmations: Happiness and ecstasy flow through me wildly and freely. I am open to joy. I say yes to life.Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Allow yourself to softeninto this season of awakeningResist the urge to scurry.Stretch your fingers outto your own life.See what you noticewhen you give yourself time.Quiet now.Let drifts of dreamsappear throughthe mist on the horizon.Greet yourself arrivingat the crossroads.Lean in.Reach out.Listen.Here you are.Our shop update today includes our very special spring pigment—a beautiful lilac with small flowers. We are using this pigment to honor Áine, the Irish Fairy Queen, who is this year's featured goddess at Gaea Goddess Gathering. We do know that she is a summertime goddess, but we felt like this pigment was an excellent match for the spring equinox/Ostara and our month of Persephone as well, so we went forward with it!This week's magic:* 12 minute video: seeking shelter and leaping forwardResource Reminders:* New free series: An Introduction to Goddess Studies * 1. getting started* 2. printable journal* 3. affirmation card set* 4. portable altar space* 5. introduction to thealogy * 6. influential authors in goddess studies (note: publishing tomorrow)* Reminder: March's resources for a Year of Goddess Magic are ready! You can hop into this practice at anytime, any day, any month, from anywhere. I promise!* 101 resources including free printables* monthly prayerbooks* I also wanted to share this link from Monique Melton (educator and founder of the Shine Bright podcast and community) for a new debt relief support fund for Black families. Blog Posts:* Clarity and the Crossroads* Deepening into Discovery* We're Still Here: a Poem Reading in Honor of International Women's DayLife's Bits and Pieces:* Working on: * making some sudden edits and formatting changes to the original Goddess Devotional. I realized recently with a jolt of sudden surprise that I updated the Kindle edition to reflect changed formatting, but had not done the same for the print edition. I'm planning to do a “back to our roots” series this summer about practicing the presence of the goddess using this book for an in-depth dive into creating devotional practices and so I've been reading it to myself again and finding bits and pieces that escaped my notice in prior printings. I can't believe it has been six years since this one was published!* choosing poems for my local poetry reading on Tuesday!* Sacred Sunday video for this weekend.* Simple and Sacred ritual outline (note: monthly live circle access comes to everyone on the #30DaysofGoddess newsletter list).* continuing to record chapters for an audio edition of Walking with Persephone (this will be offered to my Goddess Magic patrons on Fridays for the next couple of months). * making some more miniature room kits—I find this tremendously soothing and re-setting and I love having something to create just for the joy of it, no sales or publications or objective purpose required. * brainstorming about future book ideas.* new goddess sculpt—she's almost finished and she is going to be amazing. I'm so excited to unveil her soon. Her official release isn't until June, when Tanit is our goddess of the month, but patrons will get a sneak peek of her during one of our upcoming weekly lives.* big editions of our Flora/Áine flower goddess sculpt. We did a test and she looks pretty beautiful, but there are a couple of flaws we need to fix before we can make her again. The first test will be donated to this year's Gaea Goddess Gathering.* Thinking about:* getting passports. I wish I'd never let mine expire!* how nice it is to watch the hawks, listen to the crows, see bluebirds arrive, and discover buds on the lilacs.* bringing income and expenses into better alignment—as you all know, everything seems increasingly expensive and discretionary spending is down and this spells significant challenge to small businesses like ours from two directions at once!* Looking forward to:* more walks in the woods.* big boys being on spring break.* going to Warrensburg for student orientation.* Reading:* to kids: The Five Kingdoms, book one, Sky Raiders. About a boy who follows his kidnapped friends into another world and ends up being sold as a slave. * just finished: Enchanted to Meet You. Lightweight witchy romcom fiction.* just started: Brujas. Nonfiction about modern day brujas (witches with Latinx or African heritage reclaiming their powers/ancestral wisdom and traditions).* still listening to: One Poison Pie. Lightweight witchy fiction about a woman with magical gifts opening up a catering shop in a small town called “Magic Springs.” Murder and mystery ensues. Seeking Shelter and Leaping ForwardReminder: Trust your own timing and inner rhythms instead of feeling rushed or constrained by external pressures. Prioritize self-care, replenishment, and inner work as necessary foundations for growth and renewal. Release self-imposed anxieties about time and instead embrace the belief that you have all the time you need. Restore a sense of wholeness and integration within yourself, rather than feeling fragmented or incomplete. Allow space for the natural cycles of descent and return, darkness and light, to unfold at their own pace.Affirmations for this week:* I do what I need to do to take care of myself.* I replenish and renew my energy.* I gather my resources around me.* I take care of the details and create a strong foundation.* I liberate myself from self-imposed time anxiety.* I restore myself to wholeness.* I keep my promises to myself.* I have all the time I need.Let us be gentle with ourselvesas we navigate a changing worldand our changing lives.Let us make space for magic,for discovery and delight.Let us make spaceto connect and to reflect,to deepen and renew.Let us claim our own liveswith purpose and determination.We are here to be here.We set ourselves freeto explore.Much love,Molly, Mark, + Family Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Celebrating International Women's Day with a special reading of my poem “We're Still Here” from Weaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy.Note: the book is 20% off today through March 9th, exclusively from Womancraft Publishing. Inspired by tags from Caitlin Gemmell and Jen Miller, I'm editing this post to participate as an offering for IWD Siren Songs, proposed by Laura Durban. See: Siren Songs. I tag Mary Lunnen and Brandi Auset.
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video! Note: this one is 8 minutes. I'm still trying to hone the five minute format!Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess Day 16: What is the balance between effort and ease in my own life? How can I focus my action? * Sacred Traveler Oracle card: Voyage of the Heart. Where is love leading me? Affirmation: Love flows to and through me.* Resources:* New book: The Sacred Flame* Special edition Create goddesses in the shop.* Closing reading from The Sacred Flame: Prompt = What do I wish to change? Affirmation: I am my own sacred space. Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video!Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from In The Temple of the Ordinary 2, page 11: What if you say yes to your own life?* Resources:* New book pre-order: The Sacred Flame* Circe special edition goddesses* Kali Ma special edition goddesses* Earth Runes card: The Sun. What is being illuminated for you? What is keeping you warm on long, cold nights? Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video!Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess, December 15: What is calling your name? What soul song is rising up from deep within? What does this season ask of you?* Resources:* Solstice Prayer Wheel free ritual kit!* New holiday goddesses in the shop!* Fourth solstice candle lighting packet from kit above: Cailleach, Love, Earth. May there be love. Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video!Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess, December 8: What is your prayer of presence?* Resources:* Solstice Prayer Wheel free ritual kit!* New holiday goddesses in the shop including new green ornaments!* Third solstice candle lighting packet from kit above: Aphrodite, Joy, Water. May there be joy. Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video! And, welcome to December!Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess, December 1: May we be present with what is unfolding. May we keep company with joy.* Resources:* A Year of Goddess Magic on Lulu.* Goddes Magic community for weekly lives!* Solstice Prayer Wheel free ritual kit!* Cerridwen goddesses in the shop.* Mother Mary* Mother Holda* Second solstice candle lighting packet from kit above: Hestia, Peace, Fire. May there be peace. Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video! Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from Replenish, Day 84: This world is a feast of everyday magic and ordinary delight. May you grant yourself space to see and step into it, even in the middle of a busy holiday season. * Resources:* Solstice Prayer Wheel free ritual kit!* Solstice Sun Wheel exploration from Beth Owls Daughter.* Glacier blue snowflake goddesses in the shop.* First solstice candle lighting packet from kit above: Aurora, Hope, Air. May there be hope. * Reminder: Set down what constricts and confines you. Lean into what expands you, what sets you free. Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video! Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess, November 17: What if you could feel that wellspring of joy running beneath your life? What if you come back home to yourself? What if you reclaim your attention as your own?* Shop update:* Universe blue goddesses.* Cranberry red goddesses.* Sweet song of your own approval poem from our November guidebook: What is the sweet song of your own approval?Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check-in video! Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess, November 10. Let us remember there are goddess-loving people all across the land, standing together under the same bright moon.* Shop update:* Icy Gleam goddesses* Evergreen goddesses* Morrigans* Divine Discontent prayer from the inspiration oracle cards I create for Goddess Magic. Where does your divine discontent lead you?* Past audio exploring the concept (which did come some Sarah Ban Breathnach in Simple Abundance).* Related quote: "[If] there were none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach for anything better." --Florence NightingaleRituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check in video! Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from October's #30DaysofGoddess prayerbook (all prayerbook volumes available here). How are you collecting the fragments of your year? What are you brewing from your many pieces?* Shop update:* New holiday ornaments!* Special membership offer in the Goddess Magic community—25% discount with code MAGIC2024.* Card from Womanrunes: The Cauldron of Dancing Women. Where is your loyalty? To what are you committed?* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess—welcoming November. May you be willing to grant yourself space and grace, time and tenderness.Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to this week's Sacred Sunday check in video! Three things for the week ahead:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess: How might you sink into the welcoming arms of waiting?* Shop update:* Alchemy OOAK goddesses!* Freya mini grid.* Special membership offer in the Goddess Magic community—25% discount with code MAGIC2024.* Card from the the Self-Care Wisdom deck: Breathe. How can you slow down? How might moving at your own pace help you?Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Here is another brief Sacred Sunday check in video for you! I once again did go a little longer than three minutes and my three things have some nested sub-topics. ;) Maybe I should switch to four things in four minutes!Three things:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess: how are you making a space of refuge for yourself, allowing yourself what you need?* Shop update:* Big cloaked goddesses* Bog water goddesses (and minis!)* Special Samhain sale!* Bog Water Bloom Goddess* Card from the Sacred Forest Oracle: The Daffodil Fairy. What whisper of a new beginning is calling your name? What is changing for you?Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) is a reader-supported publication. Thanks for being here! If you found this newsletter via browsing Substack or from a friend, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
This is an experimental new concept. Hope you enjoy this brief Sacred Sunday check in video. It did go a little longer than three minutes and my three things have some nested sub-topics. ;)Three things:* Reading from 365 Days of Goddess: What are you making space for? How might you create a “space of renewal” for yourself?* News update:* Heart Centered Planner Giveaway on Instagram/Facebook.* Visioning audio with bonus cards.* New Samhain Alchemy orange goddesses in the shop.* Special edition Hecates in the shop.* Card from Womanrunes: The Sisters. How are you tending to your friendships? Are you keeping your promises and honoring your vows? How are you making space to tend to the bonds of love?Note: We're strongly considering moving our newsletter over to Substack from Mailchimp. One reason being that there is increased functionality on Substack, like the ability to add quick videos like this one. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
May we embrace the cycles of life,releasing the need to finish.We tumble with the turning,knowing this is where we belong.We pause and attune ourselveswith the rhythms of the earth,finding peace in the present moment.May we live in harmonywith the wild and wise unfoldingall around us.Happy October! In this week's shop update, we are excited to offer some more beautiful new Fall OOAK (one of a kind) goddesses as well as our special edition Patron kits for October and also some assorted bits and pieces, including some beautifully witchy cinnamon red goddesses.Before I go on with the rest of the news, I would like to honor the people experiencing such devastation in North Carolina and Florida (as well as Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee too) after the hurricane. Our hearts go out to you.And, as you know, continued atrocities and sorrows abound with escalating conflict in the Middle East. I have been paying attention to what Jewish Voices for Peace has to share about this devastation. Despite the complexities and the confusion and the conflicting opinions, we do have to keep paying attention. I know that sending love and meditating for peace is not enough. And, yet, it is what we have. That, and monetary donations, are what I can offer from my own small spot on the globe.Note: extended print edition of this newsletter is available here.This week's magic:* Nine minute ritual video: letting go and entering the depths.* Claiming Your Magic free event announcement and information!* I also have a free "Magic of Daily Practice" series going on on Patreon this month! It starts today! Feel free to invite your friends to join with the free membership option.* I'm so incredibly stoked that planners are BACK from Danielle LaPorte this year! Can't wait to get my hands on my copy. I also have a special discount code for you to use: MOLLYRLOVE10 if you want to order one too!* I actually have one copy to give away to members of my Patreon too, so patrons...make sure you're at our community practice Live on Monday for that giveaway! And, I'll have another copy to give away on our Instagram + I have 10 gift tickets to give away for Danielle's Visioning workshop in January (#affiliate)* October's #30DaysofGoddess practice is ready for you! Twenty minute practice video, free printables, and more are all right there on the home page.* Three minute welcome to October.* If you want more, I enabled single post purchase on the Patreon expansions for this month too.* Hecate Goddess Guidance Club* October expansion (includes amazing guidebook!) Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Need a spot of time to nourish your soul? Our next free Replenish retreat is coming up September 23! The companion home page (with all past replays) has been updated with nurturing fall companion printables.And, as a special bonus, I've also made a free mini coloring book to accompany it! A brief flip through of the mini book is embedded above.Resources:* Join the Creative Spirit Circle group (free) for future live event notices.* Subscribe to our free #30DaysofGoddess bimonthly newsletter for lots more resources, printables, and support.* Companion home page with printables including coloring book as seen below.* Replenish devotional companion book Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
Note: I'm still keeping this newsletter pretty short this week as I step out of steeping and choose what to pick back up and what to leave behind.This week's magic:* Twelve minute ritual video: tapping in to what lies beneath* Our free Autumn Replenish Retreat is coming up on September 23! The website is already updated with companion printable cards AND also now a mini coloring book. Note: it was a big pain to size the mini book correctly and it is still a little off, so this is the first and only time that a mini coloring book will accompany a retreat!* I'm running a "Step into the Flow" video series on Patreon on Fridays. Joining at the $5 level gets you access to this series as well as to our weekly live community practices! Well worth it for the boost of nourishment and inspiration. We will explore together what it means to step into the flow, to be responsive to our own lives, AND how important it is to keep lifting that small fist of resistance. This four week series offers spots of time for your soul and sacred pauses to reflect in a gentle retreat-style container. Get full access to Rituals of Returning (from Brigid's Grove) at goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe
I pause and invite clarity to descend once more, clean edges and clear paths. I invoke a sense of peace, of inner quietude, space for listening. I let this moment be a prayer of presence. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
As you move forward and grow, may you be gentle with yourself, cradling yourself in the belly of each moment. May you find the courage to reach for what you truly crave, and may your innate wisdom lead you on your sacred journey. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
As you move forward and grow, may you be gentle with yourself, cradling yourself in the belly of each moment. May you find the courage to reach for what you truly crave, and may your innate wisdom lead you on your sacred journey. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
May you trust in the stability and security around you. May you embrace flexibility and gentle release.May you reclaim your lost soul skin and wild authentic nature.May you claim your power and keep promises that nourish your spirit.May your journey be one of liberation and sovereignty.May you live your life with joy. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
May we listen to what stirs creatively within us, letting that bring more joy and curiosity to all aspects of life. May we have the courage to set forth on our own path of discovery as we follow where our longing leads us. May we grow, learn, and explore while grounded and centered in expansive, exuberant inner quietude. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
I pause to honor thepotent energetic cascadeof summer's flourishing.I recognize its tugwithin my own body and spirit.I continue to pace myself with love,celebratingthe vitality of creationand the necessity of restoration. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
May you tap into your sense of the infinite. May you lean into the limitless. May you feel how you are carried, held, and supported as you live. May you be alert for interconnections and for forbidden fruit. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
May joy lead you this week. May you tap into beauty. May you connect with the landscape and with the animals around you. May you return again and again. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
This is the poem.We are living it now. The unfolding is the story and the path. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
Today,take a moment to soften and to center, to feel the sweet breath of presence sweep over you. Today, return. Meet the sacred where you are. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
We welcome Beltane,Beltane is here. We celebratethe turning of the wheel. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess. Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
May we rememberwe make our own path by walking, that the temple is wherever our feet are. Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
May we draw inward to reflect. May we confront our lives as they are. May we treat ourselves with softness and gentleness. May we know peace. I'm bringing Goddess Works out of retirement to share our weekly audio newsletters! Print edition with accompanying links is here. You can also find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
We all deserve some of our own best. This brief audio is a musing about daily practice and the best of ourselves. I have shared before that, for me, daily practice creates a reserve that you can draw upon to fuel the rest of your day. Daily practice also helps us acknowledge the wholeness and fullness of life in its realness and imperfection. Life doesn't always feel perfectly smooth and engaged and inspired and connected and creative and all those kinds of things, but creating a space every single day where you can feel your best and you can be your best is so life-renewing and so fulfilling. And, this sensation then filters into the rest of the day. I find that the more wholeheartedly I walk a path of devotion, the more all of those good aspects of practice filters into and extends into and expands into the rest of my life. At the very least, we all deserve at least some moments of our own best every day. We all deserve some contact with the fullest expression of our own beingness in every single day, if at all possible. For me, that is what #30DaysofGoddess brings into priority/center. It has made it possible for me to experience some of my own best in every day. Practice homepage: #30DaysofGoddess NOTE: this is my last podcast episode here as I'm retiring this podcast effort to make room for new work in 2024. You can find me: Creating goddess magic and community practice: Goddess Magic community Offering free support for building devotional practices: #30DaysofGoddess Writing weekly for my (free) newsletter: Creative Spirit Circle
“We live on a steady diet of the illusion that when we get everything done, then—and only then—we will be able to relax and do some of those things we've always wanted to do, both for ourselves and with those we love...”—Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Living in Balance Do you feel fuzzy or uncertain? Sometimes it is important to sit with those feelings and sometimes it is important to slice through them, to get clear and focused and to be assertive with your own powers of choice, action, and reasoned decision-making. Where are you having trouble making decisions or taking action? What needs your attention and focus? This audio was originally created for a class called Everyday Magic and was later used in Living the Questions. I offer it to you now, during this season of going and doing, as an invitation to focus...or...to expand your vision, to let it go a bit fuzzy and uncertain as you pause.
NOTE: this audio was originally recorded in 2020 for our Goddess Magic community. “It was excruciatingly easy to lose touch with the inner life of the soul. There was such a profusion of demand and complexity, so many to-do lists, the unceasing compulsion to accomplish something. When I read that the Chinese pictograph for busyness is ‘heart-killing,' I felt the truth of that in my bones. In the midst of this struggle to care for my soul, I read Wordsworth's poem, ‘The Prelude,' in which he writes about ‘spots of time' that nourish and repair the soul. I believe he was referring to brief, concentrated moments—little epiphanies—that inflame us with a sense of the holy. I began to search for spots of time here and there in my day. I found them by stopping. Just stopping....I began to ‘come away' to a nook somewhere in the house or the yard where I would spend five minutes or less sitting still and receding into the quiet core of myself...caring for my soul turned out to be simply that—spots of time in which to be.” —Sue Monk Kidd, Firstlight This brief audio is about simple magic. I hope you find it interesting and supportive! (Note: I accidentally say "summer equinox" at one point instead of "summer solstice.") I also wanted to share this quote from Yoga for Witches, which I reviewed here. “In yoga class, I often remind my students that we can be peaceful and powerful, calm yet strong—all in the same breath. I think there is a peace to be found in the acceptance of all of these contradictory powers within us. Finding a way to stand within this unknown and unknowable. We are gloriously complex and contradictory in a world that loves boxes, snap judgments and 100% certainty. People may find this inability to define you uncomfortable, but this is a reminder that you do not owe anyone an explanation. Your rich inner world needn't mean anything to anyone but yourself. A person can be called a witch for merely knowing, and for owning her knowledge. And to some, for strange reasons that may include fear, power, jealousy, a woman who ‘knows' is dangerous indeed...Communicating *I am knowledgeable, powerful, and I can make choices about how I use these strengths...can be a real challenge to the status quo!” —Sarah Robinson, Yoga for Witches (p. 93) May you feel centeredin your place of power.May you know youhave this wholenessto draw upon when needed.May you remember that sometimesthe taste of teais truly what you need.Much love, Molly
NOTE: this audio was made in 2021, so still touches on the pandemic experience. How are you tending to your soul's garden? This audio is 26 minutes and is multi-thematic. The first part is a brief check in opportunity about the impact of the pandemic on our lives. Feel free to drop a note below letting me know how you are--how are you feeling, how are you doing, what is your life like? The second part is about tending to your "soul's garden" (additional notes about this below)--kind of a mini-meditation moment. After this meditation is a good stopping point (about 12 minutes in), or you can go on and listen to me muse about current books I'm reading and current things I've been listening to. Notes about Soul Gardens! I found a little book at a thrift shop last week called “The Woman's Book of Soul” which is a page a day meditation book. In one of the early pages I loved this quote/concept and it inspired this month's audio: “Taking little soul seconds—one small prayer, a few-minute meditation, a short burst of gratitude—helps immeasurably to revive our thirsty spirits. We don't have to join a convent or live in a cave to attend to our souls, although I admit that it sounds appealing sometimes. Luckily, our souls flower and grow when nurtured with consistent rays of attention interspersed among the busy hours of our days.” --Sue Patton Thoele, The Woman's Book of Soul Affirmation: “I pay attention to the needs of my spirit. I make time to quench my soul's thirst.” Note: Good Ancestor podcast mentioned is here.
NOTE: this episode was originally recorded in 2018, so not everything I say is current! There are deer to your left,the sun is to your right,spring is singing to the sky,it is possible to make good friends with a rock.There are truths about livingwritten in the patternsof leaf shadow upon stone. Please take a few moments to breathe and pause and call yourself in, into this time and into this space. Into your body and your breath and the beat of your heart. In this recording, I share some thoughts about stillness, about daily practices, about the freedom found in finding your own center, and about white space or the process of creating margin in your days. “I fear our modern world does not honor our need for stillness in the midst of nonstop busyness. Can we learn to be still enough to embrace the inner self and all it contains? The inner self is calling for balance. Can we practice a wholeness that allows for silence, nature and breath? My hope is yes."—Genevieve Mitchell (@goddess.ink) Hungering for your own wisdom and naming it as worthy is a radical and revolutionary act. Our card of the week from Womanrunes is The Winged Circle. Do you feel free? What color are your wings? Can you expand yourself, stretch your wings, take chances, leap into the unknown? What are you liberating, shaking loose, unfurling?Where do you need revolution? What IS your revolution?This rune may emerge in affirmation or encouragement of your own freedom of spirit or it may emerge when you are feeling bound or trapped and desperate to break free, to shake everything off and fly. It may show up when you need to free body, mind, or spirit from something that constricts you. Or, it may show up in celebration of the freedom you have claimed. May you spread your wings, may you have the courage to be soft and tender, and may you be new in your bones. And, now the rattle passes to you... Do you feel free? What is your revolution? Where do you have white space? NOTE: additional companion resources for Margin/White Space may be found in this older Goddess Magic post.
This audio was originally created for our Goddess Magic community. May you know a place that holds you, a place that weaves you whole, a place that cradles your body, a place that restores your soul. Created as a driveway musings, this audio is about listening to what your body is saying: What is your body saying to you right now? What does your body say to you at this time every year? These questions were inspired by Tree Newby (@mamatree17) May you rest well and wisely and rise into your work renewed and restored.
Note: This audio was originally recorded in the fall of 2020 for our Goddess Magic community on Patreon. “Yoga (and indeed witchcraft) invites us to peel away the layers of life and discover: Who are we when we are not afraid? When we are not stressed? When we are not distracted by concerns of emails, schedules, timetables...? Of course, these layers build up and that's okay, this is part of being human. But take some time as often as you can to peel away, step out of your layers and reconnect to your essence, energy, magic: your body, breath, and heart.” —Sarah Robinson, Yoga for Witches (p. 77) This audio explores the theme of JOY and also rest. I did want to note that I see the irony in how as I was discussing rest, I started to undermine my own self by explaining that I'm not just sitting on the deck "doing nothing," I'm still doing XYZ. I realized it as soon as I stopped the recording and wanted to make sure to acknowledge that! This resistance to rest instead of rest as resistance is very baked in! Resources mentioned: The Nap Ministry Tracee Stanley, Radiant Rest Karen Brody, Daring to Rest One Commune online class platform (Tracee's Deep Relaxation class link) Inner Field Trip (Leesa Renee Hall) I also made set of 24 different Joy and Rest cards to accompany the audio. The full set is available on our Patreon and a sample set is available for free to all. Feel free to use these to create a deck for yourself or to glue into journals or onto other projects. :) May you grant yourselfendless moments of joyand may you delightin the revolutionary actof noticing. Much love, Molly
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Our May podcast episode is from the archives--all the way back to May of 2017! However, I think it still speaks of something of which I continue to write: may we savor normal days and blue skies. This is where the magic is. "When life feels too big to handle, go outside. Everything looks smaller when you're standing under the sky." --L.R.KNOST In the recording, I share a story about Mark and I setting off through the woods to the bigger spring, even though we technically didn't "have time" and "should" have been doing something else. We didn't have anything with us (except for some goddess figures...of course!) and we weren't really prepared for a hike through the woods, but we did it anyway. I am in love with discovery. I love observing the world, feeling it, breathing it, being it. As we walked, the air was literally scented like roses and I was so alive as we explored. THIS is it to me. This is goddess. Life in the palm of her hand. “Don't just read about the Goddess, LOVE HER, listen to Her, reflect Her as the Earth and Moon reflect the Sun. Don't just study Nature, put your hands in the dirt, your feet on the forest trail, turn your face to the wind and breathe Nature in and out of your lungs. Feel the connection. No books required.” --Esra Free, Wicca 404: Advanced Goddess Thealogy "Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return."--Mary Jean Iron, in Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much Affirmation for the week: I am as free as I allow myself to be.
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