A Blessing for the New Year

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In the new year, May you experience joy and contentment each day, regardless of the events of the day. May you live each day in abundance and comfort. May you learn your lessons through love and kindness. May you be able to give with an open hand, and receive with an open heart. May each […]

Mystical Fashion from – the Financial Times?

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Next up on the “mystical fashion” train is this photo spread from the Financial Times (not your usual source for fashion news, but if you are a fashionista, do check them out—their weekly fashion columns are quite good coverage, or so I have been told by Those Who Know). First, the Tarot Reader. You, too, […]

Winter Solstice Spread

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I created this spread as part of my meditations in preparing the Community Altar for December. I hope you find it helpful! Winter Solstice Spread by Anastasia Haysler 1. What do I need to see in myself? 2. What do I need to know about myself? 3. How can I better love myself? 4. What […]

Community Altar for December 2018

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I fussed a lot with this month’s community altar, adding items to symbolize various aspects of the Solstice, and wasn’t happy with any of the arrangements. So, I took off everything except the candles (that Returning of the Light thing), and the flowers (Because Flowers). With the half-light, half-shadow effect on the flowers, this was […]

Daily Poem: Pelicans in December ~ J. Allyn Rosser

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Pelicans in December ~ J. Allyn Rosser One can’t help admiring their rickety grace and old-world feathers like seasoned boardwalk planks. They pass in silent pairs, as if a long time ago they had wearied of calling out. The wind tips them, their ungainly, light-brown weight, into a prehistoric wobble, wings’-end fingers stretching from fingerless […]

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