The Wedding Ritual of Circling
The Game of Thrones Season 1 relationship between Khal Drogo and Daenerys Targaryen reveals the Venus-Mars energy in the wedding ritual of Circling. The ritual can also be used in a vow renewal celebr...
14 Des 20199min
An Abundance Ritual for Thanksgiving and Beyond
When life feels anything but abundant, sometimes the smallest gesture can transform that feeling. That's a lesson I learned from my daughter when she was a teenager working at a candy counter. She wa...
23 Nov 20196min
Why Carry A Bouquet
A pregnant bride in her early thirties didn't want to carry a bouquet and asked me if she had to. I assured her there were no requirements that she carry flowers. I also explained why she might want t...
22 Nov 201914min
Funeral and Memorial Rituals
In August of 2008, I was one of six women gathered on Cape Cod, laptops in tow, to work on a manuscript begun by our friend Liz Aleshire. At the time, Liz was in the cardiac ICU unit of Hartford Hospi...
11 Nov 20198min
The Making of a Medicine Woman
For years, "Grandmother Mechi" Garza had been channeling a spirit entity named Lothar. In her dreams, he dictated 12 volumes of information and a type of healing called "Kolamni." He said the knowledg...
10 Nov 20199min
My Podcast Origin Story
It was 2005. I was in New Hampshire, in the woods, with a small group of men and women who had come to study astrology and Goddess spirituality. One of the men, Dan Graham, commented on the red sweate...
9 Nov 201912min
Samhain - Threshold, Map, Animal Guides & Community Fire
The dark half of the year is fertile ground for fears. In this year's Samhain ritual, I incorporated a map of fears, a community fire, animal spirit guides, and the energies of the Maiden, Mother, and...
1 Nov 201920min
3 Wedding Rituals - Pandas, Moths, Flours
Can't have everyone you want in your wedding party? Don't give those special people boring tasks! Give them a meaningful role in your ceremony. How? With a creative wedding ritual. Here are 3 of my "...
16 Sep 201921min
