Category: Shadow Work

Exploring the shadows of psychological magic

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Apparently, I Have More Shadow Work to Do

By Katrina Rasbold

I miss the days when being irritated with someone meant I was irritated with someone. These days, apparently, I need to examine why this person triggers me, determine what they’re mirroring back to me, identify the unhealed wound they’ve activated, journal about my response, pull three Tarot cards, take a cleansing bath, and investigate whether the whole mess originated with my maternal ancestors.

I was hoping to just call them an asshole and get on with my afternoon.

Welcome to shadow work. Continue reading Apparently, I Have More Shadow Work to Do

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When the Universe is Just Being Loud: The Fine Art of Pagan Over-Thinking

By Katrina Rasbold

It starts innocently enough. You are sitting on your porch, sipping your morning coffee, when a glossy, jet-black crow lands on the railing. It tilts its head, fixes you with a bead-like eye, and lets out a solitary, booming “CAW!” – the crow sound “caw,” not the Church of All Worlds “CAW”.

A normal person might think, Oh, a crow.

But you are a Pagan. You don’t do “normal.” Everything is magical and everything means something and mostly, it does.

Continue reading When the Universe is Just Being Loud: The Fine Art of Pagan Over-Thinking

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Artemis Rising: Lunar Frontiers and the Sovereign Soul

By Katrina Rasbold

In 1969, we landed on the Moon under the banner of Apollo—the Sun God, the Archer of Light, the bringer of logic and solar clarity. It was a conquest of distance, a triumph of the straight line. But as we stand in 2026, the banner has shifted. We are returning to explore the lunar surface under the name of his twin sister: Artemis.

For the modern Pagan, this shift from Apollo to Artemis is not merely branding. It is a theological pivot. If Apollo represents the light of reason and the mastery of the external world, Artemis represents the wild, the nocturnal, and the fiercely autonomous self. As the Orion spacecraft orbits the moon, it isn’t just carrying astronauts; it is carrying a mirror to our own collective Sacred Self. Continue reading Artemis Rising: Lunar Frontiers and the Sovereign Soul

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The Empty Throne: Why We Need the Goddess NOW

By Katrina Rasbold

Look at the world outside your window. No, look deeper—past the blooming daffodils of the equinox and into the marrow of the collective American psyche. Can you feel the grinding? It is the sound of a massive, ancient machine—the Patriarchal Engine—running out of oil and beginning to strip its own gears. Smell that acrid “burning clutch” scent that is part metallic and part desperation.

For two thousand years, the West has been a house with only one parent. We have been raised in a spiritual and social architecture built entirely on the concept of the Singular Father: the judge, the law-giver, the punisher, and the distant king. We were told this was the “natural order.” We were told that strength is found in hierarchy, that security is found in walls, and that divinity is strictly masculine.

But the walls are cracking. The gears are screaming. And as the patriarchal structure in America today enters its most desperate, explosive phase, we are finally realizing that we aren’t just tired—we are motherless. Continue reading The Empty Throne: Why We Need the Goddess NOW

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The High Priestess: Where Meaning Awaits

By Tatiara

I entered the outer court of the Temple.

The first veil fell away, and the light was dim, neither day nor night. Meaning seemed to hover, unfinished, in the liminal half-darkness.

Before me, an enigmatic woman sat upon a throne, poised between two pillars. One white, one black. The air felt charged… mystical.

A mystery radiated from her. Unseen, it stirred an ancient awareness within me. Continue reading The High Priestess: Where Meaning Awaits

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The Great Turning: Standing at the Crossroads of Dark and Light

By Katrina Rasbold

 

Welcome, travelers, to the ultimate crossroads in time.

 

The nights have stretched impossibly long, consuming the days in shades of indigo and charcoal. The air bites, the sap has sunk deep into the roots of the trees, and the Earth seems locked in an impenetrable slumber. We have reached the depth of the year.

Here at the Winter Solstice—Yule, Alban Arthan, the Longest Night—we stand at the most profound liminal space on the Wheel of the Year. As the Witch at the Crossroads, I am familiar with these in-between, liminal places where choices are made and realities shift. But this… this is the cosmic pivot point.

Many modern celebrations rush toward the light, eager to drape tinsel over the shadows and dispel the quiet with forced cheer, but the wise know that we cannot truly welcome the dawn if we have not first sat vigil in the dark.

Continue reading The Great Turning: Standing at the Crossroads of Dark and Light

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Where We Stand When Life Doesn’t Make Sense

By Katrina Rasbold

There is a quiet place in the life of a Witch that the outside world rarely witnesses. It isn’t dramatic. It isn’t cinematic. It doesn’t look like a movie scene where the moon hangs low over a forgotten road and bones rattle in the branches.

No, the real crossroads lives in far more ordinary places. Continue reading Where We Stand When Life Doesn’t Make Sense

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The Strength to Adapt

By Lady Saoirse

Bright Blessings,

I just had a conversation with a new friend and it struck me. She was talking about how much her life has changed over the years. She faced the risk of blindness last month but it was averted with a quick surgery. She used to work out at the gym 2 to 3 hours a day but she can’t do that anymore because of autoimmune issues. She used to have a lot of energy to go and do things but she can’t do that anymore because of the fatigue that she endures. She used to work an office job full-time, driving herself to and from work. Now she conserves her energy by working from home and her job only requires her to come into the office once a week. She also traveled extensively in her younger years but she can’t do that anymore because her energy is fleeting and due to chronic pain, she has to sleep in her own bed.

Continue reading The Strength to Adapt

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 Awakening the Third Force: The Hidden Current of Creation

By Tatiara

I remember the first time it really hit me—that deep knowing that everything is infused with the same indescribable, pulsing energy of creation. An experiential gnosis that everything is Everything.

It wasn’t during some grand ceremony. It was an ordinary morning, as I stood barefoot in my sunlit kitchen, hands covered in flour. The scent of cinnamon, spices and apples sweetened the air, already enchanted with shimmering dust motes and rainbows from the prism in the window.

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Phoenix Rising: A Surrender to Initiation

By Tatiara

Once upon a time I assumed that transformation would be gentle. That one day I would simply wake up feeling lighter, unburdened, freed from the weight of the past. But the harsh reality is that rebirth is rarely so kind. It is fire and ashes, a shedding of skin that can feel more like unraveling than becoming. This I learned the hard way. Continue reading Phoenix Rising: A Surrender to Initiation

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The Power of Waiting

By Lady Saoirse

Bright Blessings,

I wasn’t to tell a story. A woman got a message from her rental community one day that her patio lights were in violation of the community rules. They were referred to as “Holiday lights” and she was told to remove them within a week because it was now Springtime. Well…they were actually four seasons lights she put in place so she could enjoy them year-round, and she reluctantly removed them immediately. She cried all night and cried the next morning because she loved her lights and truthfully, did not want to be micromanaged. It turned out, she received the message by mistake and the community loved her lights. Had she waited and spoken with the administration, she would have gotten to keep her beautiful lights. Continue reading The Power of Waiting

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The Magic of Being Unafraid of What They Say

By Lady Saoirse

Bright Blessings,

Recently, I was accused by a stranger of something that I didn’t do. People who know me well know I would never do such a thing. Somebody who I met years ago who I know very well apparently has not taken the time to get to know me after all those years- and believed the accusation, and was really angry with me about it. It ended up damaging our relationship and I think this is permanent.  The word “bigot” was thrown into the mix, and I have never in all my life, even when I was being raised to be Catholic committed such an unkindness against anybody. Continue reading The Magic of Being Unafraid of What They Say

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Year of the Snake – The Truth Beneath the Noise

By Tatiara

Greetings and many well wishes to you!

This year feels like stepping into a mystery school, doesn’t it? Life is the teacher, and you’re the apprentice, invited into a cauldron of transformation where the sacred turns into something tangible and life-changing. It’s a year for shedding, shifting, and stepping into what’s next with a sense of easeful willingness—like the Snake, shedding its skin without resistance.

Continue reading Year of the Snake – The Truth Beneath the Noise

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The Magic of Not “Being Nice”

By Lady Saoirse

Bright Blessings,

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of seeing people make stupid decisions, get screwed for it, and then say that they were just “trying to be nice.” I hurt for people who have been taught from the time that they were children that they have to accommodate everybody to their own detriment. It also makes me sad to see people who don’t know the difference between self-sacrifice and lack of self-love. Continue reading The Magic of Not “Being Nice”

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 Reflect and Reclaim Soul: A Simple Mirror Ritual

By Tatiara
Imagine it’s late, the world is quiet, and it’s just you and your mirror, a candle flickering as you sit face-to-face with yourself. Tonight, you’re here to explore the parts of yourself that are often pushed away or hidden. In this moment, invite them to be seen. These mysterious aspects are your archetypes—primordial patterns of meaning and energy that live within us all. Each one, such as the Mystic, the Rebel, the Lover, the Warrior, and many more, carries a unique wisdom and a raw energy meant to help us on our journey.
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Life is Like a Rose

By Lady Saoirse

Bright Blessings,

My little patio garden is thriving in the July heat. I have two lavender plants and two roses, one regular sized, complete with bristling thorns, and one dainty, thornless miniature rose. The thorned rose has been nibbled on by June bugs and the mini rose was munched on by rabbits. So far at this new location we moved to a couple of months ago, there have been no spider mites or aphids which were plentifully at our other apartment. Before that, we lived by the woods and while no rabbits or deer got my roses, the June bugs were mad about them. Continue reading Life is Like a Rose

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Witch At The Crossroads: The Power of Words

By Katrina Rasbold

Humans often consider the power of speech and written word to be the defining quality that sets us apart from the rest of the animal world. With the exception of some animals specially trained to communicate, Koko the Gorilla, for instance, humans alone possess the demonstrated ability for the ongoing use of language. There is little denying the power of words. Continue reading Witch At The Crossroads: The Power of Words

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Protect Your Peace – Banish Them!

By Lady Saoirse

Bright Blessings,

Quite often, we talk about banishing negativity and bringing in positive energy to our lives but we don’t always talk about banishing negative people. Sometimes, your family, your best friend, or even your significant other is just being downright negative. The thought of being without these people temporarily, let alone permanently, might be unbearable. However, sometimes if you want to live a peaceful existence, people give you no choice. Continue reading Protect Your Peace – Banish Them!

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Witch At The Crossroads: When Bad Stuff Happens

By Katrina Rasbold

We spend a lot of time talking and thinking about why bad stuff happens, especially to people who we consider “good” and undeserving of strife and particularly when it comes in what feels like a disproportionate avalanche. We become deeply angry and philosophical when we try to understand why bad things happen to innocents like children and animals. Often, we become so mired in our determination to understand why something happens that we fail to effectively manage the situation at all. The assignment of blame is one of the greatest time eaters and malice fertilizers ever and is usually the focus of tremendous attention. Continue reading Witch At The Crossroads: When Bad Stuff Happens