Have you ever noticed that there are people who want to tell you how to breathe, usually beginning by telling you that the way you are breathing is all wrong? I don't know about you, but I've been breathing all my life without their instructions, and have been very successful with it. There are many ways of breathing, and all of them have certain good and questionable qualities. So in this post I'm not going to tell you how to breathe. Instead, I'll show you some of the ways we breathe, their advantages and disadvantages, and give you the choice. Personally, I think the ideal thing is to practice all of these methods and be able to choose the one you need at any particular time. This

You may not be aware of it, but research shows that you dream every night. In fact, you have several dreams each night. However, if you’re like most people you may not easily remember them. Ease at dream recall improves with practice over time. Be patient with yourself! However, here are some tips or tricks that can help you to remember your dreams: 1) Every night, as you fall asleep, repeat silently to yourself, “I will remember my important dreams when I awake.” This "programs" your unconscious to remember your dreams. 2) If you awake during the night and recall a dream but would rather go back to sleep, take a tissue or piece of paper, ball it up, and throw it into the middle

The understanding of karma has proved very important in Wicca, Witchcraft, Paganism, and magick. In Wicca and Witchcraft, this has taken the form of the "Law of Return" and the "Three-Fold Law." The basic idea is that you will receive in some proportion to what you give. In ceremonial magick, this translates as "if you do something that negatively effects another, something negative will happen to you—so don't do magick that harms others." In general, then, these names—karma, the law of return, etc.—can be described as the natural law of cause and effect. This is an important concept to understand. Karma is a natural law. A simple description of the law would be that if you drop a

The title of this post really says it all. The more specific your magickal goal is the more likely you are to achieve success. Of course the question is, what do I mean by "specific?" One meaning of being specific in this context includes focusing on your precise needs and wants with the goal. "$100 by March 31" is more specific than "Some money soon." But there is something else that can be added to make goals more specific: you. It's valuable to put yourself right into the goal. How will you feel when you achieve your goal? What will you see? What does it feel like? What does it smell like? For example, if your goal is a car, how will you feel when you get it? How will you feel