Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jenny Mannion, author of the new A Short Path to Change. I believe in going after our goals and change with loving kindness and patience to ourselves. Many begin the new year with resolutions in mind, but if they fall off track once, they believe they have failed and give up completely. That is why I believe in goals, intentions, and mini-goals to help you achieve the change you want in your life. In assessing what you want in the different areas of your life (spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, financially, and relationally), you can begin to fantasize and daydream a bit about what your life would look like if all of those

It seems like many times when I personally meet some people, get friendly, and spend some time with them, at least one of them gets into this conversation with me: Let's do some magick! "Great," I say! "I'd love to do magick with you. What shall we do the magick for?" Uhh… And a few times this brief conversation has resulted in that person not wanting to talk with me any more. —   —   — Once, while I participating on a very active online forum, a young man—a self-professed practitioner of Chaos Magick—proudly explained, "The really great thing about chaos magick is that it doesn't matter if you get your goal. All that matters is that you do it." "If it doesn't matter

Back on January 3, I posted that I have two preliminary goals for the new year. The first goal was to finish the manuscript for my next book and submit it to Llewellyn for consideration at PantheaCon. I am glad to say that indeed, I accomplished that goal. For a variety of reasons it takes a long time for a book to be published. I'll let you know how this develops. The first news I'll anxiously be awaiting is to learn if Llewellyn will accept it. The manuscript is about 40% smaller than Modern Magick and has lots of photos and illustrations, but it's still going to be a large book. I'll keep you informed as to how this all progresses. This will also allow those of you who have written a

It's already March! Did anyone make resolutions or set goals for New Year's? How is it going? Need a little booster shot of energy or interest or motivation? If your goals were health-related, I recently wrote an article that might be of interest. It's about using the Major Arcana, the concept of birth cards, and combining them with health-encouraging practices. Take a look HERE. If you're not interested in that, how about tarot spreads? Having recently written a book about them, I do happen to have a few thoughts on them...and share them HERE. Enjoy!