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The element of air can be found in the East on the spiral path of magic. Air represents the invisible forces that shape our lives, including how we breathe, feeling the wind against the skin on our face, and the frequencies that we listen to, and it also represents the unseen realms. The unseen realms may seem invisible, but they hold may connections to the element of air—especially the beliefs we hold about ourselves, the world, and the power of our ability to choose. Our beliefs create the thoughts that we have over and over. The thoughts that repeat then create the voice that we use to speak to ourselves. How we speak to ourselves and of ourselves influence every aspect of our ...
Magic is often thought of as complex, and it can easily be forgotten how simple and accessible it really is. I believe so many people love the autumn season because it is simply unavoidable to experience its simple and accessible magic. The temperature starts cooling, the leaves are changing color, and the enticing scent of pumpkin spice begins filling the air. A few of my fall faves include apple cider, warm baked goods, and gourds as far as the eye can see. The gorgeous fall colors, showing us that life is about to become cooler and cozier. The new beginnings of a new school year. Wearing comfy hoodies and sipping warm beverages all day long. And all the while the days grow shorter ...
Image by Wolfgang Liemberger I remember one winter evening from my childhood in Austria more than any other. One December 5th, shortly before I was ten years old, I heard the doorbell to our apartment ring. As I followed my father down the dark hallway to the foyer, the clanking of a chain and some eerie grunts sounded from behind the door. Before my father opened it and a huge, dark figure with mighty horns filled up the whole door frame, I was gone. I don't know how I got from there to under the dining room table that quickly, but before the monster had even made one step into the apartment, I was hidden. I also don't know why I thought that under the dining room table was the ...
My earliest memory of a limpia (a ritual practice of energy clearing) is from when I was around 6 or 7 years old. I was going through susto, a moment in time when my soul was fragmented due to a traumatic experience, and I was having trouble sleeping, eating, and feeling the happiness that a kid at that age should feel. My mother took me to one of my aunts to rebalance my energy. Growing up in Mexico, I got to witness how, despite colonization, we still practice and keep some of our pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican rituals, including the upe of limpias with herbs, eggs, and copal. Although there are some protocols to follow when performing a limpia, and certain energetic spaces in the human ...
