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While today is Earth Day, which brings attention to environmental issues on a global scale for one day, as Witches, it is vital that we be stewards of the land on a daily basis. We are a part of Earth, not separate from it. We can all tend to the spirits of the land around us, regardless of whether we’re in a city, in the suburbs, or out in the woods. While we can make offerings to the land, such as gifts of water and native seeds, one of the best things we can do as human beings is ...
World Creativity and Innovation Day promotes the importance of fresh, new, and out-of-the-box thinking with regard to sustainability and climate change. Today, take a moment to come up with some creative ways you can personally support our beloved planet Earth. If weather permits, take a notebook or journal outside and sit on the grass or under a tree. (Otherwise find a comfy spot where you can gaze out the window.) Breathe and connect with the elements in your environment, one by one. First, ...
For his 1965 musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner wrote that we can “rise up and see” who we are and have been. (The musical is partly about reincarnation.) We can, he wrote, see ourselves more clearly. Here in 2024, when everything seems to be murkier than ever, too many people seem to be clueless about who they are. Declare your intention to seek that forever vision. Look for clarity. Find a peaceful spot, perhaps outdoors, and breathe deeply to ...
Use this meditation to strengthen your magickal connection to the Earth. Go outside with a candle in a holder, a cone of incense on a fireproof dish, a small dish of salt, and a glass of water. Sit or stand with your feet touching the earth. Light the candle and watch the flame as you think of all the light in the world in its many forms. Meditate for a while on the nature of this light. Next, drink the glass of water as you meditate on all the forms of water in the world. Next, touch the ...
