When the moon reflects the season's archetype (Tantrika moon during Tantrika season), it can feel wonderfully inundating, like Nature infusing each breath with seasonal wisdom. To celebrate this Tantrika moon and its/our own wisdom, I'm sharing an invocation and anointing ritual.This is a …
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the healer
One of the main botanical archetypes I use in The Tantrika anointing oil is Resin.Resin is basically sap.In the botanical world, sap has two functions -- to protect and to heal.Resin will cover a wound in a tree, sealing it off from pathogens, insects, and microbes.Resin can also trap invading …
the buddy system
A few weeks ago we stepped through a gateway.When the sun rose that morning, we entered the Light half of the year; six months with more day than night.The Girl Child archetype greets us every year at Spring Equinox, reminding us to pay attention to the themes of springtime and apply them …
Spring Equinox invocation
Invocations are a necessary part of a ritual. They not only create an atmosphere of connection and protection, they also kindle the wisest territories of the psyche. The little darlin' in each line is inspired by the lyric in Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. For maximum fun, …
blow on the coals
Once upon a time it was 2019 and everything was fine.I mean, nothing is ever “fine”, but in 2019 I had a full head of brains and a business that was running pretty well.Then the pandemic hit a few weeks after my 10-year relationship ended.That was three years ago, and now my region has …