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Goodbye, Priestess! Hello….

March 12, 2020 / by Katie Vie / Leave a Comment

This week, we're abandoning ship. We're clearing off the altars, pausing the anointing practices, and kissing The Priestess archetype goodbye. Why? Did something happen? Are we mad? Did this mystical shit stop working? Nah. In The Mystical Year, we have a practice that is a bit …

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Celebrating Imbolc

January 30, 2020 / by Katie Vie / Leave a Comment

Once upon a time, winter was something to survive. It was no joke. I don't mean like, lacking vitamin D, wishing you could wear shorts, and grumbling about commuting home in the dark. More like a quarter of your community freezing or starving to death, succumbing to illness, being lost in a …

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Rest Ye

December 19, 2019 / by Katie Vie / Leave a Comment

Once upon a time, I spent 4 days in the hospital recovering from surgery. And I loved it. What I loved most was middle of the night. I'd wake up just enough to sense a nurse standing very near me, touching my arms, tucking me in, reading my vitals.  Sometime a doctor would come in …

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re-directing the flow

September 26, 2019 / by Katie Vie / Leave a Comment

I'm busiest during the weeks of the holy days.Last week (Autumn Equinox) I taught a bunch of classes, facilitated two live rituals, and welcomed in a brand new roster of Archetype Academy students.This is the norm, but what's different is the shift in the season.At Autumn Equinox on Monday, we …

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Yin Yang

July 4, 2019 / by Katie Vie / Leave a Comment

I talk about Summer Solstice as the season of "yang". It's the time of year when action, output, productivity, movement, noise, and busyness are in line with the natural order. My setting is proof. I'm down at Lake Lure, a lake about an hour from where I live. It's 4th of July week, so the …

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