Spiritual Awakening, pagans are more normal than you think

 

This is one of my personal favorites, a book that I experienced and wrote at the same time. I languished delightfully in all the possiblities of this spiritual realm, and the possiblities that I wanted to tell you about.  Let's just say it's a journey that we'll take together, and it's a journey that I've been working on for six decades.  This is a book that will help you explore a segment of spirituality that you might not have even realized exists.  This book will lift the veil, exposing ancient secrets and remarkable choices that are yours to make.  It also does something that is often overlooked for pagan and occult paths, it puts a spotlight on just how normal and beautiful, enjoyable and uplifting this ancient of ancient spiritualities can be.  If you haven't picked up a copy yet, you'll find this book at Amazon, in print and kindle.  The print edition is in full color and is gorgeous, and you'll find lined pages so you can add your own notes.

The Little Handbook of Spiritual Awakening includes:

The Spiritual Journey

Exercises, activities, & explorations: creating your personal journal; exploring gods and goddesses; reconnecting with animals and trees; taking a spiritual nature walk

The Witch's Spirit

Exercises, activities, & explorations: exploring earth, air, fire, and water; how to write your own spell; creating a magical recipe; a look at neo-pagan founders

Preparing for Your New Spiritual Life

Exercises, activities & explorations: getting rid of baggage; drawing positive energy to you; forgiving yourself with a blessing; opening your energy centers

Botanicals and Pagan Spiritualism

Exercises, activities, & explorations: making four thieves vinegar; making black cat oil; growing your own herbs; blessing your garden

Pagan Spiritual Practices

Exercises, activities, & explorations: house cleansing; a basic candle spell; how to use a pendulum; setting up your personal altar

Introduction: 

Everyone’s spiritual journey is unique unto them. My grandmother had me secretly baptized in the Catholic Church, against my parents’ wishes, when I was seven years old. I remember the pink frothy party dress, standing at the fountain and bending over so a robed man could sprinkle salt on my tongue and pour water over my head. 

This baptism would herald an on again off again connection with the Catholic Church at my grandmother’s whim, including a 7th and 8th grade stint in a Catholic Parochial school. 

At thirteen, I wanted to be a Jew. 

Every Friday evening, I secretly lit a brass candelabra of white birthday cake candles in my bedroom and recited words of my own design, in order to honor the Sabbat (is that the right word?) 

At seventeen, consumed with romantic revenge, I cast a nasty magic spell in secret in my grandmother’s basement. It involved red candles, red ink, and a photograph of the boy. It involved some emotional words, spitting, and a dramatic moment when I drew a large red X over the midsection of the image. 

It worked. 

And with this spell I felt, for the first time, total satisfaction with a spiritual path, a spiritual experience, and all the fallout that followed. 

It scared me silly at the time, but it also reinforced in me that I was cut from a different spiritual cloth than most people in my circles. I was certainly different, although it would take years of reading, learning, and practicing to realize just how different. 

What did I learn from my experiences?

I learned that, spiritually, there are a lot of options out there. I learned that it’s fun to explore. I learned that it doesn’t matter what other people believe, or how they choose to practice their spirituality, even if they think it’s the only way. I learned that you never stop learning, and the paths you can take are endless, amazing, surprising, unpredictable, and life altering. 

Now it’s time for you to explore your spiritual path. This book will help you do that. 

Keep an open mind, believe in the unbelievable and the unseen. Don’t be afraid to tread where other people fear to go. Don’t be afraid to explore the deepest parts of yourself. Believe me, when you finally find your ground, the journey will have been well worth it.

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The Little Handbook of
Spiritual Awakening

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