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Steve Pavlina Book Review II: Seven Planets for Smart People
This post is the second in a series of three concerning the correspondences between astrology, the Tarot, and Steve Pavlina‘s seven principles of personal growth laid out in his new book, Personal Development for Smart People. In the first article, I reviewed the book and suggested that Steve’s seven principles (Truth, Love, Power, Oneness, Courage,… Continue reading
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Steve Pavlina’s Seven Principles for Smart People: Astrology and Personal Development
Steve Pavlina, the blogosphere’s foremost authority on personal development, has written a fantastic book on astrology and the Tarot. The odd thing is that he doesn’t know it. In fact, as far as I know, Steve is completely ignorant of astrology and the Tarot. He is something of a mystic — by his own account,… Continue reading
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The Powers of Darkness, Wild Enough and Free
This week I have a few simple updates and pointers. First, a few days ago Erik at executivepagan graciously asked me to help him out by writing a guest post while he was on vacation. I accepted his invitation with delight and then, due to one thing and another, completely failed to post while he… Continue reading
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What Do You Really Want?: Magic and the Collective Subconscious
A few weeks ago I gave some examples of my recent successes with magic (or “intention manifestation”). The method I was using had three basic steps: Make sure you really want it. Believe it can realistically happen. Feel the gratitude for it. A simple method, and some good results can be achieved with it. I… Continue reading
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A Cautionary Tale of the Appalachian Trail
I just got back from hiking a small part of the Appalachian Trail, and Lo, my whole life is close to turning upside down. I definitely have some thoughts from the trip I want to share with you, but they will have to wait until other matters get sorted out. In the meantime, here is… Continue reading
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The Wheel’s Hub: the Axis Mundi in Tolkien’s Middle Earth
Note: this post is intended to be part of the “Journeying to Otherworlds” synchroblog hosted by Mahud here. Other participants include: Faith and the Hero’s Journey (Hawk’s Cry: The voice of a witch) Journeying to Otherworlds: Access Denied (Between Old and New Moons) Lions at the Door (Quaker Pagan Reflections) More Than These Words (Aquila… Continue reading
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Spiritual Weight Loss II: the Abyss
Over a year has passed since my first post on spiritual weight loss, and it has been, frankly, extremely difficult — and at times harrowing. At first, things went very well; but then I began to lose ground — slowly at first, and then rapidly. In the spring, my health quickly became much worse, and… Continue reading
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Step By Step Magic: Simple Intention Manifestation
In 2008 I turned some kind of corner in magic / intention manifestation (whatever you want to call it), and got markedly better at it. The technique I developed then is not suitable for manifesting thousands of dollars or a house (in my experience, that takes sustained meditation paired with sustained action), but I’ve had… Continue reading
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Selling Salvation II: Setting a Price for Your Product
A glance at the comments on the previous post shows what a complex topic this is; it easily merits a follow-up. For this article, I’m going to focus on the conundrum facing the individual who is trying to set a price for mediumship/life-coaching/therapy/etc. The economics are much more interesting than selling physical commodities, or even… Continue reading
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