Hey everyone, hope you all have a great day. I am looking forward to the full moon tonight. After the week that I have had I can’t wait to feel the positive energy of the Goddess in me. Here is a simple exercise about grounding and centering. It is taken from Starhawk’s Spiral Dance, one of my favorite books.

Grounding and centering is one of the most basic techniques of magical work. Grounding means to establish an energy connection with the earth.  Grounding is important because it allows you to draw oupn the earth’s vitality, rather then depleting you own.

When you are channeling psychic energy, grounding and centering acts as a lightning rod — forces run through you and into the earth, rather then burning out your mind and body.

To begin visualize a cord or pole extending from the base of your spine into the center of the earth.

Center yourself by aligining your body along its center of gravity.

Breathe from your center — from your diaphragm and abdomen.

Feel energy flow up from the earth and fill you.

Well that is it for today. Hope you all enjoy the full moon tonight. I know i will be. Please email me your experiences at lisa.page@comcast.net or post them here to share with others.

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Hello, hope you are all having a good day. Sorry I havn’t posted in a while, its been a rough couple weeks. Today I am going to tell you how to light up your chakras.

root chaka	base of spine	blue
belly	stomach	yellow
solar plexus	beneath rib cage	orange
heart	middle of chest	purple
throat	hollow of throat	yellow
3rd eye	middle of forehead	green
crown	top of head	red

Lighting up your chakras is one of the basic steps to turn on your psychic ablities. To do this just envision them as pulsing with right, lowing colors. Here is a simple visualization exercise that will only take about 5 minutes to do. In this exercise you must picture the charkas as glowing orbs of energy and then turn up their light, so that they are glowing brightly and pulsing with energy.

To start this exercise sit on the floor and rest your hands comfortably in your lap. Gently roll your head around and stretch out your neck and shoulders. Close your eyes. Closing your eyes will force you to focus on your psychic impressions and not your physical ones.

Start by taking a few deep, cleansing breaths, and ground and center yourself.

Now, picture your root chakra, this is located at the base of your spine. This orb is a bright red. The root charka is known as the seat of power. It is a place of raw energy and grounding force. The root chakra connects you to the physical world. Picture this ball of light as glowing with a vivid red and warm light.

Next move up to the belly chakra. This is located between the base of your spine and your belly button, in the abdomen area. This chakra is orange. It is thought to influence your insincts, emotions, and person power. This is where your “gut hunches” begin. Light this charka up and see it as a beautiful, bright orange. If you feel your stomach clenching as you turn on this power are, take a deep breath, and try to relax those muscles.  After a few minutes, go ahead and move on.

Now we move on to the solar plexus. This is located directly beneath the rib cage and above the belly button. This orb is a brilliant yellow color. You may notice this area tighten up as well. This is considered your “soul area”, and your psychic intuition and personal power are linked to the area of the body, so is your magickal will. Your psychic impressions physically gather in this energy center. You will feel your intuitive impressions tighten up your mucsles. Give yourself a moment to experience the sensation and gather any impressions.

Next light up your heart chakra. It will be the gorgeous grass-green color, found in the middle of your chest. This is the energy center where your emotions and love radiate from. Unconditional love and strong emotions come from this charka. As you light up this charka, feel the sensation of perfect love and perfect trust spread throughout your body. Take sometime to enjoy this lovely sensation then move on to the next chakra.

The throat charka is next, this is located at the hollow of your throat. It is a stunning sapphire blue color. Turn it on and see it glowing brightly with your othe charkas. This charka controls how we communicate with others and how well we listen. This is the area where psychic hearing is controlled. As you visualize this chakra expanding and lighting up, listen carefully and see what your inner voice is saying.

Next we shift our focus up to the middle of our forehead, the third eye area. This charka is a gorgeous amethyst-violet color. This energy center is the point of your psychic vision and perception. Light up this orb and take a moment to experience the difference in your awareness as you focus on the center of energy that clairvoyence comes from. Give yourself some time and “see” what you can perceive.

Our last chakra to light up is called the crown, it is located on the top of your head. This charka is a brilliant white. It is this here where we experience and sense the divine in our lives. This is the chakra that links you to the God & Godess, in everyday life and during magick. It is here that we experience divine love. Let this orb shile out in a dazzling white halo and take a moment to expereince the love of all creation.

Now that you have all seven chakras are lit and pulsing with positive energy, take a moment and enjoy the experience. What kind of psychic impressions are you getting? Is there one part of your body that feels more “tuned up” than others? Focus on that part and ask yourself what it is that  you need to know. Don’t over think this, just see what you feel.

After you have had time to feel your chakras, begin to turn down their brightness. Picture a dimmer switch that you are turning down. If you notice that one of your chakras is still bigger and brighter then the others or that you feel a tightening in a certain part of your body, take a deep breath and relax those muscles.

Now reach down to the floor directly in front of the base chakra and zip all the chakras closed. raise your hand up in front of your body, in a straight line, and all the way over your head.

Ground & cente, placing the palms of your hands lfat on the ground. Hold the pose for a moment so that you may send any excess energy safely back into the earth and pull up the stablizing energy from the earth. Allow yourself to relax. Once you are relaxed, open your eyes, place your hands in anatural pose and relax your posture.

Hope you all enjoyed this experience, it is a wonderful feeling. I find it very soothing and relaxing. It really helps me to calm down after a hard day.

Come back tomorrow to learn how to ground & center, if you don’t already know. As always if you have any questions feel free to email me at lisa.page@comcast.net

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Hey everyone, sorry I havn’t been around. I have been going through a lot these past few months and needed to take sometime for myself. Anyway I am back and will be posting everyday again. I will also be making some changes to my blog over time and adding some new things. Today’s post is a quiz that I came across, in Natural Witchery: Intuitive, Personal & Practical Magick by Ellen Dugan. (The quizzes and scoring results are taken directly from the book.)

The quiz is broken into 5 parts, each part representing the 5 psychic abilities. It has a very simple scoring method that will give you an overall idea of where your strongest psychic powers are. Each section has 10 yes or no questions.

So go grab a piece of paper and fold it into 5 coloumns. On the top of each column write the topic heading (Clairaudient, Clairvoyant, Precognitive Dreamer, Intuition or “Prophetic Knowing”, Empathy). Next number each colmn 1-10. Read each statement and answer yes or no. DO’NT OVERTHINK THESE STATEMENTS!! If the honestly apply to you then answer “yes”. If you start thinking then your answer is “no”.

Clairaudient Quiz 

1. While I am speaking to friends, I know what they are going to say - before they say it. (yes/no)

2. As I begin to fall asleep, I hear a voice call my name. (yes/no)

3. I often hear a friend or family member’s voice in my head, even when they are not physically with me. (yes/no)

4. I hear key phrases or words in my mind that then play out immediately in real life. (yes/no)

5. When I am frightened or nervous about something, I hear a comforting and calming voice out of nowhere. (yes/no)

6. If I have a person’s name struck in my mind all day, I typically receive a “surprise” phone call or visit from them. (yes/no)

7. I will have a song spontaneously pop into my mind that then provides me with insights or information for a particular problem. (yes/no)

8. I always pay attention to my “inner voice”. (yes/no)

9. I hear what other people are thinking. (yes/no)

10. It is essential to me to use the sounds of nature to unwind. (yes/no)

Clairvoyant Quiz

1. I regularly experience premonitions. (yes/no)

2. I feel that I can understand a pet or a loved one by looking into their eyes. (yes/no)

3. When I close my eyes, I can see actual images in my mind’s eye. (yes/no)

4. I mistrust people who will not look me in the eyes or who look away while speaking to me. (yes/no)

5. I am attracted to llight-filled rooms and bright, sunny colors. (yes/no)

6. Visualization techniques come easy for me. (yes/no)

7. While being taught something new, I do better by being shown as opposed to being told. (yes/no)

8. I have expereinced a clairvoyant vision while I was awake and aware of my other surroundings. (yes/no)

9. I insist upon have fancy props and elaborate alter setups while I work my magick. (yes/no)

10. I would describe myself as visual type of person. (yes/no)

Precognitive Dreamer Quiz

1. I always remember my dreams, both good and bad. (yes/no)

2. I daydream in clear color pictures, complete with emotions and sound. (yes/no)

3. As I drift off to sleep, unexplained images regularly pop into my head. (yes/no)

4. I have precognitive dreams. (yes/no)

5. My “psychic dreams” tend to be clearer, louder, and more vivid in detail. (yes/no)

6. My dreams influence me during the daytime. (yes/no)

7. I consider the bedroom my sanctuary. (yes/no)

8. I enjoy working with symbolism as an integral part of my magickal practices. (yes/no)

9. I enjoy solving puzzles or figuring out a mystery. (yes/no)

10. I have a vivid imagination. (yes/no)

Intuition or “Prophetic Knowing” Quiz

1. I have experienced a forboding feeling (which may be described as a “sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach” about a person, place or serious situation that then actually happens. (yes/no)

2. I tend to blurt out whatever comes to my mindwithout first thinking it over. (yes/no)

3. While driving, I often get a hunch about anoter driver — that they will do something dangerous or cause something to happen — and as I back off the other vehicle (just to be safe), it turns out i am correct. (yes/no)

4. I act on my “gut hunches,” which is followed by a positive affirmation that it was the correct thing to have done.

5. I rarely worry because I “just know” things will turn out all right. (yes/no)

6. I let my instincts guide me while searching for a book or other new itemto purchase. (yes/no)

7. I make major decisions quickly and correctly, as if by instinct. (yes/no)

8. I wake up right before the alarm clock goes off in the morning. (yes/no)

9. While workig magick, I follow my instincts ,ore than correspondences or guides. (yes/no)

10. I consider myself a quiet and contemplative type of person. (yes/no)

Emapthy Quiz

1. As I enter a room, my first thoughts and impressions are usually about how the room “feels” to me. (yes/no)

2. I am easily influenced by other people’s moods and emotions. (yes/no)

3. Being in a large crowd makes me feel physically uncomfortable and bombardrd emotionally. (yes/no)

4. When I meet someone for the first time, I gather my impressions and assess them by how they  make me feel, despite how the act. (yes/no)

5. I find the atmosphere in hospitals to be very uncomfortable, to the point where i feel physically ill. (yes/no)

6. I dislike and will try to avoid casual touching in social situations. (yes/no)

7. Having heirloom items or antiques in my home makes me feel uncomfortable because of the memories they carry. (yes/no)

8. I experience a feeling of “butterflies in the stomach” or tightening of the soalr plexus area when i am contemplating the possibility of angry verbal confrontation or physical danger. (yes/no)

9. I am able to sense another person’s emotional state by touching them. (yes/no)

10. I have my feeling hurt very easily and am quickly moved to tears. (yes/no)

Now that you have taken all the quizzes, add up the scores. Add each column individually. Give yourself 2 points for each “yes” and 0 points for each “no”.  The area that you scored the highest in is the area that your psychic abilities are the strongest.

If you scored 0-8

My friend, you have some work to do! You don’t often pay attention to you psychic abilities, or perhaps you lack faith in them. You may sense something but are often at a loss as to how to tune in and understand the messages you recieve. Now, it may simply be that this particular psychic ability is not your area of expertise, or you may need to open up your mind a bit and explore all  the possibilities…time will tell.

If you scored 10-14

You are usually in touch with this psychic sense, even though you may not understand what is happening. Confidence is the keyword here. Keep track of your experiences, and document and validate them. In time, a pattern will emerge, and you will begin to comprehend you individual intuitive skills better than you ever imagined.

If you scored 16-20

Youe are very aware that you ave psychic abilities and rely on this particular talent often. While you may not have much practical experience combining them with magick, this shouldn’t be hard for you to dive into.

Hope these quizzes have helped you to find the ares that your psychic abilities are the strongest. Keep practicing on those areas where you scored low.

Have a good day. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at lisa.page@comast.net

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Hello everyone, hope you day is going good. Mine isn’t too bad. I am glad it’s raining though, it will wash away some of the pollen. My allergies are acting up big time. Today I am going to continue with tarot, I am going to tell you how to use the cards.

The most important thing you remember when you are doing a Tarot reading is to be objective, by this I mean to open yourself to the possibilities of the Tarot and don’t let your preconceived notions sneak in to the reading.

For example, let’s say you have a client ask the question, “Am I going to win the lottery tonight?”, and you think that the lottery is a waste of time. You have to be careful that your judgement cloud the reading. Let your client know instead why she may be obsessed with winning the lottery, that there may be another issue that she might be trying to work out.

Make sure that you let the cards talk, let them come out and read what they say, not what you feel about them. While you are starting out, there is nothing wrong with reading right from the book, until you get a feel for the cards & can do a reading with out the book. Or you may just want to continue using the book, this is ok. It gives you are clear perspective & helps to keep your feeling out of the way.

An important way to help both you and your client get the most out of a reading is to “wear in” your cards. It is good to do this on a weekly basis. There are many ways to do this, everyone has their own way. Here is the way I do it: First I separate my deck into 5 piles, all the Minor Arcana cards in their suits; Wands with Wands, Cups with Cups, Swords with Swords, Pentacles with Pentacles and the all the Major Arcana cards together.

Next spend time with each pile, clearing the cards from each week’s readings. You should use an affirmation  while doing this. An affirmation is a positive sort of prayer. Here is the one that I use, “With these cards, I wish to read the next person confidently, with the best intentions & the highest good”, I actually took this affirmation from a book that I read & modified it to my own likely. You can do the same or you can make up one of your own.

Repeat your affirmation as you shuffle each of the five decks. This will clear the of any past readings. When you are finished with each pile, reshuffle them back together like you would if it was a new deck. Shuffle the deck about 6-7 times and it will be reading for a new week od readings. This process is called “Seasoning”. It clears the cards energy as well as your own, renewing the deck, so that present readings will not be influenced by past readings.

Good Luck. If you have any questions about this or any of my past posts feel free to email me  at lisa.page@comcast.net

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Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great day. I have recently been learing about Tarot cards & have done a few readings for myself & some friends. I have gotten pretty good. Today, I am going to explain a little bit about Tarot cards.

One of the first things you need to remember when reading tarot cards is that the power lies within you. The Tarot in only an instrument of insight into your free will.

The Tarot deck consists of 78 cards. It is divided into 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards. The Major Arcana cards are The Fool, The Magician, The High Pristess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, Wheel Of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World/Universe.

The Minor Arcana cards and broken done into 4 suits, Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. They correspond to Clubs, Hearts, Spades and Diamonds in the regular deck of cards. Each of the 4 suits is broken done into 14 cards; 1-10 and 4 royal cards (a Page, Knight, Queen, and King).

The four suits related to the four elements of the astrological signs of the zodiac.

Suit        Element         Meaning         Corresponding Astrological Signs

Wands       Fire              Action, initiate    Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Cups          Water          Emotion, intuition    Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Swords     Air             Communication,           Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

                                     mental activities   

Pentacles     Earth     Possessions, the physical      Taurus, Virgo,   

                                                                                             Capricorn

Well, that’s it for tonight’s post, I don’t want to confuse anyone with too much info. Over the next month I will be posting more on the Tarot, so be sure to come back.

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