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here is a new arrival in for a nap, it reminds me I also need
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bulldog puppy… and he is In this issue we will be showing you
Tjust fabulous! how to live a slower life and why doing
It might be an odd thing to say about so can have such a positive impact.
a bundle of energy, but he’s also We look at the nine key things you
helping to teach me how to live need to achieve for a gentler pace and
a slower life. our masterclass will explore how
Crazy, right? But true. connecting to Goddess energy can
This chunky fur ball loves a cuddle bring you peace and empowerment.
and I can sit for hours curled up on the Plus, take our soul prescription quiz
sofa with him, just letting the minutes to discover what your inner self
tick by, my mind wandering and needs to feel soothed.
a feeling of calm settling over me.
Going for walks are a joy too, CHARLOTTE POTTER, Editor
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Features
95 22 Delving into the Divine


Discover who ‛the Goddess’ is and how
connecting with her abundant energy
can empower you
32 Make the Most of Every Moment
Techniques you can learn to find stillness
and peace, and make every day a joy
36 Let Magic Lead the Way
Call on witchy wisdom to ignite your
intuition and guide you to success
with our mystical oracle
64 What’s Your Spiritual Prescription?
What does the inner you need in order to
thrive in 2020? Take our quiz to find out
what we prescribe!
80 The First Steps to Flourishing
Spiritual fiction: When Fiona’s heart was
broken, her mum
was there to help
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12 Spiritual You disappeared while travelling,
The stories you’ve shared with us Hannah Velten thought he
by letter, email and social media was lost forever but her dreams
proved otherwise
44 ‘Low-tech, high happiness’
ON THE COVER Living without technology has
meant a slower pace of life for
R&B soul singer Babs Savage on 17
Mark Boyle, one that has reaped
many surprising benefits
48 ‘I turn darkness into light’
p30 the power of the mind and how
p83 looking on the bright side helps WELLBEING
her conquer life’s challenges
57 ‘Meditation was my reason to live’
Biet Simkin found solace in a practice 60 Health & Wellbeing
p18 that would eventually reveal her Our round-up of the latest tips and
true calling in life trends to help you feel amazing
66 ‘My work really is heavenly’ inside and out!
Jewellery designer Sophie Harley 70 Get Mystical with Mushrooms
discovered an heroic ancestor was From the gods to fairies, bring the
p28 her creative muse supernatural to your plate with this
98 My Spiritual Inspiration delicious veggie mushroom
Author Monica Caferky describes how tarragon spaghetti
trees have healed and inspired her

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EXPERTS

15 Crystal Whisperer
Crystal expert Katie-Jane Wright
gets advice on calming gems
from an Ascended Master
17 Everyday Angels
Author Tanya Carroll Richardson
on how slowing down is the key to
opening yourself up to guidance
52 Diary of a Psychic
Take a sneak peek at what
a week in the life of a busy
psychic medium looks like
in Nicky Alan’s monthly column
54 Runes Unravelled
Learn how to do your first COVER PHOTO GETTY WELCOME ILLUSTRATION SHUTTERSTOCK
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Ann O’Keife and get to know
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62 75 Ask the Experts
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If you only have one bowl, you can
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YOURSELF
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Dates for
your diary
March






9th Holi


This Hindu festival gives us With my
a chance to embrace colour. mother
This joyful event reawakens an integrated, holistic and
our spirits in a vibrant way. completely natural
If you can’t get down to one approach to beauty.
of the big Holi colour throwing Melissa is no stranger to
parties happening across the self-empowerment, having
country, honour the festival by begun life in a Sri Lankan
wearing a coloured scarf or convent, before being
placing a vase of bright flowers adopted at eight weeks old
in your home.
and raised in East Anglia.
Thousands of miles from
her birthplace, Melissa’s
Cybele’s only link to her biological
15th annual family was an old photo
festival and a piece of paper with
her mother’s name on it.
From 5BC onwards, Then in 2009, at a Sri
mid-March has marked the Rising star Lankan slum plantation,
celebration of Cybele, The
Melissa was reunited with
Great Mother of the Gods. her birth mother who had
It’s believed that this ancient Let your inner kept a copy of that very
Oriental and Greco-Roman same photo.
maternal deity is mother to
gods, humans and animals. beauty shine Family connection
You can take part in this ‘Since then, my focus has
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blessed with great bounty and Acupuncturist Melissa Day uses her tea plantation workers of
fertility in return) by laying Sri Lanka and finding ways
offerings of violet flowers and business to transform lives in Sri Lanka to alleviate their poverty,’
pine around your home.
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t 32 years old, but mental, emotional and Melissa’s business
Melissa could pass spiritual as well. success enables her to send
A as a fresh-faced ‘The beauty we see in a face, money to the plantations,
19th teenager. Does she have in the smoothness of the skin as well as contributing
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of balance when day and night Melissa launched her pervades the physical, mental plantation workers.
are of equal length, before Niroshini Cosmetic and emotional.’ She has also set up a
tipping into the return of the Acupuncture salon in 2009. In traditional Chinese direct tea trade, as part of
sun. In Celtic tradition we ‘I combine Eastern and medicine (the root of her brand ‘Niroshini’,
celebrate the Spring Maiden Western therapies, using acupuncture), spiritual healing dealing directly with her
and Horned God during this facial and cosmetic is considered to be just as brothers who work on a
time and ask that they bestow acupuncture and massage important as physical healing, small plantation, with all
us with abundance, fertility to create a non-surgical and is believed to be brought profits going to the
and new beginnings face lift,’ Melissa says. into alignment through plantation community.
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Drawing
back the
years

Some 30 years ago,
my ex-husband
worked in the film
industry as a plasterer.
One day I was doodling
while chatting on the
phone. First, I drew
a house with no roof,
then a tall fence, palm trees,
White feathers a sunset and a path. My husband started
can be a sign working on a Libyan historical war film called
from the
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NATURAL TREASURES
TRUST THE UNIVERSE







Whisperer








Crystal expert Katie-Jane Wright
gets advice on calming gems from

an Ascended Master

W ith this month’s issue being about the joy of living merlinite (which is



commonly known
a slower life, I sat with my crystals around me ready to
as dendritic agate).
tune into what ‘slow down’ means to me, which is to
ground and really be present in the moment.
Before I could get to the crystalline kingdom to pass on messages, the He’s smiling at me
and part of me feels he
trees presented themselves to me, a wall of oaks, majestic and knowing. just wanted to play on the
You know, the energies of the trees come to this planet with nothing to fact that they are named
learn, they come to teach us, including how to move with the seasons and after him.
cycles of life, how to ground. They are the bold, slow, constant energy that I work with both of
supports us and holds space for us and this planet to heal. these stones in earth
To see a tree circle appear around me like this means that a certain work and grid work
Ascended Master wants to speak to me. because they open up
Sometimes when I settle down to write my column, I have a very clear portals for healing, connect with the
idea about what I want to share with you. Other times I am asked or lead dragons and are real mystics’ stones.
to something very different. Like many crystals, these stones hold the
Today, the beautiful grandfather energy of Ascended Master Merlin is space for you to go deeper and connect to
making his presence felt. For those who work with Merlin’s energy, he’s your psychic gifts and abilities.
the guardian and keeper of many dragon tribes within inner earth.
I remind him this column is about crystals and we discuss some crystals Cocoon of love
that are great for strengthening your Now I’d like to share a visualisation with you.
connection to him, the elementals, the Take a grounding crystal and ask yourself, ‘Where on my body do
CRYSTAL MESSAGE earth and grounding. I need to place this crystal?’
OF THE MONTH Listen to your first answer and put your stone there.
Flower agate Open heart Lay down with your crystal and imagine you are in a beautiful
has to say… Any crystals that invoke the look and woodland scene. Looking up, you see dappled sunlight streaming through
energy of plants, flowers and nature the leaves of a mighty oak and onto your face. You feel the warm breeze
‘I bring fluid movement are wonderful stones to start with. gently sweep through your hair and smell rich forest scents of pine and
to open channels from Merlin and I both love moss agate, cedar. As you become aware of all the beautiful living energies around you,
the heart to mind, which Merlin calls his ‘attractor’ or the plants and flowers, you notice the crystal on your body vibrating and
helping you realise ‘magnet’ stone because it brings the welcome its energy into you.
the potential you store elemental realms close to your heart, Find yourself sinking into the ground, where you are welcomed into the
in your heart. I spark along with a child-like innocence, earth. Let the roots of the tree find you to cocoon you in love and wisdom.
child-like creativity and a naivety and playfulness that is Mother Earth is allowing you to leave all your baggage, worries or
joy, connecting you needed to remind you not to take anxieties with her, where she will transmute them. Allow yourself to be
with the fairies that love things so seriously. held and release all that doesn’t serve your highest good. Tune into the
to skip around me. My Moss agate is so named because frequencies of the trees, that low hum, and allow yourself to slow down
light vibrations raise the it looks like moss and this lovely and relax, breathing deeply into your heart. After this, slowly, bring
energy levels crystal encourages your heart to yourself back to the present.
in your heart open and be seen. NEXT MONTH: I hope you enjoy this practice ILLUSTRATION SHUTTERSTOCK
and help to The other stones Merlin is insisting How to hear the messages – it’s one of my absolute
guide the I mention are Mystic Merlinite (which your crystals have for you favourite visualisations.
way forward.’ is actually called indigo gabbro) and ✿ More info andcrystals.com

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MOMENT OF CALM







Angels







Author Tanya Carroll Richardson
on how slowing down is the key to

opening yourself up to guidance





s a professional intuitive who gives When I sat down at a table and opened my computer, I found
readings to clients all over the world, it’s a new email waiting in my inbox. The subject line immediately
common for people to ask me how they grabbed my attention. ‘YOU ARE MEANT TO BE HERE,’ it
can receive more angelic guidance. read. The email was the latest instalment of another author’s
Yet the angels have told me that the problem for newsletter and wasn’t written to be an answer about where
most humans isn’t how to receive more guidance, I was supposed to live (or about me in general), yet I knew
but how to recognise it. That’s because angels send so in my bones this subject line was angelic guidance
much guidance to us every day, guidance that can - a synchronistic answer to the question I’d pondered.
arrive in many different packages.
The angels showed me an image in my mind Flow of life
to describe how they often feel when trying to How did I know this? I immediately felt calm when
communicate with us – it was of an angel with big I read the subject line of this perfectly-timed email, it
wings knocking on a door that no one was opening. was dramatically sitting at the top of my inbox and
Recognising angelic guidance is all about slowing written all in capitals (angels love to really get your
down and opening up more space in your life. When attention!). The energy around me felt thick as time
life is less packed with to-do lists, responsibilities, itself seemed to slow down so I could register the
work, worry, expectations and racing thoughts, moment and, whenever I had a break in my day,
it’s easier to recognise angelic guidance. that same message kept coming back to my mind
— all sure signs of angelic guidance.
Synchronistic answer Most important of all, this guidance felt right to
I moved to a new town over a year ago and, with me. Guidance that feels right doesn’t always feel good
the move, came a slower pace of life. I’d always or reinforce what you want to hear, yet it feels true in
made space to receive guidance for my clients some place deep down inside your intuitive bones.
before and during a reading, but for several years my Whenever you receive angelic guidance, it’s a wonderful
personal life was so packed that I’d been on autopilot when I wasn’t reminder that angels are working on your behalf. This can let you relax
working… and now I am more on angel-pilot! In my new, slower into the flow of life, trusting more as you feel less anxiety about the bigger
existence, I am recognising and digesting a lot more angelic guidance. decisions you’re making. If something unexpected with my husband’s job
For example, my husband and I made an initial two-year commitment or a relative’s health comes along to change where I live, I know the angels
to our new town and neighbourhood. A few months ago we hit the will be there to give me the best
one-year mark. It had been a wonderful first year of healing, growth guidance in the moment. Your NEXT MONTH:
and meeting new people. angels are knocking... will you How the angels help us
‘Is this the right place to stay for longer?’ I wondered recently as I stood take the time to open the door? to step into the unknown
in line for coffee at a bookstore café. ✿ More info tanyablessings.com




MEDITATION ON Put on some calming music, sit down with your journal
and take deep breaths to focus your mind. Write a note to
Slowing your guardian angels asking for ideas about how you can
live a slower life. For the next few weeks, watch, listen and
your pace feel for guidance. Remember, angelic guidance comes in
many forms – even the subject line of an email.

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‘Our way to






bridge the void’









After his disappearance, Hannah Velten thought her


brother was lost forever, but her dreams proved otherwise





he garden was in full bloom It was a really odd experience but it eased my
at my parents’ house in East fears. On the flipside, Christian’s friend from
Sussex as we stood in a circle university had a bad feeling about his trip and
Tholding hands to the sound of warned him against going.
Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule and prayed for Unfortunately, his friend’s premonition came
my brother Christian’s safe return home. true. The last time Christian called home was in
Everything was how I’d imagined it. This March 2003. Christian would give children he
was the vision that had come to me while met on his travels his home address for them to
I was working as a writer in residence for send letters, but those letters stopped coming,
a funeral company. I was on my way back and when he didn’t get his plane home, we
from an exhibition, which had prompted me knew something was very wrong. Mum and
to wonder how and when we would mark Dad used all of the official and unofficial lines
Christian’s life – or death. In my mind’s eye, of enquiry to find Christian – even enlisting a
I could see his friends and family coming Malian village chieftain to follow his tracks. No
together to celebrate my little brother’s life, matter how hard we tried, though, we couldn’t
holding hands in a ‘circle of hope’. get any closer to the truth of what happened.
Now here we were. It was summer 2015
and Christian had been missing for 12 years. Crossing the void
He should have been celebrating his 40th My life went on, I got married and had two
birthday and I couldn’t let it go unmarked. children, but I lived in hope that one day
Christian was my only sibling and we Christian would return home. Even 12 years
were incredibly close. He was just 14 months My search for on, marking Christian’s 40th birthday, part
younger than me, we were like twins. I missed Christian has of me still hadn’t lost hope he was alive. The
him so much. taught me so much celebrations ignited a renewed hope and I
started having lucid dreams about Christian.
Vanished without trace In these recurring dreams, I would ‘fly’ with
In April 2003, aged 27, Christian went missing a ‘grandmother spirit’ called Margery to Africa
in Mali, Africa, during a solo expedition to and find Christian alive but very ill. He was
retrace the footsteps of the 18th century Scottish being looked after by an old lady who was giving
explorer, Mungo Park. Christian was filming his ‘I started him plant medicine. We would lie next to each
experiences for a production company. He was a other and hug.
zoology graduate, with a love of ‘dangerousness’ having lucid As the dreams progressed, I discovered
as he called it. He was at his happiest when another grandmother spirit, Edie, who was with
travelling to far flung places. dreams Christian. She told me I couldn’t know where
My mum, Pauline, and dad, Tim, were my brother was as now was not the time for me
worried when Christian revealed he’d be about to find him. Edie seemed to act as a gatekeeper
travelling alone through West Africa, as was I. between me and Christian. She wouldn’t let me
But then, about a week before Christian left for Christian’ speak to him if he was too tired or sick.
his six-month trip, while I was working at an art I became convinced that Christian was still
gallery in Falmouth, Cornwall, a woman came in alive and we were communicating telepathically.
and said, ‘You’re worried about your brother, but I also discovered I could connect with him
you don’t need to be. He will be okay.’ through meditation and guided writing.

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As kids, we yearned for him to physically come home. Her guide replied, ‘When Spirit is speaking,
were almost
In April 2018, I lit a candle for Christian in it speaks from a place of belief.’
like twins,
our local church. As I left, I got chatting to a lady ‘Who is speaking when Hannah thinks it’s
inseparable
called Narda, a shamanic practitioner. I told her Christian?’ asked Narda.
about how Christian and I were communicating ‘It’s Christian. Christian speaking from
telepathically and she invited me for a shamanic a place of belief. He does think he’s going back
healing to see if there was anything energetically to a body…’
blocking our physical reunion. Back home I burst into tears as realisation
On the Pagan festival of Beltane, I went for my struck. Christian truly believed he was able to
healing session with Narda and something in return home, but the reason he couldn’t was
the pit of my stomach told me I’d soon learn the because he was in Spirit. I’d have to come to
truth about Christian. terms with the truth I’d been denying for so long.
Towards the end of the session, Narda asked My brother was dead.
her spirit guide, ‘What would Hannah learn Later, I connected to Archangel Michael
by believing Christian would return to her through guided writing and he confirmed that
physically? Why has Christian told Hannah he’s Christian was in Spirit. Michael told me that my
coming back to the physical?’ bother didn’t realise he’d died but he had been











Christian in 2003
with the map of his
route behind him



‘I wasn’t sure you were real when we first
made contact,’ he told me. ‘I thought I was going
mad but now I know you are real.’
I kept a diary of our encounters in a bid to
make sense of what was happening and find
some clue that could lead me to my lost brother.
I didn’t tell my family though for fear they would
think I was going mad. More determined to
find my brother than ever, I set up a Facebook
community in 2016 – Search for Chris Velten What is trance mediumship? Try it
– which gained 2,600 followers. People got in
touch with various ‘sightings’ of Christian, but now!
they ultimately lead to dead ends. Hannah used this technique to connect with
My chats with Christian continued and he her brother in Spirit. Here’s how it works
would often tell me he was ‘coming home’. He
said it would be a happy and sad time for the ne of the earliest while Spirit can physically transmogrification.
family because he had changed so much. mentions of trance talk through them or even The information
At one point, he even told me he was getting Omediumship write through them or passed on is often fluent,
on a plane and gave me the flight number. comes from ancient draw pictures. Sometimes logical and enlightening.
I waited anxiously for him to show up, but he Greece, where people the medium channelling Sometimes the medium will
never did and later said he had just been testing were said to channel the spirit will take on their not be able to recall what
me to see how much I wanted him home. spirits and gods. Trance voice or facial features, has been said. This was
After that, I refused to talk to him until he mediumship happens which is known as the case with early 20th
showed up. We didn't speak for a year. when a person takes their century medium Edgar
During that time, I focused on my spiritual mind to an altered state of Cayce, who performed
development, I studied tarot, meditated and consciousness and Spirit ‘Spirit is able thousands of readings
learned trance mediumship, where you act as is able to connect through to connect while in a trance
a conduit for Spirit and departed souls to talk them and exchange energy. and was unable to Á
through you to share messages. I taught myself The medium will often through them’ remember them TURN THE
how to connect with angels and my spirit guides. find they take a ‘backseat’ afterwards. PAGE FOR
Eventually, I let Christian back in. I felt him MORE
with me a lot over the next year or so, yet I still

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REAL LIVES


a wolf, sniffed all over the man’s body to others and tools to help them heal, as well as
and found the fragment of Christian’s post videos of me channelling messages from
soul at the top of this stranger’s leg. The Christian and other spirits. Through guided
man allowed me to remove it and I felt writing, we’ve written a book together,
Christian come into my body. I then Lost & Found (£9.99, Red Letter Books),
persuaded Christian to move into his which aims to help people through the grieving
own ‘eagle’ soul and fly home with me. process. I also run private sessions for people
Afterwards, Christian and I had suffering from complicated grief issues.
a clearer connection. Now all I need I’ve found a new direction in life as I now
to do to connect with him is take know it’s my mission to help others who have
a few deep breaths and he is with me. suffered loss. Although I don’t have any physical
Christian’s nickname for me is ‘Death evidence about what happened to Christian,
With my Queen’ because I’m able to connect with I have found spiritual closure. My brother has
beautiful the spirit realm so easily, his little joke. taught me so much, namely, to live life as you
family
Our bond is as strong as ever and truly feel you should, act on your instincts and
wanting to help others to heal, grieve don’t worry about what others think of you. This
informed and would be in touch. and reconnect with lost love ones, we have set is why I have not been afraid to embrace my role
A few moments later, Christian connected up an online community called RAISE, where of ‘Death Queen’ and my connection to Spirit.
with me through guided writing. we offer a subscription service to give support ✿ More info hannahvelten.online
‘I’m really sorry, Han, but it seems I’ve died
and haven’t known about it,’ he said. ‘All that
time I was wondering why people were ignoring
me as I walked about… I love you now and
always have – hurting you was the last thing
I meant to do, but it seems this is the path we
were meant to take…’
Heading home
Days later, Christian told me, through guided
writing, that part of him was in someone else’s
body and asked if I could retrieve it so he could
become energetically whole again.
In a meditation, Christian and I flew together
as eagles to Africa to collect the missing part of
his soul. We landed in front of a man wearing
sunglasses and I knew I needed to talk to him.
‘Have you got something that doesn’t belong
to you?’ I asked him.
‘Yes,’ he said.
‘Is it making you ill?’ I asked.
‘Yes,’ he replied.
Wise women to guide us
In the meditation, I turned into

I have journals filled Grandmother spirits helped Hannah connect with
with guided writing from
connecting with Christian Christian. Medium Wendy Stokes explains what they are…
T of elderly women, such as in the spirit realm, spirits
here are many
dimensions of
unconditional love, wisdom
can choose how they
the spirit realms,
explains Wendy. ‘Those and traditional ways of portray themselves. They
do this so we can recognise
wellbeing, trust, gentleness
who have died in the and compassion. them and assess why
physical world, and are ‘Though there is no they chose to help in this
training to be spirit guides, gender, race, colour or age particular way, presumably
can work alone when because we need these
trained or work in groups special energies. AS TOLD TO KATY MOON ILLUSTRATIONS SHUTTERSTOCK
for specific purposes. ‘We need ‘By showing us the
‘The ‘grandmother group’ these special symbol of “grandmothers”,
choose to get together they want us to register
to concentrate on values energies’ how powerful and loving
associated with the energy they are.’




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GODDESS MASTERCLASS


















Delving

INTO THE



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Discover who ‘the Goddess’ is and how

connecting with her abundant energy will
leave you feeling empowered and at peace





hen we talk about ‘the different times. But her different
Goddess’, what is it that names share common characteristics,
we mean? Is she an including a nurturing presence and
W ethereal being, an strong connection to nature.’
ancient warrior or a mythical deity? But the Goddess is more than just a
Spirit & Destiny spoke to Wiccan benevolent Divine presence in our lives.
High Priestess Teresa Dellbridge to ‘She is also the earth we live on, and
shed light on this female energy and the spirit that lies within that earth.
what she can bring to your life. You can sense that spirit when you’re
‘The Goddess is a Divine being who out in nature – it comes over you as
loves and cares for us,’ reveals Teresa. a feeling of calmness. It’s the harmony
‘This explains why the Goddess has and wellbeing you experience when
over the ages been given many names out among the trees or on the hills
and personas, including the Earth or walking along a beach, which
Mother, by those who worship her. enables you to revitalise, refresh
‘Those names and guises have been and develop new perspectives.
attributed by different peoples and It does that by helping you Á
civilisations in different places, at truly hear your intuition.’ TURN THE
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KWAN-YIN
DEMETER Beautiful, gentle Chinese
This nature goddess lost her daughter goddess Kwan-Yin gave up
Persephone to the god of the her place in heaven to carry
Underworld, Pluto. Her sorrow made the on helping humans.
earth barren, so the other gods decreed Her symbols are…
Persephone could come back for part of mother with child on her
the year. In spring and summer, Demeter lap, jade, lotus flower and
is joyful, but winter brings separation, as ylang ylang.
Persephone leaves. Call on her for… healing,
Her symbols are… ear of wheat, pearl, consolation and to
sunflower and cypress scent. feel loved.
She helps you… tune into and feel
seasonal and personal cycles.





The Many




Manif tations




of the Godd s This Irish goddess symbolises
BRIGID

light, creativity and freedom.
She’s also known for creating new
Through the ages our life each spring.
Her symbols are… the
ancestors have put a name and St Brigid’s Cross, clear quartz,
persona to the Goddess. Here snowdrops and rosemary.
are some of her manifestations. Call on her for… all forms of
You can place symbols of creativity and new enterprise.
her on your altar to connect
with her energy

ISIS
This Egyptian goddess is mother,
wife, ruler, healer, mistress
of magic and the essence of GAIA
the land. Ancient earth goddess
Her symbols are… Gaia gave birth to gods of
the ankh, amethyst, sphinx and sky and sea.
frankincense. Her symbols are… all fruits,
She can help you… feel amber, the snake and patchouli.
powerful yet sympathetic. She helps you… be at peace
with your own body.









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Gifts from the Goddess

Connecting with the Goddess and learning to
work with her will enable you to live a slower,
more peaceful life. Try it
Just as nature’s cycles happen at their own
pace and you can’t rush them, in the same way, now!
the Goddess – who encompasses the wondrous
beauty of nature – slows our pace as well,
explains Teresa.
‘She nurtures us, slows us, and when you slow
down, your priorities change and you realise that
few things are important enough to rush about
for. You’ll learn to live in the now and be true
to yourself.’
Sometimes it can be easy to take for granted
all the gifts we are given, but if you awaken to
the Goddess, you will realise there is so much to
be grateful for.
This sense of gratitude is really good for us,
making our entire being glow, and attracting
more good things our way.
‘When you open your heart to the Goddess,
you will learn to listen to the authentic you, feel
the wonder that is all around you, and realise
that everything is interconnected.
‘This will help you reflect, feel more
worthwhile and develop a real sense of being
part of something meaningful, universal and
more spiritual,’ says Teresa.
Creating an altar
One of the best ways to connect to the Goddess
and draw her energy close is to create an altar in
Goddess visualisation
her honour. You can do this at home:
y First, set aside a shelf or cupboard top
as a devotional space. Next, place candles and If you feel under pressure and anxious, take 10 minutes
a statue or picture on your altar that reminds to connect with the Goddess and feel peaceful again
you of how you see the Goddess. Add crystals
and any ornaments that seem to you to
Sit comfortably in front and springy, the trees ask her advice and note
represent the Goddess. A geode, which is
of your altar, if have form a circle around you. any feelings that come to
a crystal formation shaped like a small cave,
created one. Close your In front of you there is an you. Above all, feel peaceful
is perfect, if you can afford this.
eyes, focus on your body arched shrine and in front and blessed and know that
y Each week, try to bring something from the
and let your breathing slow. of the shrine is a silver answers will bear fruit in
natural world to place on your altar. This could
fountain cascading into their own time.
be anything from a wildflower, a shell, stone or
Imagine that you a pool of emerald water.
feather to a leaf or piece of bone or twig.
2 are walking through The fountain throws up When you are ready,
y Light a candle each day on your altar and
trees. Birds are singing, spray, creating a mist. The 5 say goodbye, with
stop to reflect and just be. Make time for this
the fragrance of wood and birds have quietened, apart thanks. Walk back through
because, however busy you are, slowing down
earth surrounds you and from one, whose sweet the woods, bringing
and connecting is vital. Remember you are
sunlight dapples your path. song fills the grove. with you any advice and
something much deeper than the little concerns
Notice all that you see, blessing you’ve received.
of everyday life. Let everything come into
hear and experience. Tree You ask for your Come back to everyday
perspective, breathe deeply, visualise yourself
branches form an archway 4 goddess – in other awareness and promise
somewhere out in nature that you love. Take
overhead and you feel that words, the Goddess as yourself you will do one
a few minutes to feel peaceful.
your footsteps are guided. you see her – to appear, loving deed, in thanks for
Mark the occasion and behind the veil of what you’ve received.
The path opens out misty spray, a figure forms This reinforces the Á
You don’t just have to connect to the Goddess
3 and you find yourself within the shrine. Tell your messages you’ve TURN THE
using an altar.
in a grove. The grass is soft troubles to this goddess, been given. PAGE FOR
If you like the sense of ritual, you can honour MORE
your commitment to the Goddess and her
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Divine energy by holding a ceremony.
Go out alone into nature, before you have
breakfast, and find a place that feels special
to you, preferably somewhere there are trees
and stones.
Face the sunrise and hold out your arms, as
you take a deep breath visualise the growing
light entering your body. See all around you
vibrating in harmony, forming a radiant picture
with you in the centre.
Hold this picture in your mind for a while.
Then, when you are ready, come back to
everyday awareness.
Next, take off your shoes and really feel the
power of the earth, imagine it moving up your
legs and strengthening you.
Touch a tree, experiencing its gentleness
and wisdom. Pick up a stone, appreciate its
timelessness, then pop it in your pocket to take
home with you.
When you get home, put your stone on your
altar and light a white candle. Reflect on your
experiences and write them in a journal.
Have a simple breakfast, preferably of organic,
local produce, and take some outside to scatter
as an offering to the earth.
Pledge to carry out an action of love for
people, animals and/or the earth each day.
These acts of love can be very small – even just
5 places to ind the Goddess a smile at a stranger who seems to be struggling
will do if you’re busy, although at other times
you might do more, from growing your own
She is everywhere in nature and always available for you to vegetables to learning forms of divination, such
connect with. Here are some places you may feel her energy as tarot, to strengthen your intuition.
Above all, resolve to slow down and be
WATER Appreciate the immense troubles away and bring consciously a part of natural tides.
Sit by a stream, watch the and expansive power of you fresh perspectives. And if you’d like to do something more, then
rippling water and listen. the ocean, and let it remind a really lovely way to affirm your commitment
The water has been all you of the immeasurable EARTH to the Goddess is to plant a tree. This is also
around the earth, within power of the Goddess. Put your hands in fresh reflective of your love of nature.
the clouds and seas, and soil and close your eyes. ✿ More info Log on to paganfed.org or email
is now flowing by you. The TREES How does it feel? Within Teresa at [email protected]
sound of the stream is the Sit with your back to a tree that soil is the power of The Little Book of Nature Blessings by Teresa
song of the Goddess. What and imagine its roots are all life. Reflect on this as Dellbridge (£10.99, Watkins) is out now
does it intuitively tell you? growing up from the base you gently touch the earth.
Each lake is a centre of of your spine, entwining
the Goddess’s bounty for you with the mystery CAVES
so many creatures. Sense and magic of the Goddess. When you’re in the
the teeming life around Feel empowered by dimness of a cave, imagine ‘Visualise
you and feel the power of this connection. you are being held in the
the Goddess. If possible, womb of the Goddess. the growing
look at your own image in HILLTOPS How will you be reborn? In
the water. What thoughts Stand with your arms other words, what would light
and images come into apart, facing the wind. you like to transform? entering
your mind? Feel the breeze blowing Let your exit from the
Sit by the ocean, listen through your hair and cave be the start of a new your body’
to its waves, watching it remember the wind has life for yourself, a life that is
surging and retreating blown across continents. filled with peace, balance
in a never-ending dance. Let the breeze take your and patience.



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The Goddess:






her whel of he year









There are eight seasonal festivals, honouring the Goddess in all her phases.
Getting in tune with each of them puts us in tune with her




BELTANE SAMHAIN/HALLOWEEN
April 30th October 31st
This is a festival of sensuality and The earth is going to sleep and
joy. The earth is blooming. Place this is an inward time, of leaf
hawthorn on your altar, light mulch and seeds beneath the soil.
a pink candle and think about Place a pumpkin on your altar and
your body image, your sexuality light a black candle. Think of your
and your fulfilment, and thank the ancestors and what you believe
Goddess for joy. about the spirit world.
Thank the Goddess
for spirituality.
IMBOLC LUGHNASADH
February 2nd July 30th
This is the first Harvest Festival,
This is a festival of brightness,
the festival of grain, when the
creativity and renewal. Put
earth is generous. Place an ear
snowdrops on your altar, light
of wheat on your altar and light
a white candle, plan new projects,
a gold candle. Ask yourself what
and thank the Goddess for all
your personal ‘harvest’ may be.
her inspiration.
What have you achieved? Thank
the Goddess for abundance.
MIDSUMMER WINTER SOLSTICE
June 22nd December 22nd
Everything is coming to its peak Although all is bare, the sun starts
and flowers are abundant. Place to return, making this the season
roses on your altar, light an orange of rebirth. The earth is welcoming,
candle and ask yourself what’s stirring. Place a tiny Christmas
coming to a head, what you are tree on your altar and light
achieving and what you should a scarlet candle. Think about all
prioritise. Thank the Goddess the gifts the Goddess gives to you
for beauty. and feel grateful.


AUTUMN EQUINOX FEATURE TErEsA dEllbridGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOS isToCk, sHuTTErsToCk
September 21st
SPRING EQUINOX This is the second Harvest
March 21st Festival, the festival of fruit. The
All is starting to bud and hatch. earth is giving but tiring. Place
Put primroses on your altar, light blackberries on your altar and
a bright green candle and think light a purple candle. Ask yourself
about how your diferent plans what you may need to let go of.
are working out and thank the Thank the Goddess for imparting
Goddess for energy. wisdom to you.

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A ritual for…



Rebalancing












Like Native Americans and shamans,
work with the energy of the bear to restore

harmony and ground yourself




























Step one



Close your eyes and visualise emerging
from your winter den and seasonal
slumber, just like the bear. Outside,
imagine being met by a bear guide who
leads you to a river where you feed it
salmon and berries and thank it for being
there to help you. Listen to the water
flowing and imagine that vibrant energy
flowing through your body, getting rid
of any stagnant energy from the
cold winter months.













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TIME FOR YOU








Step two


Ask the bear to take you to
a magical place in the forest.
As you walk with the bear
through the forest, feel the
grounding energy of the earth
coming up through your feet
and into your body.
















Step r


The bear takes you to a pool of
turquoise water where he hands
you some medicine to protect
you on your journey. Take the
medicine then look into the pool
at your reflection and say out
loud, ‘Like the bear I’ll move
slowly and plant my footsteps
safely along my
road in life.’











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MAKE THE






MOST OF





Every Moment























Discover the techniques you can learn to find

stillness and peace and make every day a joy



odern life is busier than it’s moment with the following keys to get the
ever been and most people most out of our days and bring meaning
feel extremely overwhelmed to the present,’ says Sarah Prout, emotional
Mby it at times. empowerment expert and author of
But what if there were nine simple and Dear Universe: 200 Mini-Meditations
easy-to-follow techniques you could use to for Instant Manifestations.
help cope with the demands of daily life? Sarah, a busy mother of four who runs
What if there were mindfulness tools and her own business, has created nine keys that
practices to help you enjoy life, even at its will lead you to stillness, peace and joy in the
most chaotic, rather than being consumed by moments when you need it most. Combined
your seemingly never-ending to-do lists? with a powerful affirmation, these keys will
‘Living a slower life might seem appealing, help you remain calm in the eye of the storm
but the ultimate goal isn’t actually about and know you can not only weather anything
slowing down. It’s about meeting each – but enjoy the ride, too!











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Inner You



KeY 1

Be present
remember that all that
exists is NOW. The past has
already happened and the
future is yet to unfold. The
most amount of power you
have is right now.
When you bring your
attention back to your
breath and take a deep,
long inhale, then you
can start to access the
present moment.
In situations, such as
standing in line at the
supermarket or perhaps
waiting in the GP’s
surgery, when you feel
the urge to reach for your
phone and fill up these
moments before it’s your
turn to pay or see the
doctor, take a deep breath,
return to the now.




Airmation:
‘Dear universe, may I now
be here, right now, in this
moment. I ask that the
energy of stillness
empowers my mind. I ask
that this awareness
energises me for the rest of
this day. So be it, so it is.’




TIP
It really doesn’t take very
much to tune into the
power of the present
moment. It could be as
simple as brewing a cup
of tea, singing along to
a song you like that
comes on the radio,
or having a leisurely
soak in the bath.
When you allow time for
self-care and to focus
on the now, then
you are being
present with Á
the process of Turn The
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KEY 2 KEY 3 KEY 4 KEY 5
Get curious Get aligned Connect Be grateful

Alignment is just a fancy to nature The energy of gratitude and
way of asking you to tune appreciation is magical. It can
into what makes you feel transform the most undesirable
good. Transformative work situation into a moment of
is often done when we’re peace. The key to gratitude is to
sufering or out of strive to find it in ALL situations.
alignment, in that things Admittedly, it’s extremely
aren’t how you’d like them dificult to be grateful if you get
to be and you’re not feeling a parking ticket. However,
how you’d like to feel. Over consider what the experience is
time, however, remember teaching you. Is it a lesson and
that pain turns into a fresh an opportunity to cultivate
perspective and wisdom. more acceptance and calm?
If you set the intention to If you’re not sure how to be
slow down, figure out what grateful, ask the universe for
will help you to stay in guidance, because gratitude will
alignment and be calm, always keep you in the present.
even when faced with
Anything you have learned in your a challenging situation.
life began with a spark of curiosity. Airmation:
If you ask yourself how you can ‘Dear universe, allow me
expand your understanding and Airmation: to view my life with a sense
connection to the universe and the To strengthen your ability to be of deep appreciation and
‘Dear universe, empower me
moment, then the answers are more present in your life, it’s gratitude. May my heart be filled
to remember what I love and
reflected in your everyday reality. essential that you unplug from with joy and love from whatever
what brings me joy. May
Ask more questions such as, technology from time to time. appears into my reality for the
I remember to seek joy because
‘How can I try new things that will Screen-free time is really good for highest good. So be it, so it is.’
that will be how I will raise my
expand my perspective?’ and ‘What you. Even if you just take a walk
vibration and align with my
are the books to read that will help around the block without your
desires. So be it, so it is.’
me remain present on this journey?’ phone, your spirit will thank you
Remember, the universe will for it. Whether it’s the beach, TIP
support you on your quest if you mountains, local park or your Choose a special journal to
ask it to. It will guide you to what TIP garden, get out into the fresh air record your daily list of things
you need to learn and taking time and connect with nature. It’s the you are grateful for. Keep it by
List the areas of your life
to focus on a book, podcast or gateway to a connection with your bed and write down
you feel need more
creative project helps bring you stillness and slowing down. three things in the morning
balance. Look at ways you
back to the present and focus and three things at night for
can realign your day so
your mind. which you are thankful. The
you have time to do the way you begin and end your
things that make you feel Airmation: day will bring meaning to your
good. This helps you focus ‘Dear universe, may I now
Airmation: life and allow you to focus
on what makes you happy, unplug from technology and
‘Dear universe, reveal to me remember the magic of the on the present.
bringing you into balance.
opportunities that will allow me present moment. Please send
to explore my potential. May the me a sign of alignment that
right support systems and rituals reminds me of the peace in
be presented to me to deepen my heart. So be it, so it is.’
my awareness. So be it,
so it is.’
TIP TIP
To spark the magic of possibility, When you are on a nature walk,
try things you wouldn’t ordinarily remember that every choice you
do. For example, take a walk in make will always manifest itself
a park you have never been to physically. If you choose to live
before. See what new things a chaotic life, this is what you will
appear when you get curious manifest, if you choose to take
about how you can mix up the time to live in the present and slow
energy in your life and don’t just down, this is the type of energy
focus on the stresses of the day. you will attract more of.

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INNER YOU

KEY 6 KEY 7 KEY 8 KEY 9
Be hopeful Be patient Be kind Remember
As the old saying goes, ‘a watched your power
pot never boils.’ And as much as This is probably the most important
patience is a virtue (as another old step of all. You are a powerful
adage goes), it is also an creator. You have everything you
opportunity to cultivate deep levels need within you to slow down, be
of awareness in our daily lives. If present and intentionally create
your intention is to slow down and whatever it is that your heart
get the most from each day then desires. You have the ability to draw
patience is essential. You don’t plant upon all of the energetic resources
seeds and then get impatient within you to face any moment of
because they haven’t flowered the chaos that appears in your life with
next day! Remember that time ease and grace. When you
is a teacher. Stillness is a gift. remember your power, you also
Mindfulness is an adventure.
remember that your higher self
and the universe are always
working together to make your
Airmation: experience magnificent.
‘Dear universe, I am empowered As humans, we get about
with infinite patience. When 80 years on this planet, if
I approach events in my life with we’re lucky. Why spend Airmation:
It’s absolutely normal to lose ‘Dear universe, may I remember
hope sometimes but, if you can, infinite patience, I will manifest even a moment of that and fully embody my power.
hold a sense of hopefulness for instant results. So be it, so it is.’ being mean-spirited, jealous I feel at peace with the present
what is unfolding in your life. or unkind? Being kind to moment because I remember
This helps you to move others is a way of sparking that everything always happens in
through the chaos. a connection. We are all on Divine timing and not a moment
Hope is a light-hearted TIP this journey together and, sooner. So be it, so it is.’
feeling that generates Bringing a sense of presence to as we move about our
excitement for what’s possible the times when your patience is busy lives, the more
in your future. When you meet tested can be transformative in kindness you can weave
the present moment with hope, how you view the situation. Next into your day, the better. TIP
then you send the universe time you are in a long queue, see Remembering to be kind
a very clear signal that you the other people waiting as an takes you away from your When facing a dificult situation
are open to all possibilities. expression of love from the self-absorbed day and puts or stressful time, treat yourself
you in the present moment. as you would someone you really
universe and enjoy the moment
care about. Be the love you
to stop and stand still.
believe you deserve and your
Airmation: whole world will change.
‘Dear universe, I open my Airmation:
heart to the energy of ‘Dear universe, reveal to me
hopefulness. More than a goal, ways that I can be more kind to
more than a wish, hopefulness myself and others. May I hold the
is my portal to possibility. intention that kindness and the
I embody the energy of hope spirit of giving will radically raise
and trust in the miracles that my vibration and make the world
will unfold. So be it, so it is.’ a better place. So be it, so it is.’



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Let magic







LEAD THE





WAY






Call on witchy wisdom to ignite your
intuition and guide you to success



he world of witchcraft offers great advice and guidance on a very deep level,
insight into our lives. Yet while our offering the chance to develop a strong
ancestors worked with Mother relationship with nature, her creatures, her
TNature’s magic as a way of life, in signs, while giving meaning to Wiccan tools
modern times we’ve become disconnected and deities,’ says Sally. ‘It provides you with
from these traditions. the quest, rather than the answer.’
Hedgewitch Sally Morningstar, however,
has delved into the Pagan practices of our
ancestors to create The Witches’ Oracle Using this oracle
(£18.99, Eddison Books Ltd), which works Sit in a quiet place, calm and centre
with the way of the ‘wise ones’ and offers tools yourself, and ask for guidance on
and insights for self-development. the best way to move forwards. If
She invites you to step into a realm of you have a specific question, have
magical possibilities, where goddesses this in mind. Place the images of the
whisper of celestial wisdom, cauldrons cards in front of you and then close
bubble with intention and the owls are not your eyes. Open your eyes and
what they seem. notice the card that you are drawn
‘The Witches Oracle provides magical to. This is your card.

ORACLE


























































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MESSAGES



























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ORACLE


Serpent Ã

Behold the serpent winding itself
around the apple tree. This creature
is a symbol of creation, sexuality
and wisdom. If you’ve chosen this
card, you can be assured your
creative energy is about to sky
rocket. The serpent is linked with
Kundalini, the energy of creation,
which is conceptualised as
a coiled-up serpent. To harness
this essence fully, you may be
required to shed a skin, having
outgrown something in your life.
The serpent also brings you the gift
of intimacy. Observe how you crave
or avoid close contact with others,
and how this is affecting your
relationships and creativity.
x
Witchy wisdom
As your life force energy
increases, be wise about how you
spend your time and who with.
Stand in your power and don’t let
anyone take it from you.




Ã
Owl
The owl is the eagle of the night. Ã Cauldron
Carrier of vision, it navigates This card depicts Cerridwen, the
through the veils of darkness and Celtic crone goddess of the dark
illusion to the wisdom that can be moon, standing over her cauldron
found deep in the soul. This card holding a serpent staff in one hand
shows that your life has led you to and cup in the other. The cauldron
places of wisdom and that you are symbolises the void, the deep source
successfully navigating your way of creation, the womb of life with the
through some dark nights of the potential to be realised. It is the
soul. You are being advised to creator who fills the void and the
spend time in the silence, away enchanter who decides upon the
from the crowd, so you can make focus for any incantation spoken over
decisions about your life path. The it. You have potential to create your
owl reminds us to listen rather than own reality, your own direction and
to speak, and to appreciate the gifts outcome. Be aware that, as creator,
that silence and watchfulness you will need to be conscious of what
bring. Know that the owl is you are trying to achieve. If you place
watching and guiding your soul to love and compassion in your
its rightful place in the universe. cauldron, stir it with wisdom, you will
Trust the process. The owl is telling create the same in your world.
you to navigate your way carefully.
x
x Witchy wisdom
Witchy wisdom Welcome the state of emptiness that
Don’t be tempted to hold on to comes before change. Fill it with
something just because it’s there. intentions that enhance your
Expect there to be a death of the situation – and so give birth to
old around you. All will be well. a life you love living.



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Ã
Candle

A candle shines brightly with
a rainbow-glow, it is the sacred
symbol of Juno Lucina, who is
known as ‘Lady of the Light’. It
denotes transmutation, sacrificing
the body in itself in order to let it
shine its light. Feeling an affinity to
this card means you may have
felt worn down or overworked.
However, you can be sure that
you are making sacrifices for
the benefit of the greater
good, your life will shine with
radiance as a result. The candle
represents the fire element and
lightness in the dark.
On the other hand, the candle can
also reveal that you may be about
to burn out. Lessons need to be
learned about energy management
and how to improve it.
x
Witchy wisdom
Grounding yourself regularly will
assist your current situation, as it
will temper the flame with rest
and contemplation.



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Ã
Nemesis

Nemesis is the goddess of
retribution – of forces that come
into play when we need to be
steered back to a wiser course. She
shows us that we must take
responsibility for all our negative
thoughts, words and deeds, and
understand the effect these may
have on others. The symbols she
holds indicate her wish to cleanse
the human form (a bowl) in
preparation for bringing it back to
love and wisdom (apple). Choosing
Nemesis is a sign she has been
witnessing what has been
happening around you. She stands
as a guardian to offer protection
and acknowledgement of some
form of injustice. Pray to Nemesis
for illumination. Know that life
sometimes has to go pear-shaped
in order for rightness to emerge.
x
Witchy wisdom
Wait and watch things unfold, this
is not a time to act. Instead take
time to grow and learn.


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ORACLE


à Broomstick


The witches’ broom or besom is
traditionally made of birch twigs and
is associated with Hecate, the Greek
dark moon goddess. The besom is
ritually used to sweep away psychic
debris and, as such, can enhance
intuition. During handfastings, lovers
‘jump’ the broomstick together and it
is a symbol of sensual energy. Feeling
a pull towards this card is a sign your
energy is potent, therefore, it’s a good
idea to sort out the various
cupboards of your life. Your sexual
energies are active, so expect a new
relationship to become intimate. If
you are already in a relationship, you
may seek greater involvement or
pleasure. Reaffirm your needs to
each other and work together
to bring magic into your sharing.
x
Witchy wisdom
Work on clearing blocked energy.
This requires a spot of spring
cleaning physically and spiritually.




Ã
Mirror à The Silver
Bough
Mirrors are the reflectors of life ‘as it
is’, revealing exactly what is present, A beautiful woman wearing
without embellishment. As well as a flower crown sits under the
bringing clarity, mirrors are said to be silver bough of an apple tree
a doorway to other realms and can playing melodies on her harp. The
be used to reflect away negativity. silver bough is an apple branch,
This card is all about perception and sacred to the goddesses of love,
the way you see the world right now. Venus and Branwen. When cut
Don’t be deceived by surface widthways, the position of an
appearances. Feel and see exactly apple’s seeds create a pentacle,
what it is being reflected back at you indicating the spiritual power
and trust your perceptions. present in the fruit. This card brings
Remember, you are an energetic the gift of love and happiness to
being with the ability to feel and see you. Whatever you have
at all levels. If you feel uneasy or experienced recently will now be
confused, follow your intuition. Now blessed by loving kindness brought
is a key time to curb fantasies and to the heart centre for your
idealistic attitudes, as you step into attention. Choosing this image
the liberation of seeing clearly. could indicate that a marriage,
union, partnership or celebration
x is coming to you.
Witchy wisdom
If something doesn’t feel right, look x
carefully at what is happening Witchy wisdom
before taking further action. Watch Now is the time to focus on
and reflect on things deeply and a healthy lifestyle and keep
trust your intuition. your desires and wants in check.



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ORACLE



Aradia
Ã
A striking lady stands in a forest
wearing a crescent moon crown
and cloak of leaves, with her
familiar crow on her shoulder, she
is Aradia, Queen of Witches. She
wants you to believe in yourself
and what you are here to do. You
are being guided by celestial
beings and earthly circumstances
towards the embodiment of your
highest potential. Your efforts are
being acknowledged by spiritual
powers, encouraging you to
continue on your quest. Life’s
circumstances are simply
reflections of your own inner
world. It’s time to change yourself,
and to let the reflections coming
back to you change, too.
x
Witchy wisdom
To harness the success you
deserve, you will need to review
your beliefs, which may be
limiting you at this time.



Ã
The Queen
of Elphame Spell
Ã
Deep within the caverns of our
A fairy reaches high up into the sky
mother earth lives the Queen of
and beholds the rainbow shining out
Elphame, leader of the fairy realm.
above her, relishing the magical
She embodies all three aspects of
moment with her frog friend at her
the goddess – maiden, mother and
side. Feeling drawn to this card
crone. This Elfen queen teaches us
indicates enchantment is in the air,
about magic, beauty and potential.
that a magical time is coming into
You have the ability to see through
your life, especially if you have been
illusions when this card appears,
calling for something. The magical
tapping into other realities and
potential of any spell requires
bringing magic and beauty to all
energy, need and focused
that you touch. You may be called
concentration. What is it that you
to reflect the beauty of another
wish for right now? How do you hope
back to them or perhaps to bring
to manifest it? Now is the time to
some magic into their life. You are
weave your intentions, or if they’ve
a powerful mirror for others at this
already been woven, to wait for
moment. The Queen of Elphame
things to unfold. The Spell card also
can also indicate you are focusing
advises you to look at self-delusion.
too much upon outer beauty.
Be true to yourself.
x x
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See life as it presents itself and
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believe in your magical self.
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Ã
The lady
‘Everything High Priestess, who represents the
The Lady is another term for the
you need is Her counterpart is that of The Lord
feminine energy of the goddess.
within you’ they protect and watch over us. If
or the High Priest, and together

you’ve chosen this image, you may
have been feeling differently lately.
New blood is coursing through
your veins and you are changing
as a result. This card is all about
empowerment and letting go of
limitations. Know that it is possible
to embody any characteristics that
we choose. The Lady indicates that
you have the ability to stand up for
yourself, even if it doesn’t seem like
it sometimes. You are the power
behind your reality. If your reality
doesn’t fit the dream, start to
change it now.
x
Witchy wisdom
Everything you need is within you,
so call for the energy to fill you
with whatever it is you need.
Believe in your power.



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‘Low-tech,








high happiness!’










Living without technology has meant a slower pace of

life for Mark Boyle. And it’s reaped surprising benefits…





ver find yourself harking back to and services in return for ‘paying forward’
the ‘good old days’, apparently the favours you received to others. It took off
simpler times, before we were all worldwide, allowing people to skill-share in
Eglued to screens 24/7? Or wondered a local area, before eventually merging with
if you might be happier without endless social ‘Streetbank’ in the UK.
media updates and 24-hour news alerts? In 2008 I’d written a book, The Moneyless
Ditching your mobile can sound appealing. Man, about my experience and it turned out to
But could you also live without TV and radio, be timely. Following the global financial crisis
your car, washing machine, or even tap water? everybody was interested in how you could
It was almost midnight on December 20th, live without money. I ended up selling a lot of
2016, when I checked my email one last time books and, ironically, making some cash.
then switched off my phone, for good. I’d quit After three years living without money had
social media a year earlier and from now on become second nature, but it had also started
I’d decided to live entirely without technology. to consume me. It was all anyone I met
I’d always wanted a deeper connection with wanted to talk to me about, while I had other
nature. I wasn’t just talking about my phone concerns, like, how we humans had lost our
and laptop. I’d also live without a fridge, toaster connection with nature.
and clock. There’d be no using fossil fuels,
electricity or taps either. Feeling disconnected
It wasn’t the first time I’d tried living without I began to dream of setting up a community
what are seen as life’s ‘essentials’… Being connected where others could spend time in a direct
to nature is relationship with a place.
Living freely essential I made the decision to re-enter the
to me
After studying business and economics at monetary world. In 2013, when I got
university I’d ended up working in the organic a calling to go home to Ireland, I bought
food industry. Food made with fewer chemicals a smallholding in Galway. I’d soon fixed up the
seemed a force for good, until one day when I’d farmhouse, planted trees and a herb garden, dug
looked at the products I worked on laid out on a pond, created a nuttery and built composting
the supermarket shelves and realised that every toilets. I was closer to the direct relationship with
one was wrapped in plastic. Not so good… ‘I wanted a local landscape that I’d dreamed of.
I’d begun to delve deeper into the relationship to feel cold, But there was still a disconnect.
we humans have with the natural world and that I’d turn on a tap and there would be water.
had lead to me exploring whether it was possible hunger, rain, I’d flick a switch and that water would boil.
to survive entirely without money. I was comfortable, yes, but these modern
Living in a caravan in Bristol, foraging and joy, wonder, ‘conveniences’ felt like sedatives. I wanted to feel
farming to survive, had been tough at times, but cold, hunger, rain, joy, wonder, even fear.
I’d learned amazing lessons, like how important even fear’ Instead of spending my life making a living
it was to have strong relationships with the I wanted to make living my life.
people, plants and animals around me. I was also aware how technology thrived
I’d started something called the ‘freeconomic through destroying habitats. Oil rigs, quarries,
community’ online where you could get goods mines and factories... everything from

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My tech-free,
cosy home
Nature’s Bounty
How Mark uses the

resources around him
SOAPWORT
‘This plant has been used as a soap
since at least Roman times. You often
find it growing around the sites of old
Roman baths as they planted it where
they needed it. It works for all sorts
of cleaning, including your body, hair
and clothes.’

PLANTAIN
‘I’ve sufered from hay fever since I
was a child. I either chew a handful
of plantain leaves a few times a day
during hay fever season or brew
a plantain leaf tea as it’s a natural
antihistamine.’

WOOD ASH
‘I use this to make washing up liquid.’
climate change and pollution to oil spills and pigeon. Death was a part of life, but the cruelty
deforestation was down to industrialisation. of industrial meat production didn’t have to be. GROUND EGG SHELLS
That seemed too high a price to pay for the ease With no fridge or freezer I built a smokehouse ‘Supposed to regenerate teeth. I ate
of making a cup of tea in under three minutes. to preserve the trout I fished and the deer a lot of sweets growing up so was keen
A year after buying the smallholding I met my I hunted. to try this. It tastes… of egg!’
girlfriend, Kirsty and we spent the summer of My relationship with ‘clock time’ changed. ✿ More info The Way Home: Tales
2016 building a straw baled cabin by hand. Sleep came and went with the light and I often From A Life Without Technology
And on the Winter Solstice that year I began didn’t know what day it was, let alone what by Mark Boyle is published by
my wholly technology free life. hour, though the postman’s arrival was like Oneworld, £16.99
clockwork each morning. Otherwise I was
Finding my feet reliant on the sun’s position in the sky. I began
It wasn’t easy. It took two days to master to feel more in tune with seasonal rhythms and
firelighting without matches or a lighter! And my own body’s. I’d never slept better.
the slower pace of life took some adjusting to.
Heading to the local spring to collect water Testing times
each morning I’d chat to my older neighbours, I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed every aspect of my
who’d collected water there their whole lives. new tech-free life.
If I’m honest, I found the time this took Hand washing my clothes was literally
frustrating at first. But I soon came to realise that a chore and you never got a day off as there
not using a tap was leading to new friendships were always things to do. Working on wet days
and a greater sense of community. wasn’t always fun and after a day emptying the
Writing a letter by hand using a pencil was toilet or manuring vegetable beds, I missed hot
a slower, more thoughtful experience than showers, instead making do with pouring cold
bashing out an email, and walking to the post spring water over myself in an aluminium bath
office to send it certainly took longer, but weirdly by the fire. It also turned out that timing boiled
I still ended up with more time, not less. eggs is really hard without a watch!
Instead of getting endless emails, messages On a more serious note, I missed being able
and calls, the one or two letters I received each to phone my parents and knew they missed
day really mattered to me. hearing my voice, too. I wrote and promised to
I wasn’t having to work to pay bills because visit every two months.
I had no bills. That said, there was plenty to do: I also missed Match of the Day, losing
cider to make, trees to plant, herbs to gather, myself in a film, peanut butter, bananas, olives,
wood to collect, fruit and vegetables to grow, houmous and sun-dried tomatoes.
forage or preserve... But knowing I had the skills to feed myself ➳
A former vegetarian and animal rights and my loved ones gave me real security. TURN THE
activist, I began to eat meat again, but only wild, Before going offline, I’d sent an email round PAGE FOR
MORE
free-roaming creatures, once including a roadkill explaining what I planned to do, but I hadn’t
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Writing by hand is
a more thoughtful remote compared to my immediate concerns. clothes but I’d like to learn to make my own
experience I’m proud that I don’t create any rubbish. from the skin of the deer I eat. That way there’s
I walk with empty pockets, leaving my cabin no dyes going into rivers, no labour issues.
unlocked. I have nothing worth stealing. I also want to build a tribe out here. Various
I’m physically fitter and walking or cycling people have come and gone on the smallholding
everywhere is a small price to pay for not having over the past few years, but a permanent group,
to pay for the insurance, tax, MOTs and fuel in for the long haul, would be great.
for a car! We have a free hostel called The Happy Pig,
I’m keeping old ways alive and preserving where people can stay. It’s also used for teaching.
a link to ancient crafts. I’d like others to experience dealing directly with
Life has a relaxed, unhurried pace. the raw ingredients of life. Because when you
I have ambitions to fulfil. I wear secondhand unplug, you become truly connected.











heard back from some friends before logging
off for good. I worried that I might never hear
certain voices again. Somehow or other they all
slowly got in touch or visited.
I began a standing date to meet my friend
Paul for a game of chess once a week. He
couldn’t text to cancel, so I joked that unless
his leg was broken he had to turn up!
And saying goodbye to some things, meant
saying hello to others. I missed recorded music,
but to fill the void, I began going to traditional
music sessions at my local pub and even started
learning to play the tin whistle.
Playing old Irish folk songs with my new
friends, I felt a connection to my ancestors.
Eventually I installed a salvaged cast iron Try it
hot tub, where (if I waited an hour to heat the Be a healthier tech user
water!) I could soak under the stars. now!
Sadly, after three years together and two living Top tips from Catherine Price, author of How
this way, Kirsty and I broke up as we wanted
different things. I’d assumed we’d spend the rest To Break Up With Your Phone (£12.99, Trapeze)
of our lives together and it was really hard. But I
never thought of stopping my new way of living. Create ‘speed bumps’, a rule of ‘no phones on the on your screen, while
obstacles to ensure table’ during meals. Freedom and Flipd let you
Unplug and prosper that when you do block your access to apps
Since going tech-free, my reasons for living this check your phone, it’s Leave your phone at and websites when you
lifestyle have shifted in importance, becoming a conscious choice. home when you go want a break.
less about saving the world and more about Put a rubber band around 3for a walk. Stare out
savouring it. your phone as a physical the window during your Social media apps are
I’m not one for sitting and concentrating on reminder to pause, or set train commute instead of free because it’s
my breathing, but gathering and chopping wood a lock screen image that checking your email. 5advertisers who are
feels like a practical meditation. And if you don’t asks you to confirm that Craving your phone? What the real customers and
remain mindful when picking nettles, you soon you really want to proceed. does that feel like? Keep your attention is what’s
know about it! observing the craving and being sold. Not many
Without my phone beeping, I find myself Charge your phone you may find it goes away people on their deathbeds
more present in the moment. I’m not thinking outside your on its own. wish they’d spent more AS TOLD TO DEBORAH RISELEY ILLUSTRATIONS SHUTTERSTOCK
about the next job, my ‛to do’ list or the email 2bedroom and buy time on Facebook.
I meant to send. My mind is less cluttered, my a separate alarm clock. Screen time tracking What do you want to
thoughts are slower and I feel less stressed. I’m Delete social media apps apps like Moment, give your attention to?
just walking, or whittling utensils and cutlery for and use clunkier browser 4Quality Time and How much of your life
the kitchen from wooden branches by the fire. versions instead. Disable OFFTIME will measure how do you want to spend
Sometimes I overhear conversations about notifications and establish much time you’re spending on your phone?
news or politics, but it all feels abstract and

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‘I turn darkness
into light’









R&B soul singer Babs Savage on the power of the mind and how

looking on the bright side helps her conquer life’s challenges





Who’s been one of the biggest but a disabled home wanted to buy it and she
spiritual influences in your life? let them because of her own daughter’s
My mum June (83). She’s been disabled disability. She bought the house in St John’s
from the age of four after having a stroke Wood from the military instead. The women
when she had scarlet fever. She woke up in my family were strong and productive.
paralysed and when she was 11 my Granny was a sculptress and had a property
Hungarian granny, Manci (on my mum’s business that my dad, Brian [who died aged
side), sent her for treatment with Dr 66], a quantity surveyor, worked in.
[Andras] Peto in Budapest. His conductive
education therapy is known all over the Was your upbringing religious?
world. Within a year he had taught her to I was brought up in the Church of England
walk and talk. But the communists were until, when I was 14, I came home and said
coming in and she had to come home or be to Mum, ‘What’s a ‘Yid’?’ I’d heard the word
forced to stay, so she didn’t finish the at school. Mum said, ‘Go look in the mirror.’
treatment and only regained the use of one I asked her why she hadn’t told me I was
arm and her left side. She was very beautiful Jewish and she replied she thought I knew.
but, because of her disability, considered less In 1941, when Hitler was in Guernsey,
valuable in society. So, she used her mind and Granny had told Mum to change her
made sure she was interesting to talk to and religion because there was the danger that
engaging, and she still is. Hitler could get to England at any time.
Watching her in pain when I was growing
up taught me that your mind is a powerful Rocking out! Have you always believed in
I’m passionate
tool for getting through difficulties. I was one about music an unseen spiritual world?
of three kids who had to understand our mum I grew up in a house full of ghosts, people
was strong but also incredibly weak. Even as who had lived there before. There was a strong,
a child I was physically stronger than her and heavy energy in the house that used to creep
I became very empathic. But I also lost my visitors out. It was thick with a busy vibe. As a
childhood. I was always told, ‘Don’t complain, kid I’d talk to the house as if it was a real person.
you have two arms and two legs.’ So having But because it was a heavy energy, I felt from an
a tantrum in our house was seen as a real early age I needed to lighten the atmosphere,
indulgence. I was frustrated at not being able to ‘It was cheer it up. I always wanted to run away from its
attached to made everything feel heavy, but it was the house.
be a child, which I only came to terms with later. heaviness – my family always felt it was life that
Where did you grow up? spirits that When I was 19 I had a classic Hammer House
In St John’s Wood, London, in a big old house of Horrors experience. I was sitting at my
– 16,000 square foot with 24 bedrooms! It was would follow dressing table and felt hands on my shoulders.
the biggest house in north west London. My I looked up and there was no one there! I never
granny Manci [Bleier] was descended from the me home’ felt scared in the house though, it always looked
Schwatzenburg family, a long line of Hungarian after me. When I was 15 a guy was managing
aristocrats who were advisers to the Habsburgs my band at the time but I didn’t like him and
of Prussia. She had wanted to buy Highclere one day he came to the house, and it scared him
Castle, where ITV’s Downton Abbey was filmed, so much he ran away!

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Me when I was MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
a tiny tot
I’ve always sensed
a higher power
at work
































PROFILE...

Babs Savage
A teenage me
in my first band Career Acupuncturist
turned pop star, Babs
hit the London stage
when she opened for
Did you ever get the house exorcised? George Michael’s
Yes, years later when we sold it. It was 2008/9 band Wham! and met
and there was a long exchange time and lots to her future husband,
move out. I took a piece of wood that had fallen Culture Club drummer
off a wall to keep a part of the house. I felt funny Jon Moss.
when I picked it up but I didn’t realise it was Chicago’s highly
attached to spirits that would follow me home. acclaimed producer/
I went back to my house in Hampstead, which singer songwriter
I shared with my then husband Jon Moss Rickey Rainbow
[drummer in 1980s new wave band Culture produced Babs’ debut
Club] and three children, Clyde (22), Gigi (19) album, London Kisses.
and Leon (16). That night I was reading one of She is currently
them a bedtime story when out of the corner of writing a stage show
my eye I saw a black silhouette. with Rickey.
Later, I went to sleep and woke up to feel Where did you meet Jon? When I was 17 Did you know? When
hands squeezing my neck like someone was I was 19 and saw him on stage at Camden I was attacked Babs was 16 she dated
strangling me. I didn’t tell Jon because we were Palace, in London. They had just come out with in my flat late English musician Bruce
having problems at the time and I thought he’d their single, ‘Do you really want to hurt me?’ My at night by Foxton, from The Jam.
think I was a lunatic. I mentioned it to my ex-boyfriend was flatmates with him and I met a stalker. He
acupuncturist, who knew an exorcist and she Jon after that at his house and we had an instant stood at the end
phoned him immediately. ‘Put the wood back,’ connection – it was mental. We both shared of my bed and told me ‘I’ve come for you...’
he told her to tell me. a Jewish heritage, too, as well as Scottish and The police were involved but he wasn’t charged.
My dad also died in that house and I was Hungarian ancestry, so looked quite similar. After the incident I suffered from insomnia and
worried his spirit might be stuck in the house. We’ve been separated for 10 years but he’ll started having acupuncture that helped me sleep
When the exorcist went round to the house he always be a huge love and remains a friend. and get over the trauma on an
found 11 ghosts, all military. He rang and said, emotional and physical level. I later
Á
‘I don’t understand, I keep seeing your dad You’re into complementary therapies used it to ease my grief when Dad TURN THE
standing in mid-air on stairs that don’t exist’. and practice as a professional died suddenly, dropping down PAGE FOR
It made perfect sense, we’d just renovated the acupuncturist. How did you get dead in front of Mum at home. MORE
house and moved the staircase! into alternative medicine? Acupuncture moves chi [energy]

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You won the 2018 that I could fit into my handbag and I’d plug
International Chicago Music myself in and sing at people’s parties.
Award for Outstanding Then, on my fortieth birthday, I did
Contribution to Music and a show for family and friends, which led to
your singles La La and Hot recording a CD, then I started getting booked for
Apple Pie were hits in the US shows and gigs – became professional and got
dance charts. What prompted paid for it!
the change in direction? I’ve gone from being a covers singer to
Mum always taught us not to put writing my own songs as an artist. My song
ourselves in a box. She never stopped Ready To Be Me is about coming out of yourself
herself from doing anything despite – whether that be your personality, sexuality or
In the early days her disability. whatever – that time when you’re ready to be
with Jon
In my thirties I really felt my soul you. In my life I’ve had several stages of being
needed to sing. I met a wonderful me, one being how I wound up on this stage.
teacher, Ruth Franks, at a dinner It’s about finding that place in yourself and
party and she encouraged me to sing discovering a more open and wiser you. I’ve
and started giving me lessons. realised that in life the only person who can ever
Jon bought me a PA Yamaha system take or damage your spirit is yourself.









Jon and I with our
three wonderful kids


around your body to ease physical and
emotional problems and open up energy centres
to connect to a higher power.
I did a course in my early twenties and started
practising. I learned how to heal people by using
‘spirit’ points – acupuncture points – on their
body, although I don’t usually tell them that I’m
connecting to a higher power.
I guess in a way I do it because I couldn’t fix
Mum, so I try and fix other people. I use it to
treat famous clients and celebrities with fertility Try it
treatments, who have then gone on to
successfully get pregnant. My forte is women’s Find your voice… now!
health and that includes inducing labour. My
work can only be done with love and from Babs shares her mindful writing ritual
a place of good intention otherwise it doesn’t
work. Success is not just about the therapy it inding my voice Find a place where you get it out of your head and
is about the person doing it. came from a longing won’t be disturbed. down on paper.
Fto express myself Think of someone Reflect on what you’ve
Do you believe in a higher power? deeply. The intensity of my or something that is 3 written. Notice any
My mum always said that I had some extra feelings and a mistrust of important to you. Perhaps insights that come out
power in me, some knowledge that I was always the world led me to mute a loved one or a project you on the page. By paying
tuned into. myself for a year as a child. want to get of the ground. attention to your thoughts
When I treat people, patients sometimes say Writing down my Spend a few minutes just on paper, you allow more
they sense I’m not treating them on my own and thoughts helped me thinking about it. clarity and insights to arise.
there are other spirits there in the room, helping connect to my inner Now write down how it If you’re feeling
me connect and treat them. wisdom as an adult. 2 makes you feel. Try not 4 confident, turn your
I’ve always had unshakeable confidence in I became aware of the to edit what you put on the thoughts into a poem.
acupuncture and it is possible I’ve done it in power of my words and paper – express it without Write a verse and try and AS TOLD TO KATE DELAMERE ILLUSTRATION ISTOCK
a previous life. I do it to show people their power how much more powerful using your analytical brain. make it rhyme. It doesn’t
– how to heal themselves – by putting needles they are when shared. Don’t worry if your writing have to be perfect, it’s a
into their bodies to move their chi (their energy) isn’t grammatically correct vehicle to express your
around to unblock them, so their energy flows YOU WILL NEED: or written in full sentences. thoughts and connect to
better. I’m so grateful that I found the perfect Paper and pen The important thing is to a deeper wisdom.
medium for me to help people.

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