Kalagni over at Blue Flame Magick recently wrote a post about Karma that I really wish that 95% of the people I know in different online magickal communities would read. I have nothing to add really; it’s awesome, just go read it:

Buddhism 101: Karma

Since the beginning of December, I’ve had a series of dreams with a particular pattern: I will lose someone, either physically or metaphorically. The weird thing is that -unlike previous times when something like that would come up in a dream- I seem to remain calm and feel it’s in my power to fix the situation, no matter how serious it is. Some of these dreams were very mundane and not really adventurous or interesting (well, unless you are actually me of course!) but there is one that I found particularly interesting. I haven’t been able to come up with any interpretation for it or explain the symbols in it, but here it is:

For the past few months, I’ve been using a meditation method called “The Inner Guide Meditation” by Edwin. C. Steinbrecher that I first read about in this post by Balthazar. It is a system of meditation/active imagining where you meet an Inner Guide and then -with your Guide’s help- you meet the archetypes from the Tarot in order to balance their energies in your sphere and cause inner and outer changes. There is a lot more to it than that (like working with pairs and groups of planets with difficult aspects in your natal chart for example) and if you are interested I recommend buying the book and find out more.

I keep hearing this song everywhere lately. Mostly in places I wouldn’t have expected it to pop up. When this happens, it usually means there’s some kind of message I need to hear, but in this case I have no idea what the message might be (considering I’d never use the famous “love me or die” spell that puts a curse on a person that slowly makes them more and more sick unless they love you, otherwise they die).

Message or not though, enjoy:

“Be yourself”. One of the messages we’re literally bombarded with nowadays. From self-help books to TV commercials, this message appears again and again. It sounds positive and empowering, right? So what’s my problem with it?

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