Mystic Witch
Do you know who you are?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 40: Do you know who you are? Beautiful Magicians, This has been a strange and wonderful and terrifying week. Seven days positively reeking of fury. I feel it. And so does every woman I know. And a few men. But sadly, only a few. Only a few are appalled…
Read MoreThe contract is clear: if you want to live…
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 39: The contract is clear Beautiful Magicians, I’ll say it out loud, even when no one is listening: it’s hard to be human right now. That is, it is hard on us, the ones who pay attention. Who notice. Who see what is happening and feel helpless to stop…
Read MoreWhat is the opposite of fear? (Hint: it’s not love)
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 38: What is the opposite of fear? (Hint, it’s not love.) Beautiful Magicians, On Tuesday, we had our first gathering in Praying in the Dark: When People Feel Safe Patriarchy Falls Apart. And it surprised me. Despite planning the intensive for weeks, writing the teaching outline, creating the slides,…
Read MoreCome, dance in the paradox of horror and hope
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 37: How Safety and the Minotaur dance in paradox of horror and hope Beautiful Magicians, I’m in a strange place right now, and I sense most everyone I know and care about is in this same quandary. So I want to acknowledge it, name it, and bring it out…
Read MoreFour levers end patriarchy. Safety is first.
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 36: Four levers end patriarchy. Safety is first. Beautiful Magicians, In last week’s Notes from the Field, I attempted to convey two massive ideas that arrived in the days before the lunar eclipse. Two ideas that have the capacity and power to change how we pray, how we live, and…
Read MoreEinstein weighs in on prayer
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 35: Einstein weighs in on prayer Beautiful Magicians, Last Sunday I wrote about something arriving. Something uninvited. Unanticipated. Unannounced. And suddenly, everything has changed. For the better—the much much better. I must have been talking to myself because that happened to me twice this week. Twice. And not with snippets of…
Read MoreWhat does it truly mean to be safe?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 34: What does it truly mean to be safe? Beautiful Magicians, Has this happened to you? A symbol or being or creature or idea arrives on your doorstep, uninvited and unannounced, moves into your house, starts singing in the shower and rearranging the furniture. And there you are, standing…
Read MoreWhat happens when prayer has transcendental power?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 33: What happens when prayers hold original transcendental power? Beautiful Magicians, When mystic oracle and artist, Cathy Stevens Pratt, and Minotaur-initiated shaman, Tony Goncalves, and I opened Praying in the Dark: How Visionaries Pray in a Time of Collapse in July, we described the purpose on the registration page this way:…
Read MoreWhat memories is the Solar Eclipse revealing for you?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 32: What memories is the Solar Eclipse this Wednesday revealing for you? Beautiful Magicians, This is a big week. BIG. On Wednesday, August 12, there will be a new moon Solar Eclipse in Leo at 20° 1’. At first, that may sound like nothing more than a fact. A…
Read MoreThe 5 crimes patriarchy commits against men
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 31: The 5 crimes patriarchy commits against men Beautiful Magicians, Last week, I began what is turning out to be a long and profound healing journey walking beside the wounded Minotaur—the poster child for the abused and vilified masculine. And in the process, find myself stumbling upon unexpected discovery…
Read MoreWhat happens when the Minotaur heals?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 30: What happens when the Minotaur heals? Beautiful Magicians, What happens when the Minotaur heals? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Or even thought about it? Do you even know who the Minotaur is? Or why he needs to, or wants to, heal? Or why his healing might…
Read MoreIs the darkness itself calling the light forward?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 29: Barbault’s Basket. Is darkness itself calling the light forward? Beautiful Magicians, You’ve undoubtedly heard astrologers and friends talking about what’s happening this week in the cosmic skies. In short, four outer planets, Jupiter, Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune, have moved into a very unusual and perfectly balanced geometric pattern that looks…
Read MoreWhat happens when sacred medicine prayer enters your body
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 28: what happens when sacred medicine prayer enters your body Beautiful Magicians, Last Sunday I talked about meeting The Song of the Morning of the World rosary for the first time and noticing how radically different it is from any rosary or other prayer beads I’ve ever touched. And I’ve touched…
Read MoreThe first rosary without religion is radical, beautiful, alive!
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 27: my rosary for Praying in the Dark arrived, I put it on, and something happened Beautiful Magicians, Yesterday was July 4 in the United States, a day intended to celebrate American independence. A day 250 years ago, when a cluster of wealthy white men in thirteen American colonies decided to…
Read MoreAstrology in the Summer of our Collapse
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 26: in which we ponder the intense astrology in this summer of our collapse Did you find me in your spam folder? Please put my domain email in your address book janet@janetconner.com All newsletters will come from this email address from now on. The old one with tampabay.rr in the…
Read MoreRemembering real male-female partnership
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 25: in which we remember what real masculine-feminine partnership looks and sounds like NEW EMAIL Did you find me in your spam folder? Please put my domain email in your address book janet@janetconner.com All newsletters will come from this email address from now on. The old one with tampabay.rr in…
Read MorePraying in the Dark is here!
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 24: in which we see the dark and decide to pray our way through NEW EMAIL Did you find me in your spam folder? Please put my domain email in your address book janet@janetconner.com All newsletters will come from this email address from now on. The old one with tampabay.rr…
Read MoreDevotion is not worship
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 23: in which we consider the radical differences between devotion and worship. BIG NOTICE I was not able to send a newsletter last Sunday. My phone and email were hacked by a guy in Sumatra (!) and I’ve done nothing since then but deal with the outfall. It’s been stressful.…
Read MoreThe first rosary untainted by religion
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 21: in which we find we need to pray a whole new kind of rosary, a rosary untainted by religion Beautiful Magicians, Things are converging. Disparate things. Things that didn’t feel connected in any way when they were happening. But now, as I stand—and you stand—in this strange, exhausting,…
Read MoreThey lied about the Bull
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 20: we pause under the dark moon of Taurus, look up, see the Bull, and realize we’ve been lied to Beautiful Magicians, Yesterday, Saturday May 16, was the day of an intense new moon in Taurus. That energy continues through today and through the entire lunar cycle, so I…
Read MoreThe Song of the Morning of the World
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 19: we have studied the five crimes and begun to pray the five Goddess prayers that heal them, now what? Beautiful Magicians, This is the seventh of what is turning out to be an on-going story that began with enumerating the five crimes of patriarchy and praying the five…
Read MoreThe 5th crime of patriarchy—murder—and the prayer to transmute it
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 18: in which we study the fifth and final crime of patriarchy—murder—and speak the Goddess prayer that heals it Beautiful Magicians, This is the sixth of what is turning out to be a seven or more-part Notes from the Field series on the five crimes of patriarchy and the…
Read MoreThe 4th crime of patriarchy—greed—and the prayer to transmute it
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 17: in which we study the fourth crime of patriarchy, the crime that underpins the entire structure–greed–and speak the Goddess prayer that transmutes it Beautiful Magicians, This is the fifth of a six-part Notes from the Field series (there might be a seventh) on the five crimes of patriarchy…
Read MoreThe 3rd (unbearable) crime of patriarchy and the prayer to transmute it
Content Warning: This post discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some. Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 16: in which we acknowledge the third unbearable crime of patriarchy–r@pe–and speak the Goddess prayer that transmutes it Beautiful Magicians, This is the fourth Notes from the Field on the five crimes of patriarchy…
Read MoreThe 2nd crime of patriarchy—being silenced, and the prayer to transmute it
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 14: in which we acknowledge the second crime of patriarchy—being silenced—and speak the Goddess prayer that transmutes it Beautiful Magicians, This is the third Notes from the Field on the five crimes of patriarchy and the prayers that heal them. The five crimes are: theft of birthright dignity being…
Read MoreThe first crime of patriarchy and the prayer that heals it
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 14: in which we consider the first and foundational crime of patriarchy–theft of birthright dignity–and speak the Goddess prayer that heals it Beautiful Magicians, Thank you for your profound and thoughtful responses to last Sunday’s Notes from the Field. It really got a lot of you thinking about how…
Read More“It wasn’t a power structure; it was a reverence structure.”
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 13: in which we remember that we are, and always were, worthy. The other story is a lie. Beautiful Magicians, Today begins what for many recovering christians is an annual nightmare, a week when childhood trauma rears its ugly head once more to remind us that no matter how…
Read MoreThe unanswerable question
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 12: in which we ask the question that seems unanswerable Beautiful Magicians, How do magicians move through a world aflame with violence? Without becoming incinerated? Or so numb, we just look the other way. This is a question I have pondered for years. Decades. Starting with my uber-catholic dictatorial…
Read MoreSacred Sounds of Renewal on Equinox
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 11: in which we stand in the paradox of death and life and ask for renewal Beautiful Magicians, We have all heard it said that to be mature—psychologically, spiritually, emotionally—it is necessary to be able to hold two competing ideas at the same time. From a mystical viewpoint, it’s…
Read MoreThe magical medicine of seeing
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 10: in which a prison guard and a Broadway star teach us how to see Beautiful Magicians, In the fall of 2013, I flew to New York City to visit my 24-year-old son who was being held in a high security federal prison for the “crime” of refusing to…
Read MoreA 144 year miracle happened on Friday, February 20th
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 9: in which bombs fall and people cry AND a miracle 144 years in the making comes to fruition Beautiful Magicians, I have to make a big decision today. It’s 1pm on Saturday. Today, the US, under the TIC (thug in chief) bombed Iran. He is gleefully calling it a…
Read MoreThe antidote to PSD (Patriarchy Stress Disorder)
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 8: in which we swing from horror to elation until we settle on the mantra that can carry us through Beautiful Magicians, Well, well, well. What can anyone say about this past week. If you’re feeling a tad nauseous as your heart swings from horror to elation and back…
Read MoreThe Good Bunny and the Bad Guru
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 7: in which we can’t miss the sharp contrast between the very good bunny and the very bad guru Beautiful Magicians, What a wild week. For me personally it was another week of wacko computer issues. The second screen went black and stayed black. Email did wonky things. I…
Read MorePlan A or Plan B?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 6: in which we realize the profound relationship between the sign in our windows and the sins of our fathers Beautiful Magicians, Thank you for your messages wondering where I was last Sunday and if I’m OK. It is heartening to be reminded that hundreds of you wake up…
Read MoreWhat sign is in your window?
Theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 4: in which we realize the sign we have allowed to be placed in our window is a lie and ponder the sign we want to put in our window Beautiful Magicians, Over time, my body has fallen into a week-ending rhythm to write my Sunday Notes from the Field on…
Read MoreWhen in the course of human events…
2026 theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 3: a response to all the things that are happening in the neighborhood Beautiful Magicians, So much has happened in the last seven days, that I had no idea where to start this Notes from the Field. The field is on fire. There’s no pretending anything else. The…
Read MoreWe ask what this year portends. The Oracle answers.
2026 theme: Magicians Reporting for Duty Week 2: The Oracle arrives with a dual message for the year Beautiful Magicians, My plans for this Notes from the Field have just been completely upended by attending the first gathering in Emma Kupu Mitchell’s Ignite Change: the Astrology of 2026. It was a rich rich gathering. Emma walked…
Read MoreMagicians reporting for duty
Week 1–in which we receive a rather odd theme for 2026 and suddenly understand why Beautiful Magicians, I promised last Sunday that today I would introduce the theme for 2026. The yearly themes arrive in different ways. The only thing they have in common is that they don’t come from my left analytical brain. I…
Read MoreHow to discover your personal prayer for 2026
Week 52–in which we discover our personal special prayer for 2026 Beautiful Ones, This is the last newsletter of the year. I consider carefully what I say in all my Notes from the Field, but the final letter always feels like it calls for something special. Something culminating. Something holy. But what can I say…
Read MoreA whole new kind of forecast for 2026
Week 50–in which we wonder what the astrology of 2026 has in store for us Beautiful Ones, I have offered subscribers the opportunity to register for the next year’s astrology forecast for…let me think…a decade! How wild is that. I, who am so not an astrologer, have created a deep dive forecast for you ever…
Read MoreCelebrate Solstice bathing in “audible light”
Week 50–in which we stop at Solstice to be bathed in “Audible Light” Beautiful Ones, At the four turns of the wheel of the year—the solstices and equinoxes—Jennifer DeVille Catalano invites us to rest in the healing wisdom and beauty of her Crystal Tones Alchemy singing bowls. An experience Jennifer calls “audible light.” This coming…
Read MoreWhat has this year been about?
Week 49–in which we pause at a year’s end before considering a beginning Beautiful Ones, You may have noticed that there is a theme for each year’s Notes from the Field. I don’t remember when the themes first began to surface but now, as December dawns, I can’t help but look back at the theme…
Read More“And waste my heart on fear no more.”
Week 48–in which we remember how our ancestors welcomed a new year Beautiful Ones, Here in America, the relentless drumbeat to buy, buy, buy is relentless, not just this week, but throughout the holiday season. And so, it seems to me, the wisest, smartest, holiest turn I can make right now is to hit the…
Read MoreThe mystic field hiding in plain sight that holds your 9-year story
Week 47–in which we discover the mystic field big enough to hold the story of an entire nine year cycle Beautiful Ones, Last Sunday, I showed you the startling mobius strip graphic of time that Cathy Stevens Pratt created for us in The Lotus and the Lily intensive. That image awakened something in you. A…
Read MoreThis sacred moment will not return until 2035
Week 46–in which we stand at a moment that will not come again until 2035 Beautiful Ones, I have led The Lotus and the Lily prayer intensives for 16 years. So you might think that I’ve seen it all, experienced it all, understood what it’s all about. Nothing could be further from the truth. And…
Read MoreWhat makes a Mandala so magical?
Week 45–in which we ponder the mysterious magical properties of a mystic mandala Beautiful Ones, Last Sunday, I talked about the power of looking back and the radical insights that surface when you look back at a whole nine-year cycle. If you missed that Notes from the Field, you might want to read it because it…
Read MoreLooking back with Mary Oliver and the Buddha
Week 44–in which we look back nine years and are, well, surprised Beautiful Ones, When I offer something—a book, an intensive, a prayer circle—I always go through the experience by myself before I try to talk about it. I didn’t learn this from anyone. Least of all any self-help teachers or books. Indeed, what makes so…
Read MoreAre we in mourning or morning?
Week 43–in which we explore the relationship of mourning and morning Beautiful Ones, On Thursday, October 16, we gathered for our final journey in ART 6 on Reverence and Devotion. During that intense mystical journey, Jennifer DeVille Catalano played the Song of the Labyrinth on her Crystal Tones Alchemy Bowls. The song comes from a…
Read MoreSeeding Magic in 2026
Week 42–in which we embrace the call to harvest the last nine years so we can seed MAGIC in the next nine. Beautiful Ones, As promised in last Sunday’s Notes from the Field, registration for The Lotus and the Lily to Harvest 2025 and Seed 2026 is now open to my entire subscriber list. From…
Read MoreRemembering how it feels to be seen and safe
Week 41–in which we remember how it feels to be seen and safe Beautiful Ones, Three weeks ago, in Notes from the Field #38, I listed five profound ideas that I brought home from my son Jerry’s wedding with his beloved Maura in New York City. I’m still living inside that experience. When I can’t fall…
Read MoreIt’s time to choose, the contrast is stark.
Week 40–in which we are given a stark contrast and invited to choose Beautiful Ones, Thank you for all your lovely responses to last Sunday’s Notes from the Field, “How we unconsciously reveal who we are.” Your kind reflections left me in tears. I feel very seen. I was deeply moved, not just by how sweetly you…
Read MoreHow we unconsciously reveal who we are
Week 39–in which we ponder the unconscious ways we convey the essence of who we really are Beautiful Ones, In last Sunday’s Notes from the Field, I promised to share experiences from Jerry and Maura’s wedding that planted deep mystical seeds in me. The biggest, and for me most impactful, came from one sentence in Jerry’s…
Read MoreHow beautiful people enter Equinox, New Moon, and Eclipse
Week 38–in which we enter an Equinox, New Moon, and Eclipse, carrying and renewing our beauty Beautiful Ones, I have returned from my son, Jerry, and daughter-in-law, Maura’s, wedding in New York filled with exquisite stories, memories, and experiences. I feel deeply blessed to have been welcomed into a beautiful family and a vibrant anti-fascist community.…
Read MoreStopping the bus for love
Week 36–in which everything comes to a halt for my son’s wedding Beautiful Ones, I have sent a Notes from the Field newsletter every week for 18 years. I created this newsletter list in 2007 in preparation for Writing Down Your Soul’s debut in January of 2009. And added a few thousand names as I traveled…
Read MoreA tiny Native Nation shows us how to say NO
Week 35–in which the Miccosukee Nation shows us how to say NO Beautiful Ones, I didn’t want to write this Notes from the Field. I didn’t know what to say in a week with yet another slaughter of innocents with a barrage of assault rifle bullets. This should have stopped with Columbine in 1999. Or…
Read MoreA volcano is erupting under the Black Moon
Week 34–in which we notice a Volcano erupting under a Black Moon. Beautiful Ones, This is the weekend of a Black Moon. Sound a tad ominous? Maybe “black” is the perfect description of the moment we are slogging through. The world does feel pretty bleak, dark, and cold, doesn’t it. Black Moon is a term…
Read MoreA unexpected note from deep within the Field
Week 33–in which the heart goes on a search. For Her. And finds something unexpected. Beautiful Ones, Throughout this appalling week, in which the worst of patriarchy preened and celebrated itself, I have kept my hope and heart and spirit alive by visiting other places and other times. That’s where I’d like to take you…
Read MoreWhen does it end, you ask. Hyldemoer answers
Week 32–in which we ask “When does it end?” and Hyldemoer of Wyrd answers Beautiful Ones, I have spent every moment this week—waking and sleeping—remembering ancient Minoan Crete. Cathy Stevens Pratt and I just finished preparing a massive visual presentation on Crete for our first Learning Gathering in ART 6. A surprising thing happened that I…
Read MoreHow did we live in peace? Can we again?
Week 31–in which we ask how our ancestors lived in peace… what did they know that we’ve forgotten Beautiful Ones, I’ve spent the last several months immersed in books by historians, classicists, mythologists, anthropologists, and historians who studied how our ancestors lived in peace for thousands of years before patriarchy. All in preparation for our…
Read MoreIs there a model for living in beauty, reverence, peace?
Week 30–in which we wonder if humans have ever lived in beauty, reverence, and peace Beautiful Ones, It’s hard to even start writing this Notes from the Field. Because the Field is splattered with so much blood. And tears. War and death continue and continue and continue. Children die. Infants starve. Mothers weep. While politicians…
Read MoreFinding comfort in laughter and crows
Week 29–in which we find comfort in laughter and crows Beautiful Ones, It has been another week of chaos, cruelty, and heartbreak, capped by CBS (once respected for newscasters like Edward R Morrow and Walter Cronkite) firing Stephen Colbert, a truth-teller par excellence. This is the standard fascist playbook. First they go after the professors…
Read MoreLife is fragile. Handle with Reverence.
Week 27–in which we remember that life is fragile and we must handle it with reverence Beautiful Ones, It’s been a week when even glancing at the news breaks your heart. What have we become when ICE militia round up farm laborers in the fields at night and send them to concentration camps in a Florida swamp.…
Read MoreART 6 Reverence and Devotion is full of surprises
Week 27–in which we listen to what wants to be created Beautiful Ones, For the past several weeks, Cathy Stevens Pratt and I have been completely immersed in the creation of the 6th of 7 intensives in The Witch Sequence. The title of all these intensives is long but every word matters. Here’s the full name: The ART…
Read MoreA Blessing for the moment from a Goddess of Old
Week 26–in which we listen to the ancient wisdom and blessing of the First Goddess Beautiful Ones, It’s been an almost schizophrenic week. The highest highs and the lowest lows. The low lows are painfully obvious. The brink of war, the chest thumping and raised voices of the patriarchal brats. I saw all that happening…
Read MoreWhat’s coming next—and how to prepare
Week 25—in which we get a taste of what’s coming and begin to prepare Beautiful Ones, It has been the most delicious mystical week. Not because of anything happening in the world. Yee gods and goddesses to all of that! The dread I spoke of last Sunday is, if anything, even more intense. The entire world is on…
Read MoreDirt, dread, or dance
Week 24–in which we feel the dread–and dance Beautiful Ones, A lot happened this week. A lot. Personal and collective. I’ll start with the collective, because the pain is shared by all. The little gold king ordered the military onto our city streets. Doesn’t anyone remember Kent State? This never ends well. The dear leader celebrated his…
Read MoreWe laugh, cry, take responsibility—and pray
Week 23—in which we laugh, we cry, we pray, and we take responsibility Beautiful Ones, What a week this has been! Are you laughing? Or crying? Or both? Maybe at the same time! Like you, I’m alternating between laughing and crying. How can we watch the total insanity of schoolyard bullies calling each other names, flailing…
Read MoreThe fascist antivenom at your fingertips
Week 22–in which we realize the answer is in our hands Beautiful Ones, NOTE: Deep Soul Writing with Friends opens Tuesday! The world roils and we the people feel unmoored. Every day, it seems, there is a new shock to the system. They did what? He did what? She said what? It’s hard to pick one thing…
Read MoreWhat 5 deep soul writers want you to know
Week 21–in which soul writers share their experiences Beautiful Ones, The response to Deep Soul Writing with Friends has been amazing. We are now 78 soul writers in 6 countries, 18 US states, and 2 Canadian provinces. We range in age from thirties to eighties! Some have been deep soul writing since Writing Down Your Soul came out in 2009,…
Read MoreYour questions about deep soul writing
Week 20–in which I address some of your most frequent questions about soul writing Beautiful Ones, Before I dive into sharing the questions I have received since I began teaching deep soul writing in 2008, let me say, or more accurately shout—THANK YOU! I am floored and honored and humbled by the astonishing response to last…
Read MoreMy final deep soul writing intensive
Week 19–in which we deep soul write–with friends! Beautiful Ones, On April 23, 1997, my life changed. Totally. Completely. Irretrievably. I think we all have these fulcrum markers in life: before and after. Before the diagnosis, after the diagnosis. Before the breakup, after the breakup. Before sobriety, after sobriety. For me it’s before deep soul writing and…
Read MoreHer Council of Love has Begun
Week 18–in which we gather around Lady Freedom Beautiful Ones, Last Sunday, I hosted the opening ceremony for Her Council of Love global prayer practice. It was precious. So precious. Thank you to everyone who came. It was recorded and is now posted on the prayer page on my site so everyone can experience opening…
Read MoreNow is the time to pray
Week 17–in which we pray Beautiful Ones, I am overjoyed to announce that today Sunday April 27 is opening day for Her Council of Love Global Prayer Practice. My creative partner, Cathy Stevens Pratt, and I have been listening to what wants to be created and bringing it to life for several weeks. Because my zoom can only…
Read MoreIn praise of Courage
Week 16–in which we honor voices of courage Beautiful Ones, When chaos seems to unfurl the next layer of crazy every day, sometimes every hour, it’s hard to know what to do. And sometimes the very best thing to do is nothing. Stop. Pause. Rest. Look at the flowers. Speak with a friend. Go for…
Read MoreWhat the world needs now: Joy Drops
Week 15–in which we must, we simply must, take some Joy Drops Beautiful Ones, At a moment like this, as the building blocks of what was once considered a bastion of democracy and stability are smashed to bits, we find ourselves straddling the chaos by swinging from anger to despair and back again. Where do…
Read MoreCan you hear hope singing?
Week 14–in which hope begins to sing Beautiful Ones, I’m sure you are familiar with Emily Dickinson’s famous poem about hope. It’s my mantra right now. “Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without words— And never stops—at all— But when I went online to check why…
Read MoreOur shocking Chandra for our new Lunar Year
Week 13–in which we take our first steps in a new Lunar Year guided by a shocking Chandra Beautiful Ones, Every year, on the day the New Moon slips into Aries, I stop what I’m doing, study the Chandra for that degree, look around, and pay close attention to what is happening for me and for…
Read MorePlanting seeds in The Long Dark
Week 12–in which we are reminded of who we are and where we are and why we are Beautiful Ones, You know how there are some people whose posts on social media are food, real and necessary food, for the soul? One of those for me is artist Suzette Clough. Today Suzette wrote something that…
Read MoreThe question we must ask this Equinox
Week 11–in which we ask the question that must be asked if anything is going to change Beautiful Ones, The calamity unfolding in front of our eyes hurts. It hurts. It hurts our hearts—it’s heart-breaking to be a part of a country that parades and applauds abuse and hate. It hurts to watch the rule of…
Read MoreIs Empathy our fulcrum point?
Week 10–in which we begin to remember what we never quite forgot…is that empathy? Beautiful Ones, Last week, I shared my two mantras for 2025: I’ve written about the first, “Beautiful people do not just happen” several times. Today, I want to dive into my second because it feels like an oracle for the moment…
Read MoreI didn’t know what to say, so Fortuna stepped in
Week 9–in which we are shocked, horrified, frozen…and Fortuna steps in to speak. Beautiful Ones, I am writing, or rather trying to write, this ninth Notes from the Field for 2025. I notice the number. Nine. The completion of the story of all the numbers from the independence and new beginning energy of the one,…
Read MoreFortuna: Oracle of Oracles reveals her face and voice
Week 8–in which we realize we all have access to analeptic memory. Beautiful Ones, “Analepsis or the process of remembering and recovering forgotten knowledge—a technique used by poets, historians, mediums, and others—is an inheritance available to all of us who succeed our shamanic ancestors.” Caitlin and John Matthews, Walkers Between the Worlds In the course of my…
Read MoreThink you’re not an oracle? Your natal chart begs to differ.
Week 7–in which we realize we are all oracles. Just ask our natal charts. Beautiful Ones, Divination is not a skill you learn, it is a latent talent that has always been in you waiting to be acknowledged, tapped, and developed. And there couldn’t be a more perfect moment to awaken this latent talent than…
Read MoreScientists went to Delphi but couldn’t find the Oracle
Week 6–in which we follow scientists to Delphi and discover what they missed Beautiful Ones, Who was the greatest oracle of all time? This is a question Cathy Stevens Pratt and I had to ponder before we could even begin to construct a plan for the upcoming ART 5 prayer intensive on Divination. It took…
Read MoreThis voice will carry us out of chaos and safely home
Week 5–in which we listen to the voice that can lead us out of the chaos and carry us safely home Beautiful Ones, So much has happened this week, that it’s hard to focus on any one thing or even any ten things. And that, we must remember, is the point. When chaos and fear…
Read MoreYou have two brains. Which is in charge?
Week 4–in which we notice what happens when we change what we are noticing Beautiful Ones, What a week we have lived through! What was, is no more. Who we thought we were, is dissolving faster than salt in water. We who care are facing some tough choices. One option is to crawl back under…
Read MoreWhat to do when you can’t bear to look
Week 3–in which we must not look away Beautiful Ones, Today, Sunday, January 19, feels ominous. And not just because it’s the eve of what many of us perceive as a victory march of toxic, hyper-masculine, abusive power. We mystics, witches, myrrhophores, priestesses, and oracles remember. Somewhere deep in our bones, we remember what this…
Read MoreThree fires. Three antidotes.
Week 2–in which we consider the nature of fire Beautiful Ones, This moment is fraught with fear and worry and loss. But paradoxically, it’s also alive with possibility and hope. It’s all happening simultaneously in three very different fires. The first fire is the one we are all watching: the fires in Los Angeles. I lived…
Read More2025 begins with sales, surprises, and beauty
Week 1—in which we: step into a year full of impossible things blink at a nonverbal theme listen to whispers from beauty explore how to partner with change Beautiful Ones, “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out…
Read MoreRing in the Light: Inaugural Crystal Alchemy Bowl event
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 51–in which we realize that singing bowls and astrology do the same thing! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, My plan for today was simply to invite you to join the first ever Ring in the Light Crystal Alchemy singing bowl concert coming to…
Read MoreA year like no other calls for a forecast like no other
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 50–in which we begin to realize that 2025 is singing a song that has never been heard before Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Whether you mark the new year on Winter Solstice, January 1, or any other auspicious date, we humans…
Read MoreFive books to reread in this time of retrograde
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 49–in which we curl up with a few old friends Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, For the last seven or eight years, I have offered a December newsletter sharing five books that meant the most to be that year. I…
Read MoreIt’s time to enter the darkness–the sweet darkness
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 48–in which we enter the darkness–the sweet darkness Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Thank you for all your brokenhearted emails and posts after last week’s intense Notes from the Field. Although your words were a balm, reminding me that I…
Read MoreWe are disturbed. And we must speak.
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 47–in which we ask ourselves what we have become Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I write a fresh newsletter for you every week. Usually on Saturday afternoon, just in time to land in your inbox on Sunday. Fifty-two Sundays of…
Read MoreThe secret sauce to creating a delicious life
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 46–in which we explore the paradox of creating the future by looking back at the past Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In The Lotus and the Lily intensive that just opened we are looking back at all that has happened…
Read MoreIs this death throes or birth pangs…or both?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 45–in which the shock of the moment pulls back the curtain and reveals something else Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It’s been a brutal week. For me. For everyone in my prayer intensive communities. And probably for you, too. But this…
Read MoreThe moment to free your essence spark…is now
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 44–in which we heed Scorpio’s command to free our essence spark. Perfect for 44/8: as above, so below! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, NOTE: If you wish to join our Prayer-a-Thon to soothe the chaos of the election, click on…
Read MoreFeeling scared? Here are 2 antidotes to fear.
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 43–in which we remember two antidotes to fear Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In today’s Notes from the Field, I planned on telling you another story about my annual The Lotus and the Lily prayer intensive opening on November 12.…
Read MoreHow will you prepare for 2025, the first 9 year since 2016?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 42–in which we take a moment to consider how to complete 2024 and prepare for 2025, the first 9 year since 2016 Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, First, an apology for not being here last Sunday. I was just back…
Read MoreIn a disaster St Leonard Cohen leads the way
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 40–in which disaster unfolds and St Leonard Cohen leads the way Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It has been a devastating week. And not just in the United States where Hurricane Helene delivered what is now being called a “thousand-year…
Read MoreMy Grail search continues. But not today
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 39–in which everything comes to screeching halt Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I didn’t send a newsletter last Sunday. Not because of weather, but because I got sick when I visited my sister and her wife in St Paul. It’s…
Read MoreMy search for the Grail. Part 1 The Questions.
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 37–in which we begin the quest for the Grail with a few radical questions that have not been asked before Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, We are walking the heart center of the 4th prayer intensive in The Witch Sequence…
Read MoreIs this the prayer we need right now?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 36–in which we pray because we don’t know what else to do Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, The world is aflame with sorrow. It seems everywhere we look we see tragedy. Gaza. The West Bank. Ukraine. Darfur. Floods. Fires. The…
Read MoreDoes anybody know what grace really is?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 35–in which we ask what grace is Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Last week, I shared the invocation I received for The Return of the Witches pilgrimage early in 2021. Little did I know that that profound event, in which we met,…
Read MoreHow to call for the courage and grace of Joan of Arc
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 34–in which we ask the greatest mystic witch of all time for courage and grace Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, The word witch landed in my heart and my life on August 2, 2020, through a most unlikely vehicle: an…
Read MoreFinal invitation for Myrrhophore Anointing
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 33–in which we look at where we are and the magic that got us here Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, The ART 4 intensive on Myrrhophore Anointing opened 14 days ago. A Witch Sequence intensive lasts 77 days, so we’ve…
Read MoreThe hidden mystery of Lahaina, the labyrinth, and the Magdalene
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 31–in which we look into the labyrinth on the anniversary of the Lahaina fires and see something we have not noticed before Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, NOTE: ART 4 on Myrrhophore Anointing opens today at 2pm eastern. Register before 1p…
Read MoreWhat is this radiant blue light trying to tell us?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 30–in which a radiant blue light arrives, stops us cold, and leaves us wondering what just happened Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, The central mystery and totally unexpected surprise at the heart of the upcoming A.R.T. 4 intensive on Myrrhophore…
Read MoreMagdalene reveals her fierce voice and face
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 29–in which Mary Magdalene’s FIERCE VOICE shakes Emma Kupu to her core Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, My dear friend and sister-witch collaborator, Emma Kupu Mitchell, and I have partnered on dozens of prayer intensives. Emma is my go-to on…
Read MoreThe radical difference between learning and remembering
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 28–in which we ponder the difference between learning and remembering Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’ve been pondering what it means to remember—in contrast to the patriarchal command to learn and use what you learn for profit. Although I didn’t know it, this…
Read MoreThe labyrinth reveals more of her mysteries
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 27–in which the labyrinth insists we notice a few more of her startling secrets Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It’s been an intense week. Intense! All because the anointing oil for the 4th intensive in The Witch Sequence on Myrrhophore…
Read MoreMary Magdalene has a few things to teach us about anointing!
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 26–in which we realize that anointing–original anointing–is more ancient, miraculous, and powerful than anything we’ve ever been told Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Emma Kupu Mitchell and I have a long delicious history of creating powerful anointing practices that amplify…
Read MoreAsk salmon to help you find your way home
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 25–in which we ponder the mystical wisdom of the salmon Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In 2016, I invited artist, author, and activist Mary Ann Radmacher to be a guest teacher in a course I called “Express Your Soul’s Beauty.”…
Read MoreWhat do you give a witch on her birthday?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 24–in which a witch discovers the perfect birthday present Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, NOTE: Today is the last day of my Birthday Sale! Here’s the link. Click on On Demand. Coupon code is birthday. This sale won’t return for a year. Today (Saturday…
Read MoreWhat happened when Jupiter kissed you?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 23–in which we look for all the times Jupiter has kissed us Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It’s been a very Jupiterian week. He showed up three times, pushing aside any agenda I might have had. Jupiter clearly had something…
Read MoreThe meaning hiding in plain sight in your birthday
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 22–in which we explore the meaning hiding in plain sight in your birthday Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, What do you prior to your birthday? We’re raised to celebrate the day with cake and presents, but until I met Emma Kupu Mitchell…
Read MoreReckless Part 2. AND new Witches Cafes start today!
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 21–in which reckless has a few more things to say Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Thank you for all your sweet insightful responses to last Sunday’s Notes from the Field about the relationship of reckless and holy. Reckless surprised both of us. I never planned…
Read MoreIs it reckless or holy to dare to redefine sacred words?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 20–in which we ponder: “Is it reckless or holy to dare to redefine sacred words?” Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I spent this past week in a sacred circle of sisters. My younger sister and her wife flew down from…
Read MoreSending you a birthday gift from deep in The Field
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 19–in which I send my annual birthday gift from somewhere deep in The Field Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, If you’ve been reading these Notes from the Field for a while, you know that I offer a significant discount on…
Read MoreWhich comes first: your soul purpose or your story?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 18–in which we ponder: Which came first, my soul’s purpose or my story? Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Three years ago, storyteller and soul purpose guide Devorah Spilman, invited me to be a part of her annual “share your story,…
Read MoreIt’s time to end one story to welcome a new one
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 16–in which we realize it’s time to complete one story, so something new can arrive and begin to sing Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, On May 5, the third intensive in The Witch Sequence will come to completion. For 77 days,…
Read MoreTotality and prayer initiate our new lunar year
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 15–in which a new astrological year arrives with a total solar eclipse and a radical new prayer Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In last Sunday’s Notes from the Field, I shared my way of honoring the wisdom and beauty of the…
Read MoreYour new Lunar Prayer for the new Astrological Year
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 14–in which we write a Lunar Vow for the new astrological year Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In last Sunday’s Notes from the Field, I offered some thoughts on how to prepare for the Total Solar Eclipse coming tomorrow, Monday, April…
Read MoreMonday’s lunar eclipse and a dance with Chiron and his wife
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 12–in which we realize it’s time to ECLIPSE our wounds Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, We are deep in the magic now, aren’t we. And it feels a tad overwhelming and disorienting. Are you sleeping poorly one night and ten…
Read MoreThe mysterious reset hiding in the Aries Equinox
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 11–in which we pause at the Equinox to reset the past and glimpse the radical future to come Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Tuesday is the Aries Equinox—the beginning of spring in the Northern hemisphere and fall in the Southern.…
Read MoreHow to write a prayer on this last New Moon of the year
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 10–in which we step into the final New Moon of this astrological year and welcome a prayer to get us dancing around a lovely pagan fire Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Today, Sunday, March 10, is the final New Moon…
Read MoreThings are moving at the speed of love, aren’t they!
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 9–in which things start moving at the speed of love NOTE: This is the last week you can register for ART 3 on Original Prayer. It will not be repeated live. Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I have used the…
Read MoreHow to prepare for the Total Solar Eclipse
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 13–in which we prepare for the deep possibility in the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8 Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, We are in a birth canal. Whether we realize it or not. And we’ve been here a good long…
Read More5 big Lies and 5 Beautiful Memories About Prayer
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 8–in which a Full Moon illuminates all the lies we’ve been told about prayer Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, As you read this, we are immersed in the third and final day of a powerful Virgo Full Moon. Full Moons…
Read MoreA Nobel scientist, the wasteland, and you
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 7–in which a Russian Nobel chemist explains the purpose of The Witch Sequence Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This will be a brief Notes from the Field because today, Sunday, February 18, is the Opening Ceremony for the next intensive…
Read MoreDo you know how extraordinary you are? She does.
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 6–in which She reminds us just how extraordinary we are Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It’s been another wild week hasn’t it! If your January felt like a whole year of change and chaos squeezed into one month, know that…
Read MoreOrigina leads the way to 3 radical new prayer experiences
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 5–in which Origina creates 3 radical new prayer experiences Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’m writing this Notes from the Field late on Saturday after introducing the first ever death ceremony, “The Labyrinth Carries Us Home,” with early registrants for ART 3. It…
Read MoreTwo astonishing things your body knows about prayer
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 4–in which we discover two astonishing things our bodies know about prayer (but we were never told) Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’ve been carrying the call to be a prayer artist for six years. From the moment I heard those words,…
Read MoreWhere are you on the map?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 3–in which we find our spot on the ancient map of the safe path through chaos Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Chaos is afoot. That’s clear from even a cursory glance at global events. And it’s even clearer when you check in…
Read MoreWhat could happen in 2024?
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 2–in which we ponder what could happen and who we could be in “a year like no other” Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I have had a theme for these Notes from the Field for several years. I think I…
Read MoreWhy 2024 will be a year like no other
2024 a year of sacred memory, dreaming dragons, and original prayer Week 1–in which we open the year with a prayer Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It has been a most intense creative beginning to what the astrologers agree will be “a year like no other.” I know it will be for…
Read MoreDo you have a Solar Vow?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 52–in which we welcome a New Year with a solar prayer Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, We are standing in that liminal space right now, pausing as one year ends and another begins. But the date is artificial. If we really wanted…
Read MoreThe Goddess speaks on December 26
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 51–in which we listen to a sacred feminine voice in the night Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Something shocking happened nine years ago on December 26, 2014. That afternoon, She arrived. Unannounced. Unbidden. She barged Her way into my life by pushing aside my…
Read MoreThe Galactic Center reveals her hidden dragon
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 49–in which the Galactic Center reveals her hidden dragon Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, There is always an evocative image on the landing page for all my prayer intensives and events. An image that hints at the transformative potential in the event.…
Read More2024 Astrology Forecast!
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 48–in which we ponder the question: Is astrology predictive? Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I have offered an astrology forecast every year since 2015. So this is the tenth. Although I love astrology, I’m not an astrologer, not even close. And I…
Read MoreIs another world possible?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 46–in which we ponder how changing our one little life changes the world Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy I love…
Read MoreIf Buddha walked a labyrinth
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 45–in which we listen deeply to the Buddha’s greatest teaching in a radical new way Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, The Lotus and the Lily—book and intensive—was born on January 1, 2010 when I read Thich Nhat Hanh’s short, powerful book, You Are…
Read MoreThe Lotus and The Lily Q & A
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 44–in which we ponder two strange teachings of Buddha and Yeshua and ask a few questions Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Thank you for your heartfelt responses to last Sunday’s Notes from the Field. That sentence from John O’Donohue—Let us waste our hearts on…
Read More“Let us waste our hearts on fear no more”
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 43–in which we ponder what it takes to welcome the life that wants to be lived amid a world imploding with violence and grief Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, By the time you read this, you will have been moved—dare I say, transformed—by the lunar…
Read More10 mystical truths in The Lotus and the Lily
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 42–in which we put our toes on the threshold, take a deep breath, and enter Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I have spent the entire week preparing the closing ceremony for the second intensive in the seven-intensive series called The Witch Sequence.…
Read MoreWhat did the eclipse reveal?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 41–in which we ask, voices breaking: what can we do, what can we do, what can we do? Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Last Sunday, I promised that in today’s Notes from the Field, I would open registration for the upcoming The Lotus…
Read MoreMy 20-year love affair with a dead man
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 40–in which we look back and ask: was that a prayer or a spell? Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I spent the last week preparing to open my annual intensive The Lotus and the Lily. This will be the 13th time we’ve gathered to…
Read MoreThe Theatre of the Miraculous reveals her true colors
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 39–in which the Theatre of the Miraculous reveals her true colors Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, On this first day of October, a day that whispers a hint about the magic of the year to come, I’d like to tell you a…
Read MoreHonoring the river of time on Equinox
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 38–in which we ponder the passage of time on the Libra Equinox Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This has been, and continues to be, a powerful weekend, a sacred passage in the long story of time. Today, as I write this Notes…
Read MoreWhat is your Astonishment?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 37–in which we wake up to astonishment Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Last Sunday, I shared a powerful paragraph from Annie Dillard in The Writing Life that has been my primary teacher. (Here it is, if you missed it.) She, along with Ray Bradbury,…
Read MoreWhat can prayer teach you about prayer?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 36–in which we ponder the question: who will teach us to pray? Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, When tragedy strikes, how do you react? Do you look at the images in horror, wanting to turn away but somehow can’t? Do you cry?…
Read MoreWhat is Safety? What does it mean to be Safe?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 35–in which we ponder what it means to be safe Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It’s been quite the week! A hurricane, Idalia, came for a visit. As I said last Sunday, I’ve experienced a few hurricanes in my 4 decades in Florida,…
Read MoreHere comes the wind!
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 34–in which the wind blows, we know not where Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I had big plans for today’s Notes from the Field. But as always, I am not in charge and this week I’m not in charge in an almost…
Read MoreLife, Death, Rebirth and the Banyan Tree
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 33–in which we feel hope rising Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, When the fires on Maui broke out on August 8, the world was shocked. Transfixed. Lost in mourning. How is this possible? How can Hawaii, the land we think of as…
Read MoreA Prayer from the Fire
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 32–in which the fire reminds us how to pray Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I had all kinds of beautiful ideas for today’s newsletter. I wanted to talk about finding your Heart’s Desire, the one thing that just keeps getting richer and…
Read MoreWhy crossing the threshold between worlds matters
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 31–in which we ponder why the ability to cross the threshold between worlds matters Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This Notes from the Field will be short because I’ve been totally immersed in preparing the Opening Ceremony for the 2nd labyrinth walk in…
Read MoreHow witches heal the wasteland
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 30–in which the ancient labyrinth starts whispering clues to the pre-patriarchal past Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, When the word witch arrives, things change. I don’t know anyone who has welcomed that word, even reluctantly, who has not experienced alchemical shifts in their life. Their…
Read MoreAre you in a witch artistic period?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 29–in which we ponder our artistic period Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, On Friday morning, as I slowly began to surface from a dream-filled sleep, I did what I always do: I stayed perfectly still on my pillow with my eyes closed.…
Read MoreCreativity isn’t what–or where–you think it is
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 28–in which we ponder the where and the how of a magical creative life Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, When we think about creativity, we invariably get it all wrong. We look at creative people—be they writers, artists, musicians—and think they’re special.…
Read MoreWhat do labyrinths, dragons, witches, Equinoxes, and 7 have in common?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 27–in which we ask a question no one has asked: what do labyrinths, dragons, witches, Equinoxes, and the number 7 have in common? Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’ve spent the last week trying to write an outline for a video to…
Read MoreA whole new world is under construction in The Mystic
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 26–in which a whole new world is under construction in The Mystic NOTE: Birthday sale ends TODAY Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In the last few Notes from the Fields, I’ve given you peeks into what is happening right now as a…
Read Morewhat do witches and theta brainwaves have in common
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 25–in which a strange connection between witches and the theta brain wave state surfaces Last week for the birthday sale! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Before we begin, let me send a hearty welcome to the dozens of new subscribers who found…
Read MoreWe are beginning to see “the path to the path”
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 24–in which we begin to see the mysterious “path to the path” And a new item in the birthday sale Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, We use the term “path” so often that I sense we no longer understand it or see…
Read MoreDo dreams dream the future?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 23–in which a dream dreams the future And the birthday sale continues Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, You’re not getting the Notes from the Field I had planned for today. Because I am in a deep creative state. Too deep for newsletter…
Read MoreThe Golden Grail event
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 22–in which witch comes calling, bearing her gifts, this time for you! And the first birthday sale in 3 years continues Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Witch comes for all who need her. When we need her. She comes when we are ready. Although we…
Read MoreI have a couple birthday gifts for you
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 21–in which a bit of birthday review reveals a door to morphic resonance AND–the first birthday sale in 3 years! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, When I started having depth numerology consultations for my birthday with Emma Kupu Mitchell, she taught me…
Read MoreDid you plant your magic seed?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 20–in which a joyous New Moon invites us to plant a magic seed. And we discover Jack has nothing on us Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Friday was a New Moon. But not just any New Moon. It was a magic New…
Read MoreThe search for God the Mother
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 19–in which we remember our Mother–our ancient eternal Mother Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Today is Mother’s Day in the US. Other countries celebrate mothers at different times and seasons. But it seems all cultures find a day to honor the sacred…
Read MoreFriday was a wild eclipse, wasn’t it
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 18–in which the dragon in our natal charts makes a Beltane eclipse appearance Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I had big plans for today’s Notes from the Field. Big news to share. The Field is bursting with new life, just as spring always…
Read MoreDemolition reveals a witch story!
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 17–in which bathroom demolition reveals quite the witch story Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, In that first year of Covid and quarantine, I, like everyone, couldn’t miss the inequities of life in this country. Some people, largely of European extraction, found ways…
Read MoreToday is the 26th birthday of deep soul writing
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 16–in which we remember the puppy who made deep soul writing happen Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, When you open this Notes from the Field on Sunday morning, as I know many of you like to do, you will be reading about…
Read MoreWhat’s your final ten feet?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 15–in which we ponder our final ten feet Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This weekend is probably the most intense of the entire year for me. I’ve spent the last week with my collaborators in Ireland, England, Hawaii, and New Mexico creating…
Read MoreMary Magdalene is my safe harbor
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 14–in which we look back at stories we’ve been told and whisper, “maybe not.” Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This past week is tough for me. I loathe this week so much I considered skipping a Notes from the Field. But in…
Read MoreLearning to see
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 13–in which we decide it’s time to learn to see Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Since the beginning of this sacred seven year, I’ve found myself tumbling head over heels in love with a surprising and luscious discovery about the mystical life.…
Read MoreToday is Day 1
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 12–in which we begin, because it’s DAY ONE in a cosmic window of 77 days. Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This week is so full of magic and possibility, that I sent a special edition of Notes from the Field on Thursday…
Read MoreA very special Notes from the Field on a very special day
2023 the year we learn to listen to life March 23–the wildest day in the wildest week in the wildest month of the wildest decade Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Our Lady, Queen of Magicians kept me up half the night with three pages of notes for today’s rare special edition newsletter.…
Read MoreThe Queen of Magicians sent you a letter
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 11–in which The Queen of Magicians sends a letter! Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate and though I oft have passed them by a day will come at last when I shall take the hidden paths that run…
Read MoreMystica InnerVersity has a CREST and MOTTO
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 10–in which magic gets real! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, So much magic is happening and it’s happening at the speed of love. Last Sunday, I introduced you to Our Lady, Queen of Magicians, and her Raven, who somehow flew through Cathy…
Read MoreWho is that Raven at the door?
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 9–in which Raven squawks at our door and we hear him say something vaguely familiar Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I thought last week was the height of magic. NOTE: If you missed that Notes from the Field, you might like to…
Read MoreYour body has 5 brilliant intuitive senses
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 8–in which we go to bed one person, wake another, and are thrilled! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Five years ago, this past Thursday, I went to bed knowing who I was (or rather thinking I knew who I was) and woke at 4am…
Read MoreWhere are you? I ask. She answers.
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 7–in which we ask “where are you” and She answers Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, What is it about February? There’s something sacred about this month, though I didn’t know it or see it for a very long time. But now, as…
Read MoreWhat to do when Mother quakes
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 6–in which Mother quakes and we don’t know what to do Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This week has been raw for us. All of us: humans, animals, plants, rocks… Because our Mother quaked. She shook Herself. We can look at this…
Read MoreEros: it’s not what you think
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 5–in which our heads spin as we realize we have always misunderstood Eros Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’ve spent all this past week immersed in Archangel Michael’s radical teachings, his false and true images, his rather shocking essence, and his mind-boggling color.…
Read MoreMichael explains the Theatre of the Miraculous
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 4–in which Michael explains what really happens when we gather in the Theatre of the Miraculous Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’ve been totally immersed in the world and images and words of Archangel Michael and Luci for over a month. My…
Read MoreMichael and Luci speak for the first time
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 3–in which everything we thought we knew about the angels is upended–and our minds are rearranged Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I don’t know how many prayer intensives I will create each year, or what they’ll be about, or who I’ll create…
Read MoreMessages from Archangel Michael
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 2–in which Archangel Michael is present and vocal! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, It’s not an accident that the first prayer intensive for 2023, a divine seven year, introduces two archangels: Archangel Luci and Archangel Michael. I say “introduce” because everything we’ve…
Read More2023 has 3 questions for us
2023 the year we learn to listen to life Week 1–in which we take our first steps in a seven year filled with mystery, and listen as life begins to softly sing her radical song of transformation Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Here we are: in the first week of a seven…
Read MoreThe theme for 2023 emerges
2023 the year we learn to listen to… Week 0–in which we ponder the strange in-between place we are in, neither the old year, not yet the new Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I started tracking the number of each week at the top of these Notes from the Field newsletters in…
Read MoreA closing prayer of Love for 2022
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 52–in which we look back and ponder what we heard in this year of “learning to listen to love” Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’ve been listening in the silence for the theme for these Notes from the Field letters for…
Read MoreA Winter Solstice prayer gift
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 51–in which we sit beside the ancestors in the dark–and something miraculous happens Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Note: Our Winter Solstice celebration with Rabbi Tirzah and Emma Kupu was Sunday at 2pm Eastern. You can still register and receive the…
Read MoreSolstice calls us to sit in the womb of the Mother
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 50–in which we enter the womb of the Mother to listen for the sound and scent of wonders to come in 2023 Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I spent Friday with my two favorite astrologers, cos-mythologist Marcia Wade, and shamanic astrologer…
Read MoreOur 3rd annual Winter Solstice gathering is now open
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 49–in which we pause to consider the mystery and magic that awaits us in the sacred return of the Light at Winter Solstice Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, First, let me say I’m floored by how much you loved last Sunday’s…
Read MoreI looked back. And was shocked.
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 47–in which we stop and look back at what happened in 2022–and are startled Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Do you know who’s most surprised by what happens in my intensives? Me. You might assume that because: I’m the one who…
Read MoreIs a mandala a spell?
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 46–in which we realize 2023 is on the horizon and the hour to cast a sacred spell is at hand Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, REMINDER: The Lotus and the Lily opens tomorrow, Monday, November 14 with a live gathering at…
Read MoreWhat the 11/8 lunar eclipse portends
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 45–in which we answer the call to become drips of hope Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Today, Sunday November 6, is an auspicious day. Or perhaps a word that better describes how you might be feeling is ominous or intense. You…
Read MoreWhy I couldn’t wear a witch costume
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 44–in which this witch has a few things to say about witches at Halloween Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, As a child, I hated Halloween. I hated dressing up. And I especially hated all the creepy witch costumes. I never dressed…
Read MoreWhat REALLY happened this year?
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 43–in which we receive an invitation Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, An evocative invitation arrives this time each year. But most of us stay too busy to notice. For eleven months, we move through the year hoping to find some kind…
Read MoreThe inner mystery of a name
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 42–in which we ponder the mystery and power hidden in a name Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, This is my first week back in my chair in my writing office working in happy partnership with my new computer. She is a…
Read MoreWhy did the hawk scream on Yom Kippur (again)?
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 41–in which I was given a strange gift indeed Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, Thank you for your kind concern and prayers last week when there was no Notes from the Field. You probably assumed it was the hurricane. It wasn’t.…
Read MoreWho you gonna call in a time of chaos? Why Chaos, of course!
2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 39–in which we commit to looking at the world upside down in order to find a way to right ourselves Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer and mystery, It’s been an extraordinary week, hasn’t it. Seven days of change, change, and more…
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