What 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?…

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Life, 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…

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A 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…

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I 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…

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Today 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…

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The 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…

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Solstice 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…

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Our 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…

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What the Eleusinian Mysteries can teach us about Songlines

2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 23–in which we ask the Eleusinian Mysteries to teach us about the mystery of mystery schools Check back for video! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, I’m in a strange place. A place I never imagined I would be. I am creating…

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Jeanne d’Arc has an invitation for you

2022 the year we learn to listen to love Week 21–in which Jeanne d’Arc and Black Moon Lilith conspire to get our attention Check back for this week’s video! Friends, soul writers, mystics, witches, and lovers of prayer, At this time last year, 85 of you were preparing to join me for a radical event, The Return…

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Week 52 and 2021 finally reveals her meaning

The year of the body–Week 52 in which we finally realize what 2021 has really been about Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Well, here we are at the completion of our 52-week  experiment. When I sat down to write the first Sunday Notes from the Field for January 3, 2021, I typed something…

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A funny thing happened on the way to the 2022 forecast

The year of the body–Week 51 in which we release the need to know and start dancing in the Field of Possibility Video coming soon! Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, If you’ve been reading these Notes from the Field for a while, you know I have offered an astrology forecast each December…

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The magic is coming in 9 days

The year of the body–Week 50 in which we remember the ancient story and our place in the story Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, I set out to write a very different Notes from the Field than the one you have in your hands. I had an outline. I had a plan. But…

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Rabbi Tirzah has some Magic for us at the Winter Solstice

The year of the body–Week 49 in which we are invited to dance with magic of the Sacred Feminine at Solstice Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, I am just now recovering from the Lunar Eclipse on November 19, when an intense birth experience happened—a birth that will reveal something important about the life…

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What did you read this year that cracked you open?

The year of the body–Week 48 in which we remember the books that mattered Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Thank you for all your sweet supportive emails and comments on Facebook and YouTube about my experiences moving through this massive birth portal time of eclipse and looking back. It’s lovely to hear that…

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You’re not exhausted, you’re being birthed

The year of the body–Week 47 in which we let go of the life we thought we wanted and enter the birth canal into the life we really want  Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Are you feeling exhausted? Bone-deep exhausted? There’s a reason. Ever since I stepped off the corporate hamster wheel of…

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Do you really know what happened in 2021?

The year of the body–Week 45 in which we ask ourselves what really happened in 2021? Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Do you know what happened in 2021? You’ve walked through almost 11 months of this five year. What has it all meant to you? Before you attempt to answer that question,…

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Your mandala is far more magical than you realized

The year of the body–Week 44 in which we discover the mandala is far far more magical than we ever knew   Read the blog, as always, or watch me read the blog below! To subscribe to Notes from the Field on YouTube, click here. Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, When I announced…

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What’s coming in 2022? Ask October

The year of the body—Week 40 in which we open the door a crack and see what 2022 has in store for us   Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Welcome to October. October may well be the most important month of the year. We just don’t realize it. We think October is simply…

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What’s your natural rhythm of time? Ask your body.

The Year of the Body: Week 16 in which we take the first sip of the Bottle Labeled Drink Me…and notice something Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Welcome to a new lunar year with the rather startling Chandra: A bottle labeled drink me The force of events sweeps away who we thought we…

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How does seeing time as circular alter your experience?

The Year of the Body: Week 13 in which the body notices the difference between linear and circular calendars Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Like all well-educated Western thinkers, I use a calendar. This was never a conscious choice. It just came with the territory of growing up in a linear left-brain…

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2021–The Year of the Body

Friends, soul writers, lovers of prayer, and everyone lining up to welcome 2021, As we say goodbye to the wild four years of 2020, I’m reminded once more that the numbers themselves hold a lot of wisdom and magic for us. The four isn’t actually departing. She kicked off a whole decade of four, so each…

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A radical Astrology forecast for 2021

Friends, soul writers, lovers of prayer, and everyone waiting with bated breath for the 2021 forecast, As I sit down to write this final Notes from the Field for 2020, my internal eye skims over the 50 letters I’ve written this year. In the stillness, I listen for a theme, a story, a song to…

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Is tonight the dawning of the Age of Aquarius?

“Stop being so small. You have the whole universe within you.” Rumi Friends, soul writers, lovers of prayer, Tonight, Sunday, December 20 is the eve of a most auspicious Winter (Summer down under) Solstice. For the first time in 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets in our solar system, are coming so close that…

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The heavens invite us to learn to fly this Winter Solstice

“Many thousands of years ago ancient seers understood revering the Sun as the highest symbol of divine consciousness and its light the spiritual source of creation” The Path of the Spiritual Sun, Belsebuub   When Rabbi Tirzah and I followed a shared intuition to offer a winter gathering to release 2020 and welcome 2021, we were focused…

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What wants to be reborn on Winter Solstice?

On this first weekend of December, I am reminded that the Winter Solstice always ushers in something I’m not expecting or requesting. It is a gift. A gift that is sacred, wise, and holy. And always—always—it is a surprise. Even though I know this is a sacred time of rebirth as we await the return…

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A personal message from Rabbi Tirzah Firestone

“In mystical terms, each of us is an entire world or garden unto ourselves. And just as there was a healing tree at the center of the Garden of Eden, so each of us has a healing tree at the center of our individual psyches.”  Rabbi Tirzah Firestone Fellow Carriers of the Original Starter, (keep…

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