Mary 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…

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Who does your divine voice say you are?

The year of the body–week 24 in which I look back at my first entry in my  first soul writing journal 24 years ago and get a bittersweet surprise Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Twenty-four years ago, on April 23, 1997, I picked up a pen for the first time and something happened.…

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When witches start speaking, magic starts flying

The year of the body–week 23 in which witches start speaking and magic starts flying Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, The Return of the Witches Jeanne d’Arc Listening Pilgrimage has begun. We had a profound Opening Ceremony with Sabin Bailey on Friday and met Queen Jezebel at the foot of Mt Carmel on…

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The one question our sacred ancestors want us to ask

The Year of the Body: Week 22 in which a Cathar woman from the 13th century reaches across time to hand us the one question we most need today  Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, How much possibility can one week hold: We had an intense lunar eclipse that will reverberate all summer and…

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What’s the real reason witches were murdered?

The Year of the Body: Week 20 in which the sacred feminine and sacred masculine give birth to a big and holy child Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, This is a most sacred and pregnant moment. And I think it’s not an accident that it is happening during the 20th week of this…

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Episode 32: Perdita Finn

It’s been 9 months since the last show. And it’s not Covid’s fault. Or is it?

In this episode, you’ll discover what happened last August that brought the show to a screeching halt, why Janet is proud to embrace the once-terrifying label “witch,” and who Joan of Arc—the greatest witch of all time—might have been.

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I asked Perdita Finn for a message. She sent a story.

The Year of the Body: Week 18 in which we return to 1431 and hear women whispering about the return of a mystery  Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, You have heard me sing the praises of the magical mystical Perdita Finn. From the moment I opened The Way of the Rose: The Radical…

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Will the real Joan of Arc please stand up.

The Year of the Body: Week 17 in which we begin to unravel the mysteries of the most famous mystic witch of all time Friends, soul writers, mystics, and lovers of prayer, Who was Joan of Arc? There is perhaps no more mysterious or amazing woman in history. She is the only person condemned by a…

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