Failure has been a theme in my life for several months now, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. At first glance failure and success are opposites: to fail is to not succeed and success is an absence of failure. In my ruminations, however, I’ve come to understand that while they may be polarized, more often they are intertwined in a complex relationship.
Considering we just had hail the other day, and woke up to frost on the ground, its not feeling much like Spring. But we here at Facing North are happy to huddle up and read the latest, then write about it for you!
This month we have reviews of:
The Judgments of the Nativities
Low Magick: Its all In Your Head . . . You Just Don’t Know How Big Your Head Is
The Lightworkers Circle Guide: A Workbook for Spiritual Groups
The Comfort of Apples: Modern Recipes for an Old-Fashioned Favorite
The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life With Love and Compassion
365 Prescriptions for the Soul: Daily Messages of Inspiration, Hope and Love
For Seven Lifetimes: An East-West Journey to a Spiritually Fulfilling and Sustainable Marriage
Be Blessed: Daily Devotions for Busy Wiccans and Pagans
The Three Rays of Witchcraft: Power, Love, and Wisdom in the Garden of the Gods
Wicca for One
We also have two notices of upcoming events:
Aquarian Organization of Astrologers: Cross-Cultural Studies with Dr. Dennis Harness
10th Annual Pagan Festival in Berkeley, CA
Finally, we have an article and an interview with Eric Maisel, author of the incredibly interesting Mastering Creative Anxiety. (Review coming next month.)
Mercury retrograde is really playing a nasty game with me right now. I worked 70+ hours last week, and will be very focused today through Wed.
Just so you know, I’m fine, just *VERY* busy.
Much of my spiritual work is managed online, and I’m a proponent of the positive power of the Internet — despite increasing leevls of spam and threats to my security from nasty scumsuckers.
My HP sent this to me today, and I had to share:
http://www.artsjournal.com/gap/2011/04/hes-got-the-whole-world/
Behold the positive transformative power of the Internet. I dare you not to weep.
Note: I did not link to the original, because the first comment on this person’s blog includes background information and a transcription of the lyrics, which are especially lovely.
Open Full Moon Cyber Ritual
If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of cyber ritual you may be interested to know that JaguarMoon Cyber Coven is hosting an open Full Moon ritual on April 17th.
JaguarMoon is one of the oldest cyber covens. Our existence is entirely virtual and our primary purpose is to teach Eclectic Wicca in a non-threatening manner. We are also interested in expanding the understanding and acceptance of cyber covens on the Internet. We do this in a variety of ways, including creating a stable, healthy coven online. For more information about who we are, please see our website at: www.jaguarmoon.org.
Don’t worry if you’re not sure how it works — we’ve been hosting open ritual for several years now and are very good at helping newcomers get set up. The ritual we use requires few physical props and previous year’s participants gave us great feedback about how wonderful it felt.
If you are interested in participating in this cyber ritual, or if you’d like to know more, please email us at: hps@jaguarmoon.org before April 10th.
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Lady Maat
High Priestess
JaguarMoon Cyber Coven
“Keep Walking: My Journey with Cancer” is finally printed and available to the public!
While this isn’t my best writing, or the one I’m most proud of, it is the most honest and revealing I’ve ever allowed myself to be.
For some of you, it will be a reminder of some things I shared along the way, for others, it will be a doorway into my psyche (hi!).
Feedback always encouraged.
Back in early March, J. and I went down to Marina del Rey –the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles — for another working vacation. He’d be working, I’d be taking another (much needed) vacation, complete with personal training, long walks to the beach and along the beach, and some spa time.
That was the plan.
Welcome Spring!
Spring is just around the corner, and we’ve got a new batch of items reviewed for you. (Clicking on a title will take you directly to the review.)
A Writer’s Book of Days
Wheel of Initiation: Practices for Releasing Your Inner Light
The Weiser Field Guide to Witches
Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound
The Tifany Aching Books by Terry Pratchett
Carmen Astrologicum
Glad No Matter What
Happiness from the Inside Out
Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored
Finding Eleusis in Chicago — A New Staging of the Myth of Demeter and Persephone
The last item is a review from our newest reviewer, Paul Rucker. Paul has been making art from personal visionary encounters with the Gods and the realm of Spirit from a very early age. His work has been seen all over the USA in galleries, festivals, shops, and private altars and shrines.
Stop by and see what he has to say, and catch up on our latest reviews!
Anyone know where I might find an “I heart Goddess” or “What Would Goddess Do” lanyard? Even better, “What Would Hekate Do?”
It’s for a friend in Kiev.