This week

This Week on the Witch Next Door Podcast we round out our origins of divination series with a look at the Runes. 
Discover where and when they were brought into being and how they are used. 

Listen in! 

Did you ever watch the movie Labyrinth? It’s a classic. 
But it’s misleading. 
You see a labyrinth isn’t a maze. There are no dead ends. No tricky turns. 
There is just a path. One that leads to the center through the twists and turns of sacred geometry. Onc in the center the only way out is the way you have come. 

This design is both simple and complicated. It has been used for meditation and contemplation for a very long time, and can be found in community and retreat centers, churches, and natural spaces. 

You are invited to delve into the Gift of the Labyrinth with me on July 22nd at 9 am PT for a 2 hour workshop. 
You will learn and experience:

• The different kinds of labyrinths
• It’s history
• The many uses of the design
  Ways to work with it
• An experiential journey to the center
• And how to create one yourself

You can register here

With Love and Blessings,
Emily


7/3/23
I’ve  been feeling a little quiet lately. 
You might have noticed a few less emails in your inbox. 
Social media posts that are few and far between.
A skipped week of podcasting (or two).

I’ve been feeling myself pulled to my writing, my imagination, painting story, crafting characters and unfurling a landscape in which it all unfolds. 

My creativity is a part of my magic. Perhaps it’s the biggest part even. 
It’s the place that I gather my tools and energetic connections and transform them into ritual and workshop, spell crafting and altar building, potion making and manifesting. 

And sometimes when my creativity and I are head over heels with each other the rest of the world fades a bit. It’s harder to do things like dishes and laundry and meal planning. 
It’s harder to reach out to community. Because creativity can be such a passionate lover. It sometimes makes the rest of the world disappear. 

But I want you to know I’m still here. 
Still making magic. 
Still crafting ritual. 
Still holding space. 

Just a little quieter on the outside. 
Because I’m having a Summer love affair with creativity. 

Are you?

Simple practice:
Write a love letter to creativity. Maybe you call this your creative self. Or perhaps you relate to this as the Muse. However you see this force in the world, write it a love letter and invite it in. Let the Summer energy fuel your own passionate relationship to creativity. 
Then sit beneath the full moon or the noon day sun and read it aloud, calling out to creativity to dance with you.

Journey with Me

Step into the magic of the labyrinth, a twisting turning journey to a center. Your center. 
The labyrinth is a single path that leads to the center of the structure and back out again. 
It offers us a place for meditation, ritual, and contemplation. 

July 22nd at 9 am PT, I am offering the Gift of the Labyrinth workshop. During this two hour experiential gathering we will, 

• Discern the difference between a labyrinth  and maze
• Learn the history of the labyrinth
• The ways it can be used
• Go on an experiential and tactile journey to the heart of the labyrinth
• Discover the power of this magical, spiritual and meditative tool and learn to use it in your own life
• And practice creating one ourselves

Register here