The Crone… not an archetype we like to talk about because we don’t like ending in our society. As defined by Joanne Sienko Ott, St. Catherine University, "The literature describes the crone archetype as a pre-existent form in the collective unconscious that embodies instinctive ways of channeling wisdom, inner knowing, and intuition, guiding us through the transition of life, and going inward to bring fort[...]
One of the most common things I hear from people when talking to me about my art is, “I wish I could create like that,” or “I don’t have a creative bone in my body.” Even at a creative’s networking event when I met an engineer who came to hear the speaker talk about AI and she said “I’m not a creative.” The truth is, we are all creators. You know it when you were six, doubted it when you were ei[...]
Nadia Bolz-Weber said it best in her book Shameless, "Origin stories, tell us how the world came about, where we came from, and other important things like white snakes, don’t have Lex. We may think we know our own origin story really well, but the garden of Eden account in genesis is notably devoid of several elements that Lora has inserted into it. For instance, there are no mentions of original sin, “a fall f[...]
The Homemaker was the title given to most women during the turn of the century. While their husbands worked for a paycheck they were the ones at home taking care of the chores, cooking the meals, and tending to the children. However, I look at the homemaker as something a little different. I see her as the ultimate host, a creator, a curator. The homemaker teaches us how to create spaces that are inviting and rel[...]
We all get stuck in them–Mindset cycles. Whether they're breaking us down or building us up we form cycles to preserve ourselves. When these cycles are here to help us grow and prosper they can be the most powerful thing in the world to achieve the life we want to build. But when they're a negative mindset loop they can be the very thing stopping us from finding true happiness. Cycles are best represented in n[...]
The Nordic Goddess of rest gives us the invitation to rest. To let go of all we're holding and to sink into the darkness, calm, and healing powers of it. In a society that is so focused on more–doing more, having more, being more–I think it's time we talked about embracing less. The constant strive for more is burning us down from the inside out and in the end isn't serving anyone. As someone who has faced th[...]
How often do you think about the legacy you're building as you live through your life? Whether you're an artist, a business owner, a mother, all of these things, or something else, we all have something to offer this world when the time comes and we must leave it. The archetype of the Queen is all about building something that lasts. She is for sure the quality vs. quantity archetype. The Queen is one of the thr[...]
The wise woman is the archetype of our intuition. The ancient part of us that knows the direction we are meant to go, who guides us, and nurtures us. But through society, culture, and a change of the way we live, we've lost a connection to this sacred part of who we are. In this episode of the Modern Magic Podcast, I take you on a journey to your gut. Here you'll learn once again to trust the intuition insi[...]
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, and passion. She is where we get the word aphrodisiac and find the connection of feminine energy to water (her name translates to sea-foam or having come from the foam of the sea.) She is also known for her love for love, having many lovers outside of her marriage to Hephaestus the god of carpentry. What most people don’t k[...]