Rituals of Returning

Molly Remer (Goddess Magic)
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Earth-centered reflections, inspiration for sacred living, everyday magic, and goddess-centered spiritual practices to nourish, support, inspire, and encourage you on your path. goddessmagic.substack.com

  1. Sep 12

    Embers (and Allies) for September

    And, so,gently, September slides into the year, bringing breaths of cool air,the first yellowing leaves,and welcome clarity as we review what we learned in the cauldron and emerge to once again commit to what we know to be true, choosing with trust,determination,and renewed purpose as we look at our lives, at the abundant possibility around us, and settle into the rhythm that nourishes us, that supports us as we both change and thrive. Let us savor the time spent being here in this season of power and plenty. Happy September and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter and our September allies as we cross the threshold into a new season! We’ve updated the shop with some beautiful OOAK goddesses and color experiments as well as Hestia flags and bags. And, we’ve got our beautiful, powerful, magical ritual kits for Mabon ready as well! September Thresholds Imagine standing at a doorway in your life, a threshold into a new season. By the door there’s a basket. You don’t have to abandon anything forever. You can simply set a few things down for now.It’s okay to put some things in the basket, leave it at the threshold, and step across into what is waiting for you. (If you change your mind, you can always go back and get it later.)Prompt for this week:Name one thing you’d like to “leave in the basket” as we cross into September. Embers for September In the threshold meditation I recorded for the Goddess Magic Mystery School with an expanded version of the above, I also invited people to consider their “ember for September.” If you imagine your life as a hearth, then September is not necessarily about building a roaring fire, it can simply be about tending a single glowing coal. It might be an ember of rest, or an ember of creativity, an ember of courage, or an ember of trust. You might name this ember with an intention, a word, or simply a sensation in your body. You might place a candle on your altar and light it once a day. You might notice a moment—a hawk flying overhead, a monarch crossing your path, the smell of apples in the air—and name that as your ember of joy Inviting you, too, to consider: What ember am I tending this September? And, then, give that ember what you have: breath, presence, a smile, a few minutes of attention, a hand laid gently on your own heart. Feel free to hit “reply” or to share your thoughts on either of these prompts in the comments section! This week's magic: 20 minute video: September’s Allies—Replenish with Hestia. I’m celebrating the equinox and a book-aversary and the Kindle edition of Return is on sale until September 15. My poem “the poem I wasn’t going to write” was published in the Amethyst Review in June (but I didn’t see it until this month). Other new videos: September’s activation replay (35 minutes) August’s Book of Magic Days flip-through (2 minutes) and, check out the new Wayshowers experience from the Divine Feminine App! Such a neat idea (and I’m honored to be included). New Class! Replenish at the Hearth Throughout this month, I’m offering a simple and sacred class called Replenish at the Hearth. Inspired by the goddess Hestia and by the “release and review” energy of the autumn equinox as well as our allies for the season, this class includes: The Hearthkeeper’s Handbook printable Hestia devotional which includes a poem, prompt, and practice for each day of the month. A companion guidebook for September, including a fall equinox ritual. Four short, simple guided audios with companion ritual “recipe” cards Weekly Live community practices on Patreon. This class is included at the $16 tier and above! For additional info and a special secret offer for September, check out this post. Note: if you are already a member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School you don’t have to do anything else—you’re already in and you’ll automatically get everything for the class. This post and announcement is for new members only (and so the post will be invisible to you if you’re already a member—you’re not missing anything, you’re just already there. :) ) Announcements: Writing Nature and Magic I’m delighted to be the guest teacher for this year’s session of Writing Nature and Magic from Lucy Pearce and Sarah Robinson. I’ve created SO MANY good things to share for this course, including two hour-long workshops (The Magic of Place and Poetry and Practice), a printable book, and a set of mix and match oracle cards. Registration with an early-bird discount is open until September 15 and the course begins in October. It is self-study for four weeks and concludes with a live workshop on November 3 with Lucy, Sarah, and me. Yay! Too Much Woman anthology Available for pre-order beginning today, I’m also delighted to be a contributor to the third Womancraft Publishing anthology, Too Much Woman. Really excited about this one! Resource Reminders: When you feel lost in all that swirls,may you remember: you are always invited to return.Every candle, every card, every deep breath,every pang of longingis a doorway home to yourself. Our popular Back to the Root free series is still available: Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, you can still grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Life’s Bits and Pieces: Spirit of the Deep,remind me to tend my spiritas lovinglyas I tend my to do list.Nudge me toward wildflowers, long books,and creative conversations.Keep my soul awake,brave enough to say yesto what I need. When you temporarily get lost in a swirl of demands, do not shame and blame yourself. Remember, you are always invited to return. You will forget sometimes. You will scroll too long, over commit, get scattered, and feel frazzled.Remember. The practice isn’t perfection; it’s returning.Light the candle.Draw the card.Read the poem.Step outside and watch the birds.Blow a kiss to the moon.You are always allowed to come back to your breath, your body, your magic.What helps you nestle back into the real? Currently reading: (to self) Swordheart—my beloved T. Kingfisher coming through for me again with a daring tale of a middle-aged woman and a dashing and seasoned warrior who happens to inhabit the blade of a sword. (to kids): The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking—I have already listened to this one, but I decided to see if T. Kingfisher could come through for my kids as well and break us out of our reading rut. We’re doing our best. This one is about a “minor mage” who has power over dough and baking, but finds herself as the last remaining hope of her whole city. (listening to by self) The Raven and the Reindeer—surprise! T. Kingfisher again! This one is based on Nordic folklore and is a retelling of the Snow Queen with some sapphic undertones. About a girl who sets forth to rescue a boy and discovers that perhaps she actually likes girls better than boys. Some Sami folklore and magic are also woven in. side note: Mark is currently reading Nettle and Bone also by…T. Kingfisher. I’ve already listened to myself and it is a favorite for me! (It is coincidentally this month’s book club pick at the local library, which is why I snagged a copy for Mark) (listening to with Tanner) The Magician’s Nephew—I could not resist getting the complete Chronicles of Narnia from Audible when I had a credit to use up before cancelling my membership. It is a single credit purchase for 33 hours and THE ENTIRE SERIES as one file. The first is narrated by Kenneth Branagh too, who is doing an excellent job with voice acting it, so it isn’t like you got discount/AI narrators for such a bargain either! I’m finding the Christian allegory a lot more heavy-handed than I tuned into as a kid and, of course, I’m also annoyed by the “witch is evil” trope, which feels very tired. However, it also contains some truly excellent understated British humor and I did so love this series as a kid that it remains fun to share it. September’s Allies: Hestia, Nettle, Nasturtium, Amethyst, and Fox Hestia,Keeper of Cauldron and Flame,bless this hearth, this desk, this sink, this screen,wherever my life is actually happening.Let my small acts of stirring, typing, folding, and feedingbecome prayers of care for myself and the world. Reminder: replenishment begins at the hearth—within yourself and your home—and then naturally extends outward into community. Note: expanded edition with practices and printable companion cards is here. This month’s theme is “Replenish.” As you watch and listen, you might consider: What in me needs replenishment? What is ready to be harvested? What is ready to be released? Our guiding presence this month is Hestia, keeper of the sacred flame and goddess of hearth and home. Hestia reminds us that: A house becomes a home when the hearth is tended. The hearth is not just physical—it is the center of your life, your heart, your body, your inner fire. Consider these questions: How are you tending your own hearth space? Does your home—inner or outer—need more attention, care, or love? Has your home become just a place to sleep and change clothes, instead of a place that nurtures you? An affirmation to continue working with this month (inspired by last month’s turquoise ally): I call myself home to myself. You might repeat: My home nurtures me. I am allowed to seek and receive replenishment. I am allowed to nourish and nur

  2. Aug 29

    Flourishing and Finishing as Summer Draws to a Close

    Let us be generous with ourselves.Let us rest well and wisely. Let us listen to the yearning in our souls. Let us leave space for wonder and space for delight. Let us create and nurture wide margins for magic in our lives. Let us trust the call we feel. Let it lead us to leap in the direction of desire. Welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter! This issue is short as we are traveling this week and the shop is closed. We will reopen on September 2 and our special edition Mabon kits will drop on September 4th! I hope you enjoy a sweet pause to deepen into this week’s resources. I am also taking a full Cauldron Week off of social media. The only place I will be active online until September 4th is in the Quips section of the Goddess Magic Mystery School. Despite being closed, I still wanted to squeeze one last newsletter into August to give you a free Tiny Summer Poems booklet that I wrote, inspired by the #tinysummerpoem challenge hosted by Beth Kempton. I hope you enjoy it! Tiny Summer Poems, Booklet Layout 1.33MB ∙ PDF file Download This week's magic: 10 minute video: Pele’s Fire—Anger and Desire. Note: September’s Ally video will become available on September 6th. Our herbal allies are nettle and nasturtium and our animal ally is the fox. Other new videos: 11 minutes: June prayerbook flip-through 6 minutes: Back to the Roots flip-through 7 minutes: We’Moon 2027 unboxing and, just for fun—I was featured in Patreon’s “what does a Quip sound like?” reel on Instagram. Resource Reminders: Our popular Back to the Root free series is still available: Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, you can still grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Life’s Bits and Pieces: In each year,some things flourishand some things finish.Be patient with yourselfas you listento your own life. August and early fall offer powerful invitations into both reviewing and renewing. What are you inviting to become real? In this month’s Simple and Sacred live circle, I read one of my poems from 365 Days of Goddess and then offered this invitation: Tonight’s candle lighting invites you to consider what is bubbling up from that cauldron of dreams. What are you inviting to become real? We named: contentment, harmony, acceptance, creativity, aligned action, listening to intuition, finishing books, speaking up, slowing down. After each, I offered the benediction: May it become real. I share this now with the wider circle present here in the the Rituals of Returning newsletter. What are you inviting to become real? Feel free to share yours in the comments, or whisper it into a candle flame tonight. Pele’s Fire Reminder: May you follow the call of your desires, dance with all your feelings, and keep living your magic. Note: expanded edition with practices and printable companion cards is here. Questions to consider: How are you in touch with the molten, fierce aspect of your life—that deep inner heart, that core beneath distraction, division, worry, and concern? What is the fierce, molten core of your life right now? What is your relationship with your own anger? How have you been taught to handle anger (and how does gender socialization impact it)? What is your heart’s true desire? How can you more intentionally listen to the rhythms of your heart and breath, your own “internal drumming”? What dreams are you ready to extend your arms to embrace? Affirmations I extend my arms to embrace my dreams. I embrace my own passion. I dance to the rhythms of my life. I take action to manifest my heart’s desire. I choose and change. It is now that we rememberwe are here to be in love with living,not to exist for productionor performanceor to pleasethe electronic rectanglesof approval and discordthat we carry with us through our days.Here, now,curled in a green cocoonof becoming,we remember how it feelsto treasure our place on this earth,raindrops sprinkling our shouldersand starshine in our eyes,feet planted on the earth,arms lifted toward the moon.This is what is sacred now,being alive in the real. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

  3. Aug 15

    Wild Enchantment and More Allies for August!

    Pause. Root yourself in where you are, your own landscape of living. Allow yourself to be, whole and here, held and heard. Keep a space for the sacred at the center of your own life. Hold it holy. Return often. Happy weekend! I hope you are making some space to steep in the deepness of this thick, heavy, hot summer season. To honor the abundance of this time of year, we have our new Summer Meadow goddesses in the shop. We also still have some of our special edition Pele-inspired Lava goddesses available. This week's magic: It is now that we are invitedto step into the cauldron of change,to sink downand inand let everything we are carryingsoften and melt awaywhile we remember how it feelsto simmer in everythingwe have made,all that we love to tasteand serve. My most recent essay for Feminism and Religion, Notes from the Cauldron of Change, was published this week. 14 minute mini ritual video: from reactive to creative, more allies for August. scroll all the way down to the bottom for your free companion card set! New audio for Everyday Magic: Wild Enchantment. I’ve actually started working on my next book! A Book of Magic Days should be finished by late fall. As I explained in this week’s community practice live, when I say “writing a book,” what I really mean is that all of the pieces of the book are already written, I just have to start putting the puzzle together and getting it all formatted and laid out. Unfortunately, the laying out part is the hard and boring part. I’m really in the thick of it! I am up to April in it so far. I was hoping to have the first draft in my actual hands by the end of this month, but I don’t think I’m going to make it that swiftly. Speaking of writing, I’m so pleased to announce that we’re offering a free, special Writers Workshop on October 9th at 7:00 central time (via Zoom) with the founder of Rolla Writers Club, Derek Zboran. Feel free to bring your questions for the second half of the night which will be a writers Q & A segment about writing, self-publishing, and more! Life’s Bits and Pieces: We all need momentsof pause in our days,moments with clear eyesand open hearts,a willingness to step into magicand to be alert for scraps of enchantment.We need timewith our breath slow in our bellies,our hearts easy in our chests.May we be brave enough to listento what we need.May we open to trust.May we be brave enough to listen.May we choose and actfrom the centerof our own living wholeness. reading: (to self) The Raven Boys—not fully sure how I feel about this one yet. Older-YA fiction about a girl, Blue, who comes from a family with psychic powers and a ley-line-obsessed private school student and his assortment of troubled friends. (to kids) we’re struggling to find something anyone likes. HELP! So far, we are now partway through Steelheart (too violent, depressing, and occasionally cringe in characterization for my taste, but kids are semi-interested in it and it IS by Brandon Sanderson) and also Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle (this one is on the chopping block because the riddles are, frankly, so bad. For a book in which riddles feature heavily, you think you’d include some good ones. This book is about people having lost their former special magical relationship with ravens and also about valravens, who are evil, flesh-eating immortal ravens. Yeah. Sounds like it would have potential…right?). I have Dragonwatch queued up in my kindle, but they kids got annoyed with Seth during the Fablehaven series and he’s in this book too. I’ve also got Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee in print that I got from a playgroup giveaway box back in the day and maybe her time has finally come! (listening to with Tanner): From the Desk of Zoe Washington—a story about a girl who wants to be on a kids baking show. She also has an incarcerated father that she begins to communicate with secretly. It is ALSO narrated by the same voice actor that narrated Mighty Miss Malone, who we have now learned is Bahni Turpin and she is one of our favorite narrators! She does an amazing job. This is a second listen for us, because we also listened to it a couple of years ago for Alaina’s literature. (listening to by self): A Dark and Wild Wood—I’ve actually been listening to this while typing, but then I had to stop to focus. I thought initially it was a re-visioning of Bluebeard, but I might be mistaken. It is about a woman with some un-controlled, dark magical powers (still unspecified), who experiences quite a lot of trauma and bad experiences and ends up going from a convent to a brothel to a mysterious chateau in the woods with a potentially dangerous man-spirit of whom I will give you no more info in case you decide to read it. Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there! Resource Reminders: August’s practice update for #30DaysofGoddess! Back to the Root free series is still available: Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, you can still grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Make sure to keep up with our dedicated newsletter for Gaea Goddess Gathering! Coming up in September right here in Missouri. Side note: I’ve been listening to SO MUCH SJ Tucker this month as she’s our special guest at this year’s Thirtieth anniversary GGG. Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! From Reactive to Creative, An August Ritual with Pele This is a spacious time, on the cusp of change, in which we savor what is simmering and celebrate what is emerging.In this season, we give thanks for all that has bubbled up and all that still brews unseen.We bless what is finished and what is yet to come. Reminder: Gather your splintered attention, awaken your inner fire, navigate by joy, and nourish your body and spirit so that your life becomes creative rather than reactive. This video explores: Pele – awakening, elemental fire, and the magic of paying attention Honeybee – navigating by the sun, joy, and your inner compass Oats (Madre of Water) – nourishment, self-care, and emotional soothing Questions to consider: What is awakening for you? Have you been sitting still for too long? Where is your attention right now? Are you living from a creative place or a reactive place? Where is your attention splintered or fragmented? Do you overthink things and put out your inner flame? How can you, like Honeybee, store some of life’s liquid gold so you have a little sunshine when you need it? Where does your life need a little extra organization, and how can you draw upon the wisdom of the hive? How can you dedicate time to following the sun and aligning with its rhythm? Where can you allow yourself more rest and replenishment? How can you nourish your body and spirit? Affirmations I wake up to my potential and power. I see things as they really are. I pay attention. (Paying attention is powerful magic!) I navigate toward joy. I align myself with my inner compass. I open my heart and let my intuition flow. I nourish my body and spirit. I am kind and gracious to myself. I transform tension into healing. I embrace my emotions. Reminder: I do create monthly handbooks for members of our Goddess Magic Mystery School community. Note: We also still have a few of this month’s ritual kit available. Expanded post available here. August at the border… August is a doorway,a border month*,one foot in the clover, one in new-fallen leaves,a hand full of elderberries,a pocket full of wind.This is the odd, uneven time*when hydrangeas suddenly bloom and sunflowers go to seed,and our lives are like this toosome things lavish, some still in leaf,some withering,some tight-budded,and waiting to bloom.We may dream of great cauldrons of changein which to steep and dream,but have a mug of time instead,ten minutes,one page,a single rose,yet even this small spacesoftens something inside us.So, we bless the first fruits,the half‑finished, falling things,and whisper our simplest spell:Breathing in, we arrive.Breathing out, we softenand make peace.“Hey ritual,”we say,“I’m returning.”(*"border month" comes from Tove Jansson. "odd uneven time" comes from Sylvia Plath. Both from pieces written about August. "Hey ritual," part is a funny, but fitting autocorrect from this month in which I said: "a ritual of returning," and the voice-to-text gave me, "hey, ritual! I'm returning!") Sending love to all of you. Keep living your magic, This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

  4. Aug 1

    Happy Lammas! August's Allies and More!

    In the heat of summer, I pause at the crossroads,lighting a candle in the sacred cauldron of my heart.I listen to the whispers of my soul,as dreams coalesce and possibilities take form.I stand in the center of my own life,where I extend my hands to touch the infinite fieldthat carries and holds me in each moment.I breathe in the ordinarygifts of life,the bright sky above me, the solid earth beneath me,the squirrel’s dance, the fox’s crossing,the falling star’s blazing message.Grant me the courage to show up,the willingness to notice and see,to love the ordinary and trust itas my pathway to the sacred.In this living practice of presence,magic, mystery, and meaningcoalesce. Happy June and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter with our allies for summer! We also have some delicate “Prairie Rose” goddesses in the shop. This week's magic: 18 minute mini ritual video: Back to the Roots: Tara, White Willow & Clear Quartz scroll all the way down to the bottom for your free companion card set! Back to the Roots kit with free printables! and, Back to the Roots collection with more free resources unfolding throughout the month. New essay on Feminism and Religion: Earthprayer June’s practice update for #30DaysofGoddess! We’ve started a new newsletter for Gaea Goddess Gathering! Coming up in September right here in Missouri. Back to the Roots! Back to the Roots is underway FREE for everyone as part of the Goddess Magic Mystery School, I’m so pleased to offer this Back to the Roots series in celebration of our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess. If you’re brand new to daily practice, this is for you—you are here on the 2000th day and it is a perfect day to begin! If you have been here since the beginning, this is for you—lets celebrate the life-changing power of daily practice and how devotion has changed, inspired, and nurtured you! If you have been here for any days in between, this is for you—I’m so glad you’ve shared your days with this community! Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts will be unfolding throughout the month. And, grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. During this series, we are revisiting the roots and purpose of #30DaysofGoddess and daily practice and we will also explore 7 days of guided practices, all with a roots-related theme. Our primary celebration will take place June 17-24, but I have background support resources sprinkled throughout the entire month as well. To date: welcome kit kickoff replay daily practice essentials kit spiritual practices while traveling reminders for daily practice building a daily practice root and reach yoga class (guest offering from Kimberly Pollack) Life’s Bits and Pieces: Go back to the roots,sliding past performanceand pleasingand back into center,into what holds and nourishes you. From this place of power,contemplate your choices,learning what isessential and true. reading: (to self) Ordinary Mysticism—I absolutely love this book! I started it in the airport on the way home and it is perfect for me. (to kids) Into Battle, book five in the Seventh Tower series—I took a break from reading while we were gone to Nevada and so we’ve just started this one. I’m a little disappointed that they are now prepping for this big battle and solving the problems of their unraveling society and worldview with a fight. (listening to with Tanner): How to Trap a Tiger—a story about a girl and her mother and sister who go to live with their grandmother in a small town and there is a mysterious, elusive tiger that she keeps glimpsing. Rooted in Korean folklore, but set in modern times. (listening to by self): Mila 2.0—contemporary YA fiction about an android girl who doesn’t originally know she is an android super solider and is now on the run from the government. Finished the Saint of Steel (Paladin) series by T. Kingfisher and they were all so good. Loved them. My favorite series this year! I also finished reading The Magic of Us. Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there! Resource Reminders: Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Tara, White Willow, and Clear Quartz: June’s Allies Happy June! Willow and Linden are our herbal allies for June—rooted, wise, and healing. Welcome to our June and our allies for this month! This month we journey into the heat of summer, creativity, and the energy of Litha (the summer solstice) guided by Goddess Tara, White Willow, Linden, Clear Quartz, and the Mouse as our animal ally. Thank you for being here! May you go back to your roots, let your feelings move like water, and welcome a clear, joyful reset this summer season. Reminder: I do create monthly handbooks for members of our Goddess Magic Mystery School community and June’s handbook is available here. Expanded post available here. Questions to explore: What would it feel like to let yourself be surrounded by love—right now, as you are? Can you have a feeling without putting it into words? What is stagnant in your life right now? Where in your life are you repeating the same emotional script instead of letting it move? Do you feel yanked hither and yon by the pull of your feelings or by other people’s needs? What would it look like to let emotions flow through you and then go, rather than damming them up? If you could return one aspect of your life to the “factory settings,” what would it be? What are your own deep roots right now—what actually nourishes you? When you go back to the roots, what do you discover you truly want to keep, and what is ready to be released? Where in your life are you choosing what is convenient or comfortable over what might be deeply true or needed? Affirmations: I listen to the child within. I am surrounded by love. I nourish wholeness by going within. I dance with what life has to offer. I create my life with joy. I dip my feet into the current of the sacred. My emotions flow through me with ease. I listen to the ways of water. I stay open to what is. I stay open to what’s unfolding. I welcome a clear, loving reset in my life. I return to my roots and open to new possibilities. A gift to be here… I treasure my place on this earth, the power of connection, the roots of inspiration, the softness of settling in, the certainty and grace of belonging. It is a gift to be here, watching it all spin. Sending love to all of you. Keep living your magic, Molly, Mark, + FamilyHow to meditate wherever you are:right here, right now, grant yourself a margin for magic, a sacred buffer, one pause, one breath, one moment of enough. Surround yourself with the elements, alive in your own body and landscape of living. Lay your hands on your belly and whisper what you need to hear. Remember: you are allowed to have what you need. You are allowed to change. Welcome yourself home, whole and holy. Happy Lammas and welcome to August! This week we have our special edition Pele-inspired Lava goddesses in the shop. This week's magic: 19 minute mini ritual video: August’s Allies scroll all the way down to the bottom for your free companion card set! Loved this post from Joanna Powell Colbert about Swinging the Scythe. Perfect for this time of year. (And, reminds me so much of the Labrys in Womanrunes). August’s practice update for #30DaysofGoddess! Make sure to keep up with our dedicated newsletter for Gaea Goddess Gathering! Coming up in September right here in Missouri. Side note: I’m listening to SO MUCH SJ Tucker as I write this newsletter. She’s our special guest at this year’s Thirtieth anniversary GGG. Back to the Roots! Back to the Roots has drawn to a close after celebrating our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess! Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, you can still grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Life’s Bits and Pieces: Today, I listen to my body, where she is saying no, so that my soul can say yes, to the muse in both land and skin who know the way.My no is a spell of protection. My yesis a spell of devotion. I let inspiration carry me with ease. reading: (to self) Fields of Asphodel—a novel about the daughter of Hades and Persephone and her relationship with Thanatos. It is okay, but I do keep forgetting where I am because it isn’t that memorable. I also took a break from it while I read… (just finished) My Other Heart—this was August’s book club pick at the library and it was so engaging that I ate it right up in a few nights. It is about two girls, one who is adopted and is half-Japanese, and one whose single mother is from China, as well also about a Vietnamese woman with a tragedy to investigate. It was really touching and felt very real in terms of characterization. (to Tanner) More Milly Molly Mandy—these vintage UK stories from the 1920’s charmed me as a little girl and they still charm me today. Love them! I’m taking a break from reading to everyone because they got fed up with the Seventh Tower series and need a break. I’m going to be extremely sad if that series is what stopped my tradition of reading aloud to all my kids each night (including those in their twenties). :( (listening to with Tanner): Conjure Island—a story about a girl who ends up having to stay with a long-lost great-grandmother on a mysterious island off the coast of South Carolina, where she finds out that she comes from a long line of Gullah people well-versed in Southern conjure magic. It is

  5. Jul 18

    Steeping in the Cauldron of Change

    Sacred Earth beneath my feet,draw my scattered attention down and in.Let my senses be roots,sight, sound, scent, taste, touch,and the knowing beneath words,reaching deep into your living heart.Remind me that life is not a race,but a gentle returning to what always holds me.As I change, may I stay rooted.As I root, may I be free to change. Happy July and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter! This month we are steeping in the Cauldron of Change. We also have August’s ritual kit ready for you in the shop. This week's magic: 13 minute mini ritual video: allies for July impromptu “witch at work” studio altar tour part two house altar tour I’m happy to report that I won third place in the Deane Wagner Poetry Contest for my poem: “Do Poets Eat at Taco Bell?” My 100 word story, “Warm-blooded” (shortlisted in the Tadpole Press 100 word story contest last month), has now been published in the 10th volume of “How to Save the World” from Compassiviste Press. 100% of the proceeds from the anthology goes to the Zaatari Desert Garden project, helping Syrian refugees develop hydroponic food production in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The digital book is available from: Compassiviste website Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo Event notice for upcoming free event (not-affiliated, just passing the word along): On July 21st at 11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 8pm CET, there is a free online gathering with Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining): Seeding a New Future. Pat is a Diné elder, ceremonial leader and voice for global peace and will be in conversation with Rachel Duffy and Michael Denmeade. Together we’ll explore the wisdom of these times. And the work of coming back into right relationship with the Earth, with each other, and with our own true nature, such that together we can seed a thriving future for all. It’s free, donation-based, and open to all. The registration link is here. Replay from our 2000 Days of Goddess live celebration including free printable booklets! Back to the Roots collection with so many free resources from June! The Cauldron of Change I’ve been making space to steep in the Cauldron of Change this month, even with just a few morning minutes to reflect and integrate. I made this little prompts booklet for my community and it has been such a helpful resource—I’ve also been dropping my Womanrunes draw of the day into the Cauldron rune and seeing how the two work together. I’d love to invite you to join us as well—we’re doing live community practices each Monday! Back to the Roots! Back to the Roots has drawn to a close after celebrating our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess! Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, you can still grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Life’s Bits and Pieces: Even when life is busy even when there is too much to do,even when everythingand everyone needs something from you,you know a one word spell of power:Return,a practice,a process,a prayer, an invitation to settle and re-settle into your own wise center,to root downand reach outand reclaim. reading: (to self) How to Save the World—referenced above from Compassiviste. This is an interesting anthology with poems, short stories, and book excerpts from speculative fiction. It has made me highlight several book titles to get separately because I was hooked in by the extracts included. (to kids) The Violet Keystone, the sixth and final book in the Seventh Tower series (why there aren’t seven gets on all of our nerves, but we’re also ready for the series to be over). listening to: by self: Caroline—this is an adult retelling of the Little House on the Prairie saga through Ma’s eyes. It WAY overuses simile and is a little more navel-gazing than I expect Ma would actually have had time for, but I’m finding it very engaging and interesting. Listening to this for me is completely independent of the new Netflix series that is currently ALL over the news and social media. I didn’t even know there was going to be a new series until just this week and I have been on the waiting list for Caroline for several months now. I also feel like I need a disclaimer that despite my deep childhood fondness for this series, as an adult, I’ve definitely come to see what a sanitized, idealized, and whitewashed picture it paints of the westward expansion, colonialism, and the indigenous nightmare of forced removal. with Tanner and Mark: Daughter of the Deep—a lengthy revisiting of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Rick Riordan. Shades of Percy Jackson and a bit of Harry Potter abound therein. I do enjoy the diverse cast and the female heroine. This made for good listening on our recent drive to Ohio and Kentucky. Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there! Resource Reminders: Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Rituals of Returning for Midyear Reflection & Integration Happy July! Rooster call, cicada buzz, fly dance, wind rustle, spiderweb shimmer, ironweed in bloom. Wise weeds and wild ones, show me the holiness hidden in what I overlook. There is plenty right here, a cocoon for the metamorphosis of now. Inviting you to step into the Cauldron of Change in our Rituals of Returning video for July. This month is a gently powerful invitation into midyear reflection and integration—a sacred pause to let your experiences steep, so you can carry forward what truly nourishes you. Reminder: I do create monthly handbooks for members of our Goddess Magic Mystery School community and July’s handbook is available here. Expanded post available here. Questions to consider: What from the first half of this year needs to be: Scooped out and released? Left to steep longer? More fully savored and integrated? What needs to be reconsidered, redefined, or re‑explored at this midpoint of the year? Where do you need spikier boundaries around your time, your days, and your energy? What needs to be lovingly cut away so you can choose transformation? Where are you being invited to savor the sweetness of your life more fully? How can you create sanctuary in your everyday life, right where you are? How can you create what you seek right now, in the middle of everything? What might become clear if you grant yourself a sacred pause this month to integrate, reflect, deepen, and steep? Affirmations I tumble with the turning. I allow myself to choose and to change. I take my life to the cauldron and listen. I am on the lookout for the presence of wonder. I am awake to the miracle. I tend to the secret garden in my soul. I am at home in myself. I create a sanctuary in my everyday. I savor this sweet and wild life. A Blessing of Belonging We close our weekly live community practice each week with our familiar blessing of belonging:Breathing in, we arrive in our bodies,breathing out we soften.We remember we belong to the earth and the sky,to ourselves and one another.May our small, steady flamesjoin countless othersin a great weaving of repair.Here, in the Cauldron of Change of summer, we remember: we do not change alone.We change in circles, in conversations, in the solidarity of knowing that other people, other places, are lighting their candles too, placing their own experiences into the cauldron, asking their own questions, and trusting that together, across distance and in all our imperfect humanity, we are part of a great weaving of repair.So as July unfurls, I invite you to steep in some practices/ideas that we’ve recently been exploring in circle: Let July be July. Let yourself be yourself. Release what is too heavy. Let what is still becoming have time to steep. Savor what is already sweet and true. And remember, every time you pause to remember you belong: you are a small, steady flame in a wide, wild, shimmering cauldron of change in which we can brew a new world to share. Our Inner Pace… My inner pace in Julymoves in resonancewith the languorous,liquid,luminous,lazy rhythm of desire,of longing,of curiosity and wonder. It is the pace of discovery,of creative renewaland energetic re-setand review,the pace of life’s own unfolding,on its own time,in its own ways. Sending love to all of you. Keep living your magic, Molly, Mark, + Family This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

  6. Jun 27

    Summer's Invitations: Allow, Let Go, and Create!

    Now is the time for golden dreams, for your imagination to dance with reality and weave ideas into form. Now is the time to root deep, to reach out, to rise up. Happy Summer and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter with more allies for summer flourishing! We also have some beautiful color experiment goddesses ready for you in the shop. This week's magic: 13 minute mini ritual video: Allow, let go, create tiny video slideshow from my own family Summer Solstice ritual April/May prayerbook flip-through video. May handbook mini flip-through Replay from our 2000 Days of Goddess live celebration including free printable booklets! Back to the Roots collection with so many free resources from this month! My poem Skunkwatching was published in Thimble Literary Magazine this month. bonus baby skunk video that we delighted in seeing just this past weekend! And, I made the shortlist in the Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest with my tiny story: Warmblooded. New essay on Feminism and Religion: Earthprayer Back to the Roots! Back to the Roots is now drawing to a close after celebrating our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess! Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Life’s Bits and Pieces: A chant for summer: Roots below and sun above,I’m held in wisdom,held in love. Waters flowand clear light shines,summer’s magic is now mine. reading: (to self) Red Rising—a little violent and disturbing and disheartening (a blend of Hunger Games meets Ender’s Game), this book is also immediately engaging and swoops you right up into this sci-fi world of far-future colonists of Mars and how they have stratified society into a brutal color-caste system. Naturally, we must rely on a plucky, gifted, unwillingly heroic 16 year old to save the day (world). (to kids) Into Battle, book five in the Seventh Tower series—almost finished with this one (also color-caste based society with Red at the bottom, interestingly!). We’re starting to get a little annoyed by some elements of this series, I have to admit. I don’t want to spoil it, but sometimes the plucky, unwillingly heroic, teenagers get a little too “promoted” through the ranks than makes any logical sense. (still listening to with Tanner): How to Trap a Tiger—we’ve got about 20 minutes left in this one. Rooted in Korean folklore, but set in modern times. Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there! Resource Reminders: Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Allow, Let Go, Create: More Allies for Summer Happy Summer! I return to the roots.I return to now,to the pulse beneath all the noise,to the ripeness of this moment. I let presencetransport meinto the sacred. In this week’s video, I share our supplemental herbal ally, Linden, and our animal ally, House Mouse, inviting us to return to beginner’s mind, embrace imperfection, and create our lives with quiet, persistent joy. Reminder: I do create monthly handbooks for members of our Goddess Magic Mystery School community and June’s handbook is available here. Expanded post available here. May we have patience with our infinite dreams and our beautifully human limitations. May we make space for deep listening to our heart’s longings and trust in inner wisdom.May we remember that we are woven into a magnificent web of magic,supported, connected, and enough.May we be soft but persistentas we continue to create lives we love to live. Questions to consider: What attracted you to a goddess faith, or an earth-based path, or to everyday magic and sacred living? Can you allow space for mystery in your days? Side note: this reminds me of a quote I read after making this video: “God is the name of the blanket we throw over the mystery to give it shape.” (Barry Taylor) How might you tackle the challenges in your life by going in small? How might we tackle some ordinary situations in our lives that are heaping up and asking for attention—one book, one box, one basket, one item at a time? Can you allow yourself to go back to the roots? Affirmations I am flexible as I build my future. I protect my resources by surrounding them with what I love. I take on my tasks with a playful air. I take care of what I love. I open my hands and let go. I allow my life to be as it is. I allow ease. I allow joy. I allow discovery. I allow transformation. I allow myself to go back to the roots. I create my life with joy. I accept this moment. Flowering Where We Are June holds the full creative power of the year—everything lush, buzzing, ripening, in bloom. And still…sometimes we don’t feel ready for all the brightness and busyness. In our Simple and Sacred circle this month, we honored that it’s okay if this isn’t your year to be in full blossom, maybe you’re strengthening roots instead of showing flowers. You are no less magical for blooming slowly. Does it feel like this is a root-growing summer or a flower-showing summer for you? "the faithfulness I can imagine would be a weedflowering in tar, a blue energy piercingthe massed atoms of a bedrock disbelief"—Adrienne RichIn our Community Practice last week, I shared an essay by Daniela Molnar called “Flowering in Tar" (Oregon Humanities). She invites us into our senses for a "geohaptic" connection. Imagine that your six senses—touch, sight, sound, taste, smell, and intuition—are six thick roots extending from your body down, down, down to the center of the planet, where they anchor into what Annie Dillard once called Holy the Firm. Holy the Firm can be whatever you name as ultimate:• Goddess/God• gravity or time• molten metal or mystery• the sacred, the absolute, the hum at the center of things From that core, these roots rise back through the layers of the earth—rock and soil, water and air—reaching into your veins, your skin, your bones, your mind, and heart. "You are socketed into the living world through your senses." This deep rooting is a gift. And, a quote to remember and draw strength from: “When the world feels hard, remember this: We live on a planet where trees feed their dying elders through underground rivers of root and fungus. Where whales carry songs older than memory across entire oceans and octopuses dream in shifting colour. Where every breath we take is given by trees and the algae drifting through the sea. Where plants rise around us as medicine, monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles on wings softer than paper, and tiny birds navigate by sensing the earth itself. Where starlight travels for millions of years before touching the earth, and tiny seeds break open stone in their longing for light.” -- Brigit Anna McNeilNote: this section was part of my Back to the Roots series free on Patreon. A summer blessing… And so,we crossed the thresholdinto summer,the vision we breathed into beingon the winter solsticehas now taken form.May we have the courage neededto stand in this liminal space,one foot in creative darkness,one foot in bright possibility.Let us look into our own cupped hands,seeing the seed dreamwe have nourished,that we’ve planted and protectedis now ready to bloom and thrive.Let us clear space around it.Let us weed awaywhat is not needed.Let us step backand invite the heat and passionof summer’s lightto invigorate and strengthenthat which we have so patiently tended.It is now when the visionswe have nurturedbecome real. Sending love to all of you. Keep living your magic, Molly, Mark, + FamilyNow is the time for golden dreams, for your imagination to dance with reality and weave ideas into form. Now is the time to root deep, to reach out, to rise up. Happy Summer and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter with more allies for summer flourishing! We also have some beautiful color experiment goddesses ready for you in the shop. AND, we’re having a special summer sale! Almost 200 listings are 20% off, including the Daily Practice Deck! This week's magic: 13 minute mini ritual video: Allow, let go, create tiny video slideshow from my own family Summer Solstice ritual April/May prayerbook flip-through video. May handbook mini flip-through Replay from our 2000 Days of Goddess live celebration including free printable booklets! Back to the Roots collection with so many free resources from this month! My poem Skunkwatching was published in Thimble Literary Magazine this month. bonus baby skunk video that we delighted in seeing just this past weekend! And, I made the shortlist in the Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest with my tiny story: Warmblooded. New essay on Feminism and Religion: Earthprayer Back to the Roots! Back to the Roots is now drawing to a close after celebrating our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess! Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts are available. And, grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. Life’s Bits and Pieces: A chant for summer: Roots below and sun above,I’m held in wisdom,held in love. Waters flowand clear light shines,summer’s magic is now mine. reading: (to self) Red Rising—a little violent and disturbing and disheartening (a blend of Hunger Games meets Ender’s Game), this book is also immediately engaging and swoops you right up into this sci-fi world of far-future colonists of Mars and how they have stratified society into a brutal color-caste system. Naturally, we must rely on a plucky, gifted, unwillingly h

  7. Jun 13

    Happy Summer! June's Allies and More!

    In the heat of summer, I pause at the crossroads,lighting a candle in the sacred cauldron of my heart.I listen to the whispers of my soul,as dreams coalesce and possibilities take form.I stand in the center of my own life,where I extend my hands to touch the infinite fieldthat carries and holds me in each moment.I breathe in the ordinarygifts of life,the bright sky above me, the solid earth beneath me,the squirrel’s dance, the fox’s crossing,the falling star’s blazing message.Grant me the courage to show up,the willingness to notice and see,to love the ordinary and trust itas my pathway to the sacred.In this living practice of presence,magic, mystery, and meaningcoalesce. Happy June and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter with our allies for summer! We also have some delicate “Prairie Rose” goddesses in the shop. This week's magic: 18 minute mini ritual video: Back to the Roots: Tara, White Willow & Clear Quartz scroll all the way down to the bottom for your free companion card set! Back to the Roots kit with free printables! and, Back to the Roots collection with more free resources unfolding throughout the month. New essay on Feminism and Religion: Earthprayer June’s practice update for #30DaysofGoddess! We’ve started a new newsletter for Gaea Goddess Gathering! Coming up in September right here in Missouri. Back to the Roots! Back to the Roots is underway FREE for everyone as part of the Goddess Magic Mystery School, I’m so pleased to offer this Back to the Roots series in celebration of our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess. If you’re brand new to daily practice, this is for you—you are here on the 2000th day and it is a perfect day to begin! If you have been here since the beginning, this is for you—lets celebrate the life-changing power of daily practice and how devotion has changed, inspired, and nurtured you! If you have been here for any days in between, this is for you—I’m so glad you’ve shared your days with this community! Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts will be unfolding throughout the month. And, grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers. During this series, we are revisiting the roots and purpose of #30DaysofGoddess and daily practice and we will also explore 7 days of guided practices, all with a roots-related theme. Our primary celebration will take place June 17-24, but I have background support resources sprinkled throughout the entire month as well. To date: welcome kit kickoff replay daily practice essentials kit spiritual practices while traveling reminders for daily practice building a daily practice root and reach yoga class (guest offering from Kimberly Pollack) Life’s Bits and Pieces: Go back to the roots,sliding past performanceand pleasingand back into center,into what holds and nourishes you. From this place of power,contemplate your choices,learning what isessential and true. reading: (to self) Ordinary Mysticism—I absolutely love this book! I started it in the airport on the way home and it is perfect for me. (to kids) Into Battle, book five in the Seventh Tower series—I took a break from reading while we were gone to Nevada and so we’ve just started this one. I’m a little disappointed that they are now prepping for this big battle and solving the problems of their unraveling society and worldview with a fight. (listening to with Tanner): How to Trap a Tiger—a story about a girl and her mother and sister who go to live with their grandmother in a small town and there is a mysterious, elusive tiger that she keeps glimpsing. Rooted in Korean folklore, but set in modern times. (listening to by self): Mila 2.0—contemporary YA fiction about an android girl who doesn’t originally know she is an android super solider and is now on the run from the government. Finished the Saint of Steel (Paladin) series by T. Kingfisher and they were all so good. Loved them. My favorite series this year! I also finished reading The Magic of Us. Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there! Resource Reminders: Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Tara, White Willow, and Clear Quartz: June’s Allies Happy June! Willow and Linden are our herbal allies for June—rooted, wise, and healing. Welcome to our June and our allies for this month! This month we journey into the heat of summer, creativity, and the energy of Litha (the summer solstice) guided by Goddess Tara, White Willow, Linden, Clear Quartz, and the Mouse as our animal ally. Thank you for being here! May you go back to your roots, let your feelings move like water, and welcome a clear, joyful reset this summer season. Reminder: I do create monthly handbooks for members of our Goddess Magic Mystery School community and June’s handbook is available here. Expanded post available here. Questions to explore: What would it feel like to let yourself be surrounded by love—right now, as you are? Can you have a feeling without putting it into words? What is stagnant in your life right now? Where in your life are you repeating the same emotional script instead of letting it move? Do you feel yanked hither and yon by the pull of your feelings or by other people’s needs? What would it look like to let emotions flow through you and then go, rather than damming them up? If you could return one aspect of your life to the “factory settings,” what would it be? What are your own deep roots right now—what actually nourishes you? When you go back to the roots, what do you discover you truly want to keep, and what is ready to be released? Where in your life are you choosing what is convenient or comfortable over what might be deeply true or needed? Affirmations: I listen to the child within. I am surrounded by love. I nourish wholeness by going within. I dance with what life has to offer. I create my life with joy. I dip my feet into the current of the sacred. My emotions flow through me with ease. I listen to the ways of water. I stay open to what is. I stay open to what’s unfolding. I welcome a clear, loving reset in my life. I return to my roots and open to new possibilities. A gift to be here… I treasure my place on this earth, the power of connection, the roots of inspiration, the softness of settling in, the certainty and grace of belonging. It is a gift to be here, watching it all spin. Sending love to all of you. Keep living your magic, Molly, Mark, + Family This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

  8. May 30

    More Goddess Guidance for May!

    A ritual of returning:Surrender to delight.Discover milkweed in bloom.Listen to the wind whisper.Sit and sing, the prayer songs from your heart rising up to join trees in their wind dance.Gather together your curiosity, your determination and your trust.Let wisdom well up from within.Give yourself space to breathe.Savor your own enoughness.It is good to be here. Welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter! I’m so delighted to unveil our June ritual kits in the shop! Please note that we will be closed next week from June 2-10, due to travel. This week's magic: 13 minute mini ritual video: I am worthy. Note: I have a series of Youtube shorts with short flip-throughs for Back to the Roots! Our June practice update will be ready for #30DaysofGoddess on May 30th. So pleased to have Thunder and Roses included in the May books for the month video from Hearth Witch. Reminders: My newest book, Thunder and Roses, is now available worldwide on Amazon! Orders from the Etsy shop also include special bonuses only available directly from us. Replay from our live book launch party and ritual! Back to the Roots Coming up in June FREE for everyone as part of the Goddess Magic Mystery School, I’m so pleased to offer this Back to the Roots series in celebration of our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess. If you’re brand new to daily practice, this is for you—you are here on the 2000th day and it is a perfect day to begin! If you have been here since the beginning, this is for you—lets celebrate the life-changing power of daily practice and how devotion has changed, inspired, and nurtured you! If you have been here for any days in between, this is for you—I’m so glad you’ve shared your days with this community! During this series, we’ll revisit the roots and purpose of #30DaysofGoddess and daily practice and we will also explore 7 days of guided practices, all with a roots-related theme. I’ve got a printable prayerbook, prayercards, and ritual deck all ready for you and I can’t wait to share! Our primary celebration will take place June 17-24, but I have background support resources to share starting on June 1 as well. Life’s Bits and Pieces: Holy Life of roots and rhythms,protect me from the hunger for doing more, ever faster.Lead me instead toward what truly nourishesbody, spirit, and connection. reading: (to self) Paladin’s Hope—this is the third book in the Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher. I also read Paladin’s Strength last week. Each book in this series is about one of the paladins of the war god (the Saint of Steel) and what happens to them after the god suddenly and inexplicably dies, leaving his followers utterly bereft and broken. Now, they all work for the Temple of the Rat and investigating/protecting people from there. Really enjoying this series! This one is about a string of grisly murders and a lich-doctor (doctor who assesses cause of death) and a gnole constable (little badger-like creatures and one of the paladins who are trying to figure out who is sending these bodies down the river. *Note: main character’s name is Galen. I simply could not remember this while I was making the audio. (to self): Somatic Shamanism after joining the Book Club level of the Girl God’s Patreon. An experiential journey through the tree of life and one’s own “fleshy knowing.” (to kids) Above the Veil, book four in the Seventh Tower series—more sinister secrets are unveiled as Tal and Milla struggle to survive in a world that wasn’t what it seemed to be. listening to with Tanner: How to Trap a Tiger—have previously listened to this with Alaina for homeschool literature. A story about a girl and her mother and sister who go to live with their grandmother in a small town and there is a mysterious, elusive tiger that she keeps glimpsing. Rooted in Korean folklore, but set in modern times. listening to by self: Mila 2.0—contemporary YA fiction about an android girl who doesn’t originally know she is an android super solider and is now on the run from the government. Side note: my kids are currently watching Sweet Tooth and also Kipo and we have had to laugh because the main characters in all three of these are misled/misinformed by their parents as to their identity and all find out by finding a folder with their own name on the front, which turns out to be an acronym for whatever government experiment they are (well, for Mila, it is an ipod, but still. Labeled with her name, which is revealed to be an acronym). Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there! Resource Reminders: Intro audio about the Goddess Magic Mystery School I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both! FREE class: forty week Intro to Goddess Studies class! Gift a Goddess Magic membership to a friend! Worthiness Reminder: May you remember that you do not have to earn your place in the light, that you are already worthy, already enough. May you find joy in unexpected ways and make space for what is essential to gently appear. In this Rituals of Returning video, we wrap up the month of May by continuing with our explorations of the Egyptian goddess Bast, the month of Love, and cats as companions, guardians, and guides. Questions to Explore: How am I finding joy in unexpected ways? Can I allow myself to be as light-hearted as a cat? How am I embracing my own playful qualities? Is it possible to be both independent and reliant on others? Can you be fully content with life when you are not in complete control? Where do I need more connection? Where do I need more solitude? How am I balancing self-sovereignty with my need for strong community? Where do I still feel like I have to “earn” my place in the sun? What do I notice when I “smooth” my energy field—where feels sticky, rough, or heavy? How can I create more space for what is essential to appear? Where in my day can I create a small clearing where the sacred can breathe? Affirmations as we wind down this month: I allow myself to be as light-hearted as a cat. I embrace my own playful qualities. I find joy in unexpected ways. I breathe into the knowing that I am worthy. I am rooted in love. I trust who I’m becoming. I restore myself to wholeness. I am open to what is. I allow peace to find a place. I allow joy to arise. I make space for what is essential to appear. I allow essential truths to emerge. I create a clearing at the center of my being where the sacred can breathe. Questions to Explore: How am I finding joy in unexpected ways? Can I allow myself to be as light-hearted as a cat? How am I embracing my own playful qualities? Is it possible to be both independent and reliant on others? Can you be fully content with life when you are not in complete control? Where do I need more connection? Where do I need more solitude? How am I balancing self-sovereignty with my need for strong community? Where do I still feel like I have to “earn” my place in the sun? What do I notice when I “smooth” my energy field—where feels sticky, rough, or heavy? How can I create more space for what is essential to appear? Where in my day can I create a small clearing where the sacred can breathe? Enjoying the sunshine of life… Remember: cats never say, “I have too much to do to enjoy this patch of sunshine.”In last week’s community practice we reflected on Bast—goddess of play, pleasure, grace, and independence—and how our cats teach us to relax and rejoice in the light while it’s here.An invitation for you today: Notice one “patch of sunlight” in your life—a moment of warmth, ease, or delight—and let yourself actually sink into it.What’s your “patch of sun” like today? Can you allow yourself to enjoy it? Offering… Let us offer what we can offer. Let us share what we can share. Let us create what we can create. Let us love what we love. Let us know we are whole and here,embedded in a web of interconnection and becoming. Sending love to all of you. Keep living your magic, Molly, Mark, + Family This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

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  • Creator
    Molly Remer (Goddess Magic)
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    117
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Molly Remer
  • Show Website
    Rituals of Returning