Elements of earth, air, water, and fire,
flow through me with wild compassion,
reminding me that magic lives even
in spontaneous moments
and broken expectations.
Let me welcome surprise
as a sacred guest,
sing to the setting sun
even when things unravel,
and remember that my worth
is not in perfection,
but in my willingness
to keep my heart open.
Bless me with the courage
to be fully present,
to eat the honey cake of life
bugs and all.
Blessed be.
Happy July! We’ve made a change to our weekly schedule and our newsletters will now be arriving in your email box on Sundays instead of Fridays. We hope you enjoy a little Sacred Sunday boost. This week’s shop update includes more beautiful goddess blessing prayer flags honoring some of our most popular goddesses as well as this month’s special edition Patron Kit.
This week's magic:
15 minute video: herbal ally for July (willow)
A Year of Goddess Magic continues with July’s practice update. The goddess we are honoring is Kwan Yin and the theme is Compassion. Free resources for July are ready for you here: #30DaysofGoddess.
I’m also offering a special Gentle July sale for new members. Get 40% off on Goddess Magic community membership with code “COMPASSION” this month!
A free set of coloring affirmation cards inspired by June’s practices are included for all subscribers right here. I also decided to gift everyone with the sixth volume in our “Rituals of Returning” mini printable booklet series as a summer surprise and it is included for you here as well.
Resource Reminders:
Seeking a little guidance from the deep self? A reminder that we offer a free quick-start guide to Womanrunes, including a printable rune set.
New online t-shirt shop!
Reminder: if you have any Q’s for Mark or me to A, please just reply to this newsletter or comment in the Substack chat and I’ll happily make an audio or other resource for you.
An Introduction to Goddess Studies continues this week with another free post in this unfolding online class series.
Most recent additions:
Life’s Bits and Pieces:
Gently now,
savor this moment,
generous with its gifts.
Bravely now,
listen to the yearning
in your soul.
Boldly now,
leap in the direction
of your dreams.
Patiently now,
trust that this field
of expansive possibility
can hold you as you fly.
Reading:
just finished: She Appears! This Kwan Yin anthology published by Goddess Ink was so good. Highly recommend it for its blend of colorful, inspiring art, coupled with insightful personal experiences and stories.
to self: Time Anxiety. Still enjoying this one. Very helpful reframes on our personal and cultural relationship with time.
to self: The Crone’s Book of Magical Words. I won this one at the library for finishing the summer reading program. What fun it was to see it there as one of the options waiting for me! I also got a coloring book.
to kids: Time Jumpers. Book five, the final book (finally!), in the Five Kingdoms series!
Looking forward to:
more summer reading programs at the library, including custom chocolate creations!
seeing another $1 movie at the movie theater with the kids!
Gentle July! Yes, we are continuing on from Gentle June into a month of Compassion with Kwan Yin. I’m welcoming guest contributions related to this theme to the Goddess Magic Patreon.
Continuing to make progress on my next book, Return.
Pondering how to step away for a personal writing/business retreat this month and wondering if I can actually make space for it.
Nourishing Herbal Ally for July: Willow
Reminder: May you be gentle with yourself. May you orient your life by joy and approach each moment with compassion. May you recognize the love and light within yourself and others. May you be flexible yet strong like the willow tree. May your journey be blessed with devotion and kindness.
Note: expanded edition with practices and printable companion cards is here.
Journal questions to consider:
How can you release judgment about yourself and others?
How are your feelings feeling?
What does your heart want to taste, experience, feel and sense?
What lights you all the way up?
How can you be a wise steward of your resources?
How can you orient your life by joy?
What practices can help you be more compassionate?
Affirmations:
I release judgment about myself and others.
I focus on the love and light that is within everyone.
I am gentle with myself.
I forgive myself for forgetting.
I devote my whole heart to what lights me up.
I devote myself to this life with joy.
I orient my life by joy.
I am flexible and strong.
I am present with presence.
May you be gentle
with yourself.
May you orient your life
by joy and approach each moment
with compassion.
May you recognize the love and light
within yourself and others.
May you be flexible yet strong.
May your journey be blessed
with devotion and kindness.
Much love,
Molly, Mark, + Family
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