Guest Post: Hail Columbia! A Ritual To Call Upon America’s Overlooked Goddess
The government is filled with corrupt officials who have actively betrayed their oaths of office in pursuit of power, bringing active harm to my communities and many others. Suffice to say, my magical political activism needed to up it’s game, and I was trying to determine who to call in for aid. Calling upon the Founding Fathers is just a little too patriarchal for my taste. Calling upon the Spirit of America kept summoning images of the Old West, which was not what I was going for. Maybe Lady Liberty? That was closer, but it felt like something was missing. Then the name Columbia came up. You know of Columbia, right? The Goddess of America? Or, more accurately, the Forgotten Goddess of America. Lady Liberty, who is more familiar to most of us these days, is Her daughter.
Ritual: Maintaining Boundaries For Work/Life Balance
I’ve been working from home for a little over a month now. During this time I’ve seen any semblance of work/life balance I may have established come crashing down. It was easy to excuse this at the beginning - we were all scrambling to transition our processes and support services online. We had a short window to get it done and it was imperative we make as few mistakes as possible. I could justify working around the clock and through the weekend.
Ritual: Protection And Prosperity For Hourly Wage Earners
It is a very scary time right now in many places around the world. I live in the United States where our elected leaders are currently debating how and if to support those severely impacted by the economic impact of coronavirus. I’ve been thinking about how I can do my part to support those vulnerable to financial uncertainty (and I don’t mean the billionaires and corporations currently lobbying for yet another bailout). In addition to purchasing curb-side or take-out as long as its safe to do so, supporting organizations such as United Way, and helping connect those in my community to resources to ensure they have access to food I also wanted to find ways to use my craft to bolster these actions.
Ritual: Daily Grounding and Shielding
One of the features I want to have on this blog are ritual/spell posts. Whether they are my own personal approaches or sharing guest posts, I think sharing ideas is the cornerstone to building community and maintaining personal growth. To start I figured I would share something fairly simple - my personal daily grounding and shielding ritual that I (try to!) do every morning.