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Exciting News!

By Mary on March 21, 2017

Yes, once again, blogging on the weekend, or even Monday, didn’t happen, despite the best intentions. And the exciting news!!!

NI Spirit Fair March 2017If you haven’t been on the website in a while, I encourage you to poke around and have a look. A lot of the artwork has been updated. And now you can order CD’s in addition to downloadable mp3’s! Yep, you can get a CD with the fancy artwork shrink wrapped and sent to your door.

I made myself a little crazy last week, or at least a little (OK, a LOT) sleep deprived getting the CD art formatted, and uploaded and ready to go. And I placed an order for the new CD’s, so if you see me at a market or spirit fair this summer, you can get one. Or several.

In preparation for receiving them, I will be clearing out all of the old CD’s this weekend at the North Island Spirit Fair in Courtenay, BC. If you’re looking for a deal on a hard copy of one of my guided meditations, this will be the time to get it, though availability is limited. And once they are gone, they’re gone!

There is also a new meditation available this week! Can you find the new title? (HINT: It’s one of the Goddess meditations…)

Hope all is well in your world, and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Blessings,

Mary

Posted in Guided Meditation, Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged download guided meditation, guided meditation cd, guided meditation cds, guided meditation downloads, guided meditations, north island spirit fair, spirit fair

Why Does She Stay?

By Mary on September 26, 2016

Trigger Alert: Abuse

***Note: This is NOT about my husband. Abuse happens in all kinds of relationships. I have experienced abuse in different relationships in my past, and known too many others who have experienced abuse. I am very lucky to have a loving and supportive partner.

I wrote this poem quite a long time ago, about coming to understand why it’s not so easy to just leave an abusive relationship.

Why Does She Stay?

imageIt’s not that bad.
It’s not always this way.
There are good days and bad days.
I made a commitment. I have to honor that.
It’s my responsibility.
I have to stay to protect the others.
If I weren’t here, they would suffer.
I am strong. I can take it.
It’s too difficult to find somewhere else to go.
No one would believe me.
They have convinced everyone that I’m the bad one, that I deserve it.
I’m making a bigger deal out of it than it is.
If I love enough, forgive enough, make peace enough…
Maybe they will change.
Maybe they will leave peacefully.
It’s not really abuse.

Until one day, she realizes that it IS abuse.

One day, she realizes:
I get anxious when I even think about my abuser.
I don’t want to see my abuser any more.
I’m afraid of what will happen if I leave.
I’m afraid of what will happen if I stay.
I’m cut off from my friends.
I have no energy left to fight.
Something has to change.
This treatment is killing me.
My first responsibility is to myself.
I have to get out.
I have to get out.
I HAVE TO GET OUT!

It’s the scariest thing she’s ever done.
The planning.
The fear that her abuser will find out her plans.
The second guessing.
The fear that leaving means losing everything.
The leaving.
The fear that her abuser will seek her out.
The speaking out about what happened.
The fear that people will think she’s crazy, that she made it up.
The healing.
The little wounds that open from seeing her abuser’s name, or hearing about her abuser.
The fear of encountering her abuser before she is ready to face him/her.
The re-learning to trust.
The fear that the next person will hurt her again.
Starting to live once again.
Building scar tissue over wounds that is stronger than before.
Finally realizing that she made the best choice, the only choice, she could make.

Not everyone gets there. Not everyone has the courage, or the resources, to leave.

If you are in an abusive relationship, please reach out. Find someone you can trust. There are tons of organizations out there that will support you.

You deserve better.

Blessings,
Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged abuse, abusive relationships, healing from an abusive relationship, leaving an abusive relationship

No Coincidences

By Mary on April 25, 2016

Last weekend, when I was at the North Island Spirit Fair, my table was across from a couple of lovely ladies who are Body Talk practitioners. After watching throughout the weekend, and having a couple of conversations, and hearing snippets about the process, I decided to give it a try.

Body-Talk-Logo-LG1It was an interesting experience, very relaxing. I laid on the massage table, and Krista tuned in. She used a combination of muscle testing and tapping to connect with my body and find out what ITS priorities were and then help shift.

I’d heard of Body Talk before, but I didn’t really know anything about it. Krista and Suzanne shared a little with me last weekend, and then invited me to an information session they were putting on Friday evening.

From the Body Talk website:

The BodyTalk System seeks to address the “whole person”. This means that no aspect of the human psyche can be overlooked, be it emotional, physical or environmental. In BodyTalk, we have developed a whole-healthcare system that supports and promotes the wellbeing of any person, animal, or plant.

As WholeHealthcare™, BodyTalk understands the profound influence the psychology of the body has on our health. Instead of focusing on the symptom, BodyTalk finds the underlying causes of illness by addressing the whole-person and their whole-story.

The BodyTalk techniques provide insights to the areas of your body that need attention. What might seem like an obvious problem to you is not necessarily the one your body wants to address first.

This is the beauty of BodyTalk. It respects the body’s own needs and determines your body’s priorities for healing. Then with the use of a variety of non-invasive techniques, BodyTalkers refocus your body’s natural healing response to establish better communication within the body.

Everything I learned made a lot of sense. I believe that the body has its own innate wisdom. I’ve used muscle testing myself before. And I like the concept of structured intuition, and of using quantum physics to get to the root of the health issues in the body.

It was no coincidence that I was placed across from Krista and Suzanne last weekend. And no coincidence that I was able to attend the information session.

There’s a training session coming up near me this summer. I’d really like to be able to take it, so I’m putting the intention out to the universe to make it happen – I trust that if I am meant to add this tool to my toolbox, the Universe will conspire on my behalf to make it happen.

Have you ever experienced Body Talk? What do you think?

Blessings,

Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged body talk, north island spirit fair

Celebrating Spiritual Diversity

By Mary on August 24, 2015

This past weekend was the 11th annual Vancouver Island Pagan Pride Day. After ten years of successful events in Nanaimo, the local organizer decided it was time to pass the event off to someone else.

Vancouver Island Pagan Pride DayI’d been approached by someone several years ago to host an event similar to the one in Nanaimo. Back then, I declined, knowing how much effort by many people it takes to put on an event, even a one day event. However, faced with the possibility of having no Pagan Pride Day on the Island, I turned to friends in my community. After consulting with and getting the support of others, I decided to take on the project.

We’ve been working for months, meeting and planning and raising money to put on the event. Reaching out to performers and vendors and others in the Pagan community. We had our bumps along the way, and yet we all managed to make it through the event, with no casualties!

I’m very glad I was not working this past week – there were so many details to take care of!

The biggest concern was how many people would come. We moved the event from Nanaimo to Courtenay, and the location, while a large park, is a little off the beaten path. Would people be able to find us?

We needn’t have worried. We had plenty of vendors, and lots of people come through. Wonderful entertainers, learned workshop presenters, and abundant contributions to the Comox Valley Food Bank and LUSH Valley Food Action Society.

I am so grateful for each member of the team who helped bring this event to its successful completion. I had a wonderful day, and so did many of the people I spoke with.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming (in other words, back to work).

Blessings,

Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged comox valley pagan pride, comox valley pagan pride day, courtenay pagan pride, courtenay pagan pride day, Pagan Pride, pagan pride day, spiritual diversity, vancouver island pagan pride, vancouver island pagan pride day

Healing Recommendation – Switched On Health

By Mary on September 8, 2014

This weekend we had the pleasure of having our friend, Albertine Phan of Switched On Health, visit on her way through to Cortes Island.

While she was here, she offered to do an energy clearing session with me to see if we could get to the root cause of some issues that I have experienced with my gall bladder.

Albert Einstein's Human Design

Albert Einstein’s Human Design

Having never experienced a session with Albertine before, I was very curious to find out what she’s been up to. We’d had conversations about homeopathy, Reiki and One Brain before, and I had not yet had an opportunity to experience a healing session with her.

Albertine says, “I aim to get to the subconscious belief system that is underneath what we think we perceive is the truth. 90% of what we believe is in the subconscious. So if we can get to the beliefs in the subconscious, you can get at the source of what created an issue in the first place.”

In the session, she had me connect to my body, as well as to the various layers of energy surrounding the planet. I allowed my breath to form a circuit, guiding my motion. Albertine guided me through some hand positions to clear and connect to the energy meridians in my body. Then, we got down to business.

I hadn’t seen Albertine for quite a long time, so she pulled the newest tool out of her toolbox to help address the energetic issues around my gallbladder – it’s called Human Design. Because Albertine has been a friend for a long time, she had already mapped out the energy centers in my Human Design, my energy blueprint – how I interface energetically with the world around me.

Human Design is a relatively new system of personality analysis that combines elements of Eastern and Western Astrology, the Chinese I’Ching, the Judaic Kabbalah (Tree of Life), the Hindu Chakra system and modern Quantum Physics.

It is not a predictive tool. Your personal Human Design Map, calculated from your birth data, gives you very specific knowledge about how you process energy.

~Switched On Health

We then utilized muscle testing and Albertine went through a series of questions to help get to the roots of the issue in my subconscious. We found a generational issue that stemmed back to my great grandfather and using the tools Albertine has learned from many years of study and exploration, we were able to clear the generational issue and my personal issue.

Talking with Albertine after the session, we explored my Human Design a bit, and she gave me some valuable insight into how to manage my energy and avoid burnout (something I’m not at all familiar with…*sarcasm*).

I’ve known Albertine for several years now, and personal development and healing are definitely passions of hers. I am very grateful for the gift she gave me. If you are interested in learning more about Human Design, and how to switch on a healthier you, you can contact Albertine here. You can also get your own FREE Human Design Map on Albertine’s website here.

Blessings,

Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged Albertine Phan, energy blueprint, energy healing, healing, Human Design, Switched On Health

Newspaper Interview!

By Mary on October 27, 2013

It’s after 9 pm on Sunday night, and I have nothing written – a sure sign that I am over-scheduling myself again.

So instead of stressing out about that, I’ll share this interview with me that was in The Province newspaper today. (Today being Sunday, when I’m writing this…)

Sunday Faith: Circle of the Sacred Muse

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Blessings,
Mary

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Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged Halloween, Province newspaper, Wicca

Calling the Clans

By Mary on September 30, 2013

Each year my church hosts two major festivals. The first one is over the Easter weekend, and it is called the Spring Mysteries Festival. The second is the first weekend after Samhain (pronounced ‘sow-in’, also known as Halloween), and it is called Hekate’s Sickle.

I wrote earlier this year about being a ritual presenter for Spring Mysteries. I’d been attending the festival for 7 years, and it was quite the dream come true to be in the cast.

ATC Hekate's Sickle FestivalLast year was the first year I attended Hekate’s Sickle. It is a much more intimate, and slightly shorter, festival. While Spring Mysteries focuses solely on Greek Mythology, there are three different paths at Hekate’s Sickle – Greek, Celtic, and one other feature pantheon. Last year the feature pantheon was Egyptian. This year, the third path features Kali and Shiva.

This year I have been invited to participate as Clan Clergy for the Greek path. As the participants divide up among the separate paths, we group into Clans. The people in your clan become your chosen family for the weekend, sharing your experiences and Clan Clergy is there to lead and support the clan throughout the journey.

I remember last year feeling a special bond with all of the people in my clan. We shared intimate moments, challenges we were all facing, and things we wanted to let go in the coming year. My Clan Clergy was a huge support for us, and gave some excellent advice. I have an excellent example to follow, and I hope to be able to provide the same support for those who become a part of my clan – my family of choice – at this festival.

Living so far away from my biological family, my family of choice is very important to me. They are the people that I support, that I call on for support, and that I share many holidays with. These are the people I love, not because they were born into the same family as I was, but because we share beliefs and meaningful experiences; because we share a bond that is beyond blood.

Registration goes up again tomorrow, so if this is something you are interested in, check it out and register now. Your Clan awaits.

Blessings,

Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged Celtic Gods, clan, family of choice, Goddess Hecate, Goddess Hekate, Greek gods, Halloween, Hecate, Hecate's Sickle, Hecate's Sickle Festival, Hekate, Hekate's Sickle, Hekate's Sickle Festival, Kali, Samhain, Shiva

Croning: A Rite of Passage

By Mary on May 27, 2013

Yesterday I had the honor of hosting a croning ritual for a dear friend and mentor. It was a beautiful ritual, and it was so wonderful to see her being honored by many people, and hearing the wonderful things they had to say about her. Unfortunately, I can’t show you pictures, as I did not get permission from those attending.

crone old woman pouring teaWhat is a croning, you ask? It is a rite of passage honoring a women as she moves into the crone phase of her life. The word “crone” probably brings up images of a withered, hunched old woman. In Wicca, a crone is a wise woman, someone who is revered for the knowledge and wisdom that can only be gained through age and experience.

A crone is a woman who is generally over 50, and is past childbearing age (the mother phase of life). In other words, she has likely gone through menopause. However, age and childbearing ability are not the only things to take into consideration. In our tradition, moving from mother to crone also entails a willingness to serve the community using the wisdom gained through her life.

I feel pretty strongly that our current society is worse off for lacking rites of passage. We have them in form (graduation, retirement), yet they lack true meaning and power. I remember feeling that my graduation ceremonies may have honored my accomplishment, but they did very little to prepare me for what came next.

Some people are starting to bring them back. From baby blessings where family and friends offer blessings to the new child and parents, to first moon rituals honoring a girl’s first period, to croning, part of these rituals involves other people sharing their experiences, to let the individual going through the transition know what to expect in the next phase of life. These transitions are important, and if they are not acknowledged, celebrated even, we can find ourselves feeling lost and out of sorts.

What transitions have you experienced in your life? Marriage, divorce, menstruation for girls or first shave for boys, graduation, changing careers – these are just a few ideas. Did you celebrate these transitions in some way? It doesn’t have to be a full out party, it can be a simple ritual with a few close friends, as long as it is meaningful for you.

Blessings,

Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged crone, rite of passage, rite of passage examples, rites of passage, wise woman

Journey to Eleusis

By Mary on April 8, 2013

The last three months I have been pretty preoccupied. I had a dream come true, and it took most of my time outside work.

A little more than seven years ago, I was trying to connect with the Aquarian Tabernacle Church. A friend at the time was also working on that, and she was a little more persistent than I was. She talked to the head of the church, Pete Pathfinder Davis, who invited us to a festival happening over the Easter weekend.

I had an infant at that time (he was four months old at the time of the festival). She and I managed in the space of a couple of weeks to register and get ourselves to Washington state for the Spring Mysteries Festival.

Spring Mysteries Festival is a “recreation” of the Eleusinian Mysteries*. I say “recreation” because the participants were sworn to secrecy. So there is not a script or plan to follow. There are, of course, myths and ritual dramas, and some mosaics or other pieces of art that depict events.

As a Mystery tradition, the teachings have to be experienced rather than read about. The modern day Mysteries are based on the same principle. I can’t really tell you about it because my experience and the lessons that I received from the experience may be different from yours. I can tell you that the Mysteries revolve around the mythology of Demeter and Persephone’s abduction by Hades.

Me as Athena descending to talk to the mortals. And yes, I made the shield.

Me as Athena descending to talk to the mortals. And yes, I made the shield.

On the way home from that first festival experience, I told my friend that I wanted to be on the cast. I’ve been to Spring Mysteries every year since. For the first several years, I had no idea how one auditioned. In fact, I could barely remember people’s names from one year to the next. When I finally found out about the audition process, the next challenge was that the auditions and rehearsals are all held in Seattle – quite a commute from Vancouver Island. I never seemed to be able to make the trip at the time needed.

Last year at SMF we installed a new head of the church, and one of the changes that she made was that she wanted to make being on the cast to be accessible to people all over, not just those around Seattle. There was more than one opportunity to audition this year. And so I was able to be a part of the cast.

What an incredible experience it was! From getting to know other members of the cast (in brief 4-6 hour stints), to learning more about the goddess Athena and realizing that I have quite a lot in common with her, to being her Priestess for the 250+ attendees at the festival.

It was a huge commitment for me. I traveled about 450 km each way (about 6-8 hours) for a 4 hour rehearsal once every two weeks for three months. And all of it was on my own dime and my own time. I spent my own money for my costumes and items for Athena’s shrine (thankfully, there was quite a bit of stuff that was passed down from previous priestesses). And I wouldn’t have traded it or given it up for anything.

Athena in her temple

Athena in her temple

It’s taken me so long to write because I’ve been completely exhausted, and I’ve also been grieving. There’s no rehearsal this week. Or next. We came together as a family to make this amazing event happen for our community, and now the work is done. Everyone has had to go back to their normal lives. And yet we all share the memory of what we created. And I know I have grown from my experience, as a Priestess and as a person.

And there is always next year to look forward to! 🙂

Blessings,

Mary

*Eleusis was Demeter’s sacred city. The Mysteries were her teachings.

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged Aquarian Tabernacle Church, Aquarian Tabernacle Church of Canada, ATC, Athena, Demeter, Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusis, Goddess, greek goddess, Persephone, priestess, SMF, SMFPilgrim, Spring Mysteries Festival

My Body Has a Mind of its Own…And its Pretty Smart!

By Mary on December 7, 2012

Yours is too. Want to learn how to access your body’s wisdom? Check this out:

Blessings,
Mary

Posted in Mary's Musings, Spiritual Share Tagged access your intuition, body wisdom, Mary Malinski, muscle testing, Prosperity Priestess, Walks Within

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