Work is Love Made Visible

 Work is Love Made Visible

I recently gave a presentation for my Leads Group on how I became interested in becoming a Certified Hypnotherapist. Here is a small part of my story:

My father is Italian, my mother is Swedish, they met in Greece, and when my brother was a year old, they emigrated to America. While I was born in Washington DC and lived in Virginia as a young child, mostly I lived in Luxembourg, until I was 15, attending boarding school in England. I went to high school in Maryland and got my bachelors in Psychology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. I traveled extensively in my youth, in both Europe and Africa.

When I was a sophomore in college, a friend of mine asked me to spend a week with her in Santa Cruz, California. The week turned into a summer, the summer into a year, and now, somehow, twenty-three years have passed. My life was transformed in many ways that first week, including piercing my nose and meeting the parent of my child, but one of the most significant occurrences was buying my first tarot deck at Gateways. Little did I know I was about to embark upon a lifetime of study.

After graduation, I began working at a metaphysical bookstore called Aries Arts which was located in Capitola Village. For three years I was immersed in a plethora of spiritual traditions. We sold a little bit of everything, from chakra tuning bowls to Native American smudge sticks, Buddhist prayer flags to yoga mats, along with an incredible assortment of books. I studied astrology with Sue Heinz and Risa d'Angeles, as well as with crystal healing. Next, I opened my own bookstore and vegan cafe,  Herland: The WanderGround, which I owned for twelve years.

During that time I started doing both astrology readings and tarot readings professionally. Folks would want to look at the cards or chart the stars when feeling at a crossroads of life, but I noticed that they often remained stuck. After 9/11, my store took a big hit when a chain bookstore moved in around the corner. Recently separated, I realized I was not making it as a single mom, and decided to close the bookstore. I enrolled at Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts and received my certification in Hypnotherapy. This seemed like the perfect tool to help my clients become unstuck. A year later I became certified as a Reiki practitioner, which has enhanced my practice in wondrous ways. Combining the energy work with hypnosis has helped each of my clients become a success in achieving their own personal goals.

Last fall I began looking at various graduate programs after attending a recruitment fair at Stanford. One of my teachers from Twin Lakes College, Brenda Rodriguez, posted on her LinkedIn profile that she was working on her PhD in Holistic Theology at the American Institute of Holistic Theology. I felt that cosmic "click" and googled them. After receiving their catalog, my only dilemma was which program to choose!

My business is called Tools for Transformation and I believe that the MS/PhD program in Holistic Healing will give me more tools to even better serve my clients. The tarot is still my deepest passion, and it is one of my life's goals to create my own deck. My aim is to have this be a part of my dissertation, with the intent to publish both a deck and a book in the long run. I feel really positive about this course of study, and excited to make this commitment to my self. Already, I’m thoroughly enjoying a course in Aromatherapy, and believe this aromatic art will further enhance my client's sessions. Last New Moon I made Laphrodite's Love satchets and Bath Salts, with organic lavendar and rose petals, scented with essential oils and whispered to in the night. Mmmmm, yummy love magic - email me if you'd like to purchase some.

I am no longer be working as office manager at Dr. Z’s MindBody Shop, but instead am focused on my private practice here in Soquel Village. It has been a pleasure working for Dr. Z over the last five years, and I appreciate all of my patient relationships. I have a professional tarot reader and professional astrologer for almost 25 years, and I hope to now serve fully in my capacity as a holistic healer by combining being a Certified Hypnotherapist and Certified Reiki Practitioner, as well as continuing to teach classes and workshops.


Hypnosis is effective for reducing stress through deep relaxation, changing habits (including smoking and eating), and discovering insights for long-term, successful solutions. Most clients experience results in 3-5 sessions. Reiki is useful for releasing blockages (such as grief and anger), maintaining equilibrium through chakra balancing, and feeling recharged and revitalized. I offer both 30 and 60 minute sessions.


My winter class, Journey Through the Tarot is filled, but private tarot lessons are always available, and I am looking forward to offering Creative Abundance: 9 Weeks to Greater Prosperity again this Spring at Twin Lakes College. More information as it unfolds...

I love being a part of the Santa Cruz community and the worldwide healing community. Please join my social networks - I post daily affirmations on Twitter and FaceBook. Whole Essence Magazine publishes my monthly Astro Chat if you'd like to subscribe, and I'll be posting a new tarot deck review soon on my blog.

Thank you for taking this time to get to know me a bit better. Quite simply, I love my work, and I am here for you when you need me. If you or someone you know could benefit from my services, please call to make an appointment. There is new information on my website, plus I’m always happy to answer questions by phone or email. And as always, a deep felt thank you for your referrals!

That Which You Seek is Seeking You - Rumi

Dream Box Joins the MAH’s New Permanent Exhibition: HERstory

I am thrilled to announce that my art piece, Dream Box, has been inaugurated in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new permanent display, HERstory, A Celebration of the Important Women of Santa Cruz County—Past, Present, and Future, which highlights the important contributions that women and female-identifying individuals have made globally and locally. From Yaquenonsat to Angela Davis, Santa Cruz has long been a stronghold of women’s activism, creativity, and courage.

Inspired by the MAH’s beloved annual HERstory event, this addition to the MAH’s History Gallery features significant moments in women’s history through the lens of important Santa Cruz women and events. This interactive exhibition will include features on important women, such as:

• Yaquenonsat, a Native woman who in 1812 led the local indigenous resilience to colonization
• Heather Edney, who founded one of the earliest harm reduction programs in the United States in 1990
• Dr. Rebecca Hernandez (Mescalero/Warm Spring Apache and Mexican American), the first nominee and recipient of the annual HERstory Award in 2024, for her work as a Community Archivist and previous Director of the American Indian Resource Center at UC Santa Cruz.
• Bettina Aptheker, founder of UCSC’s Feminist Studies Program
• Madeline Aliah, a local trans femme teen poet. 

See all honorees and learn more about HERstory here!

I first started making shadow boxes after picking up some old spice racks at the flea market in the early nineties and wondering what to do with what I like to call my spiritual smegma - pebbles, crystals, special buttons, miniatures, all the collected minutiae of friends and relationships past. 

These curiosities became the foundation for my 2005 art show Sacred Spaces in Small Places: Shadow Boxes, Spirit Shelves, and Altar-Egos, which spoke to the need to incorporate the spiritual in both our daily lives and in the mundane world by transforming everyday items into altars for meditation, reflection, and rejuvenation. Throughout history and across various religious beliefs, altars have served as a means to focus intentions, honor ancestors, affirm values, and reaffirm our connection to the divine.

I made a dozen or so over the years, some with themes such as the story of Amateratsu and Uzume, some were specific for Love Magic, and the Dream Box was mostly comprised of the eclectic snippets, tokens, and ephemera that once decorated the register on at Herland. Most of them I gifted away, notably to Melissa Bernstein, who later gifted it to the MAH, where it was first a part of the Infinite Other exhibit in 2018-2019, and in Then & Now: LGBTQ+ Gathering Spaces in 2023.

What do I love most about the Dream Box? The incredible amount of detail and how salient it is for the time. Inluding:

• Political buttons ("My Goddess Can beat Up Your God") 
• Magazine cutouts ("Americans are ALTARING Their Lives" is my favorite)
• Fortune cookie fortunes - ("Your Mind is Your Greatest Asset") Herland was neighbors with the Mongolian Barbeque, and every day I would sweep up fortunes
• Objet-trouve: lost marbles, single earrings, orphaned keys, a lucky wooden nickel from Lovedog Tattoo

Inside this 3-D collage live Asian drag kings and radiant black queens, butches and femmes, Aztec goddesses and Feng Shui cures, Zen tarot cards, babes on unicyles, and an abundance of body positivism. Condom references in a time when safer sex was being fully embraced during the AIDS crisis. Stickers promoting same-sex marriage.

And the symbols! Pink triangles, labryses, Venus and double Venus, cowrie shells, salamanders, butterflies, hearts, cats, marijuana leaves, and rainbows aplenty. All of the tarot - chalice, blade, pentagram, flame, plus the wheel... A chorus of affirmations: "Double happiness"  and my personal favorite from G9 - "I will never underestimate my body's capacity for pleasure." Michelle Tea even makes a cameo, sneaking in.

And at the heart of it all, nestled quietly among the glitter and the grit: a single pet rock, painted with one word—Hope.

Herbcrafter’s Tarot

It’s the Pink Moon, full moon in Libra, sun in Aries, 2022. Everybody knows that the tarot is irresistible, and today I'm using the Herbcrafter’s Tarot written by Leticia Guthrie, artwork by Joanna Powell Colbert, published by US Game Systems. This is an irresistible deck and I’ve already bought three since somehow I keep giving them away.

My focus is on my holistic practice. So much has changed in the last two years with COVID. I shuffle the cards again and again, relishing in their newness, the stiff glossy cardboard with a pleasing back design of various herbs, roots, stems, and butterflies on a pale green background. I mix the cards with my energy and intentions, cutting the deck into three stacks using my left hand (heart), then making a new pile with my right hand (head) while softly saying, “In the name of the Maiden. Mother, and Crone, I'm here by myself, and I am never alone.” Swiftly I draw cards using the classic Motherpeace spread. Since they are new, I turn the reversed cards upright. I’ll think about them more later, most likely around three o’clock in the morning.

The first card is The Significator, my here and now, the main focus. Using my right hand, I pull Three - The Empress - Rose. Threes are the number of creativity, and this is a Major Arcana, a major life lesson. We see a rosary made of red beads with a flaming heart,  surrounded by succulent rose hips, fiery chili peppers, five-petaled English roses (reminds me of Placenta Bush) and crimson rose petals. In the middle is a heart made out of honeycomb, makes me think of the nursery rhyme, “The queen was in the parlor, eating bread and honey.” Upon reading the accompanying book, there is also a Venus of Willendorf, appropriate since the traditional Empress has the symbol for the planet Venus inscribed on her throne. It is a beautiful card. The book says, “Be vulnerable, yet strong. Nurture love and compassion. See beauty and abundance in every stage of life.”

When looking through said book, I like how each card has a little quote, describes the artwork and meaning, and then there's a section called “Crafting” which offers ways to honor the particular card. For this card, one suggestion is to create a rosary out of rosebuds, rose hips, or dry rose petal beads for love and compassion. Considering I'm focusing on my practice and my last name is Rose, I saw this as auspicious and reassuring.

The second one, Source of Strength, is Eight of Fire - Ginger pulled with my left hand. We see a vast kitchen with a wooden cutting board filled with dark brown ginger roots, some sliced to show pale yellows, as well as green onions, a glass cruet of olive oil, a bunch of well-used spatulas in a jar, a copper kettle, something flaming on the stove, a big cooking pot that could be a cauldron. Eights are rewards and Fire represents energy. “Adapt swiftly to unexpected changes. You can handle the heat. Act quickly when inspiration strikes.” One of the suggestions is to craft a magic ginger honey pot, which is intriguing.

The third is the The Challenge card, my particular workshop.  Using both hands now, I pick Two of Earth - Witch Hazel. Two are about balance, and Earth is the physical world - health, finances, material things. The card shows two blue birds twittering on a wicker birdhouse, another one balancing on a branch filled with bright yellow buds adorned with blue ribbons on a wispy, cloudy, slightly chilly day. There is snow on the ground and frosted green trees in the distance. Finding joy in each moment is my challenge. The book recommends, 

 “Full hands, rich life. Balance on the edges of depth and lightness. Find joy in each moment… Your stability may feel at risk but as the flowers promise relief is not far off… Decorate the leafless tree with strands of ribbons for each of your blessings… Cultivate joy. Hang birdhouses from winter trees and pause to sing with the birds while you work.“

The fourth revealed is The Root, which represents what I am bringing up from my deep past, childhood, and past lives. Again using both hands, they hover and choose Fourteen -  Temperance - Camellia. Another Major Arcana, the card of alchemical change. There is an earthy  bamboo tray with three white porcelain cups of steaming green tea, a delicate floral teapot and a bowl full of  fragrant leaves. The camellia has a beautiful yellow center with white petals and waxy green leaves. It's a very soothing card.

“Trust the magic of the present. See the secret in the symbol. Create new magic from what is familiar. Focus on the present moment to bring balance to opposing forces. There is magic in the mundane: ordinary tea bags stop minor bleeding, soothe sunburns, and reduce eye inflammation. Camilla is the oldest, most widely used botanical in history. Let ancient practices inspire fresh ideas.”  The book goes on to suggest learning how to make kombucha .

The fifth card shows The Sky, that is what is most on my mind, as well as energy that is available now. My fingers twitch and finally come together on Twenty - Awakening - Tulsi. Traditionally the World Card, this Major Arcana speaks to global consciousness. An overflowing bowl of dark green sprigs on creamy lace, gracefully adorned by a sandalwood mala with a golden yellow tassel, sprays of purple spears and a tear shaped oil lamp, weeping a single flame.

“Make an offering to the sacred. Awaken to your life purpose. Devotion to your calling is devotion to the world…Sacred service is the call of the divine… Tuls, also known as holy basil… enhances memory, restores energy, and clears toxins.”

The sixth card reflects The Immediate Past, the last six weeks or so, thinking back to the start of Love, Loss, and What I Ate. My left hand simply flips the top card, Nine of Air - Pomegranate. Nines are completions, Air is the mental realm, completing mental thoughts that have caused us anguish in the past. Freshly opened by a hand knife on a wooden table, bleeding  pomegranate seeds, we’re invited to look beyond the windowsill to see the pomegranate tree blooming outside, the mountains beckoning in the distance, a pathway of clouds. 

 “Claim your underworld crown… You are the sky, everything else is the weather… Let go of what you cannot control…  The deeper that sorrow carves to your being the more joy you can contain…Do not hurry your grief… Write your grief with a feather and pomegranate juice…Heal the heart when it is overcome by emotion.”

The seventh card is The Near Future, the next six weeks or so, what will most likely occur as I apply my free will and free choice. My right hand is guided to Five of Water - Goldenseal. Fives are change and water represents emotions. Instantly I feel immersed in the gentle calm gray creek, flowing easily beyond the woven fence. Bringing my focus back, I notice the swaying palm leaves, wispy white flowers in the soft breeze. It is very mossy, very mulchy, a healing space. 

“Seek out healing waters to ease your pain. A restored heart clears the vision. Golden Hope dwells deep underground… Grief is a necessary part of healing, you may be lost in sorrow or depression unable to move forward from a great loss, allowing your feelings to unfold. Goldenseal root medicine teaches us that healing can be very deep… Sadness can open the portal to intuition…Fill a small vial of bright yellow goldenseal water to remind you where hope is hidden.”

The eighth card is The Mirror, self-concept, how I see myself right now. Seven of Fire -  Cinnamon.  Interesting that Eight of Fire was my source of strength.  Sevens are a time of assessment, and Fire is energy - Time to assess my energy in my practice. Here, the rosary is red coral and blue turquoise, with a hammered silver skull, draped across a book with the goddess Ixchel on the front cover and the word Curanderismo on the spine.  There are slices of pale green lime and a jar full of papery brown cinnamon sticks, as well as a mortar and pestle and what looks like a shield of the Aztec calendar on top of a sturdy wooden table. In the background there is a comfy looking flaming hearth.

“Answer the call of the ancients. Seek visions from the ancestors. Take a stand for your whole, authentic self… Start with a study of your bloodlines, learn the history, take the medicine, eat the food of your people, your fore/four mothers will give you direction, use extra cinnamon in breakfast.”

The ninth card is the House card, the environment, people and energy that is around me right now. It slides out effortlessly,  Six of Water - Borage. Sixes are healing and water is emotion. Three fine stemmed wine glasses which float blossoms of blue borage beckon on a lacy white tablecloth. A serene goddess upholds a bowl. Two vases full of lavender spears and a white baby's breath. Imagine a picnic at a tranquil beach by the lake of calm, breathing in the dark green trees and the peaceful blue sky.

“Celebrate milestones old and new. Freely give, freely receive. Let your heart be comforted by the comfort of friends… Borage is a continuously flowering plant that encourages a long-lasting relationship(s).” It goes on to encourage crafting borage flower ice cubes for summer parties or float the flowers in your tub to buoy your spirits.

The tenth card is Hopes and Fears. Often the same thing, I like to think of this card as “how my hopes will conquer my fears.” Six of Fire - Nasturtium tickled my fingertips, asking for a response. Sixes are the number of healing, Fire is energy. The traditional card for being playful. Tall beeswax votive candles on a wooden table, ready to be decorated, anointed, blessed in the middle of this “holy mess.”A  little oil lamp, ready to pass the flame. Three short purple candles, tubes of gold and scarlet glitter. Nasturtiums abound, blood red orange, light yellow striped with secret licks of pomegranate, tickled by a particular friendly green reflected by the twining vines.

“Celebrate yourself and others. Call the circle, make some magic. Glitter and spice magnify power and joy. A table is set for making spells with friends…Celebrate your accomplishments with pizzazz.”

The last card, final outcome, what will most likely happen in the next year as I apply my free will, free choice: Eighteen - The Moon - Datura.  Another Major Arcana, there is a silver bowl with a fully blossomed pale white Datura, while on the outside on the black background we see the stages of it unfurling and unfolding. It is very graceful.  There's a lot of ease in this particular mandala, a reminder of the ebb and flow, seasons and tides in my practice. “Follow your heart. Trust your instincts and intuition. Your capacity for love is limitless. New experiences can cause a wellspring of feelings. Open your heart to spiritual guidance… Face the unknown.”

I bow, and say yes.

Thoughts on Happiness

Happy: characterized by or indicative of pleasure, content, or gladness; delighted, pleased

(My friend found this left by accident in a photocopy machine and gave it to me. I decided to sit and make a list & wrote the following.)

What makes me happy? When do I feel happy? How will I make myself by happy?

1. Looking things up in the dictionary makes me happy
2. Journaling, writing, blogging makes me happy
3. Drawing, sketching, painting makes me happy
4. Organizing and being efficient makes me happy
5. Gardening makes me happy
6. Walking makes me happy
7. ZUMBA makes me REALLY happy lately
8. Biking makes me happy
9. Rollerskating makes me happy
10. Dancing makes me happy
11. Singing out loud makes me happy
12. Listening to new music makes me happy
13. Listening to people makes me happy
14. Telling jokes & stories makes me happy
15. My car (& it's gas mileage) makes me happy
16. Talking with Mango makes me happy
17. Playing with Poppy makes me happy
18. Snuggling with Sharkey Rue makes me happy
19. Brainstorming on meta tags with Amber makes me happy
20. Going to the Boardwalk makes me happy
21. Stretching makes me happy
22. Eating sushi makes me happy
23. Eating chocolate makes me happy
24. Masturbating makes me wake up happy every day
25. Reading erotica makes me happy
26. Watching erotica makes me happy
27. Reading science fiction makes me happy
28. Keeping things clean & tidy makes me happy
29. Making it all beautiful makes me happy
30. Being massaged makes me happy
31. Having sex makes me feel good
32. Doing rituals makes me happy
33. Building altars makes me happy
34. Chanting makes me happy
35. Memorizing prayers makes me happy
36. Releasing old energy - mental, emotional or physical clutter - makes me happy
37. Being tattooed makes me happy
38. Having piercings makes me happy
39. Dressing femmy makes me happy
40. Getting my hair cut by Pati makes me really happy
41. Smoking the kindness makes me happy
42. Drinking wine makes me happy
43. But I really prefer beer, making my Buddha belly happy
44. Laughing - belly laughs in particular makes me happy
45. Jokes - verbal & practical jokes makes me happy
46. Romance makes me happy
47. Being in love makes me happy
48. Poetry makes me happy
49. Writing love letters & making cds makes me happy
50. Sharing my heart & telling my truths makes me happy
51. Concerts makes me happy
52. Going to plays, ballet, theater makes me happy
53. Going to the flea market makes me happy
54. Going to Women's Morning at Kiva - sauna & hot tubs - makes me happy
55. Being a big dyke makes me happy
56. Being out, loud & proud makes me happy
57. Wearing essential oils makes me happy
58. Wearing my jewelery makes me happy
59. Wearing any clothes I want to makes me happy
60. Wearing skirts & dresses makes me happy
61. Doing tarot & astrology readings makes me happy
62. Doing workshops & lectures makes me happy
63. Doing Reiki & hypnosis makes me happy
64. Playing on my website & virtual store makes me happy
65. Being good at business & marketing makes me happy
66. Connecting with other professionals makes me happy
67. Feeling respected as a business woman makes me happy
68. Being a part of a team makes me happy
69. Having breakfast with Dr. Z makes me happy
70. Taking care of my body makes me happy
71. Fantasizing makes me happy
72. Paying for amber's school makes me happy
73. Volunteering at her school makes me happy
74. Going back to school myself makes me happy
75. Playing softball, going to the batting cages, and the after game hang outs all make me happy
76. Feeling myself improve & get stronger makes me happy
77. Feeling in control of my life makes me happy
78. Buying used books & music at Logos makes me happy
79. Reconnecting with Andrea makes me happy (delta delta!)
80. Buying art books for inspiration makes me happy
81. Lighting fires in my wood stove makes me happy
82. My brown & white polka dot dress I wore for Pride makes me happy
83. The coral reef bathroom makes me happy
84. Living with my excellent housemate makes me happy
85. My alone time makes me happy
86. Office supplies makes me happy
87. The smell of band aids & freshly peeled bumper stickers make me happy
88. The fact that I have follow through makes me happy
89. Leaving myself love messages on the answering machine makes me happy
90. Cheesy poofs make me happy
91. Watching Scrubs on DVD makes me happy
92. Going through my photo albums with someone makes me happy
93. Sharing my poetry & journals with someone makes me happy
94. Decorating everything makes me happy
95. Painting the back fence makes me happy
96. Taking hot baths makes me happy
97. Taking long showers makes me happy
98. Hot coffee makes me ridiculously happy
99. Chai makes me chappy
100. Having & using sex toys makes me happy
101. Going to music festivals makes me happy
102. Traveling makes me happy
103. Camping makes me happy
104. Hanging out with Jen (my Idol) makes me happy
105. Being friends with the local barristas makes me happy
106. The Grateful Dead makes me happy
107. Making stickers & passing them out at shows makes me happy
108. Taking mind altering substances occasionally makes me happy
109. Lighting a candle everyday makes me happy
110. Being connected with Mom again makes me happy
111. Angel cards, Medicine cards, Affirmations all add to my happiness
112. Playing guitar makes me happy
113. Having money in the bank makes me happy
114. Having all my bills & taxes paid makes me happy
115. Creating lists & then checking things off makes me happy
116. Buying myself flowers makes me happy
117. Believing in Magic makes me happy
118. Being a Priestess makes me happy
119. Being a Mom makes me happy
120. Being lovers makes me happy
121. Being a wife makes me happy
122. Being a fairy mermaid at heart makes me happy
123. Having Elizabeth as my soul sister makes me happy
124. Knowing I give my best in my love relationships makes me happy
125. Being kind makes me happy
126. Practicing forgiveness makes me feel happier
127. Hugging & being hugged makes me happy
128. Kissing & being kissed makes me happy
129. Holding hands makes me ridiculously happy
130. Believing in myself in those hard moments, like changing the fluorescent bulbs at Herland all by self, or washing the bedroom windows by myself, makes me happy
131. Clean windows makes me happy
132. Not feeling addicted to anything makes me happy
133. Folks buying my artwork makes me happy
134. My friend Ginger makes me happy
135. Putting fairy messages inside my bills makes me happy
136. Doing my own book keeping makes me happy
137. Creating my own ads & other graphic design makes me happy
138. Working by myself makes me happy
139. Going down to the ocean makes me happy
140. Making lists like this makes me happy
141. Taking naps makes me happy
142. Remembering my dreams makes me happy
143. Being friends with Jill again makes me happy
144. The yellow paint on the wall by the stairs makes me happy every single day
145. The rainbows from the crystals in the windows make me happy
146. Freshly grated Parmesan cheese makes me happy
147. Being with Dad makes me happy
148. Mike the Dragon makes me happy
149. My beautiful new, queen size bed, with the "Sacred Plush" mattress makes me happy
150. My peachy keen bedroom
151. My new curtains makes me happy

How about you? What makes you happy? Add to the list...

My Notes from "The Secret"

Thoughts become things by emitting frequencies
Feel it on every level of your being
Whether you are remembering, creating, observing or imagining

Focus only on the positive
Bring yourself to a higher Vibration
Think it Speak it Attract it

Be a Babe Magnet Be a Money Magnet
Be rich in time
and take the time to Breathe, Stretch, Exercise & Be Healthy
Be a health magnet
Attract your teachers
Attract your healers
Be gentle & kind
Be passionate & alluring
That's where the fun begins...

Use your emotional guidance system to know what you are thinking
Choose miracles over grief
Choose what feels good, that higher frequency - it is in alignment
The better you feel, the more in alignment you are...

Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming
Begin to feel healthy
Begin to feel love
Begin to feel prosperity

What are you continually, predominantly feeling?
The Universe will correspond with the nature of your song

The Universe will correspond with the nature of your song
And manifest... because that's the way you feel
The more you feel good, the more you'll attract things that make you feel good -
and keeps on raising the good vibrations

Your Wish is my Command
Ask for what you want
The Universe will answer to the thought you have set in motion
You don't need to know how-
You will be shown the way

Bring yourself in alignment with what you are asking for in order to receive
If you feel joy, you are in alignment
If you feel despair, you are not

What will help me generate the feelings of having it now so that I can attract it to me now? Hypnosis, Visualization, Meditation, Art, Collage, Music, Dance, Sing

Make a list of what you are thankful for, be grateful for what makes you feel good
What you think about and thank about you bring about

Feel the Gratitude
Focus on what you already have
Feel grateful to attract more good feelings

Visualize
then Materialize
If you've been there in your mind, you will get there in the body

Only dwell upon the end result

Put yourself in the feeling place Feel the joy Feel the happiness
The inner seeing is the Doorway
put yourself in the feeling of Being

Turn it over to the Universe and be amazed at the magic and miracles delivered to your door

Do it daily, but never as a chore
You should be high, happy and in tune
You will habituate this process
And live a magical life

Decide what you want
Believe you can have it
Believe you deserve it
Believe it's possible for you

Close your eyes, every day for several minutes, and feel the feelings of already having that. Come out & focus on what you are grateful for, and really enjoy it. Go into your day and release it to the Universe, and trust that the Universe will know how to manifest it

Act as if it's true
When you have an inspired thought, act on it
Intend it
Checks are coming in the mail

Money comes frequently and easily
Life is meant to be abundant in all areas
Go for inner joy and inner peace, and the outside manifestations will appear

Enjoy your own company
Treat yourself well
Kiss yourself
Love yourself
See your magnificence

If you knew your potential to feel good,
you would ask no one to be different so that you can feel good.
Free yourself of the need to control
You are the only one who creates your reality

You can change your life, and you can heal your body
you become what you think about-
What you resist, persists

Be Pro-Love Pro-Money Pro-Health Pro-Peace

Learn to be still and place your attention on what you wish to experience
There is more than enough

Remove your attention from the things you do not want
Give your undivided attention to the things you do want

Energy

Wouldn't right now be the perfect time for change?
What are you going to do now?

Everything goes right for me. I feel younger every day.

My primary aim is to experience
Joy

Inner happiness is the fuel to
Success

Welcome to plant Earth
Feel Good.

My notes from watching The Secret, 2006

Marie Laveau

I heal my voice
I heal my heart
I speak my truth
First and foremost unto myself
I sing the words
of Afia Walkingtree:

I am Alive
I am Beautiful
I can do anything
I put my heart and love in to...

Marie Laveau
Queen of Voodoo
Lives in my helpful people corner

I honor her with
Two black feathers
For the Raven’s nest in the east
Red and pink candles
For Romance and Passion in the south
Two white cowrie shells
For Yoni love in the West
A black velvet pouch
filled with love herbs in the North

I cut the red tape
And write my respectful request
On a parchment scroll
Pay with blessed money
And seal the spell with wax

As Venus goes direct
This is the center
As above, so below

She smiles at me, arms crossed
Chanticleer and red medicine pouch
Papa Legba and Zombi the snake
Gentle Jesus and Fierce Gabriel
The magic of New Orleans
Mother, Healer, Priestess, Consoler, Counselor
Your legacy lives on...

June 2004

Temple of Laphrodite Mini Magic Spells

Temple of Laphrodite Mini Magic Spells 

Tiny Meditations and Healing Affirmations

Created by Kayla Garnet Rose, Ph.D., using her favorite sayings and her own photos, these 25 little cards printed on extra-sturdy cardstock are perfect for your altar on the go. These tiny meditations are a gentle reminder to be more mindful, and the healing affirmations encourage wholeness and health on all levels: emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual.

Simply breathe, focus, choose a card, reflect, rinse, repeat.

Comes in a repurposed Altoids tin box, just the right size for purse or backpack.

Each card measures 1 1/4" by 2 3/4"

Suggested uses:

Pull a few cards each day as a way to set intentions
Use as a writing prompt in your journal
Put inside a random book at a bookstore
Slip inside a love letter
Pop one into the envelope when paying bills
Sneak one under a windshield wiper
Include a few as a part of a tip
Make them into refrigerator magnets
Keep a few in your in wallet for inspiration
Put them on mirror for affirmations
Tuck into a picture frame
Put on your altar with Tarot cards
A unique little Stocking Stuffer
Surprise someone by slipping into their lunch bag, pocket or luggage
Leave a few on a park bench
Excellent for Goodie bags, swag bags, bridal showers
Why not hand out at Halloween?
Nice little quotes for Scrapbooking
Perfect to add to a Collage
Could even add some to a Pinata
Leave in a waiting room
Hand out to clients, customers, or patients

Available from Etsy-  click here: Temple of Laphrodite

Send me pix of your ideas on how you enjoy Mini Magic Spells and I will post them on my blog and Facebook.

Blessed Be!

Kayla

Kayla Garnet Rose, Ph.D.
Certified Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master
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Notes from My Inner Girl

Paint your toenails
Dye your hair
Wear glitter more often

    Put stickers on everything
    Write in your dairy
    Keep secrets

Flirt more often
Be sincere
Give out compliments freely

    Talk to cats
    Take more walks
    And nap more

Play with your toys
Put them away
Throw away what’s broken

    Eat anything you want
    Swing on swings
    Balance on the railroad tracks

Believe in fairies
Believe in magic
Believe in yourself

Crayons are our friend
So is modgepodge
Never throw away art supplies

    Be generous
    Be gracious
    You are a queen ballerina

Love your friends
Your friends love you
Love yourself.

Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.  -Oscar Wilde 

US Games Systems has just released a color deck of The Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot Cards. These cards are simply rich - from the mythology, symbols, astrology, Hebrew characters, numerology and the teachings of the Kabbalah - each one is a feast to feed one's mind and soul. A companion deck to The Sacred Tarot by C.C. Zain, the original 1936 black and white images were first designed by Gloria Beresford, then redesigned in 2009 by Vicki Brewer as full-color Egyptian tarot cards. 

I recently received the deck with it's little instruction booklet, and just the key on the front makes me giddy. The circle of the key is divided into the four suits with the numbers 1 through 9 corresponding to planetary positions within constellations. For example, 3 of Swords (or Trey of swords, I love the old-fashioned aspects of this deck) shows Mercury, Capricorn and Virgo. The post of the key contain the major arcana, while the teeth contain the court cards. Interesting, as in all my Santa Cruz tarot classes, students tend to get stuck when studying the court cards, which in some way once understood, allow for the tumble and click in unlocking the wisdom of the tarot.

Rather than going through the suits, the section on the minor arcana goes through the numbers, associating each with a particular planet, giving the divinatory significance of each card as well as its' inner interpretation. Following the Hermetic tradition, the cards an integral part of an internally consistent exposition of occult sciences. Astrology, alchemy and magic are continuously expressed through color, symbol and glyph. Each card is actually a cartouche, containing a message for the seeker. While I am well versed in Greek and Roman mythology, these cards had me seeking way back in my mind, as I remember adoring Egyptian culture as a kid. I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to travel in Tunisia and Northern Africa, but Egypt is still on my list of places to visit this lifetime.

"What the tarot can be made to reveal is limited only by the capacity for understanding of the person using it " (from the booklet). I have been really enjoying playing with this new deck as it synthesized my own interests in both tarot and astrology. Having the planets and signs expressed on each card gives me instant access to more information that I can share with my client. 

It's been 23 years now that I have been courting the cards. Receiving The Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot Cards cards reminds me that the Tarot itself is a lifetime romance...