Spiral Nature Linkage Friday, 1 September 2017

Magick

Is it worth it to get a tarot reading during an eclipse? This author says yes. (Good news: There’s a bunch of smaller ones throughout the year.)

Erykah Badu has some knowledge to drop about living your most magical and healthy life.

Getting intimate? Here’s some tips for harnessing the power of sexuality.

Six basic herbs and roots to help protect you and your loved ones from the police.

The magick of Pokemon Go, for all the pop culture magicians out there.

Spirituality

How the spirit influences art and how the art influences the spirit.

Doreen Virtue shocked the pagan world last week. Here are some thoughts on how that may effect your practice.

Hoodoo, Vodou, and Santeria have complex pasts, and this author thinks that white people should back off. An important read for people thinking of going down one of these paths.

Mediation and spirituality helped this man survive prison so he could make art today.

Occulture

Harry Potter has a huge pop culture magick following, but their devotion is harming actual owls.

Nazis give the occult a bad name, but good news: Historically they weren’t really into it.

New pagan artifacts found in Israel tell the story of ritual from over 3,000 years ago.

Three real-life witches weigh in on their pop culture counterparts.

It’s not just us: The occult is very much making a splash in the art world.

Magick is big business: A look behind the curtain at a metaphysical store.

Reviews

Kitchen Table Tarot by Melissa Cynova is a sassy, down-to-earth intro to tarot.

A look at the Celebrity Goddess Tarot Deck, and a chat with its creator, Faye Orlove.

Bonus linkage

We don’t all think about time the same way. How we talk about it changes our relationship with it.

This lesbian couple turned their Halloween hobby into lots of money.