The Raven and The Mystic

The Raven and The Mystic Author, Moon-Witch, Mentor
A Community for Spiritual Expansion
Self-Love & Conscious Awareness
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Thank you Miss Dolly. You've done a lot for this tired old world, and we feel it. Heart is so wide open
08/27/2026

Thank you Miss Dolly. You've done a lot for this tired old world, and we feel it. Heart is so wide open

08/24/2026

So this is the pathway, easily worked with to reflect who the person may have been or what happened.

1.Understand That None of it Was Your Fault 

Practice, compassion and loving-kindness towards yourself

2.Know Yourself

When you understand your own mystery, your purpose and your soul mission, you can step bravely into your empowerment with your story as fuel for wisdom

3.See Mother for Who she is, Instead of the Woman You’d Like Her to Be

Mother is a complex archetype and thought form. Let go of expectations and see mother as woman first, systematically programmed within a patriarchal world

4.Grieve the Absent Mother and the Wounded Child

Allow space for grief, and release of big emotions. Support your inner child

5.Witness and be Present to Your Wounding, Emotions and Experiences

Look at what happened honestly and with presence. Witness the pain and it will witness itself, fear and anger have a place to express themselves and dissipate

6.Find Your Inner Mother, Self-Soothe

Taking responsibility for our own life experience, finding ways to nurture ourselves and shed the skin of wounding helps us to manifest the life that we want, release mother from her role as the perpetrator, and seeking a ‘rescuer’ relationship, moving from co-dependence to co-creation 

7.Build Strong Boundaries

Healthy and strong boundaries with others and with yourself protect you from repeating the cycles of abuse, abandonment and neglect

8.Find Support

Seek out supportive relationships with positive people. Find therapy as needed. Avoid drama. Nurture your relationship with Great Mother

9. Find step 9 Know That Healing is a Spiral... and Evidence of Healing, on pages 7 and 8 of my book.




Over the last five years I have been exploring Eros and sexuality from a different viewpoint than any other time of my l...
08/21/2026

Over the last five years I have been exploring Eros and sexuality from a different viewpoint than any other time of my life. Because of various circumstances which I will discuss in an upcoming article, I have been mainly, but not exclusively, celibate. Celibacy has been a surprise in many ways - one of the most interesting has been the emotional and physical space to play with Eros as an initiation. I was born under the Balsamic Moon. Say what you will about one’s personal astrology influencing the evolving psyche (not everyone believes in the connection), I have discovered that the archetypal energy of the moon I was born under has mirrored much of my erotic journey. S*x and Eros has always been deeply spiritual for me, a transformation felt in my bones… but I also sometimes abandoned my boundaries when wanting to feel something beyond my physical body. Frustratingly, I also seemed to move between several states of being, sometimes feeling greatly embodied, other times breaking all the rules to find myself nowhere I had intended, and other times feeling sovereign and sure of my journey. I began to wonder if my moon was my primary teacher, and the other moon phases – played supportive roles in helping me understand the full spiral of living a life of Eros. This share is part of what I came up with. I’d love to read your thoughts and experiences.




Eclipses create such powerful imagery, reflecting the initiation, descent, the excavation and the rising of whatever que...
08/13/2026

Eclipses create such powerful imagery, reflecting the initiation, descent, the excavation and the rising of whatever quest we are on individually and collectively.

I hope that the Leo Sun is warming the path you are on. This is an evocative time, Leo Season, where we can be more in touch with our heart and heart-centered living.

We feel the eclipse, not only do we see it - it isn't a one day event but a story that weaves itself through us recalling past eclipses, solidifying wisdom, asking questions, providing answers. An eclipse is as much a living thing as you and I.

Blessed be.



Eclipse Season this Spring took me down an unexpected road in ways I could not have anticipated. Losses, (a friendship, ...
08/11/2026

Eclipse Season this Spring took me down an unexpected road in ways I could not have anticipated. Losses, (a friendship, health, direction, inspiration) I stand at the feet of the Goddesses grateful that this autumnal eclipse season has brought clarity (some) while opening my heart and mind to new possibilities. I still mourn that friendship, though. It was an honor to be in that sphere.

What's been true for you Beloved? This portal feels quick and decisive.


It actually wasn’t intentional at first, to take a break from my business, posting, etc. - although ten years of anythin...
08/05/2026

It actually wasn’t intentional at first, to take a break from my business, posting, etc. - although ten years of anything deserves a sabbatical. I wasn’t feeling well and was committing to family for a period of time, and those two things became the priority. The timing was interesting because I had just had a 5k jump in followers on IG and the energy was full and ripe and promising. Understanding the algorithm has been frustrating at best, demoralizing at its worst. I truly had to let go of the drive that had been carrying me for years. I create because I want and need to, there is simply too much energy coursing through my body to leave it be. But this time, I felt the drop of inspiration succinctly. I could only focus on what absolutely had to be done, and what my body needed in terms of support. Client numbers dropped significantly. Finances plummeted. Desire to accomplish any goals I had set for this year disappeared. But the truth is that I had already done the work to know myself as more than what I can produce. Still, I was surprised at how peaceful it felt to just not worry about the consequences of taking a break. I knew the nudge that my cup was refilling would arrive, and it has. I feel strong for allowing the sense of not knowing if I could ‘catch up’ to be my guide. I don’t know anything for sure. I’m still not fully well physically but am getting there. Chasing an algorithm creates an internal violence against oneself. That’s probably the thing that has landed the loudest for me, and what a gift it is to listen deeply to one’s inner sense of harmony.

Sending you love...

Close to the Earth. Close to the Great Mother. Close to and in reciprocity with Community… these were the ways of our Pa...
07/31/2026

Close to the Earth. Close to the Great Mother. Close to and in reciprocity with Community… these were the ways of our Pagan ancestors, for survival and expressing gratitude for the gifts the soil provided.

This relationship is still vital, though we have been tamed into forgetting natural cycles.

But we haven’t forgotten, have we? We are remembering the pulse of the Old Ways and returning home to what nurtures not only oneself but others.

Blessed Lughnasadh, if you celebrate this ancient festival (Northern Hemisphere). Bake bread, feast, share the bounty of whatever abundance is present in your life.





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