La Bona Dea's Journal of Everyday Magic

I heard that the last New Moon (April) would whisk away “what no longer served us”, and I knew that whatever worried me about that would not be in jeopardy. I was fully aware, from past experience, that when things are taken from you, those particular things are what you never questioned anyway. If the […]

Festivals honoring the Good Goddess, La Bona Dea, took place around May Day, or Beltane; May First. Her festivals were secret and only women were in attendance. One aspect of La Bona Dea is found within Roman Goddess Flora, the goddess of flowers. Her abundance and beauty fill the earth and symbolize life on this […]

All around us Mother Earth is growing, creating, blossoming….. The last few weeks have been very nice for me. I have been truly enjoying the outside, being in nature and melting in the blessed warm sun! Feelings of childhood have stirred deep within my being and I feel giddy and happy- like there are endless […]

It’s January and the crescent moon just appeared. It’s true that at any time you can change the direction of your life. You can decide right in the middle of the day, in the middle of a meal, conversation, or a drive, that from now on things are going to be different. The power of […]

Please visit Common Ground Magazine to see my story of the Myth of these two gallant kings! http://onlinedigitaleditions.com/commonground/ It’s on page 18 Merry and Happy Winter Solstice! May the light shine brightly upon you!

Letting Go and Calling In Some people say superstitions are ridiculous and that there is no such thing as back luck on Friday the 13th. I would agree; there is no bad luck on Friday the 13, but it is, however, a magical day! There are 13 moons in a year’s cycle and Friday is […]

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars Revelations 12:1 At the last Dark Moon I gave away fears and I’ve been haunted by fear since then! A run in with the IRS; working on a […]

Photo courtesy of: http://irastrange.livejournal.com/ I had professor recently say, “When you understand someone’s difficult behavior, you can at least feel bad for them that that is the way they are, and be glad you are not them, but the the greater question is if they seem like they are trying too hard, why are they […]

The dark moon is here. The end of the year is drawing near… and as I look back, flipping through the days in reverse, some of it, not all of it, but some of it, now makes sense. The growing pains I have experienced I see mirrored around me… great loss that made way for […]

About two years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Sylvia Brown. At that meeting she told me that my Guardian Angel’s name is Cynthia. Okay, that was pretty benign and kind of anti-climactic, but, okay. Come to find out, the name Cynthia is a version of the mythic goddesses Artemis and Diana. Wow, they […]