La Bona Dea's Journal of Everyday Magic

Storytelling which touches the heart and awakens the soul

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Stand Still

And now we wait. It is knowing you planted the seed… but in the deep, dark earth, who knows what is going on? This time of year is about reaping and sowing. Sacrificing what was in order to create what will be, something that will benefit your life and your purpose. So, basically, the seed […]

Goddess Fortuna

She rolls through the sky, her wheel spinning; Lady Luck, Fortuna, Habondia. These are the sacred names for the Goddess who crosses the sky with overflowing abundance strewn about from her cornucopia. We open our hands and hearts to receive at this plentiful time of year. As the wheel of time moves forward and around, […]

Lughnasadh and the Blue Full Moon

The Blue Moon rose tonight, so I went to the end of the land where the river meets the ocean. I thought of Sedna the Alaskan Goddess who ensures that the sea is always full and that there is always plenty for all. I gathered some stones and thought about what I wanted to call […]

Cast a Spell, Say a Prayer, Recite a Chant, Seek Knowledge, Give it Away

Once your heart has embraced intention it will linger in your being until you cast it out int the world.  This is the way that our ideas and thoughts take form and become our reality. When we are immersed in our intentions we tend to notice things that relate to the intention itself. For a time […]