Family traditions are steeped in memories that often carry through to future generations.  When I was a child my mother would always read the poem Little Ophant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley every Hallow’s Eve to my brother, sister and myself at dinnertime.  We’d prepare for darkness to properly arrive so we could run through the neighborhood and shout “Trick or Treat!” and come home with pillow cases full of candy. That led to the authoritarian practice of our parents eating the candy so we wouldn’t end up with cavities.  A great example of child labor.  We gather the goodies, the parents reap the benefits.

Every Hallow’s Eve I find the air charged with a static electricity that is hard to deny.  I’ve felt this way since childhood.  There is an anticipation.  A something wicked this way comes.  Each year I search the nightskies for a sign, or sit silently around a firepit giving thanks to all who have walked before in my family.  I come from strong Yankee stock, stoic First American ways, and European ingenuity.

My tradition for Hallow’s Eve has been the same for the past fourty-three years.  I make crescent shaped Sabbat cakes and give them to all my friends and family.  Fourty-three years.  That’s a long time.  Why do I do it?  It’s my poem reading.  It’s my little honored gift to the Gods and Goddesses who were once held Sacred and seen in every living cell in nature.  Always made in the hour of Venus, and with candles lit, a blessing of protection and prosperity goes into each one of these little hard, mostly tasteless cakes.

While I don’t have enough to share in cyberworld I’ll post this picture and you can imagine taking one for yourself.  It’s my “insurance” that by keeping a tradition on Hallow’s Eve I can somehow keep the phrase ‘An’ the gobble-uns ‘at gits you ef you don’t watch out!’ satisfied for another year.

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Street credentials are big in this business.  It denotes trust, integrity and honor.  I have met several excellent psychics, healers and teachers throughout the years who demonstrated remarkable abilities when they worked.  If you seek to have a reading, healing, chakra alignment, or have the bones thrown to the four winds then please, I beg you, ask the questions of your practioner.  Where did they learn their craft? Who did they study with? Do they have testimonials that you can readily access?  ASK QUESTIONS.  It reduces quackery and eliminates people who claim titles and degrees they do not possess.  How long have they been doing their work?  What resources can they name so you can research this practice or method?  Are they “spiritual” when talking to you, only to cover up the mouthpiece of their phone as you hear “Shut up brats!” coming from the other end? Do they tear apart their “competition” and profess to have the “real” answers for you.  If yes, then run away and regroup.

Lastly, each of us have the innate ability to discern truth for ourselves.  If your gut reaction to ANY practioner gives you an uneasy feeling listen to it and thank your inner self for working on all cylinders.    First rule of psychism: your gut is never wrong.

As my site grows I’ll be posting links to people who are highly regarded in the healing arts, along with diverse excercises you can try on your own to increase your psychic abilities.

If you have lingering questions about a practioner’s street cred just ask me.

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After decades of terrorizing people in the corporate world I’ve decided to leave it all behind and begin where I started as a young adult.  Teaching others to “reclaim their light”.  My focus is to empower others using psychic (common) sense, and relying on my stellar life experience and training.  While my first plan was to have an incredible website with full flash, I quickly realized that the benefits of utilizing the new moon’s energy was today.  So it begins, baby steps, i.e. my blog, THEN the website, THEN world peace!  Ok, world peace is unrealistic, so I’ll start with one person at a time.

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