A Year of Goddess Magic October Practice Update (#30DaysofGoddess)
A Year of Goddess Magic continues as we step into a month of Delight.
Delight…
Welcome to October! The theme for this month is Delight and the goddess we are honoring is Lakshmi! We begin to deepen into the dark part of the year, celebrating and singing as we start to descend.
Reminder: the main home page for the #30DaysofGoddess practice with all the resources to support it is here.
This month’s video is embedded directly above AND your free practice resources are right here below as downloadable files:
Let us mend the tears in the web
with threads of gentleness and wonder.
Let us stretch our hands
towards possibility,
recommitting
to the sacred unfolding
of life.
Let us dance with delight
and remember wholeness.
Let us be tender with ourselves,
embracing the changing earth
beneath our feet,
finding magic in the daily,
stepping into grace.
Welcome to October's #30DaysofGoddess practice!
Reminder: The Goddess Magic community on Patreon offers a daily experience in seasonal magic, living your magic, and everyday enchantment. Our devotional rhythm there includes additions/resources for #30DaysofGoddess several days of the week all year long.
The theme for #30DaysofGoddess this month is Delight. Everything you need for October's practice including a brand new 20 minute practice video, your sampler pack of printables, and monthly snapshot cards are included for you right in this newsletter. You are also welcome to check out the practice homepage: #30DaysofGoddess.
If you're a member of the Goddess Magic community on Patreon, your additional resources and printables for October are here.
October Practice Update!
Companion materials:
20 minute practice video: Delight.
New book! Return
Our Simple and Sacred virtual circle for September will be on Friday, October 17th at 7:00 (central US time). The Zoom link is here.
The Power of Daily Practice...
Each day we are offered
the chance
to nestle into wonder,
to encounter enchantment,
to live our magic.
The moments may be small,
our lives may be busy,
but the sacred is here
twined all around and through
these commonplace things.
Our lives are the story we write each day. May we listen to the current of our lives. May we dip our toes into the sacred. May we swim in mystery. May we bathe in wholeness. May we pay attention and tell about it.
Daily practice invites us to meet the goddess in our own lives, in our own landscapes and hearts, each day new and surprising and full of wonder, each day ancient and wise, full of mystery.
Part of the mysterious and powerful alchemy of daily practice is that each day it offers the opportunity to begin again while simultaneously carrying the deep magic, trust, power and connection of all the days that have gone before.
“The night sky is the closest thing we have to the sensation of the infinite .
Just gaze up and it’s all yours .
Always wildly yours to know , to breathe and to hold .
And this is something we should remember ...“
--Victoria Erickson
Practice Ideas from this Month’s Video
Seasonal Practices:
- Create a ritual for releasing fears
- Cast oppressive thoughts into a symbolic cauldron
- Light a candle of transformation
- Make a mandala with seasonal elements (roses, rosemary, comfrey, acorns, etc.)
- Include crystals like amethyst and moonstone into your ritual space
Reflection Practices:
- Journal about what you’re ready to release
- Identify what delights you, even during challenging times
- Consider how to orient your life toward joy
- Explore what nourishes versus what depletes you
- Practice radical contentment
Goddess-Centered Practices:
- Lakshmi chant for abundance
- Meditate on receiving love and wisdom
- Listen to your inner knowing
Embodiment Practices:
- Dance with delight (metaphorically and literally!)
- Savor moments of abundance
- Notice magic in ordinary experiences
- Hold space to listen to both inner and outer landscapes
- Celebrate creativity and personal evolution
Spiritual Practices:
- Open one hand to receive, one hand to release
- Refuse to give up on wonder
- See life as the deepest magic
- Connect with seasonal energies
- Embrace your full, rich experience
Reminders: Embrace life’s magic by orienting yourself toward joy, savoring abundance, and refusing to give up on wonder, even during challenging times. Remember that your goddess-centered path is about inhabiting your full, rich experience with delight, magic, and radical contentment. Life itself is the deepest magic. Keep one hand open to receive, one hand open to release, celebrating the wholeness of your journey.
Reminder: Simple and Sacred
This virtual circle is usually offered live monthly on the second Friday of the month. In October, our Simple and Sacred virtual circle will take place on the THIRD Friday, October 17th at 7:00 (central US time).
Live circles are open to anyone on the #30DaysofGoddess newsletter list (that’s you!), replays are available for the Patreon community only. You will get an access link via email for the Zoom room one hour before we begin.
Thanks for being here!
It is in the liminal space of autumn
at the palpable threshold of change
that a new year’s dreaming dawns.
Here,
as the leaves fall
and the winds cool
and the birds pass by,
we, too,
let things go.
We also inhabit the realm of possibility,
visioning what we’d like to create and do,
how we want to feel
and what we want to choose.
Here,
we need to balance trust
in our own wild enthusiasm
and our own wise discernment,
to let both calls lead us
as we once again reclaim our power,
our focus,
and our path,
and choose what is next.
Much love,
Molly
