Wise Women: The Vicar and the Witch

Today Maggy is flying solo and answering a couple of listeners’ questions on how to tell if your departed relatives really are trying to communicate with you ... and what to do to cope with the really difficult days.

Books referenced are, Testimony of Light by Helen Greaves and When Society Becomes an Addict by Ann Wilson Schaef.

Today we are discussing the importance of getting to know and love ourselves including our shadow ... and how often we assume that the privileges given to us are rights. Do we really have any 'rights' apart from what social convention tells us? Our egos certainly think we do!

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We all know that good intentions can go horribly wrong and, today, we are talking about over-giving, over doing and the necessity of owning our own shadow, as well as spells of intention, the enchantment of marketing and Tyson Yonkerporter's amazing book 'Sand Talk.'

Today we are looking into the heart of shame and how to heal it. So often, the spiritual seeker experiences shame when they are sick: 'What did I do wrong? I will be judged as a failure...' and we'd like to put an end to that nonsense :-)

The book referenced today is Burning Woman by Lucy Pearce.

In his inaugural speech, US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, famously said, 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' Today's podcast looks at the price we pay for fear, how we de-sensitise ourselves to it and how it erodes our immune systems. Our immune system can cope with dis-ease OR fear and not both.

We take a look at the work of Dr. Bruce Lipton and the 'Biology of Belief,' hear the story of Suzi's birth and discuss the nature of angels. A couple of snorts of laughter, a touch of profanity and we're off and running for 2022 :-) 

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate this sacred festival. It's Christmas Eve and we are talking about how we spend our Christmases, laughing over mis-heard carols, standing in Sovereignty and offering service.

The Nativity Tray is a beautiful idea told by Sarah Ban Breathnach in her book 'Simple Abundance:

“Legend has it that on the night of the Nativity, whoever ventures out into great snows (or any bad weather) bearing a succulent bone for a lost and lamenting hound, a wisp of hay or some oats for a shivering horse, a warm cloak for a stranded wayfarer, a garland of bright berries for one who has worn chains, a dish of crumbs for all huddled birds who thought their song was dead and sweetmeats for little children who peer from lonely windows, ‘shall be proffered and returned gifts of such an astonishment as will rival the hues of the peacock and the harmonies of heaven.’”

Hi, today's podcast focuses on the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice which happens next Tuesday ... going into the darkness and planting the seeds that will grow next year. We also look at the importance (or not) of dates and how we calculate them. 

A bit of a rant this week about the wasteful aspects of Christmas, greenwashing including the labelling 'widely recycled' and some suggested solutions. Looking at what we can make ourselves including a celebration of Maggy's 'tastes great, looks like something the cat brought in' style of cooking. 

N.B. After the rant about chocolates in plastic, fair dos to Cadbury's Roses for bringing out a Christmas tin and putting their sweets in cardboard (though they do still have the plastic wrappers...)

Today we are honouring the season of Advent and our plans for the Christmas/Solstice celebrations. How can we be generous without it costing the (beautifu) Earth? 

Today we discuss gratitude/appreciations, the purpose of an altar and the joys of moving house.