Monica Crosson - Wild Magical Soul: Untame Your Spirit & Connect to Natures Wisdom

About the Author

Monica Crosson (Concrete, WA) has been a practicing witch and educator for over thirty years and is a member of Evergreen Coven. Monica is the author of The Magickal Family and is a regular contributor to Llewellyns almanacs and datebooks as well as magazines such as Enchanted Living and Witchology .

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Woodbury, Minnesota

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Wild Magical Soul: Untame Your Spirit & Connect to Natures Wisdom 2020 by Monica Crosson.

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Names: Crosson, Monica, author.

Title: Wild magical soul : untame your spirit & connect to natures wisdom

/ [Monica Crosson].

Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Publications,

2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: Pagan

and spiritual self-discovery and self-development through connection

with the four elements as they are expressed in nature. Includes spells,

rituals, and hands-on instruction Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019045505 (print) | LCCN 2019045506 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738760575 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738760834 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Witchcraft. | Four elements (Philosophy)Miscellanea.

Classification: LCC BF1566 .C68 2020 (print) | LCC BF1566 (ebook) | DDC

133.4/3dc23

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to everyone who supported me while I brought Wild Magical Soul to life. A special thank-you to my ever-patient familySteve, Josh, Elijah, and Chloewho expect nothing more from me than for me to live my dreams. To Michael and Mardi McLaskey, Yolanda Allard, Josh Crosson, and Juliet Hindsley, who listened contently as I read my chapters at our Tuesday night writers group. You offered solid advice, encouragement, and hugs when needed. Much love and gratitude to Mardi McLaskey, my mentor, friend and fellow Hag Queen, who taught me what real warriors are made of. And to Lauryn Heineman, Eylsia Gallo, and the staff at Llewellyn Worldwide who guided me through the making of this book. This book was truly a team effort.

Dedication

To Chloe and Michelle.

May you both continue to be forever curious, forever growing, forever wild.

Contents

: Its Not Getting AwayIts Coming Home

: Forest (Earth)

Chapter 1:

Chapter 2: Green Spirits
of the Wildwood

Chapter 3: Wisdom from Our
Animal Brethren

Chapter 4:

Chapter 5:

: Mountain (Air)

Chapter 6:

Chapter 7:

Chapter 8:

Chapter 9:

Chapter 10:

: Desert (Fire)

Chapter 11:

Chapter 12: Sticks and Stones
and All Them Bones

Chapter 13:

Chapter 14: A Warriors Instinct:
Protection Magic

Chapter 15: Here Comes the Light
Solar and Fire Magic

Chapter 16:

: Ocean (Water)

Chapter 17:

Chapter 18: Beautiful Shape-Shifters
and Other Mythical
Creatures from the Sea

Chapter 19:

Chapter 20:

Epilogue:

WHERES YOUR WILD?

I will surrender to the
ancient rhythm that calls
me to the threshold of the otherworld.
Tangled within its sacred wisdom,
I will find my wild.

Introduction

Its Not Getting Away
Its Coming Home

We stood together atop the windswept summit of the very mountain that guarded our childhood. A 5,541-foot peak (a mere foothill amongst the North Cascadian giants) that kept our secrets and held tight our dreamseven when, at twelve years of age, we pricked our fingers and made a blood oath that we would always remain friends. And it didnt judge us when these promises were broken or when tears of defeat or disillusionment were shed in its shadow.

From the summit of Sauk Mountain, the entire Upper Skagit Valley lay before us, from the ancient forests that skirted its girth to the massive stretches of agricultural land that lay out like a patchwork quilt westward, all the way to the Salish Sea.

Right there. My friend pointed to a pocket of land that, from our vantage point, seemed tiny, barely a speck upon our Mother Earth. But to us, as children, it encompassed our entire world; it was our Narnia, our Eden, our home. Do you remember how we would ride your horse through the forest? She playfully punched my arm. I would see that glint in your eye and I knew to hang on.

I chuckled. We were so carefree back then.

Yeah. She paused, taking in the breeze that danced around us. You know, you scared me sometimes.

I was puzzled. Really? Hmm. I thought we were having fun.

We were on a horse at full gallop, running through a heavily wooded forest. She snickered. All I remember is you yelling duck! every two seconds, the whoosh of tree branches, and the sound of your laughter.

It was pretty nuts. I had to agree.

Nuts? It was dangerous.

You dont think about stuff like that when youre a kid. I picked up a small, jagged piece of andesite whose shape reminded me of a small, angular female. I tucked it in my pocket.

Remember that time you misjudged a tree branch? She chuckled.

Oh, yeah! I was clotheslined by a cedar treewhich knocked us both off the horse.

And you were blind for like two minutes, but wouldnt let me tell anyone. My friend shook her head. Oh my God, you probably had a concussion.

Yeah, theres no probably about it. I pointed to a blue-green ribbon that laced its way through the landscape. Right about there I looked slyly to my old friend. Isnt that the spot you decided to go swimming in a rushing glacier-fed river?