Irisanya Moon - Practically Pagan--An Alternative Guide to Health & Well-being

PAGANISM & SHAMANISM

What is Paganism? A religion, a spirituality, an alternative belief system, nature worship? You can find support for all these definitions (and many more) in dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and text books of religion, but subscribe to any one and the truth will evade you. Above all Paganism is a creative pursuit, an encounter with reality, an exploration of meaning and an expression of the soul. Druids, Heathens, Wiccans and others, all contribute their insights and literary riches to the Pagan tradition. Moon Books invites you to begin or to deepen your own encounter, right here, right now.

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Journey to the Dark Goddess

How to Return to Your Soul

Jane Meredith

Discover the powerful secrets of the Dark Goddess and transform your depression, grief and pain into healing and integration.

Paperback: 978-1-84694-677-6 ebook: 978-1-78099-223-5

Shamanic Reiki

Expanded Ways of Working with Universal Life Force Energy

Llyn Roberts, Robert Levy

Shamanism and Reiki are each powerful ways of healing; together, their power multiplies. Shamanic Reiki introduces techniques to help healers and Reiki practitioners tap ancient healing wisdom.

Paperback: 978-1-84694-037-8 ebook: 978-1-84694-650-9

Pagan Portals The Awen Alone

Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

Joanna van der Hoeven

An introductory guide for the solitary Druid, The Awen Alone will accompany you as you explore, and seek out your own place within the natural world.

Paperback: 978-1-78279-547-6 ebook: 978-1-78279-546-9

A Kitchen Witchs World of Magical Herbs & Plants

Rachel Patt erson

A journey into the magical world of herbs and plants, filled with magical uses, folklore, history and practical magic. By popular writer, blogger and kitchen witch, Tansy Firedragon.

Paperback: 978-1-78279-621-3 ebook: 978-1-78279-620-6

Shaman Pathways The Druid Shaman

Exploring the Celtic Otherworld

Danu Forest

A practical guide to Celtic shamanism with exercises and techniques as well as traditional lore for exploring the Celtic Otherworld.

Paperback: 978-1-78099-615-8 ebook: 978-1-78099-616-5

Traditional Witchcraft for the Woods and Forests

A Witchs Guide to the Woodland with Guided Meditations and Pathworking

Mlusine Draco

A Witchs guide to walking alone in the woods, with guided meditations and pathworking.

Paperback: 978-1-84694-803-9 ebook: 978-1-84694-804-6

Wild Earth, Wild Soul

A Manual for an Ecstatic Culture

Bill Pfeiffer

Imagine a nature-based culture so alive and so connected, spreading like wildfire. This book is the first flame Paperback: 978-1-78099-187-0 ebook: 978-1-78099-188-7

Naming the Goddess

Trevor Greenfield

Naming the Goddess is writt en by over eighty adherents and scholars of Goddess and Goddess Spirituality.

Paperback: 978-1-78279-476-9 ebook: 978-1-78279-475-2

Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness

Heal and Transform Yourself and Our World with Ancient Shamanic and Modern Methods

Llyn Roberts

Ancient and modern methods that you can use every day to transform yourself and make a positive difference in the world.

Paperback: 978-1-84694-843-5 ebook: 978-1-84694-844-2

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First published by Moon Books, 2020
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Irisanya Moon 2019

ISBN: 978 1 78904 377 8
978 1 78904 378 5 (ebook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019956961

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You are precious. Your body is precious. Your mind is precious. Your heart is precious. With your actions, with your connection to yourself, you create a foundation that can weather all that comes before you.

Perhaps you have been told otherwise. Perhaps you have believed otherwise, that somehow, some way, you are less than worthy of love and care. Perhaps you know you are worthy of love and care and beauty, but need to be reminded or given permission. I want to tell you that your health, your well-being is valuable. And the actions you take to care for your beautiful self are a gift and a sacred prayer of intention.

With each breath, with each choice you make, you can call back the parts of yourself that have wandered away from knowing health and wellness. With each step toward what you want to feel and be, you create a song of belonging fully to your power.

No matter how you identify and no matter what your beliefs might be (if only for this moment), you can step fully into the shape of your skin. You can fill up the spaces of your being and the stretch of your authentic self -- you can move fully into your life.

It doesnt matter to me if youve been lost or not. It doesnt matter to me if youve made mistakes or youve fallen away from a path. It doesnt matter to me, as Rumi says, if youve broken your promises a thousand times. You can begin again. You can commit again. You can arrive in this precious moment. For you are a precious moment.

Before you begin, I invite you to release all attachments to perfection. The overculture wants you to think that no matter what you do, it will never be enough. Society tells us that no matter what we do, there will always be someone better, there will always be something more that should happen. Let it go.

There is no one answer or one direction. While a simple answer seems the ideal path, it is also a journey of disappointment. Lets release that. Lets transform the energy of expectation into the energy of trust. I invite you to trust your deepest knowing. I encourage you to believe that you can care for your body, mind, and spirit, even if youre not 100% sure what the next steps are.