Category: Psychology
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Meditating on the Past
All art by C.F. Tunnicliffe “Things without all remedy should be without regard: what’s done is done.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth For me, paganism is a dedication to consciousness. There is no aspect of my life in which that’s not a possible consideration. I have felt for a long time that I never want to find…
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Druidry and Having an Open Heart
All art by Lana Sham “Stars are always dancing. Sometimes they dance twinkling away with the rhythm of your joyful heart and sometimes they dance without movement to embrace your heartache as if frozen sculptures of open-armed sadness.” Munia Khan Something the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids taught me was how to be more…
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Walking Between Worlds
Cover art by John Anster Fitzgerald “Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Carl Jung One foot on a goat, one foot on a well. There’s an ongoing negotiation in my life between being here, and being somewhere else. There’s…
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Coping With Seasonal Depression and Anxiety
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Depression is something that has likely touched all of us. Often the holidays or the few months after the holidays are an extra challenging time for us all…
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Science and Meditation
“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” Amit Ray Meditation is nothing more than an organised and deliberate form of thinking. If you change the way you think, you have the scope to change your behaviour and your emotional experiences. This is the understanding that…