Northwoods Magick

05/22/2022

We will be opening before you know it. (+- 3 months) Save up, we will have alllll the crystals you need and more.

03/18/2022

Northwoods Magick has combined forces with It's Magickal. I will still be producing metaphysical items under the name Northwoods Magick, but will be practicing Reiki and shamanic style healing in It's Magickal's shop and healing center with my partner, Jeffrey Nelson, as soon as we open our doors. Stay tuned! There's a beautiful story here, and it will delight everyone who practices manifestation.
In keeping with It's Magickal's pricing, I will be raising my reading rates to $50 for a half hour reading, as I don't wish to undercut my partner.

02/10/2022

Have you ever had life changes disrupt your regular rituals and felt unable to get back to them as before? Did it make you feel like you had failed in some way in your spiritual path?

Not to worry. This is not only normal, but necessary to your growth along the way. The only way to fail is to give up completely.

When life shakes us up in various ways, when our patterns are disturbed, we may shed old habits that no longer serve us. The trouble is, we are left feeling a bit naked and unprotected during that time. When shellfish molt their old exoskeleton in order to grow a little larger, they are very tender and become easy prey, so they tend to go into hiding at that time while the new shell they are growing hardens.

If you have recently shed old habits and rituals, it's a good idea to look to their example and do the same. Spend time doing some self care, reassess your spiritual goals, learn something new about your faith, and slowly create a new habit or ritual that serves you in your new circumstances better than the old one would.

This is a good time to leave offerings for the ancestors, to speak with them and seek their guidance hoping forward. If you have an altar, you may find it helpful to clear it, cleanse the space, and rebuild it piece by piece, meditating on each item that you place on it. It may be it is time to retire some items that are no longer relevant, and add new ones. You may either tuck altarpieces away to be readded at a later date, ritually dispose of them, or gift them to a fellow pagan to tie your altars' (and your hearts') energies together.

Never look at these wobbly, unprotected times as times of failure, but as times of victory. You are moving upward and onward. You are growing.

Our resident blue lobster broke out of his shell this week. We sped up the final stages of his molt by 400%. He worked hard for those bigger claws!(Yes, he i...

02/02/2022

Please don't forget, all, I can do oracle readings over text messages for you. Please feel free to book with me at any time you wish. The rates are listed in the booking section of this page. :)
Aimi

01/11/2022

I have added a booking feature to the page to make it easier to book distance work with me, from oracle readings to energy work to spell work. I look forward to working with and for you in the future!

01/06/2022

No matter what path you are on, be certain that you have chosen it for your own reasons, and not to please anyone outside of yourself.
When we chase after pleasing others, we can forget who we ourselves are. We can also end up living in the fear trap: "what if my beliefs displease or offend the people I care about, work with, in authority over me?"

When we live in that place in our heads, we are not authentic in our lives. We can believe what we believe, and still love and respect those who think differently. Their opinions may be right or they may be wrong, but the important thing is, what is your opinion of your life and your choices and your beliefs?

Walk the path you are on fearlessly, boldly, bravely.

01/04/2022

12/31/2021

How many people do you know?
Possibly more than you realize. If you are an animist you will understand immediately what I am talking about, but for those newer to the pagan path there are often questions about the importance of connecting with nature, and what nature really is.

Nature is full of persons that are visible and invisible, and we walk among them, dwell among them, are one with them.

Witches, druids, shamans, and other spiritual humans see and recognize the persons around us who do not look or behave as we do, and we connect with them both for our own benefit and theirs, but also for those in our communities who do not have the same ability to connect or understand the language used by the other folk of this world. We become go-betweens.

Every being in this universe is a world unto themselves. We dwell in many realms, we walk through them waking and sleeping. We interact with folk like us and otherkind. We find commonalities at times, and other tines we propitiate for the crimes we commit against each other. That is the place of the witch and the shaman, to heal, to guide, to question, and to make peace. We face the ugly at times, but we are always walking in beauty.

When you need help in spiritual matters, be discerning. Find those who are real, who think deeply, who walk in beauty, who touch Nature frequently. Those who understand they are one of natures own folk. They are the ones with the understanding to heal. They have taken wounds, and sometimes inflicted wounds, but we cannot understand how to clean and stitch a wound without practice. We face the hurt first so that we have the skill to help the hurting. We stand in the veil and see beyond so we can guide the dying through. And through it all, we still are not oblivious to the beauty of life that we walk in. Even as the pain of the world draws our energy out, the beauty in this world replenishes us. A healer is one who is there to help you ground, align, and find the beauty you walk in so that you can begin your own healing journey.

Before any energy session, test the sincerity and understanding of the healer you are choosing. Don't be fooled by props, chants, makeup, and soothing words, or social media likes. Look for a healer who has raw truth in their mouth, the one who will dig out your pain, help you process it, and move beyond it, with the help of the spirits of the world around, and the ancestors. If anything seems off about the practitioner, walk away. Ask the spirits to send you a healer.

Sometimes healers come in unexpected guises. I know two non-human shamans who have connections to me whose presences I find great peace in. I have known others. The spirits have sent many such teachers and healers to me over the years to work with my body, mind, and soul. They have ranged from stones, "simple herbs," to animals, to humans, to gods. Sometimes whole places minister to the body and mind in ways that defy scientific explanation.
These healers help us to find wholeness, to mend the breaks and tears in our hearts, and call our souls home again.

Honor the spirits who truly help you, in whatever form they come in, and be ready to pay the debt of healing forward as well as back.