Feminine Power
roar a poem
women
rocking out
rising up
shouting out
playing big
cycling down
winding around
intuitive motion
creative spirit
traditional wisdom
Description:
What’s it like to be a psychic? Choquette, a spiritual teacher and the author of several books on psychic development, gives readers an inside look at what psychics do and how they feel about it. Choquette’s take is particularly interesting because she developed her abilities so early–by the time she was a teenager, she was already giving readings in her home. Writing with warmth and a sense of humor, she also makes clear that many times what she was experiencing psychically outstripped her chronological age; sometimes readers may wonder if her mother (also psychic) let her do too much. Only as she grew older, studied more, and grew comfortable with her abilities was Choquette able to use her gift to the fullest. Tucked into the narrative are useful suggestions for people who wish to develop their own psychic abilities. A good choice for readers of Sylvia Brown or James Van Praagh. Ilene Cooper
A master spiritual teacher…(Choquette) shares her recipe for lving in a series of clear, simple, doable steps … over and over, for soul hunger, it is to Choquette’s work that I send people who genuinely want their own lives to alter and expand. — Julia Cameron, Author Of The Artist’s Way A riveting read Spirit & Destiny
Sofia Wren’s Review:
Wow! Over the last year, I have been a student of Sonia Choquette. But never before had I understood her story and roots as I do now. I have just finished her amazing memoir and now can’t wait to read the other dozen books she has written.
Sonia has been a professional psychic from the get go. Growing up in a Romanian Catholic home to a psychic mother, she was taught to use her rosary at the same time as listening to the many spirit guides that occupied her time.
1. Sonia is a teacher through and through–her book shares that you, too, can be psychic.
Not only does Sonia shatter the myths concerning psychics, Sonia also shares the training she went through to train her gifts.
If you are fascinated to psychics, mediums or oracles, I recommend this book.
If you wish you were psychic, sensitive, intuitive, tapped in, then I recommend this book because it is full of tips, wisdom, and references to things really interesting to google like theosophy. Sonia has many other resources for those on this path.
2. Sonia has an amazing life.
Sonia begins her psychic training in an attempt to gain her mother’s attention in a big family. She soon gets more than she bargained for when as a teen her mother invites hoards of friends over for readings.
As Sonia begins to settle into her talent, she is called in to a crime scene which changes her life forever.
Teachers come to Sonia when she is ready to learn. She learns to manifest the things she wants in life, with amazing stories of the results.
3. Sonia is strong and rebellious.
Sonia refuses to give up when a nun strikes her for ‘lying’ about how she knew about the suprise spelling bee.
Sonia tolerates the disrespect of the many clients who don’t like what she has to say. Because Sonia doesn’t just let people walk away after she tells them what they want to hear–she wants to give them the truth so they can change their life.
And that’s why she’s a teacher–so that you can learn, too.
A fabulous book!! Check it out. Right now it’s only $1.99!
Sonia Choquette on her story and the meaning of 2012–the end of the Patriarchy
“Harry Potter changed my life. Hermione, too. In addition to giving witches everywhere a more positive name, both characters left an indelible mark on my heart as they kept me company as a teen.
I first met Harry Potter in grade nine, right before the release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It would come to be my favorite book of the series.
My mother died at a young age, and like Harry, I didn’t have any memories of her to console me during hard times. At the time of the third book’s release, my father was just about to marry my step-mother….”
It’s my turn to guest post! Read the rest over at JeriWB’s site, home of my lovely critique partner!
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Sofia Wren
What’s the difference between Faith and Confidence?
Previous posts were Deep Love New Moon, Full Faith Full Moon, New Name New Moon, Full Fire Full Moon. (See the Moon Series here)
I have come so far in such little time, but still my ideas have not quite been fully expressed.
Faith is a seed planted into empty ground. It takes a long time before any shoots appear.
But under the ground, roots are forming, and gradually this is what forms the matrix of confidence
Confidence is a net of beliefs, resulting from the steady rewriting of limitations into a new amazing story of reality.
Confidence is a smile when there are many things yet unknown and that could go wrong.
Confidence is knowing that there is nothing to benefit from going down that road. That critic doesn’t have that much to say, and so far none of it has led anywhere joyful.
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Confident, you are, when you say YES to the whisper in your heart. It will lead you somewhere joyfully even if the direction seems strange.
Confident, you are, when you say YES to the whisper in your heart again. It may be hard, but the results encourage you on.
Confident, you are, when you remember the many wonderful things that have already happened.
The discoveries, the ideas, the seeming coincidental messages from all around that you are on the right track. Still no shoots.
By not only planting the seed, but caring for it day by day you build steady roots.
It may get windy, but you will bend with it.
And eventually the sun will come out again.
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For us both. Have confidence.
Hey there just got to post this and run out the door!Another class with Chrisopher Penczak!
Recently for a group ritual I wrote a story about the many myths surrounding the Constellation of Orion. I thought I would put it up to share!
Orion is a great star constellation recognized in cultures all around the world. These brilliant stars in The Northern Hemisphere are only visible in the night from November to February. But the Earth one day will see several of its stars explode and be visible in the day time.
People across the Earth have recognized the power of Orion’s constellation. The first records we have are from the late bronze age in Babylon, where the stars were known as a Heavenly Shepard of Anu. Anu is the chef gods of all things, and Orion his messenger, sometimes depicted as a walking cock or a bird.
The Egyptians aligned Orion with the god of rebirth Osirus, the consort of Isis. Once upon a time a pharoah was said to eat his mortal enemies to steal their magic, becoming so powerfu as to eat the gods and to climb into the stars forever as Orion.
People in America also saw power in these stars. The Chippewa Native Americans called him the Winter Maker as its appearance in November signified the winter’s approach. The Lakona Native Americans saw the belt as a spine of a great bison in the sky. The Seri people of New Mexico called the three belt stars Hapj or Hunter, and the middle star represented a slain deer dripping blood onto Tiburon Island.
In China half a world away Orion was known as Shen meaning three, and it’s chracter contains three stars over a man’s head.
The Rigvedam a sacred Sanskrit text refered to the stars as Mriga, the Deer.
In Hungary, Orion was known as a magic Archer or Reaper, the greatest hunter and father of strong men. He carried a bow, a scythe, or a Judge’s stick.
And finally in Greece, from which the name of Orion comes, Orion was blinded by the father of a woman he loved with jealous rage, but he recovered his sight to hunt with the help of the smith Hephaestus and the sungod Helios. He hunted with Artemis and threatened to kill every animal on Earth. Some tales say he died by the sting of the giant scorpion sent by Gaea. Others say Artemis fell so in love with him, that her brother in his jealousy challenged her to shoot a far off target which turned out to be her lovers head. But a theme is that the powers that be would not allow Orion’s plan to succeed, that great power needs balance or it ends in destruction and death. But still he was brought to the sky. Odysseus spies Orion in the underworld where he tells his story of heroism and everlasting life .
As the summer returns to earth let us remember the power of Orion, the passion, the purpose, the fire, the strength, the will, the drive to accomplish our goals, and how even when overshadowed by the light of the day, this power will always live on.
Description:
Two lovers separated by an evil curse.
A desperate quest through time.
A love that wants to beat all odds.
And all the while, deadly danger brews around a two-thousand-year-old secret society and the enemy that lives to decimate it.
“…‘Til the end of my life, I shall belong to you as your husband.”
That was the promise Adrian made to Emmaline. And then, he was gone forever…
It is 1807. Adrian Segrave, Viscount Bournemouthe, and Lady Emmaline Deramore are about to wed and British Society teems with excitement at this imminent love match. But Madeleine de Brandeville, a mysterious Frenchwoman, has her lustful and ambitious sights on the groom. When she sets her cruel plan in motion, she leaves devastation in her path.
Heartbroken, Emmaline embarks on an adventure she’d never imagined having. As the world changes and chaos brews, her fate becomes linked with the Valthreans, a group of immortals who must learn to face a deadly enemy that threatens their place in the human world. But all the while, there is one thing she wants more than any other–to get back her man.
When she finally finds her prize, her worst nightmares are far from over and the toughest battle is yet to begin. Will love win the war in the end?
Disclaimer: Do not read this novel if you dislike drop dead sexy heroes, strong heroines, intriguing immortals, magic, spells, mystery, amazing adventures, exotic settings, secret cults, and sensual love scenes.
(Approx. 119,000 words. Although part of a series, this is a standalone book.)
Sofia Wren’s Review:
So now I have to say straight off–as a writer reviewer I am the hardest to please! I want to give this a 4.5 for super close to perfect
It has been hard for me to get into a book lately because I notice the little problems. I didn’t know what to think from the first chapter of this book because it was so different than Natalie G Owen’s other works—all of which I have read. What is this about everlasting life?
But soon we got into a story with beautiful Victorian style that had Natalie stamped all over it.
The story is a romance between two people who are on the cusp of marriage. Unfortunately a dark sorceress Madeleine puts a spell on Adrienne, the hero, that whoever sleeps with him next will be bound to him with love forever. She plans to seduce him but thankfully the heroine Emma decides to go for it on her engagement night! Wowza
Her plans are dashed so Madeleine uses more dark magic to separate them before the wedding. Her reluctant lover doesn’t remember anything and the heroine doesn’t know where he is. Madeleine makes sure that both of them will live forever since their lives are tied, but if she has her way, they will never find each other again.
1. I love the dark sorceress.
I am a witch myself, and although I’m not the evil kind (it’s fiction, y’all), I like reading about characters like Madeleine de Brandeville.
Her character is really well developed even as a villain and I also enjoy the young assistant she obtains later.
2. Seductive and sensual writing
Of course! It’s NATALIE G OWENS. What else is there to expect but beautiful settings in Italy and England, elegant fashion, and a smart use of history and architecture.
And of course very classy romantic buildup 😀
Adrienne can be a little rough when upset but he’s that strong brooding type. Emma has lived a long time on her own so she can handle herself well.
3. This is definitely a page turner
My only quibble is that sometimes the descriptions of the history or the characters thought process take me out of the action in a distracting way. It could use just a bit of trim. But that is something that may only bother a writer.
Wahoo! Even though this is a much much longer than any of Natalie G Owen’s other books it still flew by. I read it over just a few days and it’s awesome.
Read it.
*Received free copy in exchange for a review*
This month I have made huge strides towards my dream. I have decided to have faith, to take leaps and follow my heart as fully as possible, more fully than perhaps I have my entire life.
At times I have so much energy and so much passion for developing my business, my writing, my singing, my magic, that I am up late at night thinking, planning, seeking. I wake up each morning to begin and work nights and weekends to continue.
This is living on purpose. I have decided that a purpose isn’t one thing you obtain, or choose or discover, its a lifeline of inspiration and drive that you tap into.
I am tapped in.
Two runes were flipped for me on my altar. I paid notice and looked them up.
(All quotes from A Practical Guide to the Runes by Lisa Peschel ; Image Source)
Raido–the chariot, movement, travel
“If you are on your soul’s path, keep going.”
This bodes well for this passionate work I am on, and also the trip to Italy I plan later this month.
Daeg–increase, growth, prosperity
This bodes well for an increase in income I am working towards, and confirmation of my feelings from New Name New Moon
“Sometimes, drawing this rune will mark a mark change in your life, perhaps something so radical that you will never live your life in the same way again. Usually this deal with making a new start on some level.”
My memoir is nearing completion, somehow this work started last year and has come to develop faster than the mermaid novel I have been working on for two years. I will finish it first and publish it. To do this I must have courage.
It will reveal a whole different side to me, and that is terrifying. Perhaps after this I can never again hide who I truly am, but perhaps I cannot survive without publishing it, because I believe that what I have to say is so unique that it has potential to save the world, to heal the feminine, to expand the masculine, to erase shame and redefine the paradigm of strength.
My whole life I only wanted to be a good girl deserving of love. I never asked to be an artist, I never asked to be sexual, I never asked to be different. But those are the cards I was dealt.
Those are the things I have been given to express and to accept and to love. Others may not love them, others may shame them, but I am as I was created and that must be natural and beautiful.
I hope Oprah will understand.
When a storm builds in momentum it cannot be stopped, it can only be released.
Michele Fogal, author of the Wildseed Series, speaks on her Passion as part of the February Guest Post Series. She believes, as I do, that OUR PASSIONS CHOOSE US.
Thanks Wren for the invite to share my thoughts on this awesome topic! It’s an idea that is very close to my heart these days.
I started writing seriously in high school. There was an outreach program called New Shoots from a local university (University of British Columbia) where their grad students were sent out to high schools to facilitate extra-curricular Writing Groups for the high school students. I loved it and it resulted in me getting a poem published and getting my work into the year book which were thrilling events for me, as well as overwhelming to the point of nausea.
I knew I wanted to go into Creative Writing and so ended up quite naturally in UBC’s Creative Writing Dept. But then something happened. As my degree in Creative Writing unfolded, I started asking questions about job prospects and journalism and writing for magazines, and publicity and all the real world concerns almost sunk me. I finished my degree mostly because my grandmother told me to (thanks Granny) and came out of it determined to get a “real job” and be a strong independent woman and not a starving artist.
Several jobs and incarnations of myself later, I woke up and realized that I had barely written in a decade. It pulled at me and weighted me down. It was like a tender aching wound in my heart, knowing that I needed to write, that I SHOULD be writing and I wasn’t. Just the thought of all the writing I hadn’t done drained a little more blood out of me. Oh I’d tried to sit down and do my “hobby,” but even those moments that I’d carved out of my life (to pour into this thing that was supposed to make me happy) were fraught with unhappiness.
All this time away from writing had left me with a huge build-up of ANTs – Automatic Negative Thoughts. It took me years to navigate these doubts and fears, to fight my way back to the page, but all along that journey, I had this sense that I was being called. Something was pulling me, pushing me, urging me to write. And I wanted desperately to answer that call.Now that I have several novels under my belt and a clear map of my own brain and how to battle it, things are better. Writing is a steep rocky path, but I now know that I AM a Writer and always will be, no matter how many more words I put down on how many more pages and no matter what anyone else thinks of those words.
As I now say to my creative writing students, imagine JK Rowling back before her publishing deal, back before she even started writing stories down. She had Harry Potter and giant spiders and flying cars crawling and whizzing through her mind long before anyone called her a writer. In fact, she was a single mom on welfare, feeling like a failure in all respects, and yet truly, even then, she was a writer.
Thankfully she scraped up the gumph and pulled up her shorts and got busy at the work she was meant to do. We are all the better for it. But even if she hadn’t gotten her work published, even if no other person saw her stories, to me, the telling is still important. Answering the call and changing one life is still a huge achievement, even if that life is simply your own.
Author bio:
Michele Fogal is an SF author with a soft spot for quirky characters and romantic plotlines. She lives in Vancouver, Canada with her partner and kids. You can find more of her thoughts and work here:
Whee!! Now it’s time for me to reveal what you’ve been taught to expect.
Forget the fruit where’s the juice?
What’s the dark secret under the mystery of this magic and witchcraft talk?
Here’s the deal with
1. The devil
2. hurting or manipulating people
3. embracing darkness
Have a good day guys,
An it Harm None Do as Thou Wilt
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xx Sofia Wren
