In the heat of summer,
I pause at the crossroads,
lighting a candle
in the sacred cauldron
of my heart.
I listen to the whispers of my soul,
as dreams coalesce
and possibilities take form.
I stand in the center of my own life,
where I extend my hands
to touch the infinite field
that carries and holds me
in each moment.
I breathe in the ordinary
gifts of life,
the bright sky above me,
the solid earth beneath me,
the squirrel’s dance,
the fox’s crossing,
the falling star’s blazing message.
Grant me the courage to show up,
the willingness to notice and see,
to love the ordinary and trust it
as my pathway to the sacred.
In this living practice of presence,
magic, mystery,
and meaning
coalesce.
Happy June and welcome to this week’s Rituals of Returning newsletter with our allies for summer! We also have some delicate “Prairie Rose” goddesses in the shop.
18 minute mini ritual video: Back to the Roots: Tara, White Willow & Clear Quartz
scroll all the way down to the bottom for your free companion card set!
Back to the Roots kit with free printables!
and, Back to the Roots collection with more free resources unfolding throughout the month.
New essay on Feminism and Religion: Earthprayer
June’s practice update for #30DaysofGoddess!
We’ve started a new newsletter for Gaea Goddess Gathering! Coming up in September right here in Missouri.
Back to the Roots is underway FREE for everyone as part of the Goddess Magic Mystery School, I’m so pleased to offer this Back to the Roots series in celebration of our 2000th day of #30DaysofGoddess. If you’re brand new to daily practice, this is for you—you are here on the 2000th day and it is a perfect day to begin! If you have been here since the beginning, this is for you—lets celebrate the life-changing power of daily practice and how devotion has changed, inspired, and nurtured you! If you have been here for any days in between, this is for you—I’m so glad you’ve shared your days with this community!
Make sure to check out the collection where all of the free posts will be unfolding throughout the month.
And, grab your welcome kit with beautiful journals and customizable covers.
During this series, we are revisiting the roots and purpose of #30DaysofGoddess and daily practice and we will also explore 7 days of guided practices, all with a roots-related theme. Our primary celebration will take place June 17-24, but I have background support resources sprinkled throughout the entire month as well.
To date:
root and reach yoga class (guest offering from Kimberly Pollack)
Go back to the roots,
sliding past performance
and pleasing
and back into center,
into what holds and nourishes you.
From this place of power,
contemplate your choices,
learning what is
essential and true.
reading:
(to self) Ordinary Mysticism—I absolutely love this book! I started it in the airport on the way home and it is perfect for me.
(to kids) Into Battle, book five in the Seventh Tower series—I took a break from reading while we were gone to Nevada and so we’ve just started this one. I’m a little disappointed that they are now prepping for this big battle and solving the problems of their unraveling society and worldview with a fight.
(listening to with Tanner): How to Trap a Tiger—a story about a girl and her mother and sister who go to live with their grandmother in a small town and there is a mysterious, elusive tiger that she keeps glimpsing. Rooted in Korean folklore, but set in modern times.
(listening to by self): Mila 2.0—contemporary YA fiction about an android girl who doesn’t originally know she is an android super solider and is now on the run from the government.
Finished the Saint of Steel (Paladin) series by T. Kingfisher and they were all so good. Loved them. My favorite series this year! I also finished reading The Magic of Us.
Note: I am on Fable if you want to follow along with what I read there!
I’ve started to add our monthly activation replay videos for this year’s #30DaysofGoddess practice to the homepage! Scroll past the “2026 Practice Updates” section to access the videos. Note: Live monthly activations are available to any member of the Goddess Magic Mystery School Patreon community free and paid both!
FREE class:
Willow and Linden are our herbal allies for June—rooted, wise, and healing.
Welcome to our June and our allies for this month! This month we journey into the heat of summer, creativity, and the energy of Litha (the summer solstice) guided by Goddess Tara, White Willow, Linden, Clear Quartz, and the Mouse as our animal ally.
Thank you for being here! May you go back to your roots, let your feelings move like water, and welcome a clear, joyful reset this summer season.
Reminder: I do create monthly handbooks for members of our Goddess Magic Mystery School community and June’s handbook is available here.
Expanded post available here.
Questions to explore:
What would it feel like to let yourself be surrounded by love—right now, as you are?
Can you have a feeling without putting it into words?
What is stagnant in your life right now?
Where in your life are you repeating the same emotional script instead of letting it move?
Do you feel yanked hither and yon by the pull of your feelings or by other people’s needs?
What would it look like to let emotions flow through you and then go, rather than damming them up?
If you could return one aspect of your life to the “factory settings,” what would it be?
What are your own deep roots right now—what actually nourishes you?
When you go back to the roots, what do you discover you truly want to keep, and what is ready to be released?
Where in your life are you choosing what is convenient or comfortable over what might be deeply true or needed?
Affirmations:
I listen to the child within.
I am surrounded by love.
I nourish wholeness by going within.
I dance with what life has to offer.
I create my life with joy.
I dip my feet into the current of the sacred.
My emotions flow through me with ease.
I listen to the ways of water.
I stay open to what is.
I stay open to what’s unfolding.
I welcome a clear, loving reset in my life.
I return to my roots and open to new possibilities.
I treasure my place
on this earth,
the power of connection,
the roots of inspiration,
the softness of settling in,
the certainty
and grace
of belonging.
It is a gift to be here,
watching it all spin.
Sending love to all of you.
Keep living your magic,

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