Off the Shelves: Spiritual Book "Sale"

Since I want to de-clutter my home to make room for the stuff that I actually use, I have made a start today by cleaning out my spiritual book shelves. I am still spiritual and by no means I want to toss out all my spiritual books, but it is like cookbooks: Some books you use more than others. Since I am all for the concept of giving books a second or even more lives, I am offering those books on my blog for "sale" meaning that you can have the book for just the shipping costs and maybe packaging if I have ran out of envelopes. For now I only have Dutch books in this stash, but I will continue to de-clutter my shelves slowly, so who knows what might be there in the future.If people aren't interested, the books will get a second life in other ways. Because I don't want perfectly good books to end up in the trash.

These are the books I have to offer. Some of them had already a life before they came into my home. All books should fit through the mailbox.
Denk je Slank  - Bart Dirks
Sterren, Mensen, kruiden - Mellie Uyldert (is very old)
Heksen en Witte Magie - Lucy Summers
Handboek der Hedendaagse Magie - Lucy Summers
Handboek der Magie - Nicola de Pulford
Meer Magie - Marian Green
Het Paranormale Spelletjesboek - Cassandra Eason
De Positieve Kracht van Magie en Rituelen - Nicole Sommersous
Genezen met Kristallen - Simon Lilly
Kruiden - Sue Hawkey
De Helende Kracht van Kruiden - Jade Britton & Tamara Kircher

That was it for now. If you are interested please mail to cynni _ universe (at) hotmail (dot) com for details.

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Tarot: The Spiral Spread

I never posted anything on this blog before about tarot, but because I got some questions on twitter today regarding a spread I use, I thought it would be easier to blog about it.

I am studying tarot off and on for quite some years now. I started when I was 17, when I had a volunteer teacher at my high school, who taught me the basics of tarot. I kept on studying it myself in my adult life, but on some periods more then others. One thing I like to do with tarot is glimpse ahead a bit and see what kind of things I could expect in my near future. It feels good to know where I stand and if I might need to adjust my actions. Before I go on with the spread I used today, I want to state one more thing. To me the tarot is a translation key to understand the knowledge that already exist on a deeper level within myself. I do not believe tarot can predict the future, to me it brings to the surface what I already know.

The Spiral Spread:
There are many different kinds of spiral spreads (just google to see what I mean) but I use the one from the book: The Sacred Journey. This is a spiritual Journal which you can buy each year again to record your wishes, days etc. on a spiritual level. I don't buy one every year because experience learns that I don't keep the journal for a whole year. But this spiral spread I still use regularly. I personally use it for a seasonal overview of where I stand.

I took a picture of the book so you can see how this spread works. These places help to read the cards meanings in connection with your life. I imagine you can also use this spread for specific questions, but I personally haven't used it for that.
1) Essence
2) Past
3) Present
4) Future
5) Possibility
6) Blessings
7) Synthesis

I could go on and on about the subject because there is so much to tell in depth about tarot cards and this spread alone, but I won't. I will only add that this has become one of my favorite spreads to use over the years. Because to me it always brings clarity without being overly detailed.

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Transform your nagging voice

You might know it. This nagging voice inside of yourself that brings you down. It is hard not to listen to it constantly. It is the voice that makes you insecure. However there is a way to get to terms with your inner voice. We practice it in school now. So if you want to transform that little voice into something more positive, you can follow some creative steps.Make sure you have the time to do this since it can take up several hours, but you can also break it down into smaller pieces.

Write a letter to yourself and write every reason down why you shouldn't be able to accomplish what you want. Let out that inner negative voice and don't censor yourself.

Then draw this monster that says all these things to you. What does he look like. Let him take shape on your paper. If you want to learn more about your monster you can ask him the following questions:
1) Where does he live?
2) What are things that he does?
3) What does he say often?
4) Why does he do and say all those things?
5) What is the thing your monster desires the most?

Now write another letter, but this time write a positive one. Counter all the things your monster said to you and thing of reasons why you will archive that goal! Praise yourself into the heavens. Make it huge! For the best results you use I in this letter instead of you. It feels more powerful this way.

Then once again draw the aspect of yourself that says all these wonderful things about you. Keep this image close to mind and come back to it for advise in future times when you need it.Ask him the same questions that you asked your monster.

In a last step you can transform your monster. Dress him up for a party because your monster also can be afraid and insecure. Make him in a 3D setting or in whatever way you choose and give him a groovy outfit or other adjustments. When I did this myself, I felt closer to my monster afterwards and therefore I felt closer with that part of myself. It felt less frighting. To give you an idea, I will include some pictures of my transformed monster.

I hope this might be helpful to you. I find it such a powerful exercise that I just had to share it. And one last tip: This process can be overwhelming, so you might want to do it together with another person or in a small group of people you trust.

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