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Mother Mary Comes to Me

Stephanie | August 21, 2011

Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene have been with me as spiritual guides for a long time now and lately, Mother Mary has been coming to me in unexpected places. I bought two statues of Mary that caught my eye at a couple of vintage stores I recently stopped into. One is of her face, which [...]

Butterfly Maiden

Stephanie | April 3, 2011

A springtime goddess in the Hopi tradition, she flutters into our hearts to remind us to taste life–butterflies taste flowers by walking on them–and to connect with nature. Butterfly Maiden is a kachina spirit of fertility and spiritual growth. Kachinas carry the prayers of the people to the ancestors in the spirit world. For the [...]

Help from the Guides and Goddesses

Stephanie | November 22, 2010

Embarking on a creative journey brings up a lot of fear and resistance in me. First I am bubbling and bursting with ideas, and then I start to create and manifest them, and then often I find the downpour becomes a drizzle until it fizzles out, another project not completed. So I have been working [...]

Get the party started…

Stephanie | July 30, 2010

Welcome to the SoulCollage® blog party where you can see what SoulCollagers have been assembling. Thanks, Kathryn Antyr at True North Arts for hosting! I had a great time putting my SoulCollage® cards together–some old, some new–and creating a story of Heartwork… Work of the eyes is done now. Go and do heartwork On all [...]