Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Three of Wands

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Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Share the burden, you don’t have to do everything alone. Asking for help is not a weakness, it’s a strength that allows you to achieve success together. Together you can read more, research more, do more and complete more. You move the projects and activities forward with more achievement and more success.


Additional Insight:

You can struggle and waste time, slowing down the process of getting things done and risking the loss of opportunities that are coming your way.

Or, you can swallow your pride and ask for help in order to achieve your goals and put your thoughts and plans into action. You can be ready when opportunities arise. You can get more done by delegating and letting go of that task, so you can focus on a bigger item that does need your sole attention.

Micro-managing is another way of saying you have no faith or trust in those around you. It means you don’t think anyone else can accomplish what needs to be done, except you. Micro-managing is a concept of ego and arrogance. It’s not the action of a good manager.

Those around you may do things a little differently than you would, but that doesn’t make their way wrong or ineffective. Trust those who can and are willing to help you out. You put them in the position to be part of your world, or part of your team. So give them the respect to do the job, to do it well and to get it done. Continue reading

Who Are The Pagans

Wise Old Wolf

The Wise Old Wolf

We’re The Other People

Many years ago a friend sent me an article that explains who we pagans are, from the very beginning of time. Well, time as it relates to Christians anyway.

The article was originally published in a periodical from Church Of All Worlds called “Green Egg“, years ago. The magazine isn’t published any longer, but the Church still exists. I am very fond of this article and when I originally went looking for it, I could only find it in Google’s cached pages. But it doesn’t even exist there any longer.

The article was written by Oberon Zell from Church of all Worlds. It is way too good to let his story fade into the ether of the internet. In 1999 I attained permission to reprint the article as long as I made sure I gave the credit to Oberon. Well of course, and gladly so!

The story shares some important insight into the origins of Earth and formation of life. Using the Bible itself to explain and discuss the origins of Pagans from the Christian perspective. Come take a look, you might discover something you never thought of and expand your view about the Other People. Continue reading

Metaphysics: The Basics of Paganism

CommunicationThe Essence of Metaphysics

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with some other spiritual and metaphysical authors. The majority spoke of Metaphysics from a New Age, New Thought and Unitarian perspective. At some point I said “Well Metaphysics is pagan, and not based on Abrahamic doctrine” which to some degree all of these spiritual paths hold a connection to.  ..uh oh.. did I start something!!

Thankfully most of the people, ok, there were about 14 people in this conversation and only 2 seemed offended by my comment. Others looked confused and question my claim. Others were curious and asked what I meant. So I began to explain.

While we associate the writings of Metaphysics with Aristotle, he didn’t create the concept nor was he the only one writing about it. You can read more about this in my book Pagan Metaphysics 101. But the early cultures around the globe were all pagan. Which seems to have come as a surprise to some people. They actually believed the society that gave us the Great Greek Philosophers were following early Christian teachings.

It was hard letting them down and putting a few facts into their assumptions, but it had to be done. Pythagoras established the Pythagoras Brotherhood (a philosophical society that discussed life, the universe, morals and much more.) in 530B.C. That would be 30years before the completed Hebrew Manuscripts. And Pythagoras is said to have created this Brotherhood late in his life, about the time he was 50 years old. So presumably the concepts within metaphysics were part of his life and understanding long before he established the brotherhood. “Metaphysics” was coined in late 300’s B.C. by Aristotle. It wasn’t until 200 B.C. when the completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts were completed. These manuscripts contain The 39 Old Testament Books AND 14 Apocrypha Books of the earliest version of the Torah. This happened nearly 100 years after Aristotle penned his writings. Say what?! Continue reading

Words of Wisdom, Thought and Inspiration

DotingTea2A Few Gems To Share

Recently we have discovered a lot of search requests here on the blog for quotes and sayings. We really don’t have a place to list all the little gems of wisdom that Spring has shared throughout the years. And the increase in this search request got us thinking. Maybe we should have a place for the ones we like the most.

Everyone here at Spring’s Haven and Spring herself, want to say thank you for the inspiration to build this section of the blog. We’re ever so humbled and thankful that some of you have wanted to find more sparkles of wisdom to inspire or share with your family or friends.

So we’ve added a page to the About section of Springwolf Reflections. Come check out what we’ve found lying around here and there. We’ll be adding to the list from time to time as we find a new gems and old.

Quotes By Springwolf 🐾

© Springwolfs Hanko

© 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Knave of Swords – Inv

Knave of Swords - Inverted

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Tuck your head between your legs and …give yourself a hug! There’s enough going on in your life to struggle against. Stop trying to join in the fray and help those determined to destroy you and keep you down in the muck and fear of the past. If they want to be there, you may need to let them go so you can move forward on your own.


Additional Insight:

You can’t make others see that their own fear is keeping them in despair and struggle. If they’re not willing to look within themselves and discover their own lessons; you can’t make them do it. But you don’t need to join them there and ignore what you have learned about your own patterns of action or inaction and moving your path forward.

Self sacrifice doesn’t mean wallowing in self-pity and living in the past so that someone else feels good about who they are. It doesn’t mean constant struggle against things you know can be changed and overcome. It doesn’t mean fighting against the cycle of hardship to remain in that continual downward spiral, just so someone else feels safe and secure in their own fear and stagnation. 

Your sacrifice might allow someone you care about to feel justified to continue walking the path of their same old negative patterns. Constantly fighting against the world, you and themselves. But you’re not doing yourself any favors by ignoring everything you’ve been working to change, so they can keep you anchored in your own negative actions and mired in all the fears you’ve worked so hard to let go of and overcome. Continue reading

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Five of Pentacles

 

5 of Pentacles

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Don’t dwell on what you don’t have.  Focus on what prosperity you do have. If you focus on the bare coffers you’re aiding to that energy and keeping them from being turned around, ready to receive abundance. You still have blessings and those will and can create opportunities that allow you to focus on the positive things and bring more to you. Get out of the rut you’re in by being honest with yourself. You’re not perfect. But you don’t need to be! You are your worst critic and things really aren’t as bad as you think they are. Let go and let yourself move forward to better situations and better days!


Additional Insight:

Don’t allow your mood to hold you back and create more of the same struggle, conflict, and depression. You’re only making things harder on yourself.

To turn the situation around, you need to lift your spirit and look through better eyes. See what you do have, the intangible things that mean so much more than the materialistic things. While some financial prosperity is needed to survive, the struggles you face will only get worse if you continue to dwell in the past. You are pulling yourself down, along with those around you. Let it go! They deserve better and believe it or not; so do you!

Stop trying to make things perfect; they never will be. Stop procrastinating, putting things off is only making things harder. Stop holding back because what’s ahead is scary and filled with unknowns. Those things should make the road ahead exciting and filled with anticipation. You should want to hurry up to get down the road and turn the corner so you can see what’s there. Be part of your future; not a slave to your past! Continue reading

A Correction – In Full Disclosure

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OMG, Face Plant!!

Numerological Updates

If you’ve read my blog you know that I often say “no one is perfect” and “we all make mistakes”. Well I made a doosey!  And thanks to a visitor who pointed it out; I can correct it!

Geez! It is embarrassing when you make dumb mistakes. It’s worse when you have proof readers who miss it too; and it goes unnoticed or unreported for well, coming up on 2 years now! OMG!

That means wherever I’ve made a post about the Alphanumeric perspective of a number…it’s wrong! Wrong I tell you! Dayum! So now we’re going through the site for the last 2 years and correcting our stupidity! At least I can say “our”…and I don’t feel so alone! 😉

We’ll be adding a link to all the articles that have to be updated here on this post, in case anyone was relying on the information from that particular article. We want you to know it has been updated and corrected. It may take a day or two to find and fix everything, but we will be open, honest and transparent about it.

Admitting your mistakes isn’t always an easy thing. But it is the right thing to do. We could delete the comment from the person who found the error and go about changing things without anyone knowing. But if we did that someone out there might be holding onto erroneous information that directly affects their view or perspective of themselves or their world. And I can’t have that! It’s not the right thing to do and I value both my integrity, reputation and mostly those of you who read our sites and rely on our information too much to do that. So we will be open and honest about our mistake, screw up, stupidity….oh the words we could use! Continue reading

What You’ve Missed This Summer

Merlin von Habbenhaus

Merlin von Habbenhaus
January 29, 1998 – July 31, 2007

Here On Springwolf Reflections

If you haven’t visited during the summer, you’ve missed a few things. From the rare Friday the 13th Full Moon to the Summer Solstice celebrations with Faeries, the Sun and Moon, and a few spiritual insights you might want to take note of as well.

Check out what we’ve shared and expand your perspectives.

From June:
Spring Appeared on Paranormal MD Radio.
Summer Solstice – Time For Faeries.
Merry MidSummer & Winter Solstice Festivals.
I Was Told I’m A Born… : Witch, Wiccan, Shaman, etc.
Theology vs Metaphysics.
A Best Day Ever.
How Rare Is “Full Moon Friday the 13th”.
Happy Full Moon Friday the 13th.
The Numerology Of Friday June 13, 2014.
The Popularity of Friday the 13th.
Friday, the 13th and The Full Moon.
The Legend Of The Sun and The Moon.
Sunday Homily: Have Faith, Not Hope.
Intriguing Experience In Talking To Ghosts.

What you’ve missed so far this July:
It’s 07/14/14 – So What Does That Mean?
Many Paths, Many Perspectives – The Diversity of Spiritual Knowledge.
Spring Appears with Michelle Spalding – PodCast Available.
What Happens When We Die – The Process of Life and Death.
Words of Wisdom, Thought and Inspiration.
Quotes By Springwolf 🐾 – Some Things To Think About
Metaphysics: The Basics of Paganism – The Essence of Metaphysics
Who Are The Pagans – by Oberon Zell.
Be Like Water My Friend – Go With The Flow.

© Springwolfs Hanko

© 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

It’s 07/14/14 – So What Does That Mean?

Number 4 by Springwolf © 2014The Numerological Message for July 14th, 2014

Mathematics is the only language shared by all humans regardless of culture, religion, or gender. Today stood out for me, because of a pattern I saw when I posted today’s Tarot Meditation Insight. In my strange brain, I saw a 7 and it clicked that two 7s, are 14 and there’s two 14s in today’s date. Well that seemed interesting to me for some reason. Maybe because 4 is my favorite number. So I decided to look into the number from a Shamanistic Numerology standpoint.

A quick review
Prime numbers are those numbers that are specific to you, your birthday, social security or other numbers that will stick with you throughout your lifetime.

Sub-Prime numbers are numbers associated with you that change over time. Your phone number, an employee number, drivers license number and other things like that.  A date falls into the category of Sub-Prime, because it only comes around once and quickly changes to the next day in the scheme of your lifetime. Continue reading

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: 5 of Cups – Inv

Five Of Cups-Inverted

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Don’t fret, you’re not going to lose everything you have. Even though things seem upside down this morning, by the afternoon, you’ll feel better about what you still have within your cups. Don’t hide your eyes and ignore what needs to be done. Stop procrastinating.  If you keep focusing on the negative, you’ll pull more of that toward you and continue to build the snowball that takes you down hill. Stop trying to make things so perfect that you miss the chance to reap the benefits! You’re ok; now stand up and keep fighting!!


Additional Insight:

If you focus on worry you’ll create the situations you fear the most. Stop putting things off because you’re worried they aren’t exactly right. That trepidation will only pull more fear toward you and that won’t fix the issue anyway. You’re not perfect, you’re never going to be perfect and that’s ok. Because no one else is perfect either.

Submit your report as it is. You’ve polished it, worked the numbers and tweaked it more than you needed to in the first place. It’s fine! Let go where it can do some real good and bring positive and prosperous things into your life! Delaying it will only cause things to get worse and then you may lose what you have left!

It’s going to be a good day. Though it may not seem like it this morning, things really aren’t as bad as you’re imagining them to be. Dare to be positive. Have the audacity to believe you deserve all that you wish for and more. Break down the barriers in your thinking and expand your perspectives to the unlimited resources and potentials of the grand Universe! Beyond the Milkyway, beyond the far off galaxies, beyond all limits; no one can hold you back, but you! Continue reading