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Out of the Shadows

Surya and his two wives. Standing in the light of conscious awareness, we see a long shadow cast before us, the shadow of ourselves. This shadow is like a reflection of ourselves, in which we can see ourselves more clearly. Most of the time we do not notice our shadow, but when we turn to face it, we may see parts of ourselves that we were unaware of. Seeing that it is dark, we may becomes scared of our own shadows, afraid of facing up to what lies therein. "Everyone carries a shadow," Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is." The Jungian shadow is everything outside the light of consciousness, whether good or bad. It represents the aspects of yourself which are unknown to you, which have become repressed through self-denial. What aspects of yourself do you keep hidden? What aspects of yourself do you refuse to aknowledge? These aspects of yourself may be revealed to you through your dream...

New Moon Blessings

So, it's the New Moon tomorrow, at precisely 19:45 GMT if you want to be specific. This is also Mother's Day in the UK and the start of British Summer Time. So, I will be setting my clocks tonight, one hour forward, and then in the morning I'll try to surprise my mum with breakfast in bed. It's a lovely way to start Eostre's moon, which reaches it's fullness at 08:43 on the morning of the 15th April. It is during April that I plan on finally moving into my new home. I have made a couple of videos to show you around, but it still isn't quite ready to live in due to the fact that we have been plastering the walls, fitting a new bathroom and new kitchen. Today I've been fixing the sheds up with my dad, and tudying up the garden. I have a bunch of photos on instagram and facebook. This will be a lovely new home, and in case you are wondering how I can afford this, it's all thanks to my brother Tom. It's actually his house he bought in auction, a...