Katrina Rasbold

The Crucible of July: White-Hot Magic & the Power of the Furnace

Katrina Rasbold — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:55:48 +0000

Look outside your window during the mid-afternoon hours of July, and you will see a landscape standing in a state of absolute, baking intensity. The gentle, shifting rains of spring are a distant memory. The soil is hard, the air is thick with heat, and the sun hangs in the sky like an unblinking, golden eye.

In modern society, we spend this month retreating indoors, turning up the air conditioning, and waiting for the temperature to drop. We treat the high heat as an inconvenience to endure.

But ancient earth-spiritual traditions view this specific stretch of summer completely differently. They recognize it as the crucible of the year.

To read the full article, go to the Green Egg Blog: https://greeneggmagazine.com/2026/07/12/the-crucible/

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The Echoes in the Wood: When the Past Refuses to Stay Buried

Katrina Rasbold — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:51:24 +0000

Have you ever stepped into an old house, walked an overgrown path, or handled a vintage object and felt a sudden, unmistakable prickle on the back of your neck?

The mundane world tells us that time is a straight line—that yesterday is gone, and the dead are quiet. But anyone who practices the Craft knows that the past leaves a footprint. Energy doesn’t simply vanish; it settles into the floorboards, sinks deep into the soil of the hills, and echoes through the spaces we inhabit.

To read the full article, go to the Crossroads Newsletter: https://substack.com/home/post/p-206730835

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The Precious Quiet: Unfiltered Truth About Normalizing Chronic Pain

Katrina Rasbold — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:48:49 +0000

There is a specific kind of magic that happens in the absolute stillness of a bedroom or while sinking into a lounge chair. It is the moment when you realize, with a sudden and quiet shock, that nothing hurts. In those precious, fleeting minutes, a wave of emotion hits so close to the surface it can bring you to tears—not from sadness, but from the sheer, overwhelming relief that the background noise of your own body has finally gone quiet for a short time.

To read the full article, go to the Body of a Goddess Blog: https://krasbold.substack.com/p/the-precious-quiet

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The Radical Act of Independence: Claiming Your Sovereign Landscape

Katrina Rasbold — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:15:18 +0000

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of flawed, complicated radicals sat in a humid room in Philadelphia and did something entirely treasonous: they signed a declaration claiming absolute sovereignty over their own lives, their own fortunes, and their own sacred honor. They drew a hard line of non-encroachment against a distant, dominant tyranny.

To read the full article, go to the Green Egg Blog: https://greeneggmagazine.com/2026/07/04/radical-independence/

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The Art of Spiritual Anchoring: Maintaining Your Center in a Chaotic World

Katrina Rasbold — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:08:44 +0000

In the modern world, we constantly swim through a sea of invisible currents. Every environment you step into—from a crowded grocery store to a tense boardroom, or even the digital spaces on your phone—carries an energetic footprint.

When you live an active, magically conscious life, your aura acts like a highly sensitive antenna (or lint roller). If you do not intentionally anchor your frequency, you will automatically absorb the ambient static, anxiety, and chaotic debris of the people around you.

To read the full article, go to the Crossroads Newsletter: https://substack.com/home/post/p-204961441

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The Paradox of the Public Eye: Simultaneously Seen and Erased

Katrina Rasbold — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:05:48 +0000

Popular culture loves to warn women about the impending doom of hitting a certain age: The Great Vanishing. We are told that once we cross a specific chronological threshold, the youth-obsessed spotlight clicks off, and we slide effortlessly into societal invisibility.

But nobody ever tells the fat girls that the standard rules of invisibility simply do not apply to us.

To read the full article, go to the Body of a Goddess Blog: https://krasbold.substack.com/p/the-paradox-of-the-public-eye

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Finding the Still Point: The Sacred Interlude of Midsummer

Katrina Rasbold — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:51:15 +0000

Now that we have officially crested the peak of the Summer Solstice and launched the Summer 2026 issue, a unique energetic shift takes place in the natural world. The frantic, skyward momentum of spring and early summer suddenly slows. The wild weeds have done their rapid climbing, the wild berries are ripening on the vine, and the trees stand in their full, heavy cloaks of deep green.

Astronomically, the sun has hit its highest boundary and paused. In the days immediately following the solstice, the earth enters a sacred interlude. It is a time of profound stillness—the quiet space between the inhalation of growth and the exhalation of the coming harvest.

For the modern practitioner, this post-solstice window offers a vital spiritual lesson: the magic of the pause.

To read the full article, go to the Green Egg Blog: https://greeneggmagazine.com/2026/06/28/midsummer-2/

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From the Ashes: Navigating the Cycles of Spiritual Metamorphosis

Katrina Rasbold — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:42:42 +0000

Feeling burned out? So does the phoenix just before it soars up out of the ashes, born anew and ever more beautiful.

In the realm of magic, we spend a massive amount of time focusing on attraction and manifestation. We burn candles to draw money, mix oils to find love, and anchor grids to protect our peace.

But there is a quieter, much more fierce type of magic that we rarely discuss: the grueling, beautiful process of spiritual metamorphosis.

To read the full article, go to the Crossroads Newsletter: https://substack.com/home/post/p-203777285

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Because My Mouth Was Bored: The Dopamine Hunt

Katrina Rasbold — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:39:14 +0000

We need to talk about the absolute lie that is the phrase, “You should only eat when you’re hungry.”

If humans only ate when our biological engines required fuel, the snack food aisle would not be a multi-billion-dollar psychological wonderland. The truth is, a large portion of our relationship with food has absolutely nothing to do with an empty stomach. Sometimes, your stomach is perfectly content, your macros are met, and your nutritional needs are entirely satisfied.

But your mouth is bored. And a bored mouth is a dangerous thing.

To read the full article, go to the Body of a Goddess Blog: https://krasbold.substack.com/

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Passing the Solstice Peak

Katrina Rasbold — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:42:11 +0000

The longest day of the year has reached its zenith, and the solar wheel begins its slow, magnificent turn toward the harvest. To honor this potent seasonal threshold, we just dropped the highly anticipated Summer 2026 issue of Green Egg Magazine (Vol. LVIII, No. 194)!

Our latest edition dives straight into the heavy realities facing our community today

To read the full article and order the magazine, to go the Green Egg Blog: https://greeneggmagazine.com/blog/

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