Every generation of Pagans seems to have an unofficial fashion icon.

If social media is to be believed, we’re all gliding through forests in flowing black velvet, trailing lace sleeves, silver jewelry, and enough dramatic scarves to supply an off-Broadway production of Macbeth. Somewhere in the background, Stevie Nicks is singing while ravens circle obligingly overhead.

It’s a lovely image.

It just doesn’t happen to resemble most of the Pagans I know.

In real life, our community tends to dress less like Stevie Nicks and a little more like Marla Singer (reference the movie “Fight Club”) wandered through a Renaissance Faire, stopped at the feed store, and made one last run through Costco on the way home.

To read the complete article, go to The Green Egg Blog: https://greeneggmagazine.com/2026/08/01/pagan-fashion/#more-26225

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There are seasons in life when it feels as though every step requires extra effort. Conversations become tangled. Plans stall. Progress slows. We find ourselves wondering if we’re pushing against an invisible current.

Fortunately, every season has its purpose—and every season eventually comes to an end.

Now that Mercury Retrograde is behind us, many of us feel that subtle shift in the air. The road ahead may not suddenly become effortless, but it often becomes a little clearer. Messages begin to make sense again. Opportunities that seemed stalled start to move. Doors that wouldn’t budge may finally begin to open.

It feels fitting that this week’s newsletter arrives during such a season of transition.

To read the full article, go to The Crossroads Newsletter: https://katrinarasbold.substack.com/p/at-the-crossroads

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For most of my younger years, I assumed life was supposed to be exciting.

Big adventures.

Big dreams.

Big changes.

Big stories.

Big money.

Big relationships.

Then life obliged.

To read the full article, go to The Body of a Goddess Blog: https://krasbold.substack.com/p/the-luxury-of-a-boring-life

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Not a fancy one. Not the expensive beeswax pillar I’d been saving for some future occasion worthy of its existence. I was looking for a little red candle that had already done its job. It had burned down to a crooked little nub, with barely enough wax left to stand on its own.

Naturally, I couldn’t find it.

What I could find was an entire box of other candle stubs.

White ones.

Blue ones.

Green ones that had somehow adopted enough cat hair to qualify as a new species.

Half a cinnamon stick.

A ribbon that once tied something important.

To read the full article, go The Green Egg Blog: https://greeneggmagazine.com/2026/07/28/candle-stubs/#more-26220

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Every practitioner eventually encounters a moment where the energy feels heavy, dense, and unnaturally sluggish. You might wake up feeling like you spent the entire night running a marathon, or notice that small, simple tasks feel like hauling stones up a steep hill.

We often look outside ourselves for the source of the friction—blaming retrograde tides (went direct Jul 23), tricky neighbors, or shifting seasons. But more often than not, the culprit is far quieter: accumulated static.

In our daily lives, we cross dozens of energetic intersections. We absorb the ambient anxiety of crowded spaces, hold onto unexpressed frustrations, and allow outdated emotional patterns to anchor themselves to our lower chakras. Over time, these small threads woven together become heavy chains, pulling us off our center and obscuring our natural sight.

To read the full article, go to the Crossroads Newsletter: https://substack.com/home/post/p-208389078

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There is a specific kind of internal silence that descends at a certain age. It is not the silence of abandonment; it is the quiet of a curator surveying a newly organized collection. You look in the mirror, past the reflection of the woman standing there today, and find yourself observing a crowd. They are all you, yet they are all ghosts.

This week’s Body of a Goddess message is dedicated to that profound realization: as we age, our bodies are no longer just temporary vessels for our current ambitions. They have become formidable, living repositories. Every mark, every new wear-and-tear ache, and every softening contour is a plaque in a physical museum. We are not just standing still; we are co-habitating with the collective weight of our own formidable history.

To read the full blog (and see photos of the phases of my life), go to the Body of a Goddess blog: https://krasbold.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-retired-selves

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Our agrarian ancestors knew that this was a period of tense waiting. The crops were in the fields, baking under the solar furnace, but they weren’t ready for the sickle. If you pushed too hard, you ruined the yield. If you did nothing, the weeds took over. Survival depended on mastering a delicate, high-summer equilibrium.

For the modern practitioner, this mid-July station offers a profound lesson in the Middle Way—the art of balancing fierce external action with deep internal restoration.

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

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But anyone who walks the path of the Craft knows that the landscape carries memory. Energy leaves a footprint in the soil, in the floorboards of old houses, and at the precise junctions where paths meet. When you stand at a crossroads, you are not just choosing a direction—you are standing at a threshold where multiple realities, histories, and spiritual currents converge.

To read the full article, go to the Crossroads Newsletter: https://krasbold.substack.com/p/the-intersection-of-fate

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Society expects us to treat this sudden surge of testosterone-fueled facial embroidery as a shameful secret. We are supposed to quietly whisper about “peach fuzz” while secretly wielding tweezers like tactical weapons. But out here in the real world, we need to talk about the sheer logistics of managing a face that has decided to transition into a rugged, old-west sheriff.

To read the full article, go to Body of a Goddess: https://krasbold.substack.com/p/the-sam-elliott-chronicles

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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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