The Lotus Pond

It has been about six months since I’ve added any new content to this site. I haven’t abandoned it. Not at all. The Lotus Pond is almost always in my thoughts. But I haven’t had much to say lately. My life has been full with my little two-year old son, with knitting and cross stitch, with work and family. And. somehow, my spiritual practice and Tarot have fallen to the side.

I almost said that it was my faith that had fallen away, but that isn’t true. Even though I may not been actively practising, my faith is always a part of me. It informs all of my decision. It is a part of me. And I feel it is time now to pay more attention too it. My little guy is more independent now, and I am starting to feel an empty spot that used to be filled by my spiritual practise. It is time to fill it.

With that in mind, I’ve added two new pieces to the site:

• Working with Deities
• A Personal Approach to Magic

I have also decided to begin using this first page of The Pond as a blog as well as a place to post site updates.  I do have another blog, Reflections in the Pond, that used to be about my life and my spiritual journey.  However, over the past year or so it has become more about my crafting.  Since I have built up a small audience of readers there, many of which would not be the least bit interested in Wicca and Tarot, I have decided that this would be a good place to post those entries on esoteric subjects that don’t quite rate an entire essay but I still want to write.

To close off, I would like to leave you with a little prayer.  It is inspired by a prayer in Seasons of Your Heart by Macrina Wiederkehr.

O Lord and Lady, help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful and joyful it is.

The old Adopt-a-Deity post from Reflections in the Pond are now available here on The Lotus Pond.  You can read short entries on Athena, Heqet and more.

If there is a deity you would like me to research, please contact me.

Learn some methods for breaking in your stiff new Tarot deck: Breaking in a Tarot Deck.

Finally, a new article for the Wicca Section! You can read about my take on the history of the Rede and how we can live it every day in this essay: An Examination of the Wiccan Rede.

Also, if you happen to be interested in cross stitching, head over to my blog and check out the draw I am holding. Leave a comment on this post before midnight Eastern on June 7, 2009 to enter.

I’ve added my blue and purple colour conversion of Nora Corbett’s Letter H fairy to the cross stitch section.  You can find it here.

Interested in what else I’m up to?  You can follow me on Twitter.  My user name is @silverlotus152.  Or check out the Twitter feed in the sidebar.

This evening I posted two new Tarot articles:

• Getting to Know the Cards – an exercise you can use to introduce yourself to all the cards in your new Tarot deck
• Selecting a Tarot Spread – hints for picking the right spread to give your sitter the best reading possible

I’m also working on an article about the Wiccan Rede, but my notes seem to have gone missing.  The last time I saw them was Earth Hour, so I’m starting to give up hope.  With luck, though, they will turn up soon.

The navigation menu problem has been fixed.  Yay!

New articles are being written and should be posted in a couple of days.

It appears that a plugin has broken my navigation menu.  I’m not sure how to fix it right now.  In the meantime, you can get around the site by using the site map.  With luck, I will have the navigation menu running by the end of the day.

As I was sitting down to type up some new material for the website, I realized that it had gone missing. To be fair, these were notes from before I had the baby, written more than a year ago. Goodness knows where they have gone. Normally I’m very organized, but as anyone with a child knows, chaos follows babies. I’ll try to find the notes, or do my best to replicate them. I’m still aiming to have a couple of new reviews up by the end of this week.

I’m also considering offering free one-card Tarot readings again, via email. I’m curious if anyone would be interested. As always, you can contact me here. Please don’t request a reading at this time, though. Just let me know if you might be interested.

I’ve finally moved over the last page from the old site. Everything that was available on the old, purple site is now here. I will soon start setting up permanent redirects from the old site just to make sure that nothing disappears for anyone.

I’m so happy to finally have everything moved! Now I can concentrate on writing new material. Thank goodness!