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Samhain rituals for the urban jungle
The Morrigan: Goddess of Battle
Magical tools for your pagan altar
Samhain rituals for the urban jungle
Pagan: Samhain (Halloween) can be celebrated by pagans anywhere, but we come up with Samhain ideas for rituals that can take place in the urban jungle, not the lovely old forest one would prefer...
Handfasting ceremonies and the Pagan Wedding
Wicca / Paganism: Handfasting ceremonies are a Wiccan or pagan wedding that lasts as long as the love does. Based on personal experience, Sky explains the advantages and disadvantages - and what actually happens at a pagan handfasting.
How to be Christian and alternative to boot
Spirituality: There are so many alternative Christian goths and metallers out there. Not an easy road to travel! This article about being an alternative Christian Goth is just for you xxx
How to make fairie magick oil
Magick: Remember when we explained how to catch and keep a fairy lover? Now we come up with one way of making magick oil so that - if you clap your hands and believe - you'll see those sexy fay in the first place...
How to become a Mentat - a human computer
Psychology: Read/seen 'Dune'? We're going to teach you the Mentat technique of problem-solving. Turn yourself into a human computer to achieve impossible aims, from getting the perfect job/boy to writing a novel!
Beginner's guide to Discordia. Hail Eris! Hail Discordia
Discordian cult: Mookychick has ever been Discordian - a celebration of zen, tolerance, inspiration and the unexpected. Find Eris! Then figure out what to do to her when you've found her. Oh, and become a Discordian Pope.
Read: Beginner's guide to Discordia. Hail Eris! Hail Discordia
The Mookychick guide to Sigmund Freud
Psychology: Leaving freudian slips aside, we poke a stick at Freud's theories, achievements and excesses. And we bust some Freud myths just for fun!
Meditation exercise - Transcending tack
Meditation exercises: In the art of Zen meditation, one can learn to focus so intensely on the everyday world that the act of focusing, in and of itself, creates its own special sense of transcendence. With the 'transcending tack' meditation exercise you'll begin exploring this type of experience for yourself by focusing on some of the more bizarre aspects of the world in which we live.
Meditation exercise - The passing parade
Meditation exercise: 
Today you'll focus on inducing a mystical experience by altering your perceptions of the people around you. Pick a crowded location full of strangers: A busy airport, train station or shopping mall will do. Spend anywhere from 1 to 4 hours sitting in one place observing the people milling about. And provided you don't get a sore arse from all that sitting, something rather wonderful will happen.
Meditation exercise - Unified field
Meditation exercise: Today's meditation exercise looks at the idea that everything might be put together in a much more unified way than we think - and that you might have more in common with a moon, a porcelain dish or your arch enemy than you realise. Onward, child of mystery - it's time for today's meditation!
How to look after your crystals
Crystals are beautiful, natural and individual, each with a list of beneficial properties but they need care too. It's important to treat them with sensitivity when you choose them, cleanse them, charge them and even when you lose them. So look after your crystals and they'll look after you.
Find your animal spirit guide
Animals are here to teach humans. They remind us that we are only a small part of creation; that each part of creation has a place; that each creature has its own skill and wisdom. Take this to another level by finding and working with an animal spirit guide of your own...
A quick guide to dream interpretation
Some say dreams are not just a way to make sense of what happened during the day but the means for important messages to reach us; messages that our logical self just doesn't pick up on. So here is a quick guide on reading your night time imaginings using a couple of different methods.
The magickal arte of beauty
Everyone knows that true beauty comes from within. Well, at least that's we say but how far do we really understand it? Here's a way to try it out for yourself... magickally.
Practical magic: Make a magical sigil
Working real magic turns your life into an adventure with limitless possibilities. We give you a step-by-step guide to making a sigil - a form of magic that brings you your heart's desire. And all you need is a pencil and paper...
Guide to ghost hunting
Whether it be at a spooky old hotel, a hotel bathroom, or an ancient cemetery, Wendy Withers shows you some tips and tricks to survive your first haunted adventure.
The iPod Oracle
The tarot was just an innocent pack of playing cards until it started to be used as a means of divination. Deborah Taylor believes that the iPod could go the same route, and shows you how to turn your iPod or mp3 player into a divinatory tool you'll love and use forever.
A beginner's guide to dream interpretation
Dreams are stories expressed in a language from your own experience, says Caroline X. You might not be able to understand them readily but if you keep a dream diary and learn about your own personal dream meanings, some realisation might start to dawn....
Improve your mooky memory with mnemonics and the roman room
Why bother improving your memory? Cell phones and the internet remember numbers and facts for us, but it's better not to be too reliant on anything that isn't yourself. Mnemonics are mind-tricks that can help creative people with untidy minds to, you know, actually remember things!
Use mnemonics to make your memory a fortress, not a jenga tower
Psychogeography for beginners
Ever felt drawn to strange old warehouses or puzzled over everyone looks like a robot on their way to work? With the aid of a few exercises, Mookychick shows you the semi-occult art of psychogeography - finding out how the environment you live in shapes the way you think. Becoming a psychogeographer is as easy as studying graffiti and poking your nose where it doesn't belong...
Magical ritual: Toast more often
Caroline X wonders why pagan cultures toast the gods before they eat or drink themselves, and decides to give it a try...
GETTING INTO... HINDU PHILOSOPHY
We talk to Shakti, a bhakti-girl who's been on her path since she was 8, when her physics teacher let slip a secret of the universe...
MEDITATION FOR LAZY LADIES
Think meditation involves too much ommmming and you can't dedicate a whole 20 minutes a day to mental health? Don't worry! There are meditationy things we can do every day that are easy and won't draw too many stares...
HOW TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL BATH
Bathe your way to becoming a perfect spiritually-sound goddess with this how-to guide (props for the bathroom, things to do before, during and after the bath)... for busy, grubby girls who can only afford to be glamorously spiritual once a week.
How to become a witch
Mookychick talks to Caroline, a sassy young miss who lays it down about her scene, how she became a witch, and what you can and can't get away with in the world of wicca...
Getting into TANTRA
Mookychick talks to Maria, a tantric practitioner, to get the lowdown on tantra, what tantra means... and what it doesn't. (IE it's NOT sacred sex, ladies.)
Palmistry
Palmistry is the process of foretelling the future through marks on the palm. Find out more about palmistry (did you know, fr'instance, that your least-used hand is your past and your most-used hand is how your future is progressing according to the steps you're taking now?).
North/South Nodes:
The astrological concept of north/south nodes could genuinely change your life. Have you ever read a description of your sun sign and it just didn't sound like you? North and South nodes tell you where you feel too comfortable in your life and where you need to grow.
Spells for the witch in you
Pagan magic: The witch within is the voice telling us to breathe some magic into our lives. Your witch intuitively understands the wonders of spells and other rituals. These allow us to know ourselves and others better, improving the quality of our lives, encouraging us to face our problems. Try it. Believe it. This might just work...
Paganism and wWicca
Wicca, Paganism, Magic and Spirituality: Become a witch! Learn wiccan spells with our introduction to wicca and paganism. Get into dream interpretation, psychogeography, magick, paganism and more - Mookychick
