Content Warning: Eating Disorders, Abuse, Addictions, Body Shaming, Suicide Good Sunday, yall.  Today I've decided to show off my Healing Altar, or my Arete Altar.  Arete is a Hellenic Pillar meaning to be your best self, which is the focus of my healing magiks and shadow work.  Heal the mind, heal the body, heal the spirit.  Heal, become empowered, strong, kind, and confident.  Learn what it means to be better and how to be my best self. This altar has different entities and energies represented on it, such as: Green Tara the Obstacle Remover Kuan Yin the Merciful and Compassionate Shiva a God of Destruction Eir, Norse Goddess of Healing and one of Frigg's Maidens and Odinn's Valkyries Mother Mary Mary Magdalene Goat for Dionysus, a God of Moderation, Addictions, and a Liberator A Fox for Loki the Shapeshifter and Chaos Navigator  Hekate, Protector of Children and Goddess of Witches Medusa, Dark Feminine Energies, Avenger of the Sexually Abused Purif...

I have two messages from the Spirits today. One falls in line with Persephone's message about resting this season: Serpent Energy is calling. What are snakes doing in my neck of the woods? Preparing for winter. Going underground, into dens, caves, hollow trees, preparing for brumation. Ground and rest. " Brumation, not Hibernation ," Serpent whispers. The other, I woke up to this morning: " Find empowerment in being the monster in their mythologies. Unlike the monsters in those stories, you will not be conquered ." - Hearth Foxlynx