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used to slut-shame my inner Love Goddess . And it sucked the magic right out of my life .
Yes , yes , I ’ d say . I know you want the chocolate-covered strawberries and the Champagne and the bubble bath . But I ’ m in a hurry to get to my crappy job that I hate , and I don ’ t have the time . Or money . Maybe later we ’ ll have a beer and some potato chips .
Yes , I know you ’ d like matching undie sets . But it ’ s hard to justify the extra expense . Here , the bargain cotton bikinis I got at Wal-Mart are the same color as the bra . Kind of . At least they ’ re new . And clean .
And skinny dipping sounds like fun , but we ’ re too old and fat for that now . Also a better boyfriend would be nice , but just be glad you have someone . At least he ’ s not gay like your ex-husband . And even if he takes you out to dinner when you ’ d rather go dancing , well , at least you ’ re not sitting home alone with the TV and the cat .
Does any of this sound familiar ?
Are you also telling that part of yourself that wants a magical life of beauty and love , sensuality and luxury , that she should settle ? That she wants too much ?
And then — then — do you wonder why there ’ s no magic in your life ? Why you ’ re not manifesting the love of your life ? Or getting your business off the ground ? Or breaking through to the new levels of joy that are your birthright ? Do you wonder why you can ’ t even pinpoint your purpose ? Or find the personal power to step into it ?
If you ’ re not enjoying all the physical pleasures the world has to
offer , you ’ re not going to do the powerful magic that will make your life amazing . Your body is the battery . If you ’ re not delighting your senses , you won ’ t be running at full power .
And there ’ s more . Your own personal energy forces won ’ t be able to attract love , money , beauty — you name it , you ’ re not going to get as much of it as you desire .
I know that ’ s the opposite of what a lot of us were taught . Western religions don ’ t have much good to say about sensuality and sexuality . Especially women ’ s .
And even the New Age movement gets judgy about physicality . I have rolled my eyes so many times at discussions about the “ most spiritual ” way to eat , move , heal and I swear to Goddess , even breathe , that I would not be a bit surprised to find I could lift weights with my eyelids .
Think about it . If our highest purpose is to transcend our disgusting bodies and live only on the spiritual plane , why would we incarnate at all ? Also , I refuse to take part in a spirituality that has an abusive relationship with my body and all the fun stuff it likes to do .
That ’ s why I ran away to the woods to join the Pagans and Witches a long time ago . Even before it was cool . And it ’ s why I ’ ve created the Empress Program . It ’ s a nineweek program that fuses living deliciously with ancient feminine magic . Nine weeks to more love , more money , more personal power and purpose .
It ’ s launching this May — the perfect time to start connecting with your Divine physical self . To live deliciously .
It ’ s written in the stars , with the Sun moving into sensual , luxury-loving Taurus . And in mid-May , revolution planet Uranus shifts into Taurus for a seven-year stay . Plus , May 1 ( or 5 , depending on your preferences ) is the Pagan holiday of Beltane .
Beltane is all about the joys of the flesh . It ’ s the time the Goddess inside us wants to stop and smell the
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