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Ruby Warrington. Material Girl, Mystical World: The Now-Age Guide for Chic Seekers and Modern Mystics
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. COMING OUT OF THE SPIRITUAL CLOSET
1. ASTROLOGY AS BASIC LIFE SKILL
READING YOUR CHART
The Planets
The Signs
The Houses
2. INTERPRETING THE TAROT THE NOW AGE WAY
1. The different kinds of cards—an overview
2. It’s all good
3. There’s no such thing as a “bad” card
4. Tarot is not a tool for prediction
5. The tarot is YOU
6. Pick a word, any word
7. There’s no right or wrong way to read the tarot
8. Because the tarot is also a mirror
9. The tarot is an invitation to evolve
10. We still get to choose
11. Pick a pretty deck
12. Let your deck choose you
13. Begin with a one-card pull
14. How you ask is everything
15. No question is too small
16. But be expansive with it
17. Now design your own spread
18. The astro-tarot connection
19. Numerology is also at play …
20. If you’re serious about the tarot, then study it
3 “YOU KNOW YOU’RE PSYCHIC IF YOU HAVE A BODY”
SYNCHRONICITY IS ALSO YOUR PSYCHIC VOICE
HOW TO LISTEN TO YOUR INTUITION
FEEL THE FEAR … AND PRACTICE BEING PSYCHIC ANYWAY
4. DO YOUR DHARMA, FIX YOUR KARMA
SO WHAT IS “DHARMA” ANYWAY?
DISCOVERING YOUR DHARMA
WHAT MAKES YOU COME ALIVE?
DISCOVER YOUR “ORIGINAL MEDICINE”
BEWARE THE S-WORD
5. CONFESSIONS OF A RELUCTANT YOGI
NO EGOS ALLOWED
A BREAK WITH THE MAINSTREAM
MY BODY IS A TEMPLE
What Does My Body Want?
HAIL TO THE YOGA PREACHERS
6. HIGHLY MEDITATED
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO SIT?
THE RIGHT WAY TO MEDITATE?
FINDING MY ZEN WITH TM
MEDITATION IS THE NEW EXERCISE
THE BIG PICTURE (AND THE BIG FISH)
7. YOU, THE SHAMAN
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A SHAMAN?
SHAMANISM IN PRACTICE
ROOT CHAKRA PROBLEMS: SHAMANISM FOR THE NOW AGE
YOU, THE SHAMAN
8. CALLING IN NUMBER ONE (ON SELF-LOVE)
Self-Love Is … Way More Than Bubble Baths and Buying Yourself Flowers
Self-Love Is … Self-Awareness, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Forgiveness
Self-Love Is … the Self as Love
Self-Love Is … a Daily Practice
Self-Love … Takes Time
Self-Love … Can Be Measured in the Quality of Your Relationships
Self-Love Is … Dating with Integrity
Self-Love Is … Self-Pleasure
Self-Love Is … Holding Yourself
Self-Love Is … a Holistic Self-Care Practice
Self-Love Is … Loving Self-Talk
Self-Love Is … Doing the Right Thing
9. YOUR PERIOD AS SACRED GODDESS CODE
INTO THE RED TENT
MAIDEN, MOTHER, CRONE … AND THE SCARLET WOMAN
THE BLOOD MYSTERIES
KNOW YOUR CYCLE, KNOW YOURSELF
PERIOD PRIDE AND THE MENSTRUAL REVOLUTION
10. THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER
PRINCIPLE NO. 1: CREATION AND BIRTHING
PRINCIPLE NO. 2: NURTURING AND PROTECTION
PRINCIPLE NO. 3: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
11. FINDING MY DIVINE FEMININE
THE DIVINE FEMININE AS A FEMINIST ISSUE
ENTER THE WITCH
THE DIVINE FEMININE … IN BED
THE DIVINE FEMININE … IN BUSINESS
THE DIVINE FEMININE … AS SISTERHOOD
THE DIVINE FEMININE … IS GENDERLESS
THE DIVINE FEMININE … IN PRACTICE
MOSTLY A’S: SOUL MATES
MOSTLY B’S: TWIN FLAMES
12. SPIRITUAL STYLE ICONS (A NUMINOUS BEST-DRESSED LIST)
KALI
THE QUEEN OF PENTACLES
DAME VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
VENUS
MAN REPELLER
JOHN LENNON
DONNA KARAN
THE SPIRIT WEAVERS
MADONNA
13. THE INNER BEAUTY V. BOTOX DEBATE
MIND THE COMPARISON TRAP
A NEW DEFINITION OF BEAUTY
Beauty as Self-Love (a.k.a. Self-Awareness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Forgiveness)
Beauty Equals Vitality
“WHAT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD IS STRESS”
THE ART OF SACRED ADORNMENT
GOING AU NATUREL
For Your Altar
For Your Bath
For Your Ritual
Method
A FINAL WORD ON OUR FEAR OF AGING
14. GET YOUR ROCKS ON: CRYSTALS AS WEARABLE HEALING
FORM AND FUNCTION
CHOOSING THE STONES FOR YOU
WHY EVERYONE NEEDS A TALISMAN
WHERE TO WEAR YOUR CRYSTALS
MORE WAYS TO WORK WITH YOUR STONES
In a Tincture
In a Healing Session
In a Crystal Grid
During Meditation
In a Ritual Bath
Keep a Crystal Journal
CARING FOR YOUR CRYSTALS
15. HEALING IS THE NEW NIGHTLIFE
DUTCH COURAGE VERSUS DIVINE COURAGE
THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR
THE VULNERABILITY HIGH (A.K.A. LEARNING TO LOVE THE SHARING CIRCLE)
THE CRYING-WHILE-EVERYBODY’S-WATCHING HIGH
THE DANCING-WHILE-NOBODY’S-WATCHING HIGH
THE CREATIVITY HIGH
HIGH-VIBE DRINKING HIGHS
16. FEELING THE PLANT MEDICINE PEER PRESSURE
PROS. It’s All About the Healing
All the Best People Are Doing It
An Actual Conversation with God
All Natural, All Organic
Spiritual Brownie Points
I Am Very, Very Afraid
CONS. Psychedelics Are Not My Friend
A Ceremony Is Like a Box of Chocolates
The Vomit Sitch
Charlatan Shamans
I’m Very, Very Afraid
17. LOST AND FOUND AT BURNING MAN
A RETURN TO THE DEFAULT WORLD
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GLOSSARY OF NOW AGE TERMINOLOGY
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
