On the last birthday of the blog (which happens to be my birthday as well) I talked a bit about how the blog started and what it had become.  This year, I want to talk about what keeping this blog has done for me.  

When I started The Mystic in August 2010, my life was very different than it is now.  I had just made a difficult and traumatic career transition and money was in short supply.  People close to me were either largely absent, frequently unwell, or going through their own personal traumas. And I felt very much alone.  

While I knew that something was missing, traditional religious practice just wasn't filling the void.

And then I found New Age spirituality.  It offered something no other spiritual practice had.  In embracing it, I found the freedom and tools which made defining my own path to spirit possible.  For this, I will be eternally grateful.

This blog became my way of focusing on what I was learning and my way of sharing what I found resonant.  It held me accountable.  It helped me to grow. It allowed me to clarify my beliefs and chart my own course.  And somehow, over the course of that, I became a better person than I had been before.

I have a long way to go.  But I do understand where I want to be and much of what I need to do to get there.  In the coming year, I will continue to review contemporary New Age materials but there will be other posts as well.  

My backyard though not really (legally) mine and well outside of my ability to protect.  Still in this space between what was and what will be - we walk, take deep breaths and look out from one mountaintop to another.  Beyond the the trestle and past the curve of the river, just out of view of this picture, is the land that once belonged to my grandfather. Land that I won't see up close again. Everything changes but the moment is always eternal. I'm grateful for all that offers.

Catch me as a guest on Christiana's Psychic Cafe with host Christiana Gaudet as we discuss tarot, angel cards, spirit and more! Great insight on angel card reading by Christiana, as well :)

UPDATE: This interview took place during my New Age phase where I'd temporarily renamed the blog The New Age Review. I went back to The Mystic Review about a year later. But it is true that my 3AM (video) encounter with Eckhart Tolle was the original impetus for the blog.