Editor’s Note With Winter upon us in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the perfect time for a little self-care. So this issue we feature the topic of Health and Wellbeing with each article designed to enhance your efforts in this all important area. Each of us find nurturing our minds, bodies and souls such a personal thing and there is such vastly different approaches across all walks of life, that I am so grateful that the inSpirit contributing team has such a real cross section of contributors with differing beliefs and approaches to their lives and spirituality that it can only be of great benefit to you, our reader. In celebrating the whispers of Winter, I myself find the inner stirrings of wanting to eat more healthily rising to the surface. Question is, can I use what is in the following pages and all around me to make a difference in my life with it? Or am I going to continue to be complacent about it. We’ll see come Spring, I guess. I’m sure that what this issue of inSpirit has to offer, will stir your own inner voice to highlight where your own health and wellbeing can be enhanced. From emotional healing and our inner worlds, to our physical health and nurturing the contributions in the following pages can provide you with much opportunity to fortify your health and wellbeing this Winter. This is our wish for you.
Kerrie
With love & gratitude,
In This Issue
4 Nurturing Yourself:
Living in Accordance With the Energy of Winter
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The Gift of Shadow
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Healing from the Heart
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Dreams: The Grey Area
10 A Wintry Journey into Self 12 Journeying with the Dark Mother 13 The Handmade Red Shoes 14 Mirror Image 15 Divine Healing through Magical Cycles 16 Herbs for Winter 18 Past Life Vows 19 Inner Sanctuary 20 The Importance of Hearth Magick in Winter
Regular Columns 11 For the Love of Angels 17 Goddess inSpiration 22 inSpirit Reviews 23 inSpirit Directory
THE TEAM
CREATIVE TEAM Kerrie Wearing, Nicolle Poll, Nicola McIntosh, Alex Cayas EDITOR Nicolle Poll REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS Kerrie Wearing, Nicolle Poll, Nicola McIntosh, Susanne Hartas, Billie Dean, Julia Inglis, MANAGING EDITOR Brendan D. Murphy, Gem~mer, Meadow Linn, Kerrie Wearing Natasha Heard, Laura Naomi, Kye Crow, Reilly McCarron GUEST CONTRIBUTORS Sophie Cram, Danielle Remaili, Argnesh Rose GRAPHIC DESIGN Nicola McIntosh COVER ARTWORK Photographer - www.whatthebutlersaw.com.au Hair/Makeup - www.rachelheyesmakeup.com.au Model - www.coppeliajane.com Post Production - www.nicolamcintosh.com
Produced by Kerrie Wearing and inSpirit Publishing, inSpirit Magazine is designed to provide a respectful forum for like-minded souls to share in a community which aims to provide informative views, opinions and education regarding the experience of living with Spirit. Disclaimer: While every care has been taken to provide the reader with accurate, inSpiring and thought-provoking information, the Publishers take no responsibility for the accuracy of information and views expressed by the Contributors. The views and opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily shared by the Editor Publishers.
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