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10 Wiccan Benefits of Cosmic Energy Meditation

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Cosmic energy meditation is a practice that focuses on tapping into and harnessing the cosmic energy that surrounds us. This energy is the essential, all-pervading force that flows through everything in the Universe, near and far, within you and within the world that appears to be outside of you. It’s a practice that aims to connect with this energy and channel it for personal growth, healing and evolvement. Unlike other types of meditation practices that typically focus on calming the mind and body, cosmic energy meditation is more focused on energy work, spiritual alchemy, and individual experiences of mysticism and…

What Is Spiritual Alchemy and How Can You Practice It?

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A blue and gold butterfly is shown in front of a blurred background of greenery and flowers

Like ancient Egyptian and Greek scientists before them, European scientists and philosophers of the Middle Ages believed that everything in the world was made up of four basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water.  They saw these four elements as having specific qualities and properties that could be manipulated to create new substances. As a result, the early chemists, or alchemists as they came to be called, became focused on turning base metals, such as lead, into higher metals, such as gold. This sounds like the pursuit of wealth and power. And given human nature, for some of these alchemists,…