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 Featured Shinyite: Apatite    Want to work up an appetite? I have just the stone for you! Get it? Apatite?    I think the boss just groaned. Well it's her own fault, after all, she bought me a beautiful pair of Apatite earing for my birthday and now I just can't get my fill. (I crack myself up!😆)    Of course, Blue Apatite is only one of the many colors found in Apatite. The name Apatite is actually given to a family of crystals and can be seen in shades of yellow, pink, purple, white, green and blue - the...

 Featured Shinyite: Amethyst    When it comes to stones that rock, purple shinyites rate high on my list. I mean Amethysts! Amethyst Heart Shaped Specimen Maybe because they are my birthstone. Yep, I’m a February child, born on Valentine’s Day. Makes me a real sweetheart, right? Okay, so the sweetheart part might be debatable, but the fact that this rock is cool is not!     Often called the Stone of Sober Kings, Amethyst is a member of the quartz family. Although classified as a semiprecious stone it can be found in crystal formations. This purple colored gem is found in...

 Featured Shinyite: Tiger’s Eye I was first hired by Just Witchy's for a special project involving bagging backflow incense cones. It was the height of the pandemic, and because of transportation and manufacturing issues, nearly everything had to be ordered in large quantities to ensure product was available. Unfortunately, these were not necessarily quantities the customer was going to purchase. Not many customers needed 550 lilac scented backflow cones, thus the need for my special talents. I love titles, so I created one for myself: Incense Inventory Specialist. It sounded better than: Backflow Cone Counter. As time progressed, the owners...

Mabon The Autumn Equinox September 22, 2022 8:03pm Mabon is a sabbat that celebrates the second of the harvest festivals. This is the greatest of the harvest of the three festivals as this is the time when most of the crops are ripe and ready for harvest. This is the Thanksgiving celebration for Pagans and witches. We gather with family and friends and celebrate all the prosperity from the last year. Today we know the exact day and time of the Equinox, September 22, 2022, at 8:03pm, this is when the earth is in perfect balance, the day light and...

In this week's installment in our Meet our Readers series Laura Lee tells us about her process when it comes to readings as well as her 8 week High Degree Tarot Course that will be starting at the end of July. When someone comes in and they've never had a reading with you, what can they expect? Honesty and a support system. I'm not just trying to throw people under the bus, I'm trying to tell them the truth but also help them through it.. I try to warm them up first because I feel like they are talking to a stranger and these are...