The Mystic Journal

Dreamcatchers: Sacred Not Decorative - Nicole's ritual universe

Dreamcatchers: Sacred Not Decorative

Critical educational article by Nicole Lau: Why non-Indigenous people should NOT own, make, or sell dreamcatchers, understanding Ojibwe origins and sacred meaning, how dreamcatchers became appropriated and commodified, cultural/economic/spiritual harm,...

Dreamcatchers: Sacred Not Decorative

Critical educational article by Nicole Lau: Why non-Indigenous people should NOT own, make, or sell dreamcatchers, understanding Ojibwe origins and sacred meaning, how dreamcatchers became appropriated and commodified, cultural/economic/spiritual harm,...

Choreography Magic: Planned Energy Flow - Nicole's ritual universe

Choreography Magic: Planned Energy Flow

Master choreography magic: designing planned energy flow through intentional movement sequences. Learn elements of magical choreography, creating choreographed spells, types of ritual choreography, group formations, notation and teaching, performing choreographed...

Choreography Magic: Planned Energy Flow

Master choreography magic: designing planned energy flow through intentional movement sequences. Learn elements of magical choreography, creating choreographed spells, types of ritual choreography, group formations, notation and teaching, performing choreographed...

Smudging Cultural Appropriation: The White Sage Issue - Nicole's ritual universe

Smudging Cultural Appropriation: The White Sage...

Critical educational article by Nicole Lau: Why non-Indigenous people should NOT use white sage or call it smudging, understanding cultural appropriation and environmental harm, white sage overharvesting crisis, historical context...

Smudging Cultural Appropriation: The White Sage...

Critical educational article by Nicole Lau: Why non-Indigenous people should NOT use white sage or call it smudging, understanding cultural appropriation and environmental harm, white sage overharvesting crisis, historical context...

Dance Magic: Movement as Ritual - Nicole's ritual universe

Dance Magic: Movement as Ritual

Master dance magic: movement as ritual and embodied spellwork. Learn types of dance magic (ecstatic, ritual, belly dance, Sufi whirling), dance elements as magical tools, dancing for specific intentions, creating...

Dance Magic: Movement as Ritual

Master dance magic: movement as ritual and embodied spellwork. Learn types of dance magic (ecstatic, ritual, belly dance, Sufi whirling), dance elements as magical tools, dancing for specific intentions, creating...

Native American Practices: Why You Cannot Do Them - Nicole's ritual universe

Native American Practices: Why You Cannot Do Them

Critical educational article by Nicole Lau: Why non-Native people CANNOT practice Native American spirituality, understanding genocide and ongoing colonization, Indigenous sovereignty and closed practices, harm of appropriation (fake shamans, selling...

Native American Practices: Why You Cannot Do Them

Critical educational article by Nicole Lau: Why non-Native people CANNOT practice Native American spirituality, understanding genocide and ongoing colonization, Indigenous sovereignty and closed practices, harm of appropriation (fake shamans, selling...

Instrument Magic: Playing with Intention - Nicole's ritual universe

Instrument Magic: Playing with Intention

Master instrument magic: playing with intention to create powerful vibrational spells. Learn instruments and their elemental magic, blessing and bonding with instruments, playing techniques as magical practices, playing for specific...

Instrument Magic: Playing with Intention

Master instrument magic: playing with intention to create powerful vibrational spells. Learn instruments and their elemental magic, blessing and bonding with instruments, playing techniques as magical practices, playing for specific...