The Journey of Self-Discovery
by Sherrie Dillard (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) You need you; there are no substitutes. From a young age we are often taught, in both subtle and overt ways, to compromise who we are and to replace our true thoughts and feelings with false masks. We do this because we want to be […]
Stress, Anxiety, and the Ego
by Atherton Drenth (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) Ah, the ego! That little voice that constantly talks to you in the back of your mind. The all-too-familiar, endless dialogue that taunts and teases you. It can be the withering sub-text of an argument or the moral boosting rant of how you are better […]
How Strengthening My Spirituality Helped Me with My Cancer Diagnosis
by Alexandra Chauran (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) This October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You can consider me very aware, because I was diagnosed with Stage 3 metastatic breast cancer after getting a swollen lymph node checked out at the end of September last year. The next few days were a whirlwind […]
9 Lemons in a Bowl
by Amy Seward No matter what day of the year, you will always find a bowl filled with exactly nine lemons in the center of my kitchen island. It is a labor of love to keep this bowl filled to this exact number, knowing the happiness which fills my soul with just a quick glance […]
12 Ways to Make Your Bath More Magical
by Paulette Kauffman Sherman, PsyD (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) Magic is making the everyday sacred. A bath is more than a physical cleansing; it’s your emotional and spiritual purification. You can make your bathtub the altar in the temple of your bathroom. Think of it as your path to transformation. It is […]
The Art of Introspection in a Self-Obsessed World
by Jennie Lee (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) There is no denying that we live in a time and a culture that is focused on self. “Selfies” have become a global phenomenon, and social media fosters a fixation on me, me, and more me. Posturing to appear as “all that” goes on incessantly […]
6 Basic Fundamentals of Paranormal Investigation
by Logan Corelli (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) In my book, The Haunted Heart of America, I detail the accounts of my most active and exciting paranormal investigations to date. However, in the past almost two decades, I have been successful in experiencing and documenting such events not only by being there and […]
A Checklist: 5 Considerations When Examining Paranormal Phenomena
by Sarah Soderlund (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) Sitting here in the dark, watching the moon shine over the autumn landscape (my favorite time of year) I find myself reflecting on the question that is most frequently asked of me: “How do I know if my house is haunted?” The question seems so […]
Ghost Hunting vs. Paranormal Investigation
by Richard Southall (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) When I started to investigate the unknown in the 1980s and 1990s, paranormal investigations and ghost hunting were not taken too seriously by most of our society. Back in the day, when a person on the street was asked about his or her knowledge and […]
What Are Ghosts? And Why Do We Believe in Them?
by JG Montgomery (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) The paranormal (and in particular, ghosts) has held a fascination for me ever since I was a young child in short pants running around the green grassy fields and meadows of 1970s Lincolnshire. Some of my earliest memories involve tales of ghosts and nightmarish creatures […]