5 Areas Mindfulness Can Help Relieve Stress & Anxiety
by Erin Byron, MA (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) It is a busy world and most of our lives are full. So full, in fact, that we barely have time to notice how we are living as life hurries by. This sense of disconnected rushing leads to stress and, in time, pervasive anxiety. […]
Connecting with Your Spirit Guides: The Five Friends You Meet in Spirit
by Rose Vanden Eynden (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) I have three special girlfriends known as The Posse. Each of us brings her own unique personality to our group. Stylish and sophisticated, Tracy possesses a strong opinion about every topic imaginable. Holly is blessed with a sharp intellect and even sharper repartee. Energetic […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 Steps to Achieve Any Goal
by Nathalie W. Herrman (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) For many years I misunderstood my own power. I thought I could will things into being with the sheer intensity of my desire—that I could invoke them out of thin air and attract them to me without having to do any specific groundwork. But […]