“I have like a little altar set up at every hotel,” Anderson says. “It’s pretty sweet.” For the Olympics, she packed crystals — smoky quartz and clear quartz — a piece of bark, seed from a Hawaiian temple, and various essential oils. She brought frankincense and lavender to the mountain for her Olympic coronation.”

Let’s decode the “magic” that helped bring Jamie her gold medal:

“seed” from a hawaiian temple: Seeds are magic, potent vessels of nature. They hold entire intelligent blueprints for life. They can lie dormant for ages before the conditions are ripe for them to burst into life. As a beautiful metaphor for consciousness, a seed represents the divine design within all things.

essential oils: are extracted from flowers, leaves, roots, bark and peel. Each are highly concentrated and have there own specific properties. Some are used for aromatherapy and can be used for their soothing, antispasmodic, antiseptic, calming and warming properties.

frankincense: “the essence is extracted from the scrubby tree native to Africa, India and Saudi Arabia. It is said to affect emotions, mood and create a spirit of peace and contemplation. It has a warm and rich fragrance and said to be best used for times of stress and anxiety. It is also said to focus a restless soul, alleviate mental fatigue and mend a broken heart.”

lavendar: “it’s native to The Mediterranean. It is valued for its ability to balance the emotions, retire vitality for nervous exhaustion and calming effect for sleeplessness.”

“Crystals open the mind and heart to higher guidance, allowing the realm of Spirit to be transmitted and translated into the world of physical form.”

smokey quartz: “grounding in an uplifting kind of way, the smoky quartz also provides a subtle energy of protection and balance, power for healing, clarity, and soothing vibes.”

clear quartz: clear quartz meaning is partially based in the belief that it is the “supreme gift of Mother Earth.” Enhanced connections with all earthly elements are at the heart of clear quartz meaning. It’s powers benefit everyday thoughts and feelings as well as actions and words.

It’s this “magic” she says that helped her keep a clear head and positive vibes.

Congratulations Jamie, continued blessings, protection and guidance on your journey!

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Share comments about your personal alters and details of your spiritual practices  that keep you aligned and balanced.

“I think the greatest discoveries will be made along spiritual lines. History clearly teaches that spiritual forces have been the greatest power in the development of man and nations, Yet we have been playing with them, merely and have never seriously studied them as we have the physical forces. Some day people will learn that material things do not bring happiness and are of little use in making men and women creative and powerful. When this day comes, the world will see more advancement in one generation than it has been in the past four.”

(excerpt from the Eastern Star published between 1890-1897)

“I would have every man in my army acquainted with his own possibilities and follow him rather than follow me in ignorance.”- Napoleon

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Birds and the Flowers

“I can see how a person who is suffering, or in sorrow, or in need, would benefit from the teaching of the Order, but I do not see what a perfectly contented with life has to gain. In a world at war, it is natural that we try to point the way to peace. In a generation of sick souls, we try to point the way to health. In a materialistic age, we try to reveal the beauty of the spiritual life. When so many are astray in the wilderness, we feel our duty to point out the way the truth and the life. Ambition is foreign to their nature. They have no longing to excel, to do great deeds, to raise themselves above their sphere. They live in the immediate present and they are content just where they are. We can not live unconsciously as the birds and the flowers do.”

(excerpt from the Eastern Star published between 1890-1897)

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“Issues that gravely affect divine humanity can not take a back seat to “color swatches, lip injections and hair extension.” – KG