We create study guides that contain a wealth of information in a variety of formats: 8 1/2 x 11 inch Guide cards, 3 1/2 x 2 inch Guide mini-cards, 4 x 3 inch illustration cards, 17 x 22 art prints, and 22 x 34 poster prints. All of these can be used as a study guide or for just pleasure to look at. Currently our topics are artworks, chakra guide, rune guide, gemstone guide (earth guide), palmistry guide, grimoire, free spirit, and links. We also are adding free music downloads and free clipart on our Free Spirit page. Select from the menu list at the top, to explore what we have to offer. Read on for more about us and our products. About Us We have been educators for more than 20 years and written many books on graphic design.  We have now turned our creative energies towards our pagan ancestry, making use of our experience in education, graphic design, and paganism to produce informative media.      Our desire is to present mystical knowledge in a visually enchanting way. These guides are to assist you on your mystical journey; to help you find a path that suits your nature.   We know that it can be daunting for a neo-pagan beginning their mystical path. The vast amount of information can be overwhelming.    To help you on your way, our guides have been designed to present information in a straight forward, easily accessible format. Even the veteran pagan will find the information valuable and enlightening.       We are creating as many of these mystic guides as our time permits. If you have a particular requirement, email us and let us know your needs. We will try to help you as well as we can.  Whether you are pagan, wiccan, or just curious about the metaphysical, we are sure you will find something of interest in our mystic guides. See below for information about our products.

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Our Mystic Guide study guides include informative cards, mini-cards, illustrative cards, posters and mini posters. They are individually hand crafted with the most attentive care. For our posters, the artist involved reviews each print and signs it by hand to ensure that it is ready for you. Rest assured that each design is reviewed by a knowledgeable person who approved the art and information before we passed it on to you.
 
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Artwork
The artworks that we present here convey the feelings of our artists towards mother earth. Our artists want to share what they saw and felt through their art. In some of the works, a mystic site is depicted, in others a piece of nature.   

Chakra
Chakras are pathways for universal energy to be funneled into our bodies. Chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and is also a metaphor for the sun. It symbolizes a spinning wheel or vortex that draws in the energy that surrounds us and is throughout the universe.  

Rune
The word rune means secret or mystery. This translation is comparable in various dialects such as: Old Norse (run) Old High German (runa), Old English (run), and Gothic (runa). It suggests that the symbols were used for magical or mystical rituals.  

Gemstone
Earth’s magic is in the living stones and minerals. The intrinsic nature of the universe is that everything is energy. Even objects that appear to be solid like rock are in essence composed of rhythmic patterns of energy that are constantly moving and changing.   

Palmistry
Throughout our lifetime, our bodies register change. Lines and signs on our hands, grow as we evolve, signifying the accumulated experience of our lives. Palmistry is a method of counseling that originated over 5000 years ago.  

Grimoire
Grimorie of Mystical Knowledge. An ever growing compendium of information.

Free Spirit
A free spirit is a person who does what they want with enjoyment and pleasure and does not feel limited by the usual rules of social behavior but has compassion, empathy, and respect for others. Our free spirit section is full of fun and free items such as games, music, clipart, and more
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Articles
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Links
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Primordial Venus by Belenus copyright Mystic Guides Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty and worshiped originally as a goddess of fertility, both of the human and nature varieties. Her name has been assigned to the small prehistoric figurines that have been found throughout Europe, from western France, to western Russia. They are, essentially, small Paleolithic figurines of women. The age of the Venus figurines covers a time span from 27,000 years ago, to 20,000 years ago. The Venus figurines have been found in many forms, carved in stone, ivory and wood, and also crafted of clay. One such figurine is the Venus of Willendorf, carved from limestone, and covered with a thick layer of red ochre when found. The figurine was unearthed in Austria, in the township of Willendorf on the left bank of the Danube in 1908.

The entirely preserved figurine is 4 3/8 inches tall and shows a fleshy woman with substantial hips, an ample belly and full breasts. A comparatively big head rests upon small shoulders. The legs are formed naturally, but shortened. The upper arms are close to the sides with the lower arms and hands resting on the breasts; the face is not detailed; and the feet have little detail. On the inclined head is designed a complicated hairstyle made of parallel curls extending to the neck known as cornrows. She is considered an idealization of the female figure.

Due to the fact that infant mortality was very high, it was extremely important to have many children for survival. This would imply that the figurine was probably a fertility symbol. Her genital area appears to have been deliberately emphasized with the labia of the vulva carefully detailed and made clearly visible with the absence of pubic hair. This, combined with her large breasts and the roundness of her stomach, suggests that the purpose of the sculpture is female procreativity and nurture.

The elaborate detail of the hair also indicates great significance. The ancient sculptor would have had to spend considerable time on the hair which is not typical for other statues dating from that time. In prehistoric times healthy hair would have been significant because of its protection from harsh solar radiation. Healthy hair also meant that the person had a diet rich in protein which signified that they were good at hunting and gathering food, both useful traits for survival of the offspring.

Some suggest that her corpulence would represent high status in a hunter-gatherer society, and that beside her obvious fertility she could be an emblem of security and success.

It is interesting to note that the statue's feet are not shaped in a way which would allow it to stand on its own. This would imply that it was meant to be held, rather than simply looked at. This would form a tactile connection as well as visual one.

For many, the Venus of Willendorf represents the first primordial Mother Goddess, a goddess or female spirit representing the earth as the giver of life; the embodiment of the female principle of fertility. She is also referred to as Gaia, the earth mother.

Whether the small statues represent Mother Goddess, Earth Mother, or other embodiments of womanhood, what we can agree on is that the Venus figurines represent a reverence of the female form and all that it entails.

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