Seasonal Magic and Shadow work
Added 2025-10-30 07:00:05 +0000 UTCDear ones,
As I write this, Halloween approaches: that liminal time when the veil grows thin and the world feels hushed, expectant. The air holds the scent of endings and beginnings intertwined. The light lingers gold for a moment before slipping away, and somewhere inside us, something ancient stirs. If you are looking for ways to celebrate the season, whether in the northern hemisphere or the south, you can check out my seasonal festival guides, including guides for celebrating Samhain and Beltane. I also want to let you know a bit more about my Sacred Shadow Work course, below. The launch special ends on Halloween and Patreon subscribers get an extra 10% off.
This is the season when we remember that darkness and light need each other. That rest and rebirth are part of the same breath. That descent isn’t failure, it’s an important part of the journey home to ourselves.
It feels fitting that the launch special for Sacred Shadow Work ends on October 31st, the night when thresholds open and transformation hums beneath the skin of the world.
Over these past weeks, I’ve been deeply moved by messages from my followers. So many of you have written about the griefs you’re carrying, the patterns you’re ready to break, the shadows you’ve finally grown brave enough to meet.
One of you said, “I’m tired of running from myself.”
Yes. This is where transformation begins.
And I want to share something personal. During the creation of this course, was deep in an underworld descent. The work asked more of me than I expected: to face old wounds I wasn’t even aware of, to let go of who I thought I was, to let something truer be born. I’d thought I was shaping a body of work, but really, it was shaping me.
Every time I wrote about a wound, another part of me rose to the surface asking to be seen. Memories I thought were long healed reopened. Grief I’d buried came flooding back. There were moments I felt completely undone — when I questioned whether I could keep going.
But the truth is, that was the initiation. For as long as I remember, I have always felt called to do the work of my soul, to connect with divinity and intuition, to heal and to share what I’ve learned (whether through my fiction or more direct teaching).
Shadow work asked me to live what I was teaching at an even deeper level - to walk through my own darkness with my hands open. It stripped away the illusions, released the old grief, made me face my fears, and left me stronger for it.
And in that rawness, I found the heartbeat of this course. It wasn’t created from perfection. It was born in the middle of the storm - from the messiest, most human places. From the depths. From the dark.
That’s what gives it power. It carries the resonance of lived experience - the kind that can meet you in your own darkness and help you find your way through.
We all go through underworld journeys. Sometimes they arrive as heartbreak, loss, illness, or the quiet collapse of what we thought was certain. Other times they slip in softly - a creative block, a restless dissatisfaction, a sense that the old ways no longer fit. These descents strip us of what is false and ask us to face what is real. They are not punishments, but passages. In the darkness, we meet the raw material of our becoming. We learn to see with new eyes, to listen to what has been silenced, to gather the pieces of ourselves that were left behind. The deeper the healing and the more bravely we embrace the descent, the stronger we rise.
This course is for you if:
you feel stuck and are ready to move forward,
you have a creative project you want to move forward with but aren’t sure how
you’re on the verge of big life changes or ready to start something new
you have old grief or emotional healing that’s ready to complete
When you join now, you’ll have lifetime access, so you can move at your own rhythm and return to the work whenever it calls you back.
After 31 October, the price doubles. For now, you can join for $97 (or 3 payments of $33).
But more than any date or number, I want you to know this:
Your shadows have been waiting for you with patience that feels like love. They are not here to harm you. They are fragments of power, creativity, and tenderness that once went into hiding.
The sensitivity you’ve been told is “too much”? It’s your gift awakening.
The grief that feels endless? It’s teaching you how to love without condition.
The rage you’ve buried? It’s your boundaries remembering themselves.
The patterns that keep repeating? They’re guiding you back to the places that most need your light.
Inside Sacred Shadow Work, you’ll find:
• Seven modules of deep transformation
• Over 20 video lessons meeting you where you are
• The complete Shadow Work Grimoire
• Guided meditations for the hardest moments
• Ritual and spell guides for creating your own ceremonies
• Advanced practices for shame, money shadows, and ancestral healing
If you’ve been waiting for a sign — this might be it.
Blessed be
Iris xx
P.S
I’ve heard from several of you who’d love more live connection, to get a closer sense of me walking beside you as you explore this work.
Because Sacred Shadow Work is a self-paced, pre-recorded course, I’ve been looking for ways to weave in that sense of presence without creating time-zone chaos or rigid schedules.
So, beginning on December 1, I’ll be opening The Shadow Portal: a three-week private Signal group that will stay open until the Solstice. Think of it as a cauldron of voice messages, magic, shared reflection, and gentle conversation. I’ll send short audio transmissions on shadowy themes based on what people in the group are seeking.
You’ll be able to listen in your own time, ask questions if something stirs, or simply let the words move through you. It’s not another course; it’s a field of connection.
Everyone who has already joined or joins Sacred Shadow Work before December will receive an invitation to step inside, so this is your chance to sign up and be part of the cauldron while the course is still discounted!
