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Mystic Spiral Podcast Episode 10: The Living Elements · Laura and Lauren Podcast

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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to the Mystic Spiral,
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  SPEAKER_01: the podcast where earth-rooted magic,
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  SPEAKER_01: animal wisdom,
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  SPEAKER_01: and ancient enchantment twist together like a serpent and a snail in the moss.
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  SPEAKER_01: Join us as we explore the unseen, the intuitive, and the beautifully strange.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each episode invites you deeper into the spiral,
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  SPEAKER_00: into the myth, and into the wild magic that lives within and around all of us.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hi, I'm Lauren,
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  SPEAKER_01: Crystal Healer, Earth-Rooted Mystic, and Friend of Snails and Mossy Fae Folk Magic.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm Laura, Animal Communicator, Serpent Kinponowich, and Solitary Social Practitioner.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey, Mifflings!
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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to the Mystic Spiral.
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  SPEAKER_01: Today we're diving into something foundational, ancient and endlessly alive, the elements.
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  SPEAKER_00: Earth, air, fire,
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  SPEAKER_00: water, and spirit, the five threads that weave magic, body, and world together.
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  SPEAKER_01: As a reminder,
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  SPEAKER_01: if any questions should arise during this episode,
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  SPEAKER_01: you can email them to us at mysticspiralpodcast at gmail.com
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  SPEAKER_01: and we will address them during our next Q&A episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before we dive into each element, I want to ask you something, Lauren.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you think of the elements, do you see them as beings, energies, archetypes?
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, great question.
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  SPEAKER_01: All of the above.
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  SPEAKER_01: To me, the elements are living presence.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, not human, not fey, not deity, but something primal.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're like original
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  SPEAKER_00: languages of the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Totally.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they're relational.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't use the elements.
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  SPEAKER_00: You collaborate with them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they show up differently for everyone.
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  SPEAKER_01: Some people feel fire as motivation.
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  SPEAKER_01: Others feel it as anger.
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  SPEAKER_01: Some feel water as intuition.
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  SPEAKER_01: Others feel it as grief.
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  SPEAKER_01: The elements meet you exactly where
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  SPEAKER_00: you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they also evolve with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's start with Earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's your relationship with Earth magic right now?
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, Earth feels like the slow heartbeat under everything.
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  SPEAKER_01: Recently, Earth has been teaching me a lot about stability without stagnation.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, you can be rooted and still grow in wild directions.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_00: For me, Earth is the serpent's belly on a warm stone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Grounded, alert, and very much present.
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  SPEAKER_00: Earth magic is the magic of the body, the bones of the physical world.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's great imagery.
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  SPEAKER_01: There are some days where I wish I could just be a cozy critter on a stone setting myself.
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  SPEAKER_01: Same.
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  SPEAKER_01: So good.
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  SPEAKER_01: Anyways, back to the Earth magic.
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  SPEAKER_01: Earth magic in everyday life could look like Tending to your home,
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  SPEAKER_01: touching soil,
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  SPEAKER_01: eating intentionally,
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  SPEAKER_01: honoring your body's pace,
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  SPEAKER_01: creating structure that supports your magic, but not in that rigid way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Earth is where manifestation actually happens, not in the mind, in the physical world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Earth says, show me, build it, plant it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, let's shift things to the air element.
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  SPEAKER_01: This one is fun because people underestimate it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Air is kind of a trickster,
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  SPEAKER_00: but it can also be the messenger,
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  SPEAKER_00: the inspiration spark that gets things flowing again.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Air magic is thought, communication, inspiration, clarity.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's that moment you suddenly understand something you've been circling for months.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's also breath.
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  SPEAKER_01: Breathwork is air magic in its purest form.
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  SPEAKER_01: Totally.
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  SPEAKER_01: And air is movement, not just physical movement, but mental and energetic movement too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everyday air magic looks like speaking your truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Journaling, singing, opening windows, letting ideas flow without judgment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Air is the element that says,
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  SPEAKER_01: let it move, let it change, or in the famous words of
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  SPEAKER_00: Elsa, let it go.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's right,
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  SPEAKER_00: and air is also the element of divination,
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  SPEAKER_00: tarot, runes, pendulums, because it carries messages.
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  SPEAKER_00: Air is the courier between worlds.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moving on to fire, fire is my inner serpent, my spark.
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  SPEAKER_00: My transformation engine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fire magic is will, passion, courage, alchemy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fire is the element that says, burn away no longer serves you.
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  SPEAKER_01: And also, ignite what's waiting.
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  SPEAKER_01: People think fire is only destruction, but fire is also warmth, creativity, and illumination.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everyday fire magic can look like lighting candles with intention,
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  SPEAKER_00: cooking with love, dancing, setting goals, and even choosing yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fire is also boundaries.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fiery kind.
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  SPEAKER_00: The no more kind.
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  SPEAKER_00: And fire is the element of transformation.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't ask permission.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just changes things.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love that fire is honest and sometimes brutally, but it's always with a purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moving on to water.
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  SPEAKER_00: Water is the element I think people fear the most because it asks you to feel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Water is emotion.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's intuition, memory, healing.
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  SPEAKER_01: It always flows.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's the river that, you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: carves into stone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Water magic is the magic of soft power, the kind that looks gentle but reshapes landscapes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Everyday water magic can look like crying or releasing pent-up emotions,
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  SPEAKER_01: simply taking a bath or bathing,
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  SPEAKER_01: drinking water with intention,
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  SPEAKER_01: listening to your intuition, or just letting yourself change shape.
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  SPEAKER_00: Water is also the element of psychic work, mediumship, dream work, fake communication.
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  SPEAKER_00: And water teaches surrender, not in the passive way, but in the trust the current way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Water says, allow yourself to feel it fully, then let
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  SPEAKER_01: it move on.
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  SPEAKER_01: Moving on to spirit.
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  SPEAKER_01: Spirit is the one people struggle with to define.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because spirit isn't an element.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's the thread that connects them.
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  SPEAKER_01: Spirit is consciousness, intuition, magic itself.
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  SPEAKER_01: Spirit is the spark in all things, the animating force.
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  SPEAKER_00: And spirit is relational.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's the way everything speaks to everything else.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everyday spirit magic can look like using your intuition,
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  SPEAKER_00: synchronicities, ritual, connection, and presence.
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  SPEAKER_01: Spirit is the spiral itself, the path, the mystery, the remembering.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love thinking of the elements as a team,
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  SPEAKER_00: like earth grounds water,
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  SPEAKER_00: water cools fire, fire activates air, Air feeds fire, and spirit weaves them all.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: And in magic, you rarely work with just one.
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  SPEAKER_01: Even a candle spell involves fire,
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  SPEAKER_01: air is the smoke, earth is the wax, water is the melt,
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  SPEAKER_00: and spirit is the intention.
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  SPEAKER_00: The elements collaborate, and they balance each other, and they balance us.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's do a little elemental check-in for the collective.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not a formal ritual, just a guided noticing.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you're listening,
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  SPEAKER_01: soften your breath,
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  SPEAKER_01: notice your body,
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  SPEAKER_01: maybe take a moment to unclench your jaw,
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  SPEAKER_01: drop your shoulders,
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  SPEAKER_01: and just be fully present for the moment in your physical being.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where is earth in you right now?
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe your bones, your seat, your weight.
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  SPEAKER_01: Where is air, your breath, your thoughts, the space around you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where is fire, your heartbeat, your desire, your spark?
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  SPEAKER_01: Where is water, your emotions, your intuition, the fluidity in your body?
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  SPEAKER_00: And where is spirit, the awareness that's noticing all of this?
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  SPEAKER_01: You are already elemental.
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  SPEAKER_01: You are already magic.
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  SPEAKER_01: Take this moment to feel this wholeness, the oneness inside you.
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  SPEAKER_01: When you are ready, ground back into the present moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before we leave today, we're going to pull a card.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we were called to use the Crystal Message Cards by Valencia Chan.
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  SPEAKER_00: As a friendly reminder, take what resonates with you and simply leave the rest.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right, let's get to shuffling.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let's see what Crystal is calling for the collective today.
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  SPEAKER_01: We got rhodochrosite, inner child.
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  SPEAKER_01: Rhodochrosite derives its name from the Greek word for rose red, the color for love.
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  SPEAKER_01: The layers of white, gray, and black speckles resemble layers of sediment buried deep within.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is the crystal for retrieving and releasing old childhood wounds to heal inner child.
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  SPEAKER_01: Rhodochrosite invokes a soothing,
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  SPEAKER_01: comfortable energy,
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  SPEAKER_01: The affirmation that goes along with this crystal is,
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  SPEAKER_01: I embrace my past knowing that it has made me the person I am today.
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  SPEAKER_01: I will be sure to post this on our socials,
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  SPEAKER_01: which is Mystic Spiral Podcast on
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  SPEAKER_00: Instagram and on Facebook.
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  SPEAKER_00: This was such a nourishing conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love how the elements are both simple and endlessly deep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Totally.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they're the foundation of magic, but also the foundation of just being alive.
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  SPEAKER_00: And next Wednesday on the Mystic Spiral,
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  SPEAKER_00: we will be stepping into one of Europe's most haunting and enduring legends,
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  SPEAKER_00: the Changeling.
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  SPEAKER_01: Until then, Mythlings, keep listening and keep your magic soft and steady.
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  SPEAKER_01: Bye for now.