Leza Labrador

Magician could be a masculine archetype, but it depends. I would say a masculine archetype is usually somebody who is more aggressive, more breakthrough, where women are strong, but we're strong in a different way. You always see the approach when a man comes at you, but a woman might take a different route to get there. We're very different, and we balance each other out quite well. They need our softness and we need their strength sometimes.

First of all, just remember that dreams can have many different meanings. In general, I encourage people to look at their dreams and ask themselves, “Okay, does this represent some part of my life?” For your case, think about the different dreams you've had about this person; you might see some kind of repetition there that might reveal a bigger story.

I love snake dreams. Some people fear snakes, but I love snakes, and I love how they represent transformation. Snakes represent being grounded to Earth. They shed their skin and they transform into a new life. You shouldn't be scared of snake dreams, because if you have one that just means that you are on the verge of transformation, or something else life changing. Normally, this will be for the better, because when a snake sheds its skin, it then moves into its new skin. You're moving into a new version of your life.

I think that manifestation only works as much as you believe it will. I love the law of assumption. The law of assumption means assuming you are going to have something, assuming you are going to be a success. Say you want to manifest a career or manifest a home. I did that with this home after our house burnt down. I sat in silence and I pictured the floors, I pictured the walls, I pictured myself opening up the door, I fell in love with this house. And then my husband found this house online–we bought it before we even saw it, and it was almost identical to the one I was thinking of and imagining. It all comes down to knowing what you want, wanting it so much that it feels real to you. Also, try to be complete in the way you think about things: see the end results. That's when the magic happens.

It is definitely possible to get into witchcraft and be a Christian at the same time. For example, my mom is Italian and I was raised Roman Catholic. My Nonna, who's from Italy, practiced what people today might consider witchcraft, but it wasn't that to her. It was her "folkways". Today, I incorporate the saints, God, Jesus, the Universe and other deities into my practices, but that's unusual. That's just my eclectic practice and the way I do it, but I have friends that are Christian who only practice with Jesus or God, but they'll add in the earth elements to their work. Instead of just saying a prayer, they may go outside and work with the trees and work with nature and calling God, but if you think about it, if you come from a Christian background, God created everything. In my opinion, a lot of the beliefs and practices within Catholicism echo practices that today people might call witchcraft. From saging the church, to the May crownings, to offerings of blood and body, it's all kind of related in some ways to a folk magic perspective. So, yes, definitely, in my opinion you can feel empowered to incorporate Christianity in your witchcraft. There's a lot of Christian witches out there.