There is a real joy that comes from hand-creating something in an increasingly A.I. world.

Mixing watercolors, watching the pigment swirl and move like it has a life all of its own on the paper. It’s a deeply reflective, feminine, intuitive practice. I find myself happily letting go of exactness, perfection and releasing the ‘need to control’ and it feels quietly soulful (and all about a slower way of living).

{ Moon Tree art print - available in various sizes > click here }

We are “between eclipses” right now. It is often one of my favorite windows for sensing into the magic, the unfolding of change and what is in the process of becoming.

Please take extra special care of yourself, stay grounded and breathe deeply during this time of uncertainty. The New Moon Solar Eclipse is just days away… we are all riding the currents…can you feel it?

Wishing you blessings of beauty and mystery,

Catherine Athena xo

I’d love to hear what calls to your heart… Please leave a comment below and let me know.

Blessings of beauty,

Catherine Athena xo

Books on my bedside table appear to reflect this inward yearning… books on shadow work, archetypes and art created from that place. Tarot, Myths and Wild Woman Fairytales.

“The Wild Soul” - Catherine Athena Louise © 2024 {hand painted transfer print}

This coloring book is a gentle introduction to nature-based spirituality, shamanism and earth medicine practices for young (and young at heart) artists. Coloring can encourage a relaxed, mindful state of awareness, and this is combined with imagery visioning a more simplistic, ancient way of being close to Earth Mother - Dreaming our world into Being.

   I have always believed... 
To create the beautiful new world we say we want, we must begin with the children - guiding, encouraging, and nurturing them in ways that honor & respect the Earth and all beings.  My wish is that this book will be a living prayer to manifest this vision into reality.

PRODUCT DETAILS

• Softcover Paperback: 48 pages

• Publisher: ThunderRiver Publishing (May 11, 2021)

• Language: English

• ISBN-10: 1913402045

• ISBN-13: 918-1-913402-04-4

• Size: 5.6 ounces, 8 x 10 in / 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Get your copy today!

Available now through Amazon. Please click here to order.

Reviews:

- Lynn V Andrews, New York Times best selling Author of the Medicine Woman Series

“Catherine Athena’s coloring book for children is a remarkable inspiration. In her fantastic imagination and effort she has created a bridge between ancient shamanic works and the abstract mind of a child. Through the abstract practice of coloring a figure she has demonstrated how energy can manifest into form. I can not imagine a finer explanation or process for educating the creative and innocent minds of today’s children.”

-Jonathan Horwitz, Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies.

“When I was a child, I knew the world was alive - everything! But this knowledge wasn't supported. Not only did I talk with the family dogs, trees invited me to climb them, seashells brought the messages from the ocean, birds showed me paths in the woods, stones had secret power, the clouds showed me pictures and creeks took me to faraway places, while dragonflies told me secrets. Where was this shamanic coloring book when I was a kid? But that doesn't matter - what matters is Spirits of Nature is here now, touching that spiritual essence in every child. Shamanic artist, Catherine Athena Louise, knows that the natural wisdom of children needs to be supported - especially in this world of hyper technological development, and that is exactly what this shamanic coloring book does. Each of the drawings encourages a deeper connection with nature. And who knows? Perhaps, some of the magic will rub off on parents as well!” 

-WindEagle Kinney-Linton, co-author of Heart Seeds, A Message from the Ancestors, Founding Director of Ehama Institute and the World Foundation for the Discipline of Peace.

“This book is a gem. Welcome into the world of magic, the natural world. Here the author plants seeds of wonder and meaning into young hearts, awakening curiosity, beauty and connection”.

-Chris Lüttichau, Author of Calling Us Home, and Spirit Animal Guides.

“The shamanic coloring book, Spirits of Nature, speaks directly to the hearts of children (and the inner child in adults) in a way that can help them deepen their connection to the magical world of nature and spirit. It encourages and allows children to use their natural connection to the spiritual reality in a free and creative way. This book can help children keep their curiosity, their sense of adventure, and their sense of awe and wonder alive in today's world”.

-Renee Baribeau, Award Winning Hay House Author of Winds of Spirit.

“This is a wonderful coloring book for your child or for your inner child to get you more connected to nature and everyday ceremony. I love it!”

-Marlise Wabun Wind, co-author of Dancing with the WheelThe Medicine Wheel Workbook (A Sun Bear Book), The Medicine Wheel Earth Astrology, Bear Tribe's Self Reliance Book, Dreaming with the Wheel and Black Dawn, Bright Day.

“I love the philosophy you express in your beautiful coloring book. It is so important that we do work with the children, helping them to understand and feel a part of their natural world. I very much appreciate your contribution to doing that in such a creative and inspiring way. Spirits of Nature is a book for children of all ages to share and enjoy”. 

-’Kaypacha’ Tom Lescher, Shamanic Astrologer, creator of the popular 'Pele Report' weekly astrological forecast and New Paradigm Astrology.

“Mother Nature is such a wellspring of nourishing light and love to all parts of our being! She forever reminds us of the magical mystery of life, its eternal nature, and continuous support. Particularly through these troubled times, she remains a constant source of renewal, peace, and beauty. In her book, Spirits of Nature, Catherine Athena is offering us all, both children and adults, an opportunity to reconnect with not only Mother Nature but our Soul. It is such a beautiful reminder of simple yet shamanic practices we can do each day to build a stronger bond with Gaia and ourselves. I can't wait to pull out my crayons again and know you will find sweetness within these pages yourself. Thanks for all you do, Catherine Athena! Blessings! So Much Love”. 

-Catherine Just, Conceptual Artist, Toltec Nagual.

“What a beautiful coloring book! I love everything about it and can’t wait to color in it myself and with my son Max! This is a great introduction into the shamanic way of life. I think every child could benefit from the creative expression intertwined with learning shamanic practices”.

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A collaboration between mixed-media artist Catherine Athena and Camino photographer Patrick Walking With Jaguars, bringing together a unique visual experience of the famous pilgrim route Camino De Santiago De Compostela. This 40 page, re-usable Calendar Book can be used any year you wish.

Combining Patrick’s stunning photography with my torn-map paintings, depicting the Way of Saint James, each month includes an positive declaration affirmation to guide and support you on your journey through life, whether you are on Camino across Northern Spain or at home contemplating your Sacred Mission and next adventure.

Due to popular demand we are offering this book in two alternate cover versions - showing different energies encountered out walking the Camino. Choose from the golden light ‘Morning Sun’ cover or the 'Open Road Moon' edition.

This 'any-year' calendar book that can be enjoyed as a visual reflection point and inspirational spiritual travel memoir at any time of year, in any year you choose. We love sustainable, renewable, reusable items and hope you will reuse this book again and again over several (or many) years, if you enjoyed the photographs and affirmations we share within it.

We chose 'perfect bound' flexible glue binding so that this book is more durable, sturdy and should last longer. To hang this calendar-book on the wall, you may need to hand flatten the book along the spine across the open pages so that it lies as flat as possible, and then make a small hole with a push-pin or drawing pin along the top centre page edge.

PRODUCT DETAILS

• Paperback: 39 pages

• Publisher: ThunderRiver Publishing (November 30, 2020)

• Language: English

• Size: 5.4 ounces, 8.5 in x 11 in / 216 mm x 279 mm

• ISBN-10: 1913402010 (Morning Sun cover edition)

  ISBN-13: 978-1913402013

• ISBN-10: 1913402037 (Open Road Moon cover edition)

  ISBN-13: 978-1913402037

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USA / Canada / Australia / New Zealand / Global:

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Thank you so much for supporting this handmade artisan book! I am super grateful and excited to see these twin books going out into the World. 

Wishing you all a beautiful, magical week ahead.

Love and blessings, 

C x

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We didn't pause to over-think it... we just started straight away. Firstly by looking through Patrick's photographs from his own four journeys along three of the caminos -- along Camino Frances (the most well-known pilgrim's Way), Camino Norte (the most northern camino route) and the Primitivo (the Original Way). 
We laid the photos out in order, thinking about the flow of the twelve months, switching and moving their sequences around till they felt right.  

And then I set to work creating the look I hoped to achieve consistently throughout the book.  

I've always really loved old linen bound books and ancient maps. I imagined torn parts of maps, the color of the vintage paper, the smell of well-read, lightly golden tanned pages and hand-inked drawings. 

I asked my Spirits for their help and guidance, waiting for the imagery to appear...letting the energy flow through to me and then I would quickly capture them, in inks and watercolor on my 'torn papers'. 

I wrote an 'introduction' about the camino - because this book may be the very first time some people have heard about it - and also some positive declaration - affirmations. There is one included for each month. 

There couldn't be a deadline to work to, I couldn't force things and had to let the book lead me to making itself. We also wanted to make a calendar that could be used in any year at all, and not have to be restricted to just one particular year cycle. We live in times of such a throw-away culture, I personally think it's nice to have things we can re-cycle and re-use.

We put the cover image to a vote and over 200 folks told us (quite passionately one way and the other) which image called them most, for their own different reasons. 

We listened and will be offering both cover options -- we feel they show two quite different energies that can be encountered out on Camino, the golden light of the Morning Sun, and the Open Road, under a harvest moon... 

 'Morning Sun' cover (ISBN: 978-1-913402-01-3) 

'Open Road Moon' cover edition (ISBN: 978-1-913402-03-7)

Both these alternative cover 'book-twins' will be published through ThunderRiver Publishing and available from 30 November 2020! To coincide with the blue moon Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in the twin-sign of Gemini.

I'm feeling so deeply grateful today for the opportunity to make this book, and all the gifts it has brought me during the process. 

Thanks for reading!

Catherine Athena xo 

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and Part 2 >> http://catherineathenalouise.blogspot.com/2014/09/revisiting-alchemist-part-2.html

Love and blessings on the way to following your personal Legend...

Catherine Athena xo

Love Collage -  © Catherine Athena Louise 2020

It really is where I want to be focussing my attention. As they say, where awareness goes energy flows! 

I have some big plans afoot for this year. I'm looking forward to sharing the adventure with you here. 

Wishing you all a beautiful 2020 ahead! 

Love and blessings, 
Catherine Athena Louise xo


• • •My journey through the senses• • •

taste:: Red rose petal tea and honey - heartwarming on so many levels!
smell:: Rosa Damascena - Damask Rose oil close to my heart.
touch:: My wildish silver hair - enjoying how much it is growing.
see:: Amélie inspired photos of Paris and the Sacre Cœur Basilica, Montmartre, Paris.
hear:: Clarissa Pinkola Estés audio book 'The Dangerous Old Woman'
think:: The 8 glasses of water I drink to start my day is making changes I love. Discipline!
feel:: Slow and steady wins the race
read:: Star Signs by Linda Goodman
intuit:: The most powerful year (we've known in years!) is up and running. 

Initial sketch up. 

In process. Me at work in my studio.

{click on image for full view}

This felt like such an important and empowering way to work with dreams I receive like this... To acknowledge them and bring them into form somehow, giving them a voice and honoring them. Opening the door and inviting further dialogue.

For those of you who also adore fairytales like I do, archetypal landscapes, little cottages in the woods and mysterious dark visitors who come knocking, I now have art prints of this painting available in my store >  https://society6.com/product/black-woodpecker_print#1=45

If you click on this link HERE you can get FREE worldwide shipping on anything in my store {for a limited time -- through till  Sunday May 8, 2016 midnight Pacific time (USA) } 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today. 
Here's to dreaming strong! 

BlueSky Blessings, 
xo, Catherine Athena


• • •My journey through the senses• • •

taste:: Fresh Blueberries and cool water
smell:: Rose incense giving me a lift of the Spirit
touch:: A beautiful Turquoise stone set in silver
see:: The sun setting through my window beyond my desk
hear:: Lana Del Rey
think:: Healing starts on the inside and I am always willing to show up and do the healing work
feel:: Life is reflecting back some wonderful new affirmations
read:: Grimm's Fairytales - edited by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
intuit:: These 5 planets in retrograde right now are giving me valuable time to reassess my life!

In my dream last night two black woodpeckers had gotten into the house. Quite big birds (more like the size of crows) completely black with a red stripe right across the top of their heads. I have never seen woodpeckers that look like this before and I wasn't even sure they exist…I am only familiar with green woodpeckers and the small black and white woodpeckers, with banded stripy chests I've seen here in England….

A quick Google search this morning and yes! There they are. There are my birds. I particularly adore these lines from Wikipedia : "The piercing yellow eyes and manic, high-pitched calls of the black woodpecker have made it the villain of fairy tales throughout its range. Their voice is remarkable in that it has two different calls. One is a short single high-pitched note, a loud, whistling kree-kree-kree, done only twice in a row. The other is a screech-like shrill while in flight."

I can completely relate to the fairytale element around these incredible birds… They are rather elusive and a little bit mysterious. 

From Ted Andrews "“Sometimes the woodpecker will show up just to stimulate new rhythms. Rhythm is a powerful means of affecting the physical energies. Sometimes it is easy to get so wrapped up in our daily mental and spiritual activities that we neglect the physical. This can be when the woodpecker shows up. It may also reflect a need to drum some new changes and rhythms into your life. The woodpecker has strong hooked claws for firm holds upon a tree. Its tail feathers help to prop it upright. It also has a peculiar up and down flight. It will fly, coast down, fly and then coast down. It flies in a manner and rhythm unique to itself. All of this serves to emphasize the fact that it will become increasingly important for you to follow your own unique rhythms and flight. Do what works for you in the manner best for you. When woodpecker comes into your life, it indicates that the foundation is there. It is now safe to follow your own rhythms.”  ~ Ted Andrews, "Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small."

And in the second part of my dream I saw a horse give birth to a foal so quickly, literally shot out of the womb and into the world, with such dramatic speed that no one watching was even really certain it had just happened! A very hasty birthing of something new indeed. xo,Catherine Athena

Miracles and Sovereignty.

And so far, already, just one month in, I'm enjoying a close encounter with the Miraculous… all sorts of things I once thought would be Impossible have begun to be 'I'm Possible' and I'm really learning more and more about what it feels like to be in my own power, self sufficient, self reliant, under my own self-rule and guardianship, holding a space of clear and healthy boundaries.  

Today just happens to be Chinese New Year and we welcome in the very 'yang' year of the bold and super intelligent Fire Monkey… a year that promises to be exciting and spontaneous for those who are willing to put themselves out there and stake their claim on the world and in their Life.  S/he who dares wins!

Be bold, be daring, be uncompromising in your joy!

Blessing of mystery,
Catherine Athena xo

• • •My journey through the senses• • •

taste:: Wild Flower Honey -the perfect remedy-treat for a sweet toothed me
smell:: Sandalwood incense cones
touch:: My feet on the floor - fully embodied, fully present.
see:: 'Milk' ~ Sean Penn as Harvey Milk - completely incredible. A must see film!
hear:: David Bowie - all his albums
think:: The tide is turning (in so many ways)
feel:: Deeply inspired to follow my own path
read:: C.G. Jung ~ 'Memories, Dreams and Reflections'
intuit:: A life-changing adventure is just days away

We Were Made For These Times

My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.

You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind.

Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to advance, regardless.

In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency, too, to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails.

We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn’t you say you were a believer? Didn’t you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn’t you ask for grace? Don’t you remember that to be in grace means to submit to the voice greater?

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.

What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these – to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity.

Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.

There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate.

The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours. They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

~ By Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Dear readers, 

This beautiful book by Alena Hennessy is out now in the States and is getting rave reviews from those who have received it already. 
It'll soon to be released on our shores over here in Europe too!

My Buddha Painting in the book

It feels incredible to have a couple of my paintings featured alongside the work of other artists I know and adore.  So exciting to see these photos coming through today…I couldn't resist but share them with you. 

It's a spiral-bound Hardcover book to spark your intuition over a year, with painting prompts for each month and season. 

Here is another sneak peek...

Monthly Projects step-by-step

You can purchase on Amazon over here > Intuitive Painting Workshop. It is color-rich and packed with ideas and examples to inspire your own process. 

Blessings of beauty and creativity!
Catherine Athena xo

Syzygy ~ Ink on Paper © Cat Athena Louise 2015

Jack'O Lantern at Samhain ~ North Wales 2006 ~ Cat Athena Louise ©

Today I've really been feeling it. The mystery, the charge.  In the starry-skied heavens above Mercury has gone direct at last, and the vibes are distinctly similar to that of a New Moon energy flowing in and just generally lifting the mood and making things easier. The new Moon is now just days away too.

On the flip side, there is so much change going on in my personal world, it is almost unparalleled. Of course it is happening on a wider level too, being played out all too clearly on the World stage, globally for us all to witness.  There is a lot of fear and confusion, turbulence and uncertainty resulting from that for so many people right now.  

My astrologer friends tell me that these remarkable 'realignments' that are taking place collectively for humanity, this awakening, this bringing in of the New Paradigm that is being birthed on our planet, is going to be unfolding for some time yet… It started in earnest in 2008 and will continue through to 2024, as the Divine Feminine and Masculine come back into eqilibrilum and balance.  This patriarchal time of control and systems that do not nurture the planet or ourselves in a sustainable way, are dying away.  The transition is underway to return harmony and co-operation both inwardly and outwardly. A huge healing is taking place.  

Anyone who has ever done a juice cleanse will know that things often feel so much worse before they get clearer (better). You just can't clean a house without stirring up some dust!     

As this unfolds I draw inward. More and more I am deepening into a full body-mind-spirit understanding that truly "no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." (thank you Albert Einstein)… 

If we really want change in the World, it has to come from within first….through loving and healing ourselves… actively engaging our shadows and wounding so that we are no longer projecting the pain and hurt into the mirror-world that manifests as if by magic outside of ourselves.  It starts with us… Never before has it been more important to truly do the inner Soul work on ourselves and "be the change we wish to see in the world." 

I write these words as a reminder for myself and for anyone with the courage to journey beyond the obvious.

Bright Blessings ~ Self Portrait ~Cat Athena Louise © 

May your October be filled with joy and Light,
Blessings of beauty, 
Catherine Athena xo

The next one is mixed media artist Carissa Paige, whose wild and exuberant bohemian painting and drawing style is really unique and colourful and directly mirrors her life both on and off the canvas!

She currently has an e-course going, now available as a self-paced class, so it's not too late to join in the fun! For those who would like to learn to paint loose and free and may help them to get in touch with their own unique style and voice.

Here is the preview trailer >> 



If you haven't seen her art yet, seriously check it out! The link to her blog >> http://carissapaige.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/messy-mavens-self-paced-adventure-train.html
You can also find her wonderful paintings on Etsy >> https://www.etsy.com/shop/carissapaige

Enjoy! 

Blessings of beauty and mystery,
Catherine Athena xo

• • •My journey through the senses• • •

taste:: Crispy Autumn-ripe Apples… the scent as you bite, the juiciness…… yeah, I know.
smell:: Wood smoke at sunset, as the weather turns and the fire places in the town ignite.
touch:: keyboard, frenetically but purposefully.
see:: A view from my office window of the world passing by…so many interesting characters.
hear:: Still listening to older Clannad tracks, that evoke so perfectly the mood of the season.
think:: I'm going to film something soon.
feel:: Alive from evening walks, in-deep discussions on archetypes, brainstorming, note taking on our discoveries for a future project. Strange, and wildly exciting.
read:: Alejandro Jodorowsky's fascinating introduction, in his book "The Way of the Tarot; The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards"…. so many synchronisities while working with Marcel Marceau in Paris and Mexico and collecting his 1000 tarot decks, to how he uncovered and re-covered the original art and symbolism of the Tarot of Marseille.
intuit:: It's going to be a phenomenal Eclipse and Full Moon this coming Sunday! (27 September)
Fasten your seat belts! 

It takes you step-by-step through a month-by-month, season-to-season, Intuitive Painting workshop, exploring through using a range of glorious mixed media supplies.  I am happy to say that I am very blessed indeed and lucky to know many of the other artists who are featured in this beautiful book alongside me…and I know it will be lush, colourful, and very, very inspiring!  

Blessings of beauty and mystery for your own creative journey,
Catherine Athena xo

• • •My journey through the senses• • •

taste:: Relaxing Camomile and Liquorice tea…seems to really hit the right note.
smell:: Sandal Darshan incense cones leave a heady, exotic fragrant imprint in my studio space ~ the day I burn it, and the days after too.
touch:: My heart. The inner Soul work of late has been intense. Exhale and onward.
see:: Through new eyes the many ways my body messages me about what I am really feeling and thinking.
hear:: Clannad. I'm having a bit of a Celtic revival as the Year Wheel turns to the darker, colder more introspective months.
think:: I need to get out into the woods today and imbue some Greenwood energy from the Tree people! The scent of leaf-mould and crunch of new fallen leaves is invigorating!
feel:: Calm and prepared, ready for the coming Full 'Blood' Moon eclipse next week.
read:: Clarissa Pinkola Estes' classic 'Women Who Run With The Wolves' -- just takes me deeper and deeper on each and every read.
intuit:: Change, Change, Change up ahead, on the home front, the work front, and the creative art front. I am well seasoned at riding these continual waves by now.