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Coming out of the Spiritual Closet...

July 31, 2025

I have been in a Spiritual state of mind since I can remember...

This will be a short post, I just want to give you a little background to who I am! My name is Celeste Stancliff, and ever since I was a little girl I remember mixing potions at the creeks and rivers near my house, or going into the wooded areas and using my magic, creating stories and spells of grandiose proportions only a child’s imagination could concoct. I still keep an apothecary of herbs, flowers and spices in my home to this day. I use them for a laundry list of reasons. When I am sick, when I feel like I need inspiration, relaxation, money or spiritual protection. I steam them, drink them in tea, eat them, use them in poultices, salves and oils. Their uses are endless. I will go into that more in a separate blog post. (Sign up so you don’t miss the next one!) 

I also connected to crystals at a very young age I would research their properties in a Smithsonian gem and mineral book I got from the scholastic book fair.  Once for Christmas, I even asked for rocks as a gift. I remember hiking and finding my first raw clear quartz crystal geode in the clay. I loved the way it caught the sunlight and how it looked completely see through when wet with water. The way it felt in my hand. The power it held.

I was highly sensitive to people around me and how they were feeling even as a youngster, I had an innate ability to have incredible judge of character. I didn’t realize I was an empath, until much later in life. 

I remember also choosing to go to church when I was very little, I think around 4 years old I asked to go without anyone ever even introducing me to God, neither of my parents were overly involved in religion. I was tapped in young. 

My father was what I would consider a Shaman and over his life and mine taught me methods of the old ways. He prayed, burned sage and sweet grasses to clear energy, used a technique of laying on of the hands and was a profound listener. 

Most people in todays society grow out of this magical frame of mind that I had, fairly young and they become literal minds who no longer have that spark of a child. I have managed to hold on to my magic and it’s what I would consider my super power, and as with many of the famous superheroes you can think of it’s like living a double life. On one hand you have your working life where people know you as manager of this and that or community member, and on the other hand you have a whole other magical life filled with manifestation, moon work, fire work, wind work, earth work and/or water work. Utilizing things like crystals, oils, cards, divination. A secret and very personal life. 

I suppose we could use terms like “witch” that have been overused as far as I’m concerned …y’all out there on Instagram being attention seeking fakes,  but if we were to say I was a “witch” it would be a solitary one. I don’t need help or validation for my magic. I never have. I did get asked to join a group of “like minded individuals” once and quickly found that was not for me. 

I created altars with offerings as a preteen without direction. I walked into a shop when I was 16 and the lady said “I have been expecting you..” she sold me my first deck of divination cards. In my late teens and early twenties I had an affinity for candle magic and occult studies. I studied astrology, palmistry numerology and dream interpretation formally then later became a certified crystal healer, I studied Reiki and was certified in level 1 and level 2 before life happened and I never finished level 3 or my “Master Level” 

I have spent my whole life learning the old ways. Tarot, naturopathic medicine, crystal grid work, tasseomancy. I have also spent my whole life keeping my woo woo in the proverbial closet. Afraid of judgement, I don’t tell people that I read cards, look into astrology and numerology use crystals for everything, or what I’m doing on Solstice and Equinox nights. It’s my secret super hero double life information, and it's mine.

I know in my heart of hearts it really doesn’t  matter what they think about me, but it makes some uncomfortable, I think because believers have been told that it’s all work of the devil. I understand that, however I personally maintain a very open communication line with The Most High. I keep my faith strong by incorporating God into each and everything I do every day.  I pray before I use my magic and I stand ten toes down, firmly in the light. So before you judge mystical practices… I will just say there are actually deep rooted practices in biblical text and anyone that thinks otherwise needs to study a little harder. I’ve heard people say ‘using crystals is devils work’… which is so interesting to me considering the seven crystals used in the breastplates in the Bible represent the seven armies of God, or the fact that in Revelations it says that the temples of heaven will be made of said crystals with roads paved in gold. Let’s not go there. 

I have had several defining moments of transformation over the course of my life thus far, and  I have learned that I am an alchemist. Things that should have broken me were turned into gains. It has made me a lighthouse to wayward ones and a prayer warrior. People I have only just met spill their woes on me and work through heavy things in a simple conversation. I am not trying to seem as if I am being a braggart here in the slightest, I am only trying to paint you a picture of who I am and I what I do in my daily life. Sometimes this seems more like a heavy burden when I hear people tell me these things, and honestly it takes a lot of my energy to help them feel better in these moments. However, I want to share things about myself that could take you years to learn about me if you were to just meet me . You know, so I can teach you how to implement things that have helped me throughout my life so they can in turn help you. 

In the past I have had relationships where my partner would talk trash on my magic or make fun of me for it and then, after living around me for some time come to me when they needed something, and ask that I “do the thing… say the prayer… light the candle”  I would oblige them and just remember the times when it was discarded as, ‘woo woo dumb things.’

People tend to disregard what they don’t understand and I have learned to let them. I haven’t always been able to do that. (555) I have in the past, as I have mentioned felt judged, but I know now in this time in my life that these things work for me. Being grateful for the power in my words when I create “spells” understanding the power of my intention. Knowing that when I dedicate a candle to a job it burns for that purpose and will do the work I intend it to do. Listening to my intuition when I read Tarot and Oracle cards to give me clear and concise messages that will help me better navigate situations as they should arise. Using crystals and letting them work their own special magic in whatever situation I need them for. These are just a short list of things that I do unapologetically in my day to day life. 

We all have so much untapped power and potential. I want to give you insights to enlighten you to be the best version of yourself. I know we are all flawed and it’s hard out there for a pimp tryna make the money for the rent! Just playin, but truly life is hard. Being a human being is not for the weak! I am not saying I am the all knowing by any means, in fact I know I barely know anything at all! I never stop learning and I remain teachable. I stay in the space of love and truth and that’s all I can really ask for. It’s important for me to share what I know and not be a gatekeeper. 

I encourage you to let your magic free from the shackles of disbelief and judgement because your life will be more fruitful once you do. I offer several books on my site that will help you develop more skills on your metaphysical journey by way of Astrology, Crystals and Tarot and I have much more to come that I have been working on silently…. 

Well, I guess until now! 

If you have designs on enhancing your personal magic I would advise you to sign up for my email list so not only will you get updates on new releases, you will have access to developmental courses and studies to blossom into the beautiful magical super hero you were always meant to be! 

You can join me for celebrations throughout the seasons and see how I create magic for myself and those around me. I am opening the door to my magical closet and allowing you to enter the space with me to learn the things I have dedicated my life to, not only by learning but by living. 

If this sounds interesting to you, visit the CONTACT US page of my website: www.oracleinsightscsbb222.com 

and sign up! 

I can’t wait to have you as a part of my ever growing community of spiritually minded individuals who live each day with love and enlighten each other! 

Be well and by all means Be Blessed!!! 

Until next time, 

Celeste 

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