Amethyst Qu
Bio
Seeker, traveler, birder, crystal collector, photographer. I sometimes visit the mysterious side of life. Author of "The Moldavite Message" and "Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation."
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Stories (116/0)
A Rain of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Author's note: In 2021, we've all heard about the record-setting droughts. In some areas, though, we've been experiencing record-setting rains. Including my area, southeast Louisiana. Here, spring torrential downpours are often followed by so-called fall-outs.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Poets
Amazon Ads Saved My Self-Published Book From Oblivion
In the summer of 2019, I sat down one Monday morning, started typing, and got up on Friday afternoon with an 18,000-word nonfiction book. Then I listened to garbage advice and self-published it to Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited library.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Journal
‘Ninja Mind Control’ by Ashida Kim
I always go inside a dusty bookstore. Forget about your shiny trade-in place that only wants books less than five years old because they’re not-so-secretly selling them online. The stores that pull me inside boast shelves sagging under the weight of yellowing tomes full of mysterious secrets.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Humans
Three Crystals To Create An Abundance Mindset
Note: I prefer to use the word, "magick" to refer to the spiritual and occult practice. "Magic" is the art of illusion. Crystal magick may have been the first magick. It’s easy, natural, and harms none. Ten thousand years ago, the link between stone and worker was intuitive. A sparkling crystal caught the eye, the worker claimed the stone, and the magick had begun.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Longevity
A Bumper Crop of Baby Mockingbirds
April. I get out of my gray car, and a gray bird with claws out takes a dive for the back of my head. It’s that time of year again in southeast Louisiana. Fledgling Northern Mockingbird time. A time of claws and noisy unmusical squeaks and adorable spotty youngsters who think they can tell their parents what to do and when to do it.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Earth