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Jamie Martinez Wood

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About Me


I will not play at tug o'war
I'd rather pay at hug o'war
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.
Shel Silverstein
1930-1999
I am a proud Native Californian, claiming both Indian and Spanish descent. I am a green witch, a tree-hugger, a spiritualist, ecclectic, a light worker, and so many more evolving things. I have written seven books: The Wicca Cookbook, The Hispanic Baby Name Book, The Teen Spell Book, The Wicca Herbal and The Enchanted Diary, Latino Writers and Journalists, and Rogelia's House of Magic (Summer 2008) I love my family and friends, traveling, hiking, horseback riding, writing, and learning something new everyday.
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JAMIE MARTINEZ WOOD BIO

My current name is Jamie Dancing Butterfly Who Soars on the Wind y Martinez Wood. I received my name at a beautiful indigenous ceremony hosted by a member from my native tribe, the Tongva. I carry a strong belief and faith in the goodness inherent in the Universe. Twenty years of Christian Science Sunday school, a psychic Nana, and Catholic osmosis led me to Wicca. I've since found that magical realism is in my Latino heritage as well. I learned at an an early age to take responsibility for my health, be it physical, spiritual, mental or emotional. Everyday I create a life of my choosing, and most of them are happy.
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HAPPINESS AS A BIRTHRIGHT

I can be as tenacious as a bulldog. So when I discovered the art of visualization in Christian Science Sunday School, many, many winters ago, I began years of dogged determination in holding onto the pictures of my dreams. I was taught you could imagine yourself to wellness by holding a thought or picture of yourself as a pure perfect child of the Father/Mother God. So I applied this theory to all things thereafter: grades, being a soccer stud, being a cheerleader, graduating from college, getting a job, becoming a published writer.
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Earth Mother calls to her children to bring healing to their lives. By healing ourselves we will, in turn, begin to heal Her and our fellow brothers and sisters. Look within yourself to find the answers to your happiness. Know that you have everything you will ever need right inside you. Look to the beauty of a drop of dew on a spider's web or the trusting flight of a bird and know that you are divinely protected and guarded at all times. Invoke magick by believing in your power to create all that you can dream of and more.
Trust in yourself and believe in the love our Earth Mother holds for us. She who cradles her babes in the womb of her ocean belly, in the arms of her gnarled oak trees, with her sweet wind breath and the fire that sparks life and passion. Trust in each other. Know what answers you cannot find for yourself are available whenever you reach out to your sisters and brothers. We are all related. When we help one we help us.
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My Interests



I dig making magic happen. I love to hike through cool forests and misty woods. The ocean feeds my soul - the expansiveness of it. I love it when a new thought rocks my world and breaks old patterns of thinking.

I'd like to meet:



Magic makers, people interested in spirituality, Mother Earth, Latinos and writing. People who allow their thinking and beliefs to be flexible. People who are cool enough to come to my appeances and classes. See below!!

Jamie travels internationally in support of her books and the Goddess movement. She is dedicated to being an instrument of peace and an example of living in poise and power.

If you are interested in having Jamie Martinez Wood at your school, local bookstore, or participate in a book club discussion contact:

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LATINO WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS BOOK LAUNCH:

Music:



Live music is my absolute favorite. Concerts are of course awesome, but even better is kicking back listening to my friends play. The best I can manage is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on my Yamaha flute. If it must be recorded I like Sarah McLaughlin, Train, Los Lobos, Grateful Dead, middle Eastern music, Mexican polkas and bolleros, Loreena McKennitt and other Celtic favorites, Carlos Santana, R. Carlos Nika, Tracy Chapman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Doors, Van Morrison (Brown-Eyed Girl rocks), Dido, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Natalie Merchant, Go-gos (sentimental favorites), Carly Simon, Peter Paul & Mary and other 60s folk singers, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Dave Matthews Band, Oingo Boingo, and the Fenians!

CURRENT MOON moon phases

Movies:

Anything that makes me laugh, cry, feel, think, or connects me with my reality. Okay, I'll be a little less vague. No particular order: Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Steel Magnolias, La Bamba, Hook, Under the Tuscan Sun, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Like Water for Chocolate, Fairy Tale, Peter Pan, Fried Green Tomatos, Harry Potter: Prizoner of Azakaban, Field of Dreams, Grease, Good Will Hunting, Calendar Girls, A Year without a Santa Clause. I know there are more thought-provoking films I have loved, but they are escaping me now.

Television:

I Love Lucy & Friends - that's it - TV rots the brain

Books:

I highly recommend the books I wrote: The Wicca Cookbook, The Hispanic Baby Name Book, The Teen Spell Book, The Wicca Herbal, and THE ENCHANTED DIARY, The Latino Writers & JournalistsCheck out my website www.jamiemartinezwood.comAlso, anything Isabel Allende has written, most of what Anne Lamot has written, particularly Operating Instructions. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the Awakening, the whole Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter series, Rumi, Kahil Gabran, The Autobiography of a Yogi, Celestine Prophecy, The Little Soul and the Sun, God is my Best Friend (Christian Science kids book), The Squatter and the Don, Rain of Gold, and more...

Heroes:

Jamie Sommers (Bionic Woman), Wonder Woman, Helen Reddy, Emiliano Zapata, Isabel Allende, Pancho Villa, J.K. Rowling, Me

My Blog

For the Artists

I think the two different ways of gaining success as a creative person are very interesting. You can either rise to the top of your profession and/or art through word of mouth based on your talent. Or...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:41:00 PST

Protecting the Rights of the Creator

When my first child turned six months old, I realized I could no longer take him into the literary agency where I worked as an assistant. My boss, agent Julie Castiglia, adored Skyler, but he cried a ...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:10:00 PST

DEAR: Drop Everthing and Read

..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />The report cards are in and the teachers are pushing the habit of reading. But reading can be so much more than devouring book...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:23:00 PST

Cloak of Womenhood

My cousin tried to prepare me for my first visit to the Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium this past weekend by sharing her joyful memories. However, a life-altering experience must be lived...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:32:00 PST

Surviving Truths in Hug O War

Mr. Silverstein was one of my favorite childhood authors and I read him alot. I had a Giving Tree. It was struck by lightening and I used to dare myself to walk across it's highest horiztonal branch a...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:11:00 PST

Helping Young Wiccans and Witches

Today one of my most favorite things about being a writer for The Craft is that I am available to assist young witches and Wiccans on their path. When my books first came out, I didn't realize ho...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:31:00 PST

Going Green

As Earth Day approaches I want to offer you a list of suggestions that will help you live green. Each little bit counts. And just one person CAN make a difference. Love your Mother Earth  She's the o...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:01:00 PST

Happiness as a Birthright

I can be as tenacious as a bulldog. So when I discovered the art of visualization in Christian Science Sunday School, many, many winters ago, I began years of dogged determination in holding onto the ...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:15:00 PST

What Tarot card are You

http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot/dragon/3.jpg">>You are The EmpressBeauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represe...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:49:00 PST

Happy Gobble Day

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for one day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for life. There was an article in the OC Register about me and my books on Monday, November 21 http://www.o...
Posted by Jamie Martinez Wood on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:13:00 PST