This is a sampling of words and phrases unique to Hearth Mysticism and the Sanctuary systems. Hearth Mystics and Stewards-in-training who purchase curriculum documents will receive an expanded list that will continue to grow. May these terms be a gentle threshold to a garden of inspiration.
Emotional Ecology – the energetic interplay between the home and its inhabitants; the way the home effects moods and wellbeing, and the way we shape the home to support our wellbeing. Also inclusive of analysis and informed applications.
Hearthlight – the inner glow of sanctuary, where warmth, clarity and presence gather.
Hearth Mystic – one who perceives, interprets and understands the emotional and metaphysical language of a space–what feels loved, unloved, coherent, stagnant, alive, etc. This is the inner compass, the meaning-maker.
Hearth Mysticism – a contemplative lineage of tending the home as sacred ground that is very much alive. We modify this space metaphysically by modifying it physically and with intention.
Intentional Healing Design – as literal as it sounds, it is both the process and the result of intentionally cultivating a space that will facilitate healing—whether physical, mental, emotional, or even spiritual.
Poetic Stewardship – the transformation of everyday motions into living poetry. Through repeated, rhythmic activity, the right hemisphere of the brain awakens, inviting a state of quiet enchantment. Intentions and whispered prayers begin to align with each gesture. This is house-blessing without formalities—an embodied devotion woven into the fabric of tending.
Resonance (Sanctuary) – in the context of this work, it is the felt alignment between inner and outer worlds, when a gesture, phrase, or ritual vibrates at the same frequency as someone’s need, memory, or longing. It’s clarity, attunement, and a soul-deep yes.
Rhythm (Sanctuary) – the weaving of time into gesture, where repeated actions and events form living patterns. The steward listens for these rhythms and aligns with them. Morning and night might invite the opening and closing of curtains; hunger might prompt the sacred act of meal preparation.
Ritual Homemaking – the art of transforming daily tasks into acts of meaning and care. It is the dance of nourishment, rhythm, and repetition, where ordinary gestures — baking bread, folding linens, lighting candles — become rituals that ground and renew.
Sacred Labor – any and all efforts toward sacralizing not just the home but all actions within it. It is selfless homemaking, coming from the heart in sovereign service to the home, the land, and the home’s inhabitants.
Sacred Space Tending – the practice of shaping the atmosphere and geometry of a place so it becomes sanctuary. It is the stewardship of thresholds, light, and arrangement, cultivating environments that invite safety, welcome, and healing presence.
Sanctuary Steward – one who has developed beyond the love of homemaking into a devotional weaving of various aspects; one who takes a considerable measure of hands-on responsibility toward transforming a home into a healing sanctuary. This is a calling that can easily extend beyond the home and into the community.
Sanctuary Compass – a practical map for tending the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual quadrants through engaging the structural lens and making hands-on adjustments.
Sanctuary Lens – the view through which we see and understand all metaphor within the home-as-mirror (of self). One with a strong sanctuary lens is a natural translator of their physical environment, often actively intuitive and creative.
Sanctuary Spiral – an intricate, 28-aspect system designed to simultaneously heal the home and the steward-in-training while deepening understanding of the home as a mirror of the total self—physical, emotional, spiritual, and civic. Each aspect serves as a threshold, gesture, or anchor, guiding the steward through layered practices of restoration, resonance, and ritualized homemaking.
Structural Lens – the view through which we assess the physical environment—astutely, objectively, and nonjudgmentally—for its energetic coherence, spatial rhythm, and sanctuary potential.
