Happy birthday yesterday to Alruna: The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson All the names I know from nurse:Gardener’s garters, Shepherd’s purse,Bachelor’s buttons, Lady’s smock,And the Lady Hollyhock. Fairy places, fairy things,Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,Tiny trees for tiny dames–These must all be fairy names! Tiny woods below whose boughsShady fairies weave a house;Tiny … Read more
At this juncture of our work together on Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, we are given the challenge of going on a complete fast from the written words of others. So during this time, I will be offline. Right. That means I am not checking email, Tweeting, Facebooking, etc. Even if you are not … Read more
We are always doing something, talking, reading, listening to the radio, planning what next. The mind is kept naggingly busy on some easy, unimportant external thing all day. — Brenda Ueland During our upcoming reading deprivation week, we are urged to continue with our morning pages, and it really is the ideal time to treat … Read more
Awakening © 2009 Lisa RoughIn a dark time, the eye begins to see. — Theodore Roethke Well, I woke up this morning still a bit shaky about how I’m going to manage the logistics of my reading deprivation week, but suddenly, I’m a lot more eager about getting into it. Since I’ve done it before, … Read more
The Star – © Ellen Lorenzi-Prince, Tarot of the Crone And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here. — Wendell Berry And now, we must take a big, deep breath. It’s time to prepare for Reading Deprivation Week. Did … Read more
Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. — Cecil Beaton Some of you may, at this point, feel like nothing much is happening. I beg to differ. Don’t bail out now! You … Read more
Walking Between The Worlds Painting in Gouache © MorgaineCreativity comes from awakening and directing men’s higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven.— I Ching What wonderful, juicy discussions we are having! As creatives, as magical people, as awakeners and the awakening, we are all walking the … Read more
Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good.If it doesn’t, it is of no use.— Carlos Castaneda Nowadays, many people are discovering that they have a powerful sixth sense, and are seeking ways to understand and cultivate their intuitive powers. So a question that often comes up for my clients … Read more
from the Esocentric Tarot Deck © Shot in the Dark Photography Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most.— Fyodor Dostoyevsky Today, we begin the fourth step together, Recovering a Sense of Integrity. And frankly, I have a lot of complex feelings about this one. I will warn you, it … Read more
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.— William Shakespeare Beltane, the counterpart to Samhain, which Pagans and Witches south of the Equator are now celebrating, is one of the Greater Wiccan Sabbats and is usually celebrated on May … Read more