DREAMS WITHIN DREAMSby Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) I have gone out and seen the lands of Faery,And have found sorrow and peace and beauty there,And have not known one from the other, but found eachLovely and gracious alike, delicate and fair.“They are children of one mother, she that is called Longing,Desire, Love,” one told me: … Read more
Thank you to the Veterans who have served their country. Thank you for your valor, your sacrifice and your loyalty. May your honor never again be betrayed by the callous liars and crooks who currently command you. May we all from this day forward dedicate ourselves to making this so.
©The glorious art of Willow ArleneaWe have come to be dancedNot the pretty danceNot the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me danceBut the claw our way back into the bellyOf the sacred, sensual animal danceThe unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box danceThe holding the precious moment in the palmsOf our hands and feet … Read more
The Goddess TycheMoney is the most important subject intellectual persons can investigate and reflect upon. It is so important that our present civilization may collapse unless it is widely understood and its defects remedied very soon. — Robert H. Hemphill, former credit manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta With today’s Full Moon, our focus on … Read more
Frank Fools Crow In the presence of this house, Grandfather, Wakan-Tanka, and fromthe directions where the sun sets,and from the direction of cleansing power,and from the direction of the rising un,and from the direction of the middle of the day.Grandfather, Wakan-Tanka,Grandmother, the Earth who hears everything,Grandmother, because you are woman, for this reason you are … Read more
Many thanks to M. Macha Nightmare, for her excellent and important wake up call. (Although, as she points out, and as our mutual friend Oak would have noted, “mistakes were made”).Nevertheless, let us not lose sight of the message, for it is a desperately important one. For every reason I can imagine – from the … Read more
Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road. — John Henry Jowett (1864 – 1923 ) As you shift your attention from what you don’t have, … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light.When we give, we simply make room for more to come in. When we become deeply, authentically generous, it signals to our abundant universe that there is a conduit open to receive … Read more
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.— Kahlil Gibran We have been considering ways to heal our past history with money. There are many, many ways to do this, and these are but a few … Read more
Do you seek the road to Faeryland?I’ll tell; it’s easy, quite.Wait till a yellow moon gets upO’er purple seas by night,And gilds a shining pathwayThat is sparkling diamond bright. Then, if no evil power be nighTo thwart you, out of spite,And if you know the very wordsTo cast a spell of might,You get upon a … Read more