That’s the thing with magic. You’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. — Charles de Lint I have received this request from several well-respected Pagan and Witchcraft connections of mine, so I am passing it along here. I have done a little editing for brevity … Read more
The light you seek can be found in your own lantern. — DenElder, Founder of World Tarot Day, 2003 In 2003, the feisty, funny and deeply wise DenElder, who is also the founder of the Church of the Tarot, declared May 25 to be World Tarot Day. The Internet connections among Tarot people were substantially … Read more
I am sharing a timely message today from the beautiful book of meditations and exercises that is a part of my own daily practice, The Celtic Spirit, by Caitlín Matthews. So many people are mobilizing support and prayers — all focused on healing our hemorrhaging Mother Earth and Her dying children due to the BP … Read more
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous Gemini Today, the Sun enters Gemini, … Read more
A Great Urgency: To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders May 12, 2010 My Relatives, Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer. We, from the heart of … Read more
The First Roots Creep Up* by Deena Metzger (Healer, poet, novelist, playwright, b. 1936) I am learning to come upon the tree, slowly, to surprise it for the song its memorizing. The water runs up, the sap runs down and the tree chant knows the difference. The water has lived in the dark places, knows … Read more
Dark of the Moon, New beginnings; Dark of the Moon, Plant a seed tonight. Dark of the Moon, What we envision Will come to be by the Full Moon’s light. As you know by now, I have decided to step back from my years of posting every single day. And with that decision, it appears … Read more
Blessed Are The Mothers In 1870, author, suffragist, and pacifist Julia Ward Howe campaigned for Mother’s Peace Day, the forerunner of Mother’s Day (which was also created thanks to the vision of a mother and daughter, both named Anna Jarvis). In her Mother’s Peace Day Proclamation, Howe, the author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” … Read more
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. — George Bernard Shaw As the retro-experienced know, two or three times every year, the planet Mercury appears, from our perspective on Earth, to go backwards in its path through the zodiac. Ever since April 18, this has been happening. Mercury … Read more
If you would like to help The Elephant Sanctuary, they certainly need it. You can visit here (even get a Bella and Tarra T-shirt!). And if you go to the website, be sure to read the follow-up story about Bella and Tarra. Great stuff! And a late, but heartfelt, thanks to my sister Carrie, who … Read more