Night Fall #1 – Mary McIntyre ©2003I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors …and it’s the shade that defines the light. –– Tori Amos As we work with the magic of timing, once again this year, I invite my visitors to join with me in a magical working that … Read more
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.— Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) Whatever your beliefs about any secret societies, conspiracies, hidden agendas and so forth behind the genesis of our nation’s currency, the cash we now use certainly has symbols and mottoes that represent a return to the idea … Read more
The Escutcheon on the breast of the American bald Eagle displayed, proper, holding in his dexter talon an Olive branch, and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper, & in his beak a scroll, inscribed with this Motto, “E pluribus unum.” For the Crest: Over the head of the Eagle which appears … 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
I cut negative bonds of attachment to lack and limitation.I cancel the belief that struggle is noble.— Jeanie Marshall, Personal Development Consultant Did you have a chance this weekend to try some automatic writing about your memories and feelings about money? I hope so. This can be very instructive, opening up insights you may not … Read more
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.— Bob Hope Over the past weeks I’ve been talking about how to understand money as a magical tool, for as our ancestors understood, it is a bridge between the Divine realms and the human ones. To … Read more
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.— Desiderius Erasmus Like an athame which cuts, divides, and defines, or the wand, which directs the user’s will and desire to manifest, money can be thought of as a magical tool that is connected to the … Read more
Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves. — Jane Austen According to Dan Furst, whose terrific Universal Festival Calendar website is one of my favorite places to explore, the most important planetary change of the year comes today, … Read more
With the wish to free all beingsI will always go for refugeTo the Buddha, Dharma and SanghaUntil the attainment of full Enlightenment Enthused by Compassion and WisdomToday in the Buddha’s presenceI generate the Mind of EnlightenmentFor the benefit of all sentient beings. For as long as space enduresAnd as long as sentient beings remainMay I … Read more
©J.J. Joyce – Serenity God(dess) grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,courage to change the things we can,and wisdom to know the difference.— attributed to Dr. Rheinhold Niebuhr How do we begin to understand the difference? The idea of surrender and acceptance is difficult for most people in our culture. This … Read more