Acting As If

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. — Socrates This week, we’ll begin to wind down our examination of money as a magical tool. I hope you’ve had a chance to contemplate your own beliefs about money: where it comes from, how much is available to you, and how much you need. For, as … Read more

Money and the American Dream

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. — Dorothy Parker Yesterday, we examined the pervasive Puritan work ethic and its relationship to our beliefs about money. There is no denying that it has in some ways has been very valuable. It has been … Read more

Liminal spaces and Mr. Greenspan

Threshold © Joanna Powell Colbert Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.— W. Eugene Smith, Photojournalist (1918 -1978) As we examine the meaning of money, I find it interesting thatAlan Greenspan, the highest guru of money in our lifetime, has been making the talk show … Read more

Celebrating Pagan Pride: Reclaiming

Reclaiming Tradition WitchcraftPrinciples of Unity“My law is love unto all beings…”The Charge of the Goddess The values of the Reclaiming tradition stem from our understanding that the earth is alive and all of life is sacred and interconnected. We see the Goddess as immanent in the earth’s cycles of birth, growth, death, decay and regeneration. … Read more

The invention of money

Money will buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail.— Richard Friedman Money can be considered to be an important magical tool. To become more intentional in how we call it to us and how we use it, it is important to have a better understanding of what money … Read more

The Root of Money

So you think that money is the root of all evil.Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?— Ayn Rand To become more intentional in how we call it to us and how we use it, it is important to have a better understanding of what money actually is, where it has … Read more

What is money?

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.— Woody Allen One of the interesting premises behind the currently popular Law of Attraction is that wealth simply comes from thought. The Secret and The Law of Attraction are really a New Age repackaging of ideas that have been around for many years, like Napoleon … Read more

More thoughts about "The Secret"

Decide what you want .. believe you can have it, believe youdeserve it, believe it’s possible for you. Close your eyes andvisualize already having what you want – and thefeeling of having it already.. — The Secret Last Friday night, some members of our local Circle gathered to watch and discuss the DVD of The … Read more

Bliss – no kidding!

It’s good to be just plain happy, it’s a little better to know that you’re happy; but to understand that you’re happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss. — Henry Miller Bliss is so many … Read more

Coming Tuesday: Fire the Grid

I am sandaled with wind and with flameI have heart-fire and singing to give,I can tread on the grass or the stars,Now at last I can live!— Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) Now, in this season of Summer’s exquisite passion, we are exploring bliss. We are invited to follow ours, yet to some it may … Read more