Fast away the old year passes, Fa-la la-la la, la la la la … It’s New Year’s Eve, and for the past several years, I have shared some fascinating lore for this most celebrated threshold time. Everything we do on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day is loaded with sympathetic magic and portents for … Read more
Blessed are the gifts of Mystery and Magic, I will walk the Old Path this day In perfect love and In perfect trust. With the end of 2010, we are coming to the end of our gratitude journey with the “blessed beads.” Today, we have arrived at the second to the last bead of my … Read more
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The darkened land, the brightening wave — And moonlight slants through Merlin’s cave. — Victoria Sackville-West, from “Moonlight“ Let us linger briefly, as we make our gratitude journey through the prayer beads, in order to hearken to the spell of lovely Autumn. For we are now moving into the Deep Waters of the Samhain season. … Read more
For Mark (1950-2002) Heron Rises From The Dark, Summer Pond by Mary Oliver So heavy is the long-necked, long-bodied heron, always it is a surprise when her smoke-colored wings open and she turns from the thick water, from the black sticks of the summer pond, and slowly rises into the air and is gone. Then, … Read more
When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there. — Japanese Proverb Dear ones – what a fantastic time I had with my beloveds on my retreat in West Virginia. We worked deep magic, blessed by the beautiful land and the sweet beginnings of Springtime in the Appalachian mountains. We … Read more
What shakes the eye, but the invisible? – Theodore Roethke In this final chapter of The Artist’s Way, as her bon voyage gift to us, Julia offers a bouquet of ideas. When we begin to understand our creativity in terms of it being a sacred conversation between our Divinity and our human selves, she emphasizes … Read more
Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies. – Erich Fromm First, thanks for your patience while I took a much-needed break over the Imbolc period. I know that I was, in some ways, not as available to you as usual, which may have been a bit … Read more