Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
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Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.– Martin Luther King, Jr.Tonight is the second night of our Solstice prayer-spell. Tonight, preferably around sunset, take a moment to create sacred space and a peaceful spirit for yourself and your family. When you are ready, light the first candle that you lit last week [...]
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Inversnaid– Gerard Manley HopkinsThis darksome burn, horseback brown,His rollrock highroad roaring down,In coop and in comb the fleece of his foamFlutes and low to the lake falls home. A windpuff-bonnet of fawn-frothTurns and twindles over the brothOf a pool so pitchblack, fell-frowning,It rounds and rounds Despair to drowning. Degged with dew, dappled with dew,Are the [...]
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There isn’t enough darkness in all the worldto snuff out the light of one little candle. — Siddhartha Gautama BuddhaIn case you’ve been traveling or overlooked it, this Sunday will be the second night of our Solstice Sun Wheel ritual. Even if you missed last Sunday’s first part, it is perfectly fine to start it [...]
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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. Today is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. and a powerful New Moon in Sagittarius. As Caitlin Matthews points out in her beautiful The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year, [...]
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Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. — Brooks AtkinsonTomorrow is the New Moon, occurring just before noon, Eastern Standard Time. The lunation period that surrounds Samhain can be thought of as the Samhain season, during which [...]
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A bolt of fear went through himAs they thundered through the skyFor he saw the Riders coming hardAnd he heard their mournful cryYippie yi Ohhhhh… Yippie yi yaaaaay …Ghost Riders in the Sky– Stan Jones (1948) As the month of November winds down, our exploration of the complex and rich history of the multicultural Wild [...]
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The Eight of WandsOne’s destination is never a place,but a new way of seeing things.– Henry Miller What a perfect card for one of the busiest travel weeks of the year! The Eights of the Tarot are about abilities, self-directed action, and moving ahead. And of course, Wands are about fire, action, growth, and energy. [...]
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… to join us in our Solstice Sun Wheel magic. If you missed last evening’s lighting of the first candle, no worries! You can start any time, and then get in synch with the rest of the working in our subsequent Sundays. You can review the instructions and information in the post below this one [...]
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Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe — the open sesame to every soul.– Elizabeth Cady StantonIf you have been a regular reader here in past years, you know that [...]
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