Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
As you know, this is the last day of the month and as is my practice each month, on this day, I invite you to join me in honoring the great Triple Goddess Hecate, Queen of the Night and the Goddess of Witches. Hecate is a protector of women, a mighty advocate for the lost [...]
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Don’t confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself. ~Paulo Coelho Our visits from the Major Arcana cards resume this week, this time with a rare visit from The Hierophant. Since Dec. 27, only two cards of the week have not been either [...]
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Another thank you to each of you who are sharing with so much courage and beauty on this often challenging topic. From the begging bowl to the singing bowl, today’s poetry continues our conversation. Song Offerings (Gitanjali) – an excerpt by: Rabindranath Tagore Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel [...]
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First I want to thank each of you for your wisdom and courage sharing your thoughts on this extremely loaded topic. This is NOT easy stuff to talk about. We are bombarded daily by a culture that puts competitive consuming as the highest value. And it is a culture that, from Puritanism to some of [...]
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Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them…he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?”… And God said, “I did do something. I made you.” ~ Sufi Teaching Yesterday, I talked about [...]
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi As we continue our visit in the Second House of the astrological chart, we are discussing possessions, the deep human impulse of ownership and our material side. Of course, this is such a volatile area for most [...]
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If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. – W. H. Auden Another visit from the Two of Cups, which just came calling back in December. This is a gentle card that shows the tender attraction between two people. If we consider the Ace as being the beginning of the suit’s potential, [...]
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As you know, I have been urging everyone to reclaim Valentine’s Day in the name of the Goddess Aphrodite. In a lovely bit of magical synchronicity, today I found this beautiful trailer for a documentary about the women of Cyprus who are revitalizing Her worship. My thanks to Jason Pitzl-Waters of The Wild Hunt, for [...]
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Moon Fishing by Lisel Mueller from Alive Together: New and Selected Poems Louisiana State University Press, 1996 When the moon was full they came to the water, some with pitchforks, some with rakes, some with sieves and ladles, and one with a silver cup. And they fished till a traveler passed them and said, “Fools, [...]
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