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A Magical Spell on Behalf of Occupy and the Good Green Earth

by Beth on November 17, 2011

This is from Priestess, artist, my teacher, and beloved friend, Pomegranate.  You may remember her beautiful spell-chant on behalf of Japan that I shared here and I believe worked a number of miracles.  She lives in Portland, where the U.S. police state has been showing its true colors. Here is a powerful invocation to the [...]

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The Charter for Compassion – Join and Share

by Beth on November 29, 2009

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another [...]

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The Deal of a Lifetime

by Beth on November 25, 2009

I don’t want to come to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman We are coming to the end of Chapter Nine, which has been about Recovering a Sense of Compassion for [...]

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Worldwide Wake Up Call – This Thursday

by Beth on November 8, 2009

In every culture, in every society, in every tribe, city, religion, philosophy, point of view, we have one central thing on which we say we fully agree. We already have the most powerful tool ever created, that can change our world forever.   We must wake up and actually use it.  Those of us who are [...]

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Tarot Card of the Week: Sept. 7 – 13

by Beth on September 7, 2009

King of CupsKindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure. — King Solomon After four years of never appearing, in less than a month, we now have an encore visit from the King of Cups. The Kings of the Tarot are the overt, assertive personification of the suit’s energy. [...]

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Charitable Giving

by Beth on December 10, 2008

© Lisa MertinsWhen we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor’s gift.– Maya AngelouWinter Solstice is less than two weeks away and, as I have in past [...]

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The Most Important Faery Offering

by Beth on May 30, 2008

Faeries Looking Through a Gothic Archby John Anster Christian Fitzgerald Dare you haunt our hallow’d green?None but fairies here are seen. — from The Fayries Daunce (in A Briefe Discourse), by Thomas Ravenscroft, 1614 Creating a special meeting place with an altar is an integral part of building a relationship with the Fair Ones. This [...]

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Salutations to Kuan Yin

by Beth on March 25, 2008

Kuan Yin does not come hither; I do not go thither;the water is in the basin; the moon is in the heavens.When the water is clear, the moon appears;when the mirror is bright, the image emerges. — Su Tung-po – 11th Century poet Today is the 19th day of the second moon of the new [...]

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