mystery

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. ~ Francis Bacon When I first pulled this card, my immediate reaction was, “Huh?  What does this say, if anything, to the Magician/Uranus/ennui discussion we’ve been having?” Indeed, the Six of Cups, by its nature, is a puzzler. As I have noted [...]

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The Wheel of the Tarot speaks the Law of Love. ~ MacGregor Mathers, co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn For the first time in about eight years of pulling a card each week, we are visited by a card whose absence, one might have thought, would be glaring. This week, we welcome [...]

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Imbolc Blessings on Wordless Wednesday

by Beth on February 2, 2011

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New Year’s Lore

by Beth on December 31, 2010

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 [...]

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Mystery and Magic

by Beth on December 30, 2010

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 [...]

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An Autumn Gathering of Dreams

by Beth on October 15, 2010

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. [...]

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Wordless Wednesdays – Glasgow, Virginia

by Beth on September 29, 2010

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Saturday Poetry – For Mark

by Beth on September 4, 2010

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, [...]

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