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The magic of when Quality comes through you — your next step
By: Arjuna Ishaya
Tags: Mindful Living, Mindfulness, Aliveness, Inner Peace, Magic

“The Universe is saying, ‘Allow me to flow through you unrestricted, and you will see the greatest magic you have ever seen’.”

Klaus Joehle

There’s a significant leap in the inner journey when you realise that everything in life is better when you’re present to it. That your full presence makes life extraordinarily richer.

So –

You embark on a quest to be more and more present, more and more alive to the moment. To give more to your life by showing up fully to it.

And this is where the next step comes.

At the heart of this experience is the belief, “I am fully creating my life” –

Yet the more you explore being present, the more you will find that you are NOT the creator of the Good in your life.

Of course — you choose to show up, you choose to nourish all Doing with your Being, but you will find that you don’t, you can’t, create Quality.

Everything Good: creativity, inspiration, wisdom, virtue, character … true potential, in other words, comes when you get out of the way.

You need think so little about being truly Good — it comes through you.

When you drop expectations, plans, demands, insistence, doubt, fear and control, when you fill yourself up with Being and presence … then, and only then, can Quality can shine forth.

You are not the author of Greatness.

You are the mid-wife; you create the circumstances so that Greatness can be born.

Greatness is not by you, it’s through you.

Does that make sense?

This is tough on the Ego — it wants to claim ownership for itself as the source of all that is Good, it wants to control the process.

But it’s not, and it can’t. Greatness fades as soon as you try and make it yours, returning only when you get empty once again.

Therefore –

Harness the discipline and exercise your choice to show up, fully present, but recognise that Quality is best served when you can let it come through you, unimpeded.

It’s truly magic when the time is right and everything flows, it really is. In my life, and talking with others, it’s clear that it is the kind of experience that changes lives.

Not only is it supremely useful, not matter what you are doing, it’s a real eye opener to the true nature of our lives.

You have an increasing insight into who actually is in control of your life.

So –

If you want more magic, if you want more Quality in life, the inner journey might be the most important thing you commit to. Not only in terms of discovery of your Self, but so you can make a true difference in the world.

Prioritise being present.

Get here. Surrender control. Explore your relationship with Being. Act, do, nourish every single moment with presence.

Keep going, create more Good.

And enjoy it!

Go well,

Arjuna
Capture the Beauty of the Winter Solstice for yourself.
By: Shiloh Cyrus
Tags: Winter, Beauty, Winter Solstice, Spells, Magic

Magic spells for beauty will be cast on the Winter Solstice.

Release the Beauty of Winter Solstice: Beauty Spell

what comes to mind, When you think of someone who possess true beauty. Are they beautiful because of their figure? Is it their clothing, hair, and make up? Or does their beauty spring from somewhere deeper?

What is it that makes us beautiful? Is it our appearance? When our countenance glows with inner peace and happiness, we radiate real beauty. This is the only beauty that really matters: the only beauty that truly lasts.

True beauty shines from the inside out. It cannot be painted on, surgically created, or purchased. It does not wash off. It will glow in your eyes and shine from your face. The world places so much emphasis on physical attractiveness that it has you believe that you are to look like the elusive model on the cover of a magazine. We want you to know that each of you is uniquely beautiful but the highest of powers has the capacity to increase your True beauty.

If you are discouraged about your appearance, please see yourself through the eyes of the One who made you, your Father in Heaven. He sees your divine nature. You are His child. He loves you. You are perfect in His eyes. The mirror which He holds before us, if we will only raise our heads to look, is the one in which we should trust, it reflects an image of beauty… an image that is true and never distorted. this image can be released so that not only can you see it, but those out in the would will be able to see it. Release your true Beauty.

Winter Solstice Beauty spell

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Magic, a bright light
By: Harry Hogg
Tags: Musings, Nonfiction, Life, Magic, Creativity

Magic, a bright light

Photo by Marina Vitale on Unsplash

Starting at the top of a blank page, knowing the only way is down, I hope to create a little magic. What is magic? I can tell you what it isn’t. It is not a brass thing, or geraniums meticulously kept. From what I’ve seen, and understand, it is the look upon peoples’ faces when living, or when dying. It’s the brave light in their eyes, and it gives a face an indefinable loveliness.

For a couple of years now, I have been going among strange people, saying little, seeing, thinking, and dreaming. Some I’ve spoken to, but never met. Written to, but never seen. Loved, but never held. I feel now, more than at any time in my life, people are strange. Lonely, often. Looking to escape that loneliness being found in the heart of another.

I have worn a stormy face too long, striding shores, a rack of dark clouds behind me. Exiled from sentimentality, softness, beaten back by fires of desperation. I want to create magic.

Fanatical about it, as I am, the end story will be wrong. The character too feverish.

I go to bed thinking nothing in the world would make me happier than to finish my work.

The need to love keeps on smoldering.

There is no best of me if I cannot find live or die with that brave light of magic.

Damn! My pension arrived already.
at the centre of chaos
By: Katelynn May
Tags: Together, You, Love, Magic, Love Letters

is you as distraction.

an offer i selfishly take,

every time.

a world of my own to fall into,

i’m learning about you,

as i find myself astray.

i’m falling apart and you’re watching me fail.

i’d gladly accept your hand,

if you pushed me further down your rabbit hole.
2021 Numerology Forecast
By: Ur Beginner Witch
Tags: Witch, Spirituality, Numerology, Spiritual Growth, Magic

For a more in depth look at 2021 and for how 2021 is going to personally affect you, get your personal 2021 Numerology Report here →

Theme: The Times They Are A-changin’

The global year number for everyone in 2021 is a 5.

It’s going to be a year full of unexpected changes. This year is full of wind in your hair, on the open road types of freedom. The more you can go with the flow the more you’ll be able to get out of this year. Below are several DOs to make the most out of your 2021.

DO: Prepare for Change.

The theme for 2021 is change. We are in the middle of a 9-year numerological cycle and before we hit the back-half we need to make some major changes. It’s time to take stock of where we’ve come from. What have we been doing for the last five years? 2020 asked us to take a peek under the hood of our lives and tear out any of the foundations, beliefs, rituals, or stories that no longer served us.

DO: Embrace your Freedom.

Five energy is wild, unpredictable, and unconventional. Don’t forget about F-U-N. It’s time to let our collective hair down in whatever ways we can this year. As the COVID vaccine becomes available and life goes back to normal-ish, it’s time to celebrate life and there is no better number than the Five energy to do that.

DO: Be Versatile.

2021 is asking you to go with the flow. Water flows around rocks and impediments in its way versus demanding they move. The more you can be in the flow, the easier it will be in your day-to-day. Does it feel like you’re swimming against the current or that you’re not getting where you want to?

DO: Be Adventurous

You might feel restless and excited about this year. Change and adventure beckon you right now. Travel is very much a signature of Five energy but even if you’re not able to physically travel, you will mentally. It’s time to break out of the stagnant patterns that you’ve been in and investigate something new.

Mantra: I allow myself to go with the flow!

For a more in depth look at 2021 and for how 2021 is going to personally affect you, get your personal 2021 Numerology Report here →
Two Magicians
By: Paula Light
Tags: Magic, Poetry, Relationships

structured poetry from All She Wrote

Image credit to darksouls1 | Pixabay

He slipped through her loopholes,

One oh then another,

Sleek as an eel,

Like threading a needle.

She dealt from the bottom,

Left him adrift in denial,

Bereft of excuses,

Then tossed him a lifeline.

He found her worst weakness;

She searched for his good side.

They took vows of silence

And made love in a mime field.

He sliced her in half

With a sword named Surrender,

But she had the last laugh

In the hall of black mirrors.
Magic in the Age of COVID-19
By: Mister Lichtenstein
Tags: Zoom, Pandemic, Magic, Google Meet, Google

Magic is one of the throughlines of my life. My father started me on it when I was pretty young. I returned to it in my adulthood and found friends and mentors whom I cherish. One of my favorite things is performing for happy audiences. I’ve been performing professionally for many years now.

This is where things get tricky. My act is mostly made up of a mixture of “close up” effects and mentalism. For the record, mentalism and magic are akin to jazz and rock ’n’ roll; they’re different aesthetic choices made with the same tools. If you’re used to performing card tricks, your ability to do this is somewhat limited by the pandemic. It’s hard to get close up when you’re trying to stay far away.

My good friend Sylar convinced me to give video shows a shot. I was ambivalent about it because I know a lot about video and feel like performing for a camera gives the performer almost too much control. I like things to feel on the edge. Then came an offer to do a show. I accepted it and got to work on my online act.

Last week I gave a talk to the Google Assistant Personality Team, one that began with a performance. What I found was that certain effects I feel don’t necessarily play big on stage but worked well on camera, and some effects one cannot do as a close-up magician worked well on camera, made convenient because one needn’t carry a whiteboard easel as one goes from table to table. It’s not the same as performing in person, but it’s still performing. The audience still has a great time, I get to do what I love, and everyone can feel like life is normal for a few minutes.

Much of being a magician is about adapting to shifting situations, be they party guests becoming inebriated or some new technology that makes an effect seem less impressive. Be you a magician or some other profession, the key is finding a way for you to do what you do, even in this crazy time.

The show must go on, after all.
Shooting Star spells can transform any aspect of your life.
By: Shiloh Cyrus
Tags: Meteor, Cosmos, Space, Spells, Magic

spiritually speaking they represent unlimited opportunity. Source — https://www.spellswork7.com/meteor-shower-spells.html

A meteor shower is a celestial event where a number of meteors are observed in one point in the sky. Interestingly, most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand! So how does one see them and what do they mean spiritually? Most of them disintegrate and never hit the earth’s surface.

The spiritual meaning behind meteor showers started in ancient times. Objects or lights in the sky were associated with Gods or had a religious meaning. Specifically, seeing a meteor suggested that a gift was given by heaven. It often represented a mystery coming from the something larger than ourselves, the cosmos. A meteor represented awareness of recognition of something beyond our present experience.

meteors and falling stars as a part of their stories about reincarnation and souls passing on and see these events as good omens. In Ancient Greece, an astronomer named Ptolemy claimed that shooting stars would occur when the gods opened up the sky to watch the humans below. People started wishing upon the stars in hopes that the gods were listening at that very moment.

Some see it as a divine source.

Currently, many cultures consider meteor showers to have supernatural powers. They represent the energy of other worlds. The appearance of celestial objects are a gift from a higher power,

Whatever one imagines it as, tends to become their reality.

Meteor Shower Spells.

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Days of Wonder and Innocence
By: Misa Ferreira De Rezende
Tags: Innocence, Happiness, Childhood, Wonder, Magic

Days of Wonder and Innocence

“Courtesy of the Author”

In the days of Innocence

I saw my lifeless grandmother

Stretched out in a flower coffin

I then discovered that death existed…

Only for the grandparents.

In the days of Innocence

I thought the babies were born spontaneously

It was enough to be married correctly

And what about the number of children?

Well, this was with God

For some, he sent one, for others, eight, ten, even twelve!

He sent only six to my mother!

I lived enchanted with the world

After school, just wear a shabby outfit

And go to the adventure of finding ripe mango

That was lavishly offered in our backyard

My mother watched everything from the window

Full of laughter and joy

The world was magical and life was beautiful

It was my innocence intact and genuine

My happy girl life.
The Christmas Changeling
By: Terrye Turpin
Tags: Short Story, Christmas, Fiction, Centina, Magic

On her sixteenth birthday Anja Korhonen kissed her parents goodbye.

Her mother, Hilma, set down her mulled wine. “But tomorrow’s Christmas Eve.”

Anja bundled into her warmest coat. Her father, Olavi tugged her woolen sleeve. “Will you trek across Lapland? Take the sled.”

Anja, her green eyes bright as the Northern Lights, laughed.
Scary good at fortunes…
By: Kiki Schirr
Tags: Art, Fiction, Humor, Magic, Comic

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— Kiki
Rolling The Dice
By: Aaron Quist
Tags: Spirituality, Poetry Sunday, Love, Soul Searching, Magic

Rolling The Dice

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

The greatest treasures

await the doubter, the skeptic,

the soul hell-bent upon

clinging to its absolute denial

of all magic and love.

There comes a peace

to bless his chaos with order.

There comes an eye

to see all that he has hidden.

There comes a moment

when his levee must break.

There comes an astonishment

that he can only embrace.

There comes a miracle —

the singularity in which the lines

blur between the doubter and the believer,

like yin becoming yang, yang becoming yin.
Magick and occultism. I have a passion for the occult. Ha, so…
Tags: Occult, Spirituality, Magic, Consciousness

I have a passion for the occult.

OK, so are you doing magick?

No, it is the study of the exploration of invisible dimensions whose forces act upon us and through us — it is simply the study of a non-local intelligence. But we do it every day and it gets even better through rituals.

OK, tell me more.

For example when we go to church and light a candle while saying a prayer we perform a magick ritual, but we don’t realise it, people do it without even knowing how, the non-local intelligence, collective consciousness (beliefs, mores, and habits) pushes them to do things that do not disturb their daily lives through their consciousness. In fact, reality seems to be largely defined by belief, rather than law.

And why shouldn’t we know that?

Well, the forces that govern our mind, the magick that makes us act through love must not hide behind the shadow of our consciousness, otherwise the body catches the spirit and the third eye opens this which is very dangerous.

What proves to me that spiritual forces exist?

People believe in god, he is a strength they have. Our spirituality is the sense that there is something to the universe greater than that which we can perceive with our immediate senses, something that binds us to all other things. God is how we perceive this potentiality.

Are you persuaded to hold the truth then?

Truth cannot be taught. It must be experienced. Therefore, while many things are absolute, many more are a matter of perspective. If you seek the truth for yourself, and respect the truth of others, everything is fine, but place always the inner light of understanding above the outer light of common dogma.
Wait — if you’re really psychic…
By: Kiki Schirr
Tags: Storytelling, Magical Realism, Humor, Comics, Magic

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Take a magical edge with you to court.
By: Shiloh Cyrus
Tags: Witchcraft, Courts, Spells, Magic, Legal

Win Court Case or Get favorable judgment (or verdict)

Get Favorable Court Rulings

Whether you are the person who filed the case (the “plaintiff”) or the defendant, you should reread the complaint. This is the document that the judge will have in front of him or her. S/he will be looking for an explanation of all of the items noted in the complaint. Your first task is to prove (or disprove, if you are the defendant) what was alleged in the complaint.

Once you are started, your story will flow easily, especially if you have a few notes in outline form and your documents are organized in the order you plan to mention them. Indicate on your notes which documents you have to prove which point. You may want to number your documents to help you keep track of them.

court is a place where some look to level the playing field against individuals, businesses, or partnerships that have wronged them in the past. Thousands of Americans end up there each year. Many people cannot afford the cost of a lawyer to ensure a solid case and as a result, are left out in the cold. whether you can afford an attorney or not, you definitely need higher powers in your corner.

Our Spells have helped many of our clients gain the upper hand in court proceedings and have success in legal battles. We can help regardless of whatever legal issues you are dealing with and or help you overcome whatever type of charge you’re accused of.

These spells can influence everything about your case and in the courtroom.

Spells can be used to maximize your ability to win your Small Claims Court case — whether you’re a plaintiff or a defendant. in all cases, one party wins and the other party loses. Unfortunately, there’s no way anyone can guarantee that you’ll win any given case.

But if you are well- prepared, well-dressed, courteous prompt and ordered this spell, you will have done everything within your power to enable you to win.

Spell to win in court

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Stonehenge, the Winter Solstice, and Ancient powers.
By: Shiloh Cyrus
Tags: Winter, Stonehenge, Winter Solstice, Spells, Magic

The winter solstice is full of supernatural power.

Winter solstice spell casting service

The stones of Stonehenge have silently marked the winter solstice for thousands of years. The Winter Solstice marks the return of the Sun. The Druids and people from around the world gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the midwinter and welcome longer days. The winter solstice is important that prehistoric people built this extraordinary monument.

The Winter Solstice is the most important day of the year at Stonehenge. Stonehenge is the great prehistoric stone circle set in a complex prehistoric landscape in Wiltshire, England which is built on a solstitial alignment.

The celebration of the Winter Solstice brings together England’s New Age Tribes such as the neo-Druids, the neo-Pagans, and the Wiccans with tourist and travelers from around the world who come to Stonehenge to celebrate and experience the Winter Solstice.

The earth rotates on a tilted axis. When this axis leans towards the sun, it’s summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the south. This is reversed as the earth continues on its orbit until the axis becomes tilted away from the sun.

During the solstice, the earth’s axis is tilted at its furthest point from the sun. This means that, for us in the northern hemisphere, the sun is at its lowest point in the sky. It’s also the shortest day of the year — and the longest night.

Spells for Winter Solstice

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Let’s bring the magic back in poetry.
By: Desiree Driesenaar
Tags: Poetry, Surrealism, Short, Fantasy, Magic

Let’s bring the magic back in poetry. I’ve always been attracted by magical realism. And my personal development journey coincided with me starting to read fantasy novels written by Robin Hobb.

What a wise writer! Her books are filled with vast wisdom seeping into our brains via dragons and magic time-traveling stones. At this moment, I’m watching Merlin on Netflix and the parallels with our current time in history are so evident to me.

Magic happens everywhere. Picture: Stefan Keller via Pixabay.

We need magic back in our world! And what better place to touch hearts with magic than via poetry? Wanna get started? Here’s some direction from Gregory D. Welch.
Weeknotes: Week Four – In Which I Make An Elf Village and Cry Because Mayonnaise
By: Laura Miller
Tags: Weeknotes, Dorset, Council, Magic

Weeknotes: Week Four – In Which I Make An Elf Village and Cry Because Mayonnaise

Bear with me on this one.

It’s 8pm Friday and I’ve just finished a looong slog of interviews for a corporate director. It was a slog not because of the candidates (who were all amazing!) but because of the back to back Teams meetings required and the fatigue that goes with it.

The process made me reflect on building a team, and being part of one too. How lucky I feel to be included in such a good one, and how fortunate we are to be attracting a great scope of really genuinely brilliant people who want to work in Dorset.

A common theme from candidates was that our advert and descriptions were really fresh and different, and that they had become even more attracted to the role as the process went on.

That tells me we’re heading in the right direction. Several commented on an inspiring chat with the CEO Matt Prosser…and his leadership style, which was lovely to hear.

It’s a huge pressure and responsibility to build a team, and my councillor colleagues interviewing alongside me were hugely helpful. Cross party, of course. When we were asked about the culture of the council, we were all of the same view. Our people are front and centre of what matters- and politics comes a long way down the list.

How refreshing is that?!

Two things stand out.

I was so tired last night that when we finally finished full council my partner made me a fish finger butty and tucked me up on the sofa. When he brought it in, I asked for mayo and he replied ‘sorry- we’ve run out’. This ought not to have triggered a wailing wobbly, I am 39 years old, but there we are, it did. Not my finest moment but a reflection of the need to CHILL. We have a massive oak tree in front of our fence, on the track. Its roots are deep and twisty, making it the perfect location for an Elf Village.

Of course I’m building one.

I started with a couple of teeny houses from Poundland!

Then on a particularly stressful Monday I added some elves…staying up late to mould and bake them…and of course twinkly lights…
Fairy Dust
By: Lindsay Niedringhaus
Tags: Memories, Daughters, Childhood, Motherhood, Magic

She wore a sequined, turquoise dress,

haphazardly cut at the bottom so that her bare toes

peeped out of the hem.

She was always barefoot, even in the dead of winter.

She complained of the cold,

but refused shoes.

I sat on the front porch steps,

watching her tip-toeing across the grass

as she waved her right arm in a circular motion,

casting a spell on some dragon in the distance.

I breathed in deeply,

an aching pain inside of my heart.

One day she’ll wear shoes.

One day she’ll begin to whisper

princess songs once belted amidst twirling dresses.

One day some boy’s sideways joke

will cause her to narrow her eyes in the mirror.

One day her chipped-polish toes will no longer dance

across this dirty earth.

She runs to me with a dandelion.

“For you,” she says, looking up at me

with red-popsicle lips.

I tell her thank you,

run my fingers through a blonde curl

and across her peach-fuzz cheek,

wishing my own magic would return

if only for a second

to put a frame around

my little fairy.
Thieves magician
By: Ravi Ranjan Goswami
Tags: Travel, Thieves, Train, Magic

Before the invention and application of CCTV, theft was quite mysterious, and thieves seemed like the great magicians because we came to know about the crime only after it had happened. Now at least we can see a theft live on CCTV recording, after the incident.

In India, it is customary for a newlywed woman to wear and display the gold ornaments and for all women to wear the gold jewelry in a marriage function.

Shortly after our marriage, we traveled from Jhansi to Lucknow to attend a marriage ceremony. My wife carried her jewelry, which she had received as the marriage gift, keeping it in her leather suitcase to wear in the ceremony.

It was a wedding season, so the train was overcrowded. We traveled second class, and this was a daytime journey. We kept the suitcase on the upper berth. During the travel, a few passengers climbed and sat on the upper berth too. We did not suspect any foul play, but when, after reaching Lucknow, my wife opened the suitcase to make up for the ceremony, most of the jewelry was missing. There was no doubt in deciding that some thief had stolen jewelry on the train.
Rest
By: Christie Angelo
Tags: Spirit, Sex, Magic, Cemetery

If you were my baby I would let your soul crawl up inside me and rest — and by baby I mean the one who fucks me.

I go to meetings and I go on Tinder and I try and make some sense of this life and meanwhile little girls see dead people and wonder — is that person real? I take the girl out to lunch and I talk to her about seeing dead people — I try and give some good advice — maybe stop telling your teachers and talk to me about it instead — and remember — they can’t hurt you. Be afraid of humans. I warn her to be careful with the seductive part of playing in these realms. This is not a movie.

She tells me they are hanging in the trees and follow her everywhere — they are grotesque and scary. I teach her some tools — how to properly cleanse and salt and put the algiz sigil on your doors and windows — more to empower her then anything else. I tell her she is in control and if she doesn’t want to talk to them she can stand up for herself and not give them any energy. I tell her she is powerful and this could be a gift if she stopped dealing with these lower energies and raised her vibration — don’t fuck with these creeps go higher — work with Goddesses and Deity and Angels.

I wonder if she really is crazy or if it’s true — that these things follow her around and how traumatic that must be. She is only 12. At first she doesn’t want to talk about it that much, she is scared. I notice that by the time we are driving out to West Marin to go to Spirit Matters and get supplies her face has changed — she is no longer freaking out— the windows are down and her hair blows back and she tells me about boys and other things going on in her life. She looks completely different — her eyes are shining and she is laughing.

I remember the time my car bounced into a ditch on the side of a mountain filled with bones. I had to walk out in the dark — the cemetery claiming my car and call AAA. I don’t see dead people — I do not want to…

I walked down the hill to meet the tow truck and hopped in — the driver looked at me and very seriously said — “you are real? Right?” I looked at him and said — I think so. He couldn’t get the car — he is super jittery and freaked out to be in the old cemetery that I love so so much — so I told him I could just walk home and call again in the morning — no problem — I walked out the back fence and then I heard a big crash — he backed the big flat bed tow truck into the fence flattening it…he couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Now when I walk to the cemetery I can go through the flattened fence and enter the back way. No one ever fixed it.
Solar Eclipse and its Magic.
By: Shiloh Cyrus
Tags: Solar, Spells Caster, Solar Eclipse, Eclipse, Magic

Solar eclipses have caused fear, inspired curiosity, and have been associated with myths, legends, and superstitions throughout history. Even today, an eclipse of the Sun is considered a powerful omen in many cultures.

Solar Eclipse Magic & Spells.

Solar eclipses have caused fear, inspired curiosity, and have been associated with myths, legends, and superstitions throughout history. Even today, an eclipse of the Sun is considered a powerful omen in many cultures.

In Italy, for example, it is believed that flowers planted during a solar eclipse are brighter and more colorful than flowers planted any other time of the year.

All around the globe, ancient cultures and religions attempted to explain solar and lunar eclipses. Many of those stories involved gods, demons, dragons and other creatures that prowled through the sky and threatened to devour the sun or the moon. Today, as the U.S. prepares for the solar eclipse, when the moon will cover a percent of the sun’s disk, areas that lie in the path of the solar eclipse are planning festivals and multiday celebrations.

Take advantage of this powerful event

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5 Questions to the band Spiral Dance about Music & Magic
By: Zhiomn Ormando
Tags: Spiral Dance Band, 5 Questions, Magic, Spiral Dance, Music

Songs of magic, myths and legends, animate the Australian band Spiral Dance, formed by European descendants and inspired by the Celtic culture, a deep root in the history of the continent.

Spiral Dance Band

1. How the band came together, with the members, the music-style and the name?

Spiral Dance was formed in 1992 by a group of like-minded people on the Pagan path and drew its energy from the song writing and vocal skills of lead singer Adrienne.

Fusing folklore and legend Spiral Dance’s music is described as an eclectic blend of traditional folk-rock with powerful self-penned songs and tunes.

Rousing melodies intertwine with mythical tales that will spirit you into the realms of magic and the mists of ancient time — this is music that will rock your ancestors!

Spiral Dance performs as 3, 4,5 or 6 piece depending on the event but the core members are Adrienne Piggott (lead vocal, bodhran, mandolin), Nick Carter (acoustic & electric guitars) and Paul Gooding (diatonic accordions) with a back line consisting of Drums, Percussion and Bass.

The name came from a number of influences. Wanting to use the term Spiral. We loved the idea of the ‘spiral’ of life, and spirals appear in Celtic artwork and then ‘dance’ — the way to express or release energy to music. When you dance you are free so Spiral Dance seemed like a magical name.

Spiral Dance Band playing live

2. How does the music you make connect with the people who listen to it?

The sound of a piece of music has potential to alter the pattern and the consciousness of all living beings. That’s why so called ‘folk’ music has such a resonance for people as it grew out of working in the fields, in the forest, with the land and animals and in the celebration of the sacred festivals.

Music can mark important moments in time and allows time to flow. I think this is why so many people on the pagan path resonate with Spiral Dance’s lyrics and music.
Is this love?
By: Krithika Murugesan
Tags: Sweetheart, Love, Magic, Confusion

Contemplating the chaos…

Sometimes I wonder, what it is to be in love!

Accepting someone knowing all their flaws

Waiting for their recognition; even for the smallest of deeds

Sharing your favorite spot on the couch

Counting the stars together on a full moon

Going for long walks hand in hand

Falling asleep on his shoulder

I have to watch a new genre now!

Cooking together, making an effort

What if I give him the key to my heart?

The long drives amidst the scenic places

The warm coffee on a winter day

Reading books together, growing old together

Laughing at random things

Waiting to watch the season finale

Travelling the world, earning, saving

Being so vulnerable; Yet so protected

I’m just sure of one thing though

I will be the crazy one!
You are the blue collar, working man, hero master.
By: K.C. Knouse
Tags: Short Story, Fiction, Diary, Horror, Magic

You are the blue collar, working man, hero master. You got me all riled up. I'm ready to see what this one will do.
Believe In Love
By: Ann Litts
Tags: Family Traditions, Believe, Christmas, Spirituality, Magic

Believe In Love

Photo by S&B Vonlanthen on Unsplash

A lot of Humans have a hard time transitioning from Believing to Reality — when they sort out who is actually behind the Magik Of Christmas.

I didn’t. And I have to tell you — I was as fierce a Believer as there ever was!

If anything — my heart filled up with gratitude for my parents — my mother mostly — for her Herculean efforts every year to brew The Magik. My first thought was about the year our home burned — and how Santa STILL came. In the years after my mother’s death — honoring the traditions of my childhood was a therapeutic outlet for my grief.

When I had children of my own — I understood on a very personal scale — how much time and energy goes into living up to The Legend of St. Nicholas. I became Christmas Magik on a whole new level.
My Genie
Tags: Poetry, Wishes, Love, Poem, Magic

Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash

You were my genie

Magic brought you to me and kept you close to me

Your eyes and smile caged all my fears

The slow caresses of your fingers pulled out another chance at love

From deep within me

Your sweet voice whispered promises to my heart when I wasn’t listening

You gained its trust and it let it’s guard down around you

Safe within your embrace, my heart gave you it’s wishes while I was sleeping

You slowly made each of my wishes come true

Before I knew it my heart wasn’t the only thing

That fell safe and sound around you

Then you slowly began to fade before me

Before my heart got to tell you its final and third wish

It was just one word….you.
The Magic of Taking Leadership III
By: Davida Opara
Tags: Sustainable Development, Leadership, Magic

What Does it Mean to See Beyond You?

Just do this: take off your eyes for a moment from the little world that is your personal space and personal problems and personal "beef" and all those things we find personal, and adjust your eyes to see the world. When we see beyond ourselves, we learn that there are so many aching hearts and suffering persons. We realize that even the planet needs a bit of saving.

In a nutshell, seeing beyond you is choosing to open your eyes to the people and world beyond you. And when you do this, you find out that the world is really in need of superheroes with a little magic.

Just think about the millions of people and thousands of families living in extreme poverty, who cannot afford to eat every day. Or the thousands of expectant mums and new babies that die every year from preventable causes – from things as little as pneumonia and malaria. Or the sheer number of girls and boys raped everyday, and suffer other forms of dehumanizing treatment. Or the fact that the planet is literally crying about the greenhouse emissions we produce.

It takes bravery to care enough to do something about these big issues - yet the choice to be brave and to care is part of the superhero magic!
Timeless Trees
By: Zach Wolpe
Tags: God, Lost, Wanderlust, Poety, Magic

Timeless Trees

#Poetry

Run in the forest.

Run fast.

Alone.

Faster & further than you thought you could.

Sprint until your legs give way, you slip and fall & your knees bleed. Look around & realize where you are — in the forest, alone. And the forest doesn’t care about your bloody knees — so you’ll get up & run again.

Without your knowing, nor your consent, the world of things will recede around you & you’ll be left with nothing but the metaphysics of being.

Your mind & heart race as fast as blood pumps through your veins. Now you feel alive — like the run has just begun. You don’t know where you are & you don’t care — because time itself is also gone. Anxiety is gone. All that cripples you is gone. Nothing exists outside of now — the metaphysics of being.

This as close as it gets to the Stoics’ ataraxia or Buddha’s enlightenment.

Bathed in silence your soul is free to breathe. Your intellectual shackles shattered by the endless trees.

After a while, of course, your body will give in & your legs will cease. You’ll look around & find a perfect place to rest. Sitting in the dirt under a tree, or on some gargantuan rock, you feel pure & cleansed & with it comes the clarity of mind that brings forth (in abundance) solutions to all your trivialities. You are within & without, granted sufficient distance from your own existence to effortlessly peel away the obstacles that have occluded your clarity of mind.

Regarless of your priors you can’t help empathise with the pantheist. For here is where all men find peace. Here is where all men are equally small.

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A uthors Notes:

The only truths we know are metaphysical — all other dealings are transient flavours of the day. To me there only appear to be two truths: one is love, the other is the metaphysics of being. Our relationships are stochastic, our mathematics is axiomatic, our science is bound by apparatus. All secondary to the two truths.
Soul-Shaking Goosebumps. When Lightning Strikes Your Soul
By: Christopher Robin
Tags: Writing, Experience, Life, Music, Magic

When Musical Lightning Strikes Your Soul

Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash

In conversation with a friend recently, we were discussing that many people aren’t moved by music the way we are. By moved I mean chills, goosebumps, skin-tingling, hair-standing, spine-shivers, etc. Some even call it a “skin orgasm”. Some studies have shown that approximately 50% of people experience this, but I think it’s less than that. For those of us that do, we can’t imagine not having this. It’s part of the experience of listening to music. Connecting with it. Being part of it.

My friend and I always had this in common. In fact, now that I think of it, most people I was friends with had these traits. We connected through music at a young age, many of us being aspiring musicians. After high school band practices and other activities, we would often ride around listening to music the way other teenagers did. We began taking trips to whatever local store was open later on Tuesdays to procure new music. We quickly learned that we had similar tastes; that we were all moved greatly by this form of art and that we got these chills and goosebumps when the music hits just right. We would be rocking out to something and suddenly find ourselves in a purgatory of sorts where nothing else ever existed but that moment.

The music reaches out and plucks the strings of your soul with an all-encompassing resonance that can barely be described but keenly felt.

Science calls this Frisson

I didn’t know it had a name, but I’m not sure a word with a simple definition can do this feeling justice. Like trying to define Love, there’s no way to simply explain what it really means because it’s subjective at heart. The Wikipedia entry defines it as: “Frisson (/ˈfrɪsən/ FRISS-ən;[1] French for “shiver”) also known as aesthetic chills or musical chills, is a psychophysiological response to rewarding auditory and/or visual stimuli that often induces a pleasurable or otherwise positively-valenced affective state…”

Music is, inherently, condensed emotion. If you think of some of your favorite music, be it happy or sad or fast or slow, it’s usually a story about something. A new love, a lost love, a skyrocketing high, or a valley-of-the-shadow-of-death low. The songwriter takes you on a fraction of the journey, but it’s the most important part. All the emotion of an event compressed into a song. Just as poetry uses few words to convey a deep message, a piece of music will use perfectly placed phrases with the right chords and dynamics to pull you into that moment in time. When it does, I find my hair on fire and my spine becomes a tuning fork.

It’s when lightning strikes.
The Three Aspects of Spellcasting
By: Tara Plas
Tags: Witch, Energy, Manifestation, Self, Magic

Photo by Tara Plas

The process of magic can look infinitely different, but it works like this:

The Magician decides what they want and how to ask for it.

The Magician performs some sort of spell or ritual, which can be as simple as a passing thought, or more complicated than you can possibly imagine. The parts of the ritual may draw more energy to the spell, or the energy may be provided by the Magician alone. How much energy they have cultivated in their lifetime(s) affects the strength of their magic.

The result of the ask is dependent on the state and force of the Magician’s will, as well as the strength of any opposing wills.

For Example:

If you are asking for a job, somebody that wants the job more than you can get it IF their will is more in alignment and/or their energetic force is greater than yours.

If you did not get the job, the fix is to work on the state of your will in the matter. You may need to uncover parts of yourself that desire the opposite of what you’ve asked for and reconcile those conflicting desires, or bring more energy to your will.

Amp up your desire for the job. You may now require a new job to ask for, or there may be a way to get the original job.
I think consistency does matter.
By: Dr. Preeti Singh
Tags: Magic

I think consistency does matter. If you continue to work hard you do get success. Fair means or foul, continuity & consistency is important 😄 Very well written
christmas
By: Patty Brown
Tags: Words, Poetry, Artist, Christmas, Magic

i love to linger

on the edge of christmas

i like to stand outside

and look at houses aglow

cities adorned

churches lined with greenery

stores wrapped in perfect bows

and contemplate

the evening hour

to navigate

pulling off the big show

of everything

we every wanted

sans

peace and love

on the edge of christmas

unremarkably

in the quiet

beneath the glistening stars

a winter’s moon

all alone

bones and soul

it finds us

— -patty

Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

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What’s this thing called Magick?
By: Joy Gorence
Tags: Tricia Omalley, Grace Omalley, Ireland, Book Review, Magic

Wild Irish Heart by Tricia O’Malley

Photo by Bhargava Marripati from Pexels

When Keelin receives a package in the mail from Ireland, she is in the process of working on a proposal for her research site. As the daughter of single parent and successful Boston real estate agent, she is surprised to receive a mysterious book from a woman in Ireland whom she has never met, her grandmother. Wanting to know more of her family’s background, she decides to use her research as an opportunity to travel to Graces’ Cove, Ireland. A short visit to the town renown as the final resting place of the Pirate Queen, Grace O’Malley, turns into a more extended stay that leads to Keelin uncovering the truth of her heritage.

Readers must suspend their belief of an orderly world because Keelin’s new environment defies reason. As she befriends others in the village, she realizes that her life’s journey has just begun. Readers looking for realism and believable relationships might not enjoy this book. However, if one suspends preconceived notions of reality, Wild Irish Heart will provide the reader with a few hours of escapism and vision of a world of magic and romance.

In each of the books in the Mystic Cove Series, another character provides the narration and point of view of unveiling the mist that surrounds their realities. Each story weaves its design from a previous story in the Mystic Cove Series. Those interested in the legends surrounding Grace O’Malley, née Grainne Ni Mhaille, the one woman whom Queen Elizabeth met in private in July 1593, will find these novels captivating.
Snowflake
By: Alexandra Androne
Tags: Poetry, Blue Insights, Love, Snowflake, Magic

The symbol of love and coldness

The kindness in her eyes is everlastingness

Delicate and short-lived, she must surmise

The smile on her face is the most beautiful prize

The fragility comes down from the beautiful sky

You look at details and the wish was mystified

The ice-crystal bring us the joy to believe

And the sensitive part in our soul is guaranteed

So take a look at the magic calendar

For the day when a snowflake becomes your soul examiner
Everyday Magic
By: Afiyah The Poet
Tags: 365 Days Of Poetry, Poetry, Bliss, Appreciation, Magic

Everyday magic

unfolding before my eyes

I’m coming to realize

there’s not much to want

Each moment

that I take in fully

More enchantment of life

I come to experience

Magic asks

of my full attention

New world emerges

with the opening of my eyes

Being in the state

of appreciation

Connects me back

to the home that I belong.

(365 Days of Poetry — Day 317)
| If I had You! |
By: Rahul Ugale
Tags: Beach, Love, Life, Magic, Emotions

| If I had You! |

We’d near further down the beach,

Things would’ve been better;

The Sun disappearing and the Stars glittering above us,

Fireworks exploding the blue-black skies,

Bright colors whirling, spinning through our eyes,

Wrapped hands with unimaginable memories and no lies.