Secrets of Magic No 36: Build a calm space
Tension is more than physical, it is also an emotional state. We carry clouds of anxiety and depression around with us. Learning to release emotional tension and live in peace…
Tension is more than physical, it is also an emotional state. We carry clouds of anxiety and depression around with us. Learning to release emotional tension and live in peace…
One of the things I love about being a magician is that we face life head-on. Magic gives us the tools to cope with whatever happens.
Breathing is so automatic that many of us never think about it. We can fall into bad breathing habits, sitting slumped, breathing shallowly, breathing through our mouths. Tension pools at…
We can get so tense about achieving exactly the result we want that we get in our own way. The first step in using magic effectively is to learn to…
Everywhere I look there are trees. One forest. Saplings growing from a common trunk. Roots twined like fingers, like lovers, like family standing together long enough to know everything any…
Hail to you, Hekate, Goddess of the crossroads, Kouroutophe, nursemaid to the child, Granter of victory in contest, Mistress of the pharmakon. Hekate Brimo, garlanded in snakes, Lift your torches…
Saturn is the last planet the ancients could see. The next planet from the sun after Jupiter, Saturn too is a gas giant, one surrounded with spectacular rings, photographed by…
Hail to thee Pomona! Pomorum Patrona, Guardian Goddess of the orchard, With your gentle touch may our trees grow strong, Free from blight, And heavy with healthy fruit!
I call on the powers that govern nature. Let the rain fall and damp the fires. Let the winds subside and the storms disperse. Let the floods subside and the…
Jupiter, the next planet out from the sun after Mars, is the first of the gas giants, planets composed primarily of gases rather than rock. Recent exploration vehicles have sent…
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Mars is the next planet after ours from the sun. In many ways Mars seems like a smaller sibling to our planet. This planet may have housed life at some…