A Digital Grimoire
I lay my life before you, faun consort of life, the fleeting dawn you who are everything, one and whole flow through me and rekindle my soul I pray that you will lend your might, that I become one with the eternal light I read somewhere that what we fear most is not the darkness…
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A At the spring equinox, signs of growth were scarce here, but just weeks later, hope keeps popping up everywhere. From tiny shoots of crocus pushing through the mulch of leaves gifted by our many trees, to the newly discovered patch of early flowering tulips planted by a previous owner, to the fat red buds…
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The month of February continues to cast its soft light across Winter Wonderland, gently melting mountains of snow and transforming the element of winter into rivers and muddy puddles showing that the earth is waking up. Brigid’s energy is everywhere, and I turn to her in her aspect as a goddess of poetry, invoking her…
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I love the Canadian winter, especially the ice-cold months of January and February, when the world is covered in a thick, soft blanket of white snow that glitters in the sun. The colours of dormant trees, winterberries, crabapples, squirrels, red cardinals and blue jays sparkle in a sea of white, little dots of life and…
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The late literature professor Joseph Campbell wrote: “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the rhythm of the universe, to match your nature with Nature”. This statement aligns with the goal of healing in Ayurveda, which is to achieve balance and unite with cosmos. Life is a healing journey. All of us…
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A modern earthbound spirituality seeks to rekindle the relationship between man and nature that was obliterated by the emergence of industrial and later technological society. People of older civilizations encountered the forces of nature in every aspect of their daily life and they interpreted this experience religiously. Trees became powerful spiritual symbols in many ancient…
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My personal spiritual experience has grown to become very practical and earthbound, which is what the concept of everyday magic is all about: to experience the divine in everyday activities and through the senses: in nature, in our relationships etc. This newfound intimacy with the Spirit through nature has rekindled my interest in the wheel…
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Everyday Magic 