When you need a little boost of positive energy, try doing this affirmation.....starting with 'A'....(as quickly as you can!) ...and going through 'Z'.....name something in your life that you are grateful for that begins with each letter of the alphabet!!
I was doing this (for the 3rd time in a row!!!) at work last night.....my box cutter slipped and cut my inner forearm.....I had to get 7 stitches, but I'm 'GRATEFUL' it didn't hit a major artery or vein, or do any damage to muscles, tendons, etc!!
Night, driven away, yields her place to Dawn. Here she comes, the white one, with her shining calf. One, then the other; one, then the other; always they move, one after the other, two sisters on the same path. They never meet, nor stand to talk together, but they are similar, though seeming different. -----Indian Rig Veda
The light is diminishing, although in most places almost imperceptibly. since the year's longest day, the summer solstice, many weeks have passed; the point of balance, the equinox, is coming soon. At the height of summer, a memory of winter intrudes. Why think of it now? Why not just languish in the heat and the brightness, pretending that nothing will ever change? But life is nothing but change. Even as we enjoy the sultry weather of late summer, the clock ticks toward the next season. Awareness of time's passage need not interfere with our appreciation of the moment at hand. In fact, the more aware we are of how temporary each pleasure, each sensation, is, the more we will take time to truly drink it in. Iced tea on a summer's night, the blink of fireflies against dark leaves, the fragrance of late flowers and ripening fruit--all the sensuous delights of summer are coming to a close. Day's sister night is gathering her forces. Enjoy the day as it passes.
I recently purchased this deck of divinatory cards and I'm really excited about starting to work with them!! Until this 'cross-roads' in my path I haven't taken the opportunity to explore the energy, wisdom and magick of the fae, so I am really looking forward to it!!!
By claire nahmad, welcome the energy, wisdom and magic of the fairies into your life. Use the beautifully illustrated divinatory cards to help you consider important questions and to help you find your magical path through life. Explore the mysteries of the fairy world and experience the delight and enchantment that fairies will bring to your life. Boxed set includes 42 cards and a 128 page paperback book. Boxed set 190 x 150mm. Hard to find title.
Most of the sources I went to online said that the 'item is out of stock'...or 'Hard to find title'....so I feel VERY fortunate that they called my name when I was at the 'Half Price Bookstore' (and for ONLY $7.99!!!)
---------Sicilian Greek poet Ibykos, sixth century B.C.E.
Humans are rare among mammals in that we are always ready for love. Unlike our animal relatives, human females do not have special seasons of estrus. Scientists speculate about why this distinction came about, some believing that the length of time a human baby must be nurtured gave rise to a need to bond us more tightly together. And sexual pleasure is, indeed, a great compelling bond.
This human biological trait is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing, because we are able to bond with each other beyond the sheer physical need for release. But love can also feel like a curse, as the poet Ibykos reminds us, because it opens us up to change. Love can overturn our lives as easily as a child overturns a wagon of toys, which is why the love goddess' child, Eros or Cupid, is pictured so wanton and careless of our lives. Yet without its beauty, what would our lives be worth?
***From 'The Crone's Book of Charms & Spells' by Valerie Worth
The Sunflower, whether growing wild or boldly planted in the garden, may bestow great strength upon all who attend it. Let one plant be observed from day to day, and when its fire shall cool, its growth cease, and its seed be firm, cut the bowed head off with a hand's length of stalk remaining. Tie this tightly with a cord, and thus suspend it from a hook fixed to a ceiling within your house, that it may hand there all winter be well preserved. In the Spring take it down, remove the seeds, and plant all but one of these in a great circle surrounding your house. The remaining seed you should then crack open and swallow the kernel thereof, thus to become one with its Sun-engendered flesh, while you live thereafter encircled by the new flowers that grow------yourself the fertile center of their solar influence.
