Magic and Manifestation
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Steve Pavlina’s Seven Principles for Smart People: Astrology and Personal Development
Steve Pavlina, the blogosphere’s foremost authority on personal development, has written a fantastic book on astrology and the Tarot. The odd thing is that he doesn’t know it. In fact, as far as I know, Steve is completely ignorant of astrology and the Tarot. He is something of a mystic — by his own account, Continue reading
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What Do You Really Want?: Magic and the Collective Subconscious
A few weeks ago I gave some examples of my recent successes with magic (or “intention manifestation”). The method I was using had three basic steps: Make sure you really want it. Believe it can realistically happen. Feel the gratitude for it. A simple method, and some good results can be achieved with it. I Continue reading
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Spiritual Weight Loss II: the Abyss
Over a year has passed since my first post on spiritual weight loss, and it has been, frankly, extremely difficult — and at times harrowing. At first, things went very well; but then I began to lose ground — slowly at first, and then rapidly. In the spring, my health quickly became much worse, and Continue reading
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Step By Step Magic: Simple Intention Manifestation
In 2008 I turned some kind of corner in magic / intention manifestation (whatever you want to call it), and got markedly better at it. The technique I developed then is not suitable for manifesting thousands of dollars or a house (in my experience, that takes sustained meditation paired with sustained action), but I’ve had Continue reading
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The Narnian Tarot
Lewis channels not only the Christian story, but the Universal Story — the one echoed in Gilgamesh, the life of the Buddha, King Arthur, and so on. This is the story that children connect to when they read the books, and the reason for their enduring popularity. Continue reading
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Reflections on Intention Manifestation
In meditation, in my own personal inner landscape, Cernunnos most often finds me in the Forest of the Horned God; he emerges from a patch of dappled sunlight like something hidden in a puzzle-picture, his twisted horns reaching up among the tree branches, tall and dark, with twinkling eyes. Last October I begged him for Continue reading
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Beltane 2008: Scattered Blossoms
I’m working on a very large post, and normally I would post it in sections, but it’s not the sort of thing that can be broken up. In the meantime, I offer some reflections of the joys of the season: This morning — May First — out of the blue — our five-year-old son woke Continue reading
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The Tolkien Tarot Spread III: Fiction and Divination
What does fiction have to do with divination? The common thread is the story structure, the plot. A work of fiction is an illustration of prototypical event structures, plotlines that are moving or meaningful. A divination system also provides plotlines, as well as general elements to flesh out the events of the story. A divination Continue reading
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The Tolkien Tarot Spread II: Patterns of Action
Click here for the previous post in this series: The Function of Fiction. Patterns of Plot, Patterns of Life All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost. The old that is strong does not wither; Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall Continue reading
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The Tolkien Tarot Spread I: the Function of Fiction
There is no question that Tolkien has had an amazing effect on my life, perhaps more than any other single person, including my parents. I am a linguist today because of The Hobbit. The runes absolutely fascinated me. And then — The Lord of the Rings! Can you imagine the thrill that shot through me Continue reading
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