Have you ever noticed how instinctual it is to kiss someone on their forehead, between their brows, when offering solace or compassion? Itโs as if we are programmed to know that right there is where our empathic gesture will be best received. Before I knew what and...
You are my wilderness. So often you have rescued me as Iโve plunged into the depths of despair. Circling me with that specific tenderness in your eyes, you determine to envelop me and my tears. I have never become accustomed to your powerful empathy for my sadness. I...
โAt no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is in no way inferior to the smell of the sea, bitter where it borders on taste, and more honeysweet where you feel it touching the first sounds....
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. ~ W. B. Yeats โBut what do you do?โ I am asked, quite often, once the subject of my being a solitary witch comes up. โWhat kind of habits do you keepโฆhow do you invite magic into your...
โThe doctrine of metempsychosis is, above all, neither absurd nor uselessโฆ It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.โ ~ Voltaire When I was 16, I read my first book about reincarnation. Coming from a Catholic...
