The Magickal Pen

The Great Mother

sighs and oceans

tremble and swell-

filled with her breath.

Read more at:

A Year Within The Tree of Life

To be spontaneous is to act without ego and enlist our sense of creativity and imagination.

Walk in the rain.

Join in on Karaoke.

Choose a restaurant of different cultural foods.

Choose bubblegum over your regular brand

and test your childlike skill.

Finger-paint!

How often, as adults do we allow ourselves the joy of being spontaneous? Children naturally allow their interest and actions to flow in unrestrained creativity. For this week, I want to explore the inner child that is spontaneous, joyful and creative. I want to remember the sheer joy of losing myself within the notes of a beautiful piece of music. I want to respond rather than react. To step into the magickal flow of life that surrounds me and to allow it to take me to places long ago visited in the dreams of a child.  Where will your spontaneity take you?

It is truly beautiful!

There is a certain

refinement and grace.

The craftsmanship is expertise

and one can tell that

great skill and thought

went into its creation.

You know they say

that the finest of gold

was used and each pan

was polished and leveled.

It’s inner workings were

calibrated to the most

exact measure.

As I think on it-

if, I pause too long

on either extreme

of matters the agility

of my mind usually

steps in to set

the course straight

and bring the

tangential stream

back to center point.

Although, if I linger

too long in the comfort

of my mental landscape

that brings its

own downpour

of disequilibrium.

Yes, it is beautiful

this state of affairs

and the rarest and

most refined of thought

is poised and balanced

on the luminescent

polished scales of mind’s

elegantly created

obelisk.

The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the “founding of the world”:

where the sacred Manifests itself in space,

the real unveils itself,

and the world comes into existence

… Mircea Eliade …

What is Sacred Space?

Read and re-read the quote above. Take it into your space of meditation. Analyze, dissect and observe it from all angles, perspectives and meaning. Try to feel the weight and breath of its meaning and allow the words to gently wash over you. Digest it and then simply sit with the feeling of satiety its inner essence provides. And, once you have done these things, redo them, one by one. Therein you will find the wholeness and gnosis of meaning that is contained within the sacred space you have so intensely and with such devotion created around those words.

Learn more at:  Lesson 6: A Year and A DAY on the Wiccan Path

The air is becoming crisper with threads of winter’s cold woven through and all around us we see nature preparing for the Winter months that will soon be upon us. Leaves are changing color, the crops of Summer’s bounty are falling to the blades of the harvest and much of the natural world is returning to the earth for renewal and release.

For many, this is also the time of return to classrooms, education, regular work hours and longer nights spent cozy and warm indoors. And, although in the outer world the appearance is that of reaping, internally, there is a new planting and seeding going on simultaneously as we begin another season traditionally given over to learning. 

Personally, I  love this time of the year. In particular, the smells and sounds that abound are ripe with memories of picking out school supplies and a fresh start at learning new things and making the “grade”.  So, as time and weather steadily move us indoors, why not consider making some time to plant some new seeds of thought.  Now is the perfect time to begin the study of something that has held your interest. This new course can be as complex as signing up for an adult education or college class or as simple and self-driven as doing a little research, investing in a book written by an expert in that subject and finding a cozy chair, good reading light and plunge right in. 

We should never stop learning. We should never cease to seek out new knowledge and new experiences. And, we should never underestimate the potential and capabilities we may have inadvertently left unrecognized and unexplored. For it within these paths that we often find just what we need for our own personal growth…

Happy Exploring….

– rfennelly –

excerpted from Pen Notes   Issue 6    Esoteric Thymes

What sound issues forth

from the place of the

Abyss

It is neither the

timbre of sweet

angelic choir nor

the shrieks and howls of those

Souls lost in the

night…

Want to read more? Check out Lesson  9 of the online course:

A Year Within the Tree of Life

Describe to me again

in detail what it is

that you want me to do.

If you can give me

sufficient information

I can draw a

finely tuned conclusion.

But, if you omit the

fine points I will be

forced to search

until I have the information

I need.

I can be impetuous at times.

And, occasionally I appear to be

the neophyte who is thought

to not have nearly enough experience.

These are the qualities that

allow me to seek and unravel  the deepest

of mysteries. I see with the

eyes of  one who has not been

jaded and corrupted by

pre-conceived assumptions.

My attention to detail

is rivaled by none

and my organizational skills

are something that many

wish they could master.

I am shrewd and analytical

and will stand strong if

my analytical mind

is questioned.

Some may see me as

inert and caught up in the web

of over-analysis and detail.

Others would praise my

orderly and inquisitive nature.

So, next you have need

of one whose hand

moves with meticulous grace.

Seek me out, let me

break it down

for you…

The light shines fully on my face

And I command attention.

Strong and proud

I will take charge

where it is needed

and fiercely protect

when challenged unfairly.

My fires and will are

constant and although

the spotlight shines

benevolently

on my actions.

I often retreat to

the coolness of shadow

when wounded or feel

vulnerable.

I am Leo

I am the King of the starry

heavens and beware

the flick of my tail in

exasperation or the

ferocity of my roar.

They are but warnings to

keep your distance

from those people and

things I nurture and protect.

I stand in rapture as

the flame of sun’s rays

ignites my varied passions.

Resolute will and determination

guide my unyielding course

as I move with power

and courage to claim

my place of leadership.

A reminder  to slow down and give some time to reflection at this potent Full Moon…
There is a time when

despite the business that surrounds

everything slows to a

centered serenity.

There is a time when the

faces of the deva and

the light of the fairy

peer back with

crystal clarity.

There is a time when

the constant meanderings

of streams of thought

finally come to the delta

of the vast sea of consciousness.

This time is not marked

by the jubilant rising

of the sun or

the quiet repose of day’s end.

It is not while the

heat and radiance of

solar majesty stands high

or the fullness of moon’s

milky orb fills the

night sky.

This time can not be

measured by the

ticking of pointed hands

or the flow of

sand’s grain as

it drops to the

cavernous belly of constraint.

There is a time that is

both within and outside

of our being

There is a pause of stillness

where singular existence

gives way to the bliss

of merge

There is a time when

all that is required

is to simply sit

to quietly listen

to effortlessly

BE