February 2012
Hi Vivi: How long does it take to shift in consciousness? This is a personality-based question that really has no answer in terms of length of time. It takes as long as one lives. Change is a fundamental reality of life in time and space. Change is occurring constantly, but often we don’t recognize it as it may be quite subtle. The personality is also always trying to keep things the same. Often...
Friday February 24: Regifugium (Roman)
Color: White, Sign: Aries, Incense:...
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch’s high estate.
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– Edgar Allan Poe, from “The Haunted Palace” (via bookoasis)
From Heart of a Mother by Paula J. Fox
A mother is born in that very moment a child becomes her own. And her heart begins to overflow with a love she has never known. Her focus changes instantly as her heart beats for another. It will never be the same again. It’s the powerful heart of a mother! It’s a heart of incredible courage with strength and endurance too. She fiercely...
Spotlight Article - February 2012
How to Boost Creativity: Three Techniques
By Heather M Robson
Whether you’re an aspiring novelist or a working copywriter, creativity plays a role in your work. Fiction writers and poetry writers need creativity for obvious reasons. They need to come up with creative story ideas and find memorable images that will ring true for readers and...
The whole life of a man is but a point in time; let us enjoy it.
– Plutarch
There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning,...
– H. G. Wells, as cited in Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography (via bookoasis)
The Goddess Series ~ Artemis
iheartpaganism:
I Heart Paganism’s Goddess Series
Artemis
By: Anna Yamamaya
Her Origins and History
Most historians suggest that the origins of Hellenic Artemis, the well-known Goddess of the hunt, originated from the Minoan Lady of the Beasts, Potnia Theron. The Minoans, who settled in Crete, were a peaceful civilization that followed a Goddess-centered religion. However, the early...
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them...
– ― Andy Warhol