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It Doesn’t Matter What You Do

What is really important is not what one does, but how one is. Each of us has a life purpose, and it is our duty to seek it out and follow it. This is essential for our soul’s sake. Continue reading

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What A Fine Fallow

It is an important, if often underestimated or forgotten, principle of esoteric study that one cannot make constant progress. It is essential to allow study and practice to incubate in order to blossom at full potency. Continue reading

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Mystery, Mastery

A voice said, “Move from mystery to mastery through the power of YA.” Of course, it was a play on the two words, whose spellings differ by those two letters. However, the implication is potentially profound. Continue reading

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Heart-Centered Living

It’s difficult to live from the heart, and it’s an easy out to justify insensitivity on our part as “taking care of ourselves.” After all, love does begin at home. Continue reading

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Planetary Forces – Pluto

In our psyches, Pluto can bring about rapid cleansing, and asks us to die to ourselves so that we may rise anew – hence the Tarot card that shows the dead rising. Continue reading

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Planetary Forces – Neptune

Neptune is our dreamy side and it helps us formulate hopes and aspirations. On the negative, it can enslave us with unrealistic expectations and even addictions. Continue reading

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Planetary Forces – Uranus

The element of Air is associated with quick thought and movement. There is a gregarious quality to it, and those with much Air in their temperament are quick-thinking and sociable. Continue reading

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Planetary Forces – Mercury

Mercury is the intercessor, in that it lies between us and that representation of the godhead. Notice in The Magician, the figure stands with one arm aloft and the other down, directing the force from the above to the below – once again, an intercessor, a messenger, and a transducer of the power from the divine. Continue reading

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Planetary Forces – Venus

Venus is the planet of beauty, and the Venus force seeks to bring beauty into our lives. Venus rules two signs: Taurus and Libra. Both are concerned with beauty in different ways. Taurus wants beauty in the physical world, whereas Libra wants divine justice, a beauty of the mind. Continue reading

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Planetary Forces – Sun

The Sun is the center of our solar system, just as the heart chakra is the central chakra of our energy system. When we live from our heart, we find our courage. However, a Sun out of control is quite destructive (think supernova), and if we let our Sun get the better of us, egotism and arrogance result. This leaves a path of destruction in our lives, and in the lives of those around us. Continue reading

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