Sun Feb
26th
2017

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Life and Death and Magick

Last week one young life ended, and another began. I can be grateful for both. http://media.blubrry.com/earth_and_magick/p/content.blubrry.com/earth_and_magick/test1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

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Sat Aug
27th
2016

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Recovery Leads to Loneliness

Here’s something on loneliness in Recovery. Also see here for Diane Haugh Moretti’s take on loneliness. Diane always has something good to read. I challenged Diane Hugh Moretti to write on how Recovery Can Cause Loneliness… then took forever to respond to my own challenge. Why? It took a lot of working through, because not only do I go through [...]

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Sun Jul
10th
2016

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Finding Serenity

What does serenity look like? I am three years into recovery and I still have trouble identifying serenity. At first I would have said that serenity was the lack of conflict in the house. Later, I would have focused on my response to others as an indication of serenity. Now, I find myself focusing more on [...]

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Tue Jun
21st
2016

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Day 174 – Words Have Power

Language is the Third Great Magic of mankind. The First being Creation, and the Second, Compassion. What is Creation without Compassion? It is sterile destruction; it is the mined out wastes left behind by unchecked greed, it is the orphan left for others to raise. I wrote this several years go, but apparently I have [...]

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Tue Jun
14th
2016

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The Illusion of Family

  When challenged to write by Diane Haugh Moretti, and having chosen the topic, my heart fell. This is all I could think of at first, that I wrote some years ago after my mother died… Many years later, after putting all the pieces together, I realized that the father I loved had not been trustworthy. I [...]

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Sun Jun
12th
2016

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Day 164 – Don’t Dilly Dally

Three benefits of a daily personal inventory: I bring my fears to my attention I learn where I have been wrong And I can leave all that behind for today

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Sat Jun
11th
2016

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Day 163 – Amends not Emends

Three times to make amends: When you can When they can When it feels right   And a fourth,  when doing so makes it right, not just different.  There is a difference between amendment and emendment. The secret ingredient is honesty.

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Fri Jun
10th
2016

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Day 162 – Climb That Hill

Three parts to Never Give Up: Yes, Maybe, Never Yes and Maybe, but No, Not Ever Yes, When I Can

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Thu Jun
9th
2016

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Day 161 – Humble, Not Abusable

Three advantages of separating humility and humiliation: I can serve others, without allowing abuse by others I can learn from those who would abuse me, not just react to them I can improve myself thereby, whereas in the past I only suffered

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Wed Jun
8th
2016

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Day 160 – Separation from the Divine

Three pleasures that separate me from my better nature: Pleasure at another’s fear Pleasure at another’s anger Pleasure at another’s pain   Click to continue reading “Day 160 – Separation from the Divine”

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