"Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul." ••Emily Carr

 “To the heart in you, don’t be afraid to feel. To the sun in you, don’t be afraid to shine. To the love in you, don’t be afraid to heal. To the ocean in you, don’t be afraid to rage. To the silence in you, don’t be afraid to break.”

~Najwa Zebian
Artist: Daniel Gerhartz

"Let there be more joy and laughter in your living." ~ Eileen Caddy

 “After all, we were young. We were fourteen and fifteen, scornful of childhood, remote from the world of stern and ludicrous adults. We were bored, we were restless, we longed to be seized by any whim or passion and follow it to the farthest reaches of our natures. We wanted to live – to die – to burst into flame – to be transformed into angels or explosions. Only the mundane offended us, as if we secretly feared it was our destiny . By late afternoon our muscles ached, our eyelids grew heavy with obscure desires. And so we dreamed and did nothing, for what was there to do, played ping-pong and went to the beach, loafed in backyards, slept late into the morning – and always we craved adventures so extreme we could never imagine them. In the long dusks of summer, we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen.”

― Steven Millhauser, Dangerous Laughter

“The President had an off night so I’m now voting for the convicted felon.” - said no rational person ever.

 Kitchen Witch: Cheese

Cheese and butter are two of the most popular and widely used dairy products in the world. Both have been around for centuries, with cheese thought to have been invented over 8,000 years ago and butter being used for thousands of years before that.

The 2nd-century diviner, Artemidorus, mentions “tyromancy” – cheese divination – as a method of discovering the future in his treatise Oneirocritica. Ironically, given our later association of cheese with vivid dreams, Artemidorus claims that cheese fortune-telling is among the most unreliable.

The Interpretation of Dreams, a 17th-century English manual, advised that: “to dream of cakes without cheese is good; those which have both signifie deceit and treason by a Welshman.”

One of the most common uses for magic cheese in the medieval and early modern periods was to identify thieves and murderers. First, the cheese would be blessed then fed to the suspect & the culprit would be unable to swallow the piece of cheese, thus admitting guilt.

In 14th-century Germany, biting a piece of bread and cheese and throwing it over your shoulder was meant to ensure fertility in a relationship.

Magical Correspondences: Completion, enhancing energy

Gods/Goddesses: Saturn

Elements: Air, Earth

Planets: Saturn

Zodiac: In general, Pisces. It must be said that different types of cheeses are associated with each zodiac sign.

Sabbats: Beltane, Imbolc

“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.” ― Eric Berne

 

Powerful Plants: Pay Attention Cinnamon Charm

This charm works well for adults or children who are having trouble focusing... whether at work or homework/studying.

You'll Need:

A couple of cinnamon sticks
Tourmaline stone (or another stone of your choice)
Yellow string/hemp

Bind the stone to the sticks & keep it on your desk/table. If you want to carry it, shorten the cinnamon sticks to a more convenient size.

"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you." ~ Oscar Wilde

 "I am telling you that animals can see more dimensions than you can. How does that make you feel? Perhaps you would say: ‘Well, maybe it’s about time that we got busy and saw some more dimensions.’ Indeed! Indeed!"

• Kryon