Katy Keene

I diverge briefly........................

Hallows, Samhain - October 31st

Artist unknown

Although many people today would call it Halloween (a contraction of Hallowed Eve), the Victorians may have called this holiday Snap Apple Night or Nut Crack Night because of the traditional divination games played with nuts or apple peelings to determine the initials of future bridegrooms..................For the user of magic, Samhain or Halloween is the in-between time, the time of the dead.  The new year and the old swing on the same hinge, and the veil between worlds grows thin..............at this time our spiritual energy should be refilled to ensure sustenance for the winter. 

Excerpts from "A Victorian Grimoire"

Bewildered Bliss

Photo by Patti Hinton?

What if you slept?  And what if, in your

sleep, you dreamed?  And what if, in your

dream, you went to heaven and plucked a

strange and beautiful flower?  And what if,

when you awoke, you had the flower in

your hand? Ah, what then?

Fingerprints of God

Is the spiritual experience real?  Or is it a delusion?  When we pray, what happens? Does consciousness depend entirely on your brain and the unique way it works?  ...............excerpt from "Fingerprints of God".

Very interesting book.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Thy voice is on the rolling air,
 I hear thee where the waters run,
Thou standest in the rising sun,
And in the setting art thou fair

A favorite line from a novel......

It was like trying to hold on to a breaking wave..........

SOS: Dot Dot Dot Dash Dash Dash Dot Dot Dot

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