The Laws of Magic: Part 1

       

      I recently started reading a book called “Apprentice to Power”...I’m going through another round of the search for enlightenment and this book popped out at me at a local bookstore. Already, it’s very different than I expected..but in a surprisingly delightful way...

      I’ve read a small bookstore’s worth on spiritual awakening...manifestation...chakras, meditation....yoga....you name it..and don’t get me wrong, in the last 4 years I’ve gone through a deeply emotional and life changing transformation...but this current one feels different... I am so incredibly grateful for everything I have attracted into my life over the last few years...and now I’m trying to figure out where to go from here... 

     Cue the “Laws of Magic” presented in this book...I found it refreshing and a bit of a reality check when the author states “It can be difficult to believe that what appears to be a problematic, complex, stressful or humdrum life is actually magical. Most of us are looking for the dramatic and the spectacular when we search for spiritual empowerment. If we pick up a book on magical laws, we want to experience bells and whistles...Or perhaps we make the mistake of engaging in a spiritual practice, looking for something that will make us feel holy, right, enlightened, or at least different from the way we feel now. We want something to make us or our lives special. We want an escape from the pain that can be part of living....Instead of an escape from what you have in your life, here you will find a path that leads directly to the heart of it. Then first magical law teaches you to come to terms with the reality of your life that is here, before you right now.”

       And I thought “how beautiful, Magic is in the life you have right now”.....I’ve spent most of my life trying to escape my own reality..trying to feel “special”.....trying to avoid any “unpleasantries”....but that’s the trick...the author states “Magic is the life you have right now. You gain access to this Magic when you embrace this life. Only those individuals who can recognize the magical experience of their own lives have access to spiritual empowerment.”

      I used to be really good about finding Magick in the mundane...but life has gotten so busy lately I find myself searching for the “bells and whistles” of enlightenment instead of finding the little nuggets of Magic and divinity in everything I do throughout the day...

       I pray this resonates with you as much as it did for me ...especially in the midst of Scorpio Season and Mercury Retrograde it seems like many of us try to find an escape from our own realities or we find ways to numb the pain and fear instead of learning to work with them. So here’s  to a magical life...this one precious, sacred life....I hope you feel the power in the wind catching your hair....or you get goosebumps when listening to a piece of music....or maybe you even feel the urge to take your shoes off and plant your feet directly into the Earth...because there really is Magic everywhere....✨