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Have you ever had a moment so beautiful it made you believe again? I just returned from Europe, and in the midst of global chaos, I got to experience something that reminded me of what's real and holy. The nearly finished Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is this wild, towering church that’s been under construction for over a hundred years. It was designed by Gaudí, who was kind of a mystical genius who saw the divine fingerprints of nature everywhere. He once said something like, “Nature is...
Hi Reader, The other day, I watched a little girl fall while running around in the park. For a split second, she looked shocked. And then she exploded into tears and ran to her mom. That was her first instinct: to express her pain and ask for care and comfort. And she received it. Instantly. That moment stayed with me because of the simple truth it held: a child knows what they need and deserve. She didn’t calculate whether her pain was valid enough to warrant attention. She didn’t say...
Hi Reader, You’ve probably heard the phrase “doing shadow work.”But what is the shadow, anyway, and why does it matter for magic? The idea of the shadow is ancient. Across spiritual traditions, from Egypt to Tibet to the Americas, initiates were taught that wholeness required more than prayer, sacrifice, or devotion. You had to face the parts of yourself you wanted to ignore. The rage, shame, fear, doubt. Not to get rid of them. But to integrate them. To reclaim the power you exiled. It’s all...