What would it look like if we took our Magick seriously? If we gave as much credit to the unseen world, as we do the seen & tangible? These ways of knowing and sensing into the more-than-human world were second-nature to our ancestors, yet we have lost this powerful ability to dream with the Earth.

This week, as Saturn and Mercury meet in the temple of the Sun at 9* of Pisces, there is the possibility for reawakening this sense of magick, that allows for imagination to re-enchant our reality. To take our visions and dreams seriously, and consider the potential of the formless coming into form through our DEVOTION to dreaming.

Stay open on February 28th to any kind of “aha” moments, visions, dreams, sacred imaginings that carry within them the potential for a long-term vision to emerge. Commit to the process of dreaming these visions into being, on a longer timeline than you can see from Earth-bound reality.

The Sabian Symbol for this Cazimi moment is “an Aviator in the Clouds”. There is always more than meets the eye. Allow yourself to drift above this earthly realm, long enough to remind yourself of the possibilities that exist in the liminal, imaginal spaces. Sometimes it can be a sacred practice to have our head in the clouds, long enough to find a dream waiting to be REALIZED. <3

References mentioned in the Podcast;

* Yearning for the Wind; Celtic Reflections on Nature & the Soul by Tom Cowan

* Walking in Wonder; Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World by John O’Donohue

Excerpt Mentioned from Yearning for the Wind:

“The Gaelic languages, however, still reflect this older worldview, possibly because the Gaelic-speaking regions of Ireland and Scotland were remote, rural, and not heavily influenced by the modern world until recently. 

The Irish word for “nature” is dúlra, which contains the stem dúil, meaning “element” or “created thing.” This root word is the first syllable in the Irish word for Creator: Dúileamh (pronounced “dool-yev” and always spelled with a capital D). 

What is fascinating is that Dúileamh does not contain the root word for “create.” There is another word for that. It also does not contain the word for God. Or Father. Or Almighty. Or Supreme. 

The most basic translation for Dúileamh would be something like the “Being of the Elements” or the “One Who Is in the Elements” or the “One Who Is the Elements.” Could it be that the life, consciousness, and soul of every created thing is the One Who Is in Them — the Dúileamh? Even more intriguing is another meaning for dúil. This facile Irish noun can also mean “desire,” “fondness,” “expectation,” or “hope.” 

Try thinking about all this for awhile. Several curious questions may occur to you: Who is fond of whom? What is fond of what? Who desires whom. . . or what? What or who hopes, expects, yearns . . . and for what? for whom? Caught in this web of elements, nature, and created things, the most logical explanation is that the Creator longs for creation and is fond of creation, even as creation longs for the Creator and is fond of the Creator. 

Created things long for each other and are fond of each other in some mysterious way. We are caught in a crazy web of fondness, affection, yearning, and expectation. Everything yearns for everything! If we took this seriously, we might go mad! 

An old Gaelic blessing says, “You are the pure love of the moon, you are the pure love of the stars, you are the pure love of the sun. . . and the dew. . . and the rain . . . and (finally) you are the pure love of each living creature.”9 The Scottish Highlanders bless each other with expressions like these: “The love and affection of the moon be yours, the love and affection of the sun be yours, the love and affection of the stars be yours,” and on and on, including other natural elements until: “The love and affection of each living creature be yours.” 

It strains our modern sensibilities, and triggers our calloused cynicism, to entertain the thought that we live in a loving and affectionate universe. Imagine how your life would change if you believed this.

Imagine how you would have to change your life if you believed this. The Elements. The Love and Affection of the Elements. The Pure Love of the Elements. The Being-of-the-Elements. The One-Who-Is-the-Elements. 

Once in a workshop on Celtic shamanism, we were considering these Gaelic words, and a woman in the group sighed, “Oh, I wish our culture had words like these.” Another participant quickly responded, “Wouldn’t it be great if our culture had ideas like these?”

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