Administrator April, 2006
“Something Magic”
by Maggie S. Davis; illustrated by Mary O’Keefe Young, 1991. Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 $13.95 (U.S.) ISBN 0-671-69627-0
Something Magic Happens for the Reader too!
While not overtly Pagan, this lovely children’s story focuses on a young girl’s special relationship with her Grandmother. Beautifully worded, colorfully drawn, this story can easily wet your eyes. All through the story, the girl tries to see which part of herself most resembles her “Gammy.” There are healthy, graceful undertones about the way Gammy has aged over the years. There is also a very touching page where they remember Grandpa, who is dead, but is still close to Gammy. As the book draws to a close, the young girl sees something magic happen to Gammy! “Light shone from inside her. It twinkled in her eyes and made her face look rosy. It was brighter than the moon and made me warm. Maybe that’s the part of Gammy that I look like.” When we turn to the last page, something magic happens for the reader too! We see that the story is really being told by a Mother, telling her own memories of Gammy to her young daughter. “Maybe that’s the part of you that looks like me,” she says standing hand in hand with her daughter, walking where the tip of the ocean meets the sand. Maid, Mother, and Crone come full Circle! work is unique in style, since each drawing sketches a white-bordered photo, like what we’d see in an old family album. There are several nice renderings of the full moon and other nature scenery too. While the price is a bit steep, hopefully this book is one that your children will keep and share one day with their own grandchildren.
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author bio:
Link (Anthony)
6538 Collins Avenue,
#255 Miami Beach, FL 33141
USA
Tags: anthony, link, Something Magic
Administrator April, 2006
Are we mere flesh and blood, or something more? Many believe that we have both a spiritual as well as a physical existence. Call it a soul, an aura, whatever – we are energy linked to a physical shell. If this is true for us, can it also be true for the strange little life forms we call diseases? Medicine works on the physical; it attacks an illness on a material level. An example of this is an antibiotic which attacks the microscopic “bodies” of the invading disease. But in addition to medicine, many people use a variety of healing techniques which employ magical energies. Perhaps this magic works with the energy portion of the disease. Both medicine and magic have merits. They also have limits. But when used together, they have synergy that makes them much more effective. Look for ways to see the magic within your medicine. It is just another magical tool! Are the pills round? Are they colored? If you should take them every 4 hours, can that be a cycle, a rhythm? Help your medicine be blessed and charged with the powers to heal. How can energy be used to heal? There are very complex ways, but very simple ways too. The simplest being the use of your own imagination! Does a hot bath feel good when you are sick? Try steeping the illness out of you, leaving it behind like flavor from a tea bag. Notice the symptoms of many illnesses are the body’s natural “output” devices. Coughing, sneezing, bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea and sweats all cast out a tiny bit of you, and perhaps the illness as well. See the illness leaving your body with these symptoms.
Ever sign a cast for someone with a broken bone? See that as a magical event, focusing your attention and energies on healing the wounded area. Use the colors, shapes, symbols or words you feel appropriate. With body paints, you can work your healing magic over just about any part of the body! If medicine and magic can work well together, then perhaps we can do the same for habits which prevent illness. See your diet, exercise and general healthcare as magical events. Pray (and work) for the benefits of good health. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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author bio:
Link (Anthony)
6538 Collins Avenue,
#255 Miami Beach, FL 33141
USA
Tags: link, magic, medicine
