If we end up so blessed!

I fully agree! Naturally, it makes you wonder who benefits from a framework like that.

If my husband weren't military, we would be citizens of another country by now but we do what we can with what we have and plan to teach our child there is more out there than what mainstream society presents.

I was raised that Catholicism was basically the only religion and everyone else had 'it' wrong. Anything or anyone that paints itself as 'the only hope' will perpetually be a red flag for me. I just wish there was more education and transparency and less fear around the entire topic.

Yet most people who attend those sermons are unaware of how their energy is being used.

It's one thing if you are aware and consenting, everyone has that right, but when so many still deny the overlap of Catholicism with witchcraft. It just frustrates me.

Repetition raises power!

I wholeheartedly agree! It's such an individual practice, I mean yes there's plenty who do group rituals and get initiated but even then, so much is unique to each individual.

Not everyone raises energy the same way or feels the same connection to correspondences etc. But the payoff is worth it.

That should be on a t-shirt! So true. Thank you for sharing. 💜

I'm not familar with Robert E. Howard's work but this is spot on.

All of us do feel a pull to something greater and evolve through it whether that be enlightenment or hardship.

Thank you for sharing. 💜

Your practice is first and foremost for you. It doesn't 'need' a reason but I am always interested to get peaks into the perspectives of other witches cause there is so much diversity so thank you for sharing. 💜

This aligns with much of my own motivations for magick. Union with the sacred through cycles of reflection, transformation and illumination. Thank you for wording it so well, khthoniaa. 💜

Winterlady, I love this answer. Gratitude is the foundation of all relationships and is the best place to start with any kind of practice. Thank you for sharing. 💜

Life is in full swing for me right now so haven't been online as much as I would like Gibran is pretty niche.

I have never read Rumi but have seen his quotes in many places. I will add him to my never ending reading list, lol!

There are few books I have re-read as much as this one. I have a hard time adopting all of the wisdom, but the reminders are valuable just the same.

I'm glad someone else on witchsky recognizes it. 😊