saturday, august 20, 2011

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‹› circumstance and response ‹›

"this is the most idiotic waste of time!" he had stopped in the middle of the path refusing to go further. "if i get sick out here, i'm going to have you to blame!" "if you so wish" said the young girl tugging on his arm; "but please come. your I Ching for today said you were supposed to go forward and meet a great person who could help you." "balderdash!" he exclaimed. "you know i don't believe in any of that magic nonsense anyway, and now you've pulled me out to the woods to meet some crazy who calls herself Morgan Le Fay! is everyone plotting against me? even my own daughter?" "please, Father. she is the spirit of a great sorceress, and she shows herself out here. i just know you are to meet her..."

as the girl was saying this, a vision began to play in the eyes of the man ~ he was astonished to see an apparition of a woman in a long gown with a book floating in front of her appearing out of the bramble on the path. "what the...?" he gasped. the woman was gazing into what seemed to be a crystal ball, but then looked over to him and spoke:

"good day, good Sir" said she. "you should listen to your daughter ~ i can indeed help you if you care to listen." dumbfounded, the man sank to the ground, staring at the vision. "dear Sir" Morgan Le Fay continued, "i have at my disposal many forms of magick and divination, all of which are time~honored and powerful tools, able to help those of this world if they so choose. however, as i consult my Book of Shadows, wherein many great thoughts, spells, potions and countless other important matters are written, i see that i need none of these tools save my intuition to divine what must be said to you." she walked over and looked into his glazed eyes. "you, my friend, will die in loneliness and sorrow if you do not open your eyes and your heart. when faced with circumstance beyond your control, you seek to place blame and fault on anyone and everything else. even when negative events happen to you due to your own actions and ignorance, you seek to find a culprit to assuage your own sense of worth. this will be your undoing Sir. listen well to me." this as she drew the crystal ball across his vision. "the result of circumstance depends on the response of those effected. should you continue to not take responsibility for your own actions, you shall never be able to have a healthy, progressive response, and shall remain in a downward spiral. similarly, if you continue to seek to place blame on others when bad fortune out of any one's control befalls, you will lose all to that misfortune, including what few friends you have; for this is the act of an unresourceful, unimaginative and fearful person. you must be resolute when misfortune calls; accept it as part of the cycle and endeavor to survive, grow, and improve yourself and your condition, without attaching fault to anyone, not even the Gods. this is the way magick may work in your life, Sir. release the need to find fault, even in yourself, and you will be able to overcome all that may come. accept those who wish to help you without suspicion, and become a helpmate yourself. this is the way to reclaim and restore after misfortune and calamity ~ and this is the way that magick can work in your life.... good day, good Sir"

before the man knew what was happening, the apparition evaporated and his daughter was shaking him by the shoulders. "Father, Father? did you see something?" "yes did, sweetheart. you were right. thank you, thank you... please now, help me up, and let's go home and try to right some grievous wrongs." the man put his arm around his daughter as they walked down the path. "i love you" said he....

blessings to you all

saxz ∞