Daily Compass

As the earth slowly rotates, time zones starting in the Pacific Ocean and progressing westward around the world will enter this year we call 2025. Truth be told, the “new year” can begin at any time. Our Jewish beloved begin it in the Fall, at Rosh Hashanah, our Chinese and Southeast Asian beloved at the Lunar New Year later this month; our Wiccan beloved start their year on Samhain, and our Persian beloved at Nowruz, on the vernal equinox. Whenever your new year begins, it is a time to set intentions. This year, may all of our intentions be loving.

Begin your new year with the intention to center love.

Magick is a direct connection between our hearts and minds, our passion and will, and the Universe. It is the power of faith, the power of hope, the power of Love. When someone prays, they invoke Magick. When someone wishes, they invoke Magick. When someone dedicates and commits themselves, they invoke Magick. Magick is the manifestation and expression of the force of Life itself. It is Life creating and shaping the Universe. Magick is what it means to be alive and human. -Sean Owen (a CLF member incarcerated in UT)

How do you experience life creating and shaping the universe?

Where do you find magic? Do you find it in the shadows? In the deepest, darkest night? Do you find it in stillness, waiting, or hope?

Find some magic in the darkness today.

One candle passing the light to another does not diminish the first, rather it creates more light for everyone. Similarly, we pass love and inspiration and community in ways that just make more. Each of us has the power to pass on something that will add and multiply goodness into the world.

What is the light you are passing today?

“The winter trees stand watch
haloed in the last gleams of the slanting sun.
Glory sings here.
Heaven echoes the call:
Repeat the sounding joy.” -Rebecca Parker, from “A Winter Blessing”

Listen today, and echo the joy of the world.