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.
We have our own personal stores of energy, we can garner energy from the natural world, or we can ask for it from whatever form of Spirit (if any) you have a relationship with. We shape and mold these energies to add fuel to our ventures. The problem is that people stop there. Magick is a supplement, not a replacement. If magick has been done, for example to find a new job, then the traditional legwork of job-hunting must still be done, the magick is just swaying the odds in your favor. -Leif Redwolf (an incarcerated CLF member)
How might you use magick to supplement your effort?
The oil lasted eight days, not one, so that the ritual of purification could be completed. At Hanukkah, this miracle is celebrated by our Jewish beloved all around the world. Who made this magic happen and how? That is not for us to know. We can appreciate the power of miracle and magic that resonates through the years.
What stories of miracles and magic do you celebrate?
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and the princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart.
-Howard Thurman
Participate in the work of Christmas today, whatever your spiritual or religious background.
