The trumped-up charges against kitsch and sentimentality should disturb us and make us suspicious.
The Goddess is Alive. Magic is afoot.
The purpose of ritual is to wake up the old mind in us, to put it to work. The old ones inside us, the collective unconscious, the many lives, the divine eternal parts, the senses and parts of the brain that have been ignored.
Mythology is the mother of religions, and grandmother of history.
Casting a spell, in self-defense or in self-interest is not selfish, but positive, life-affirming. You have been given powers, the very same powers that society devalues. . . What if it comes back tenfold? Well, don't be a fool. Never use your magick to attack the innocent. Then you have nothing to fear. . . Don't be frivolous or cowardly. If your course is righteous, and your tools ready, go to it.
Pleasure is a manifestation of self-re-creation. Pleasure is worship because it replenishes the soul.
Religion controls inner space; inner space controls outer space.
We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.
The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.
The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see. . . the first automatic process where by small holes were made in Mother Earth and even smaller seeds were deposited one at a time and neetly covered over as a cat does after having being naughty.
I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.