Opening

THIS is a spell. This post, this site, this idea. It’s all one long spell. The air disturbed by a butterfly’s wing that transforms into a gale half a world away. This is the record of that subtle power of transformation that I intend to both focus for use in my own life and capture here as entertainment or inspiration for whoever stumbles across this site. This is a spell—a focused intention, an act of will to change my world. For magic is more than will and wishes, more than intentions—good or bad. Magic is the act. It lives in the doing, in that play between breath and body.

I often think of the spiritual as a song. Things sing to me: gods, spirits, people, places, feelings. When I really vibe with someone, that’s when I really hear and feel their song. It’s like this harmony, right? Musical harmony, that is, as it’s not necessarily peaceful. It’s the coming together of two songs—my own and whoever I’m interacting with—and the trick is finding that harmony, making that new song, and making sure there aren’t too many unintentionally discordant notes. It’s also sometimes avoiding those entities with whom I only find discordant notes.

To extend this metaphor to magic: if the spiritual is a song with melody, harmonies, and rhythm then magic is a dance. It’s the doing. It’s the acting. It’s the moving. You don’t need a song to dance. Or you can dance in counterpoint to a song, moving your body against the rhythm and melody. Or you can use your body to become music so that each tiny movement of each muscle in your body reflects a beat or a note. There’s varying levels of precision and skill and both go up the more practice you get. There’s a myriad styles and schools, and none can really be said to be superior to the other outside of personal opinion. You can learn from a master who learned from a master who learned from a master or you can teach yourself. It can come as naturally as breathing or it can be regimentally strict. It can be fluid or unbending. And you don’t have to specialize in any one style.

This is my first step as I start dancing again, metaphorically speaking. Also, interestingly enough, literally speaking as well since I’m taking up dance again along with my magical practice.

Still, here is the first step as I shape a future I can actually live with. One where I find harmony with my surroundings and freedom with my movement. One where possibilities abound and I can follow my dreams. I want to live my life in right relation with the world around me. Magic is part of that. This site is part of that.

This is a spell. Or part of a spell. The first line in a sigil that will change my world.