Ritual and Reflection
Magic, Mystery, and Meaning
- “Magic is not a thing you do. It is a way you see.”
— Anonymous - “Ritual is poetry in the language of acts.”
— Ross Nichols - “A ritual that does not change the way you live is only a gesture.”
— Contemporary folk saying
- “Mystery is not something to be solved, but something to be entered.”
— Unknown - “The sacred is not hidden. It is ignored.”
— Folk saying
Learning and the Long Path
Community, Care, and Responsibility
- “Wisdom comes not from haste, but from attention.”
— Anonymous - “To learn a thing well, return to it again and again.”
— Traditional proverb - “The path is revealed by walking it.”
— Paulo Coelho
- “Power without care is not wisdom.”
— Contemporary saying - “What we practice in private shapes what we bring into the world.”
— Anonymous
Nature, Cycles, and Time
Additional Learning
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
— Lao Tzu - “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”
— Commonly attributed proverb - “The seasons are teachers, if we are willing to listen.”
— Anonymous