Once, one's Fate was also understood to be a very important spirit that could be worked with.
In Persia, the Magi (literally the group where the term "magic" comes from) called this spirit the Fravashi. The Romans called it the Genius, and set up altars in their homes to honor it. The Greeks called it the Agathosdaimon, the Good Spirit. In Great Britain, these spirits were called the Fae and regularly given offerings.
They understood this: in order to wield influence over anything in creation, you need to love it completely. Not love it a little, not love it possessively, not love it graspingly or anxiously - but just love it with whole-hearted, deep, surrendered love.
Read MoreHere, you'll find instructions on the third practice in my list, Deepest Fear Inventory. I love Deepest Fear Inventory because it helps to make unconscious fears, conscious - so they can be released. When our psyche is all mucked up with unconscious fears, we can't be fully present for our purpose or our loved ones.
Read MoreWhen an alchemist of the psyche wants to transform themselves into a magician capable of re-ordering their reality into beauty and bounty... they perform solve et coagula operations on their own being.
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