I Believe in Magic
Dianna Bishop (a witch): Common sense told me to remain silent, but the knotted threads of my own secrets began to loosen. “I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world with so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important.”
Clairmont (a vampire): “Have you found out?”
Dianna: “yes and no. I saw the logic they used and the death of a thousand cuts as experimental scientist slowly chipped away at the belief that the world was an inexplicably powerful and magical place. Ultimately they failed though. The magic never went away. It waited quietly, for people to return to it when they found science wanting.”
Excerpts from: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.
I have always believed in magic, that awesome sense that anything was possible even if science or friends did not support it, and I could not access it. Since childhood, magic has always seemed to be a living pulsating door, waiting for me, anticipating the day I would find the key and revel in its’ possibilities. Well, that day arrived long ago.
Some may call it luck, others suggest it is good karma, and still others may believe that what I call magic is some reward from God for somehow being on the right side. I say it is none of this, but instead a state of being that raises your vibration to coincide with the dimension where magic dwells.
The magical state is open, free, flowing and joyful.
- Magic can only happen in an open space…an open heart and open mind free of anger, sadness, fear and prejudice. If you are nurturing old sadness and regrets, then you are full and there is no room for magic. If you are angry and resentful, then you are closed and magical events cannot get into your life. Breathe deeply, meditate, move mindfully, forgive and let go, for these are the methods for creating space.
- Magic requires that you live in the now. Attention is relaxed and focused on the time at hand. Living in the past or the future eclipses any potential for magic to occur in the present. Magic requires all your attention, in the right here right now. Relaxed attention is an open space.
- Magic thrives in optimism. The ancient Hindu Tantric teachings tell us that optimism welcomes the divine flow of life, while pessimism fends it off. Optimism is not giddy or delusional, but grounded, clear and soft. Optimism is an open space.
- Magic needs movement. Not frenetic, obsessive or stalking movement, but the movement that confirms you will take action on what is in front of you, and let the chips fall where they may. Paralysis and avoidance are the ingredients of failure and disappointment. Movement is an open space.
- Miracles happen every day: the sun rises and sets; seasons change; babies are born; but when life is magic, it appears unexpectedly. You do not dictate or cajole the magical events of your life; for only if it finds you worthy and graces you with its presence, only then does true magic come right out of thin air.
“And we’ll go dancing baby, then you’ll see,
How the magic’s in the music and the music’s in me. “
– Lovin’ Spoonful “Do You Believe in Magic”
Category : Insights Posted on May 31, 2012