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$\"shutterstock_25253872\"$ <\/a>I notice that much of what I write I only want to tag \u201cPhilosophy\u201d, but really, this whole blog is about that, isn\u2019t it? \u00a0The mindset which encourages self-sufficiency, creativity, getting close to the source of things. \u00a0Just like our witchery: \u00a0touching the source and the Source. \u00a0Getting to know the small gods of the Yeast and the\u00a0Lactobacillus, \u00a0the spirits of the Spring, the birds. \u00a0Remembering the blessedness of a particular slant of sunlight each day, a message that signals the seeds to awaken or the leaves to fall. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do this together now:<\/p>\n

Deep breath. \u00a0Let the air you take in fill you and feed you. \u00a0Feel or imagine the rush of blood through the darkness within you. \u00a0Feel where the skin of you meets sky, the subtle pressure of the world on your edges. \u00a0Breathe. \u00a0Move your awareness out from your own form and explore the space around you. \u00a0Travel through floors and walls and ceilings to reach the World Outside, the place of Earth and Snow and Rain and Sun. \u00a0 $\"shutterstock_162860120\"$ <\/a>In all of these things, the spirits reside. \u00a0Touch the spirit of dirty slush in the street, the spirit of dead leaves, the spirit of frozen water. \u00a0Touch the spirit of slow-moving sap and rising warmth and the sun\u2019s gift of light. \u00a0Feel the quiet in the center of Winter. \u00a0Take your Time. All is Holy. \u00a0You are Holy. \u00a0Blessed be~<\/p>\n

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