Why I'm Not Playing With Magic Anymore — This Is Dead Serious

The gauntlet has been thrown and I've been awakened to a new, ancient mission. Earth's Guardians are rising. Join us at Heretic Happy Hour to take your next step toward magic.

The life I return to is not the one I left. The forest is more Alive. The land beneath my feet trembles and whispers to me. My friends are like acquaintances I must meet again. The very food I eat tastes foreign. Though I know this place as home, I cannot simply hug the house as my 3 year-old did and return to the same games of juggling the magical and mundane.

Here on Substack, I strive to be as honest as I can—

Yet to begin to describe my journey could only sound like fantasy… or the folly of one who styles herself part of the Lord-of-the-Rings-style epic. (Which—admittedly—I often do.)

The Grey Havens by Alan Lee

Perhaps it’s best to save these revelations for the The Martyr, for while I will not reduce harrowing tales of ancient evil and magic passed down through the ages to a byline about a “successful research trip for my upcoming book”… neither can I spell out such secrets so plainly.

There is a reason the Mystery schools were mysterious—in the wrong hands, sacred knowledge is dangerous.

What I can say here is that I was charged with a sacred mission—one that I now know I was charged with years ago and am only just beginning to understand. One that will have me gathering with those who stand for a magical future for Planet Earth and the humans who inhabit her. One that asks me to challenge you to search your heart to answer the question—

Why are you here?

A gauntlet was thrown long ago, and it’s time for the Guardians of Earth to rise up to meet the challenge.

I hope that it will come to me to write more in the coming weeks, but as I’m still integrating the magic of this journey, I will not yet try to articulate it.

Instead, I’d like to invite you to join me in a magical conversation—

Heretic Happy Hour

Monday, June 23 @ 5:30pm PDT / 8:30pm EDT / 10:30am AEST (+1 Day)

In this special post-adventure gathering, we’ll explore the seasons of our lives, and what season you’re in right now.

We’re all in a different place on our journey of awakening…

Are you closing a chapter, opening a new era, engaging with epic lessons, or plodding on through the predictable?

This is an opportunity to share and discover along with like-hearted Heretics what the unfolding Path before you is trying to tell you right now… and maybe even take your next step into a magical future.

Bring your favorite brew for an hour of magical inspiration with kindred souls in this safe-to-be-yourself space.

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