magic

The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a single problem into another form. ... It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell.

I find it far more awesome, wonderful, that creation; our appearance in the world; should be the culmination, or at least one of the latest products of 3,000 Million years of organic evolution, than a kind of country trick, taking a rib out of a man's side in a trance.

Blessed are the powers that grant me magic.I promise to use their gift well.To help mend my world.To help mend all worlds.And should I forget to mend,Should I refuse to mend,Still I will rememberTo do no harm.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

I? I am the wind,_ said Thowra. __ come, I pass, and I am gone._ The strange feathers moved up and down, the strange voice said tartly: __nd are your sons the same?_ __y son is the lightning that strikes through the black night. My grandson is light that pierces the dark sky at dawning._ __h,_ said the first emu, __nd we know your daughter is the snow that falls softly from above and clothes the world in white. You want but the rainbow _ that is and was and never will be, and is yet the promise of life _ and the glittering ice which is there and is gone: then you and your family will possess all magic.

We are touched by magic wands. For just a fraction of our day life is perfect, and we are absolutely happy and in harmony with the earth. The feeling passes much too quickly. But the memory _ and the anticipation of other miracles _ sustains us in the battle indefinitely.

We were born in the '70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.

Number three: Stay away from the church. In the battle over science vs. religion, science offers credible evidence for all the serious claims it makes. The church says, 'Oh, it__ right here in this book, see? The one written by people who thought the sun was magic?' I for one would like to see some proof that there is a God. And if you say 'a baby__ smile' I__ going to kick you right in the stomach.-Stewie

In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually __wo sides of the same deity_. The goal of the initiate on the left-hand path is to become __his bisexual twin godhead_ and activate a state of perceptual sexual ecstasy within one's own consciousness. Zeena points out that a corresponding symbolism is found in the western hermeticism in the idea of __he inner androgyne._--About Zeena Schreck by Malin Fitger 'Contemporary notions of Kundalini, its background and role within new Western religiosity,' University of Stockholm, 2004

Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinistercurrent is to break the rules we rigidly establish for ourselves._-Zeena Schreck for "Contemporary notions of Kundalini, its background and role within new Western religiosity," University of Stockholm, Malin Fitger 2004

The longer Ellen Cherry thought about it, the more convinced she became that the mission of the artist in an overtechnologized, overmasculinized society was to call the old magic back to life.Could it be done? Yeah, you pessimistic wimps, it could. Could she do it? Probably not, but she could give it a whirl.

It was as if a door had opened somewhere. Or possibly a series of doors. There was a sensation as of a breeze blowing into the house and bringing with it the half-rememberedscents of childhood. There was a shift in the light which seemed to cause all the shadows in the room to fall differently. There was nothing more definite than that, and yet, as oftenhappens when some magic is occurring, both Drawlight and the lady had the strongest impression that nothing in the visible world could be relied upon any more. It was as if one might put out one's hand to touch any thing in the room and discover it was no longerthere.

Narsh!

We always underestimated our own participation in magic. That is, we thought of magic as something that existed with or without us. But that__ not true. Things are not magical because they__e been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them, and then deem them so. Ryan and Avery will say the first moment they spoke, the first moment they danced, was magical. But they were the ones__o one else, nothing else__ho gave it the magic. We know. We were there. Ryan opened himself to it. Avery opened himself to it. And the act of opening was all they needed. That is the magic.

I'm not really sure what I'm going to do when I get there, but that's why someone invented the fine art of improv. Or, when that fails, stalling.

Magicians and Mentalist predict the future because they create it.

You want me to lie for you?" Aidan asked, watching

Words are sigils that can hide the coded language of your Soul. _