Clear waters meandered through the soft grass as vines unfurled their tendrils and buds burst forth with the first fragrant flowers to perfume the gentle breeze. Eden. Paradise. The gift of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, to the first man.
But for all its beauty and bounty, something darker lurked in Eden’s heart. At the center of the garden grew two trees, one of knowledge and the other of life, their branches heavy with tantalizing fruit and the promise of death to anyone that could not resist their temptation.
Even for those outside the Judeo-Christian faiths, the creation story set down by the Hebrews in the Old Testament book of Genesis is a familiar one. Chances are, you know the rest. God placed the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, into the garden with only one rule – do not eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. But along came a wily serpent that tempted Eve into eating the forbidden fruit and sharing it with her husband. From that single transgression, humanity was damned to suffer and die. And Paradise was lost forever.
On the surface, it’s a simple story – God issued a commandment that was then broken and consequences were meted out. The book of Genesis contains only one of many tales from antiquity that attempted to make sense out of an often cruel world where life was dangerous and death inevitable. But the roots of those forbidden trees run much deeper.
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The Wonder Of Unicorns
People nowadays believe that unicorns are creatures of myth and magic. However, these seventh dimensional ascended horses with light spiralling from their third eye are beings of light who vibrate at a higher level than we do. This is why we often cannot see them.
The Ever-Living One
I vividly remember when I first started writing my devotional to Hekate.
The Magic Of The Crow
Crows, black shadows flying overhead, omens of death and war. Feeders of battlefields, their cries signal dark times ahead and warn of evil prophecies. Or do they? Even though the crow is often seen as a harbinger of dark tidings, there is much more to the mythology and folklore of this amazing, intelligent bird than black luck.
Living Your Magic
One of the questions that I’m asked the most is ‘how do I do what I do? How do I live every day in my magical space?’
Tours In India With Vish Singh
1. Why did you become a tour guide?
Beneath Every Green Tree
When the universe was young and the barren earth untouched, God called forth from the soil a lush and verdant garden.
Unravelling The Past
Over the past century human, have accomplished many things from the creation of auto-mobiles to moon landings - they have broken the bonds of gravity and redefined time and space. In my ‘spirit travels’ I too have defied the natural order, bypassing what is known as current time to go back to the past.
Herbs Of The Sun, Moon & Planets
Yes, you read the title correctly, and are no doubt wondering how there can be any herbs growing on any of the other heavenly bodies of our solar system.
Working With The Cycle Of The Seasons Plant Magic
Today we have the luxury of buying what we want whenever we want; however, change is afoot in the mundane world with a movement that focuses on seasonal and local food. For Pagans and Wiccans, this goes hand-in-hand with a spirituality that celebrates the seasonal wheel of the year.
The Wren: The Brilliant Trickster...
To them I was not human but a stone or tree: I felt a sharp wonder they could not feel.
