Make Magic of Your Life: Passion, Purpose, and the Power of Desire

by T. Thorn Coyle

Overview

The author shows how to achieve harmony and balance by activating the magical Qabalistic formula known as The Four Powers of the Sphinx: knowing, willing, daring, & keeping silence. Coyle shows readers how to live a life of passion & purpose by drawing on the four powers of the sphinx to discover their "soul's possibility" their life's wo

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609258351
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

T. Thorn Coyle is a Pagan, mystic, activist, and an internationally respected teacher and mentor on pagan subjects. She is the author of Kissing the Limitless and Evolutionary Witchcraft, hosts the Elemental Castings podcast series, writes a popular weblog, Know Thyself, and has produced several CDs of sacred music. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit her at: thorncoyle.com.

Read an Excerpt

From the introduction: “Working magic means showing up with your demons and your divinity, your sorrow and your joy. Alchemy only happens when we are willing to go through the processes of gathering together, refining, pouring, and solidifying. In the end, we have something fine to hold.”

Table of Contents

Chapter 0 Starting the Journey 3

Part I To Know 25

Chapter 1 Know Your Desire 25

Chapter 2 Needs, Wants, and Desires 49

Transition: The Ritual of Knowledge 66

Part II To Will 69

Chapter 3 Will as Muscle 71

Chapter 4 Will as Seeking 88

Transition: The Ritual of Willing 104

Part III To Dare 107

Chapter 5 Taking Risks 111

Chapter 6 Goals and Choices 123

Transition: The Ritual of Daring 140

Part IV To Keep Silence 143

Chapter 7 The Alchemy of Silence 147

Chapter 8 Your Divine Work in the World 164

Transition: The Ritual of Silence 176

Part V To Manifest 179

Chapter 9 The Quintessence 181

Chapter 10 The Outcome of Desire 202

Part VI Desire's End, Desire's Beginning 219

Chapter 11 The Great Return 221

Epilogue 229

Gratitude 231

About the Wise Council 233

Bibliography 241