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The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel, #1)

by A.D. Sui (Goodreads Author)

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I Am the Ghost Here

by Kim Samek (Goodreads Author)

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Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic

by Emma Wilby

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“Why are you so beautiful, do you think? So hungry? So able to bend the wills of those around you? You are like the death flowers that grow rampant in your wake: lovely to look at, intoxicating even, but get too close and you will soon learn that there is something rank beneath. That’s what beauty often is, in nature. A warning. A disguise.”
― Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow

tags: beauty, nature

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“Coincidence is the cadence of the universe, the metronome of the invisible flow of the Light. Where there is coincidence, there is unseen order, if one would only listen to it, and in that order, find many answers.”
― A.D. Sui, The Iron Garden Sutra

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“There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

tags: heartache, love, moon, unrequited-love

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“when you truly love someone and they love you in return, you ruin your lives together. That is not a curse, it’s what life is, my girl. We all come to ruin, we turn to dust, but whom we love is the thing that lasts.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

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“Animism is the way humanity has been deeply connected to the land and its seasonal cycles for millennia, in rapport and conversation with the animals, plants, elements, Ancestors and earth spirits. The opposite of animism is the “cult of the individual” so celebrated in modern society, and the loss of the animist worldview is at the root of our spiritual disconnect and looming ecological crisis. Human beings are just one strand woven into the complex systems of Earth Community, and the animistic perspective is fundamental to the paradigm shift, and the recovery of our own ancestral wisdom.”
― Pegi Eyers, Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community

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