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“You tasted like the sun, piercing the clouds after a Summer rain. Sparkling and...”
– End of March (via endofmarch)
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The Castles That Inspired Perrault's Fairy Tales →
Post from Once Upon a Blog … Fairy Tale News I recently came across an ARTICLE that highlighted the “architectural inspirations” for some of Charles Perrault’s stories. Apparently there are two castles - that you’re still able to see and tour today - that fueled Charles Perrault’s inspiration for his versions of two fairy tales: Sleeping Beauty and Puss In Boots. The Chateau d’Usse is...
Dec 30th
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Old Names of Herbs (part 2) →
G Gall of Goat: Honeysuckle Lonicera Spp. -or- St. John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum Gallows: Mandrake Atropa Mandragora Ghost Flower: Indian Pipe Monotropa Uniflora Ghost Pipe: Indian Pipe Monotropa Uniflora Goat’s Foot: Ash Weed Aegopodium podagraria Goat’s Leaf: Honeysuckle Lonicera Spp. God’s Hair: Hart’s Tongue Fern Scolopendrium Vulgare Golden Star: Avens Geum Good Luck...
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The 6 Card "Hekate's Key" Spread →
Card 1—The Bow. Your goal or journey. Card 2—The Neck. The path to your goal. Card 3—The Throat. Qualities & Strengths. Card 4—The Blade. Skill, Knowledge, and Guidance. Card 5—The Teeth. When the key turns, will the door open? Card 6—The Pin. Final Outcome. Source
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“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still...”
– Carl Sagan (via nosooner) (via kateordie) Video of this quote: http://youtu.be/WvvzKeCHn_4 (slightly different wording, but still quite good)
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Bird Song Radio →
Endless streaming of dawn choruses.
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Old Names of Herbs (part 1) →
In the old days, herbalists and midwives didn’t use textbook botanical names for herbs. Medicinal and magical plants had colorful descriptive names. Often, old books about magic and herbal healing use the folk names instead of the names commonly used today, and it can be confusing. So, here is an alphabetical listing of those names, along with the common and botanical names in current...
Dec 28th
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THE TORRENT, continued →
by Persephassa 23. she is not to be overcome. she starts deliberately slow, seeking out a pulse: at the wrist, a sly beat. everything is exactly the same as it was before. two girls fastened at the hip, one already exhausted. she has moaned faintly. she has failed to answer. she knows that she needs to keep all the lights on; that together, they will cover the distance. but why...
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“You’d wait in the orchard for hours to watch a deer break from the shadows....”
– Eduardo C. Corral, from “To the Angelbeast” (via proustitute)
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“If a union is to take place between opposites like spirit and matter, conscious...”
– C.G Jung (Thank you, airwalker & lucifelle)
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“Next to silence, stories are the most divine form of communication. Stories are...”
– Low Magick: It’s all in your head… You just have no idea how big your head is, by Lon Milo DuQuette (via toburnbright)
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“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
– Isadora Duncan  (via nirvikalpa)
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Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4 by Richard Brautigan 1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it. 2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there. 3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it. 4.
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“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think...”
– Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth. With thanks to the Tao of Photography. (via crashinglybeautiful)
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endofmarch: delicatediaries: Sometimes I go into my wardrobe and walk right into my clothes hoping that on the other side is Narnia. Every time I move somewhere new, I check the backs of all the closets for Narnia. 
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