Tonight Halloween began for me as I took three young boys and their grandfather up Joe Bailey Road to my rather haunted cabin known as Enchanted Cove. I met them when I was hiking down the mountain trail behind my house at twilight and crossed paths with them. They were out hunting and digging for ginseng roots dressed in hunting camo. The youngest boy, speaking with a back woods Appalachian accent, asked me if it were really true that a witch lived in my house, while the oldest brother tried to hush him. Since kids instinctively know the truth, rather than evade it, I told him the honest truth. Yes, a witch - a practicing herbal Wiccan Witch to be precise - and I had flown all the way across the country to live together in this log house, which was tucked into a dark wooded crack at the base of a mountain with two weepy creeks. I admitted I had known that she had me under her bewitching love spell. But since I loved her spell I told her I wouldnt resist it. The grandfather laughed and with a knowing smirk shared that he knew that love spell too. However, I explained that as soon as the bewitching witch and myself moved into the log house our love was obscured by the madness of fear and darkness. These fearful illusions rolled into our lives like dark clouds in front of a full moon, hiding our love. Fear is the toxin and love is the antidote I reminded them. But the antidote came too late and she flew back to the Bay in California during the Fall of 2012, leaving a sad lone wizard in his own darkness and shadows with his magic lost. Then light, shone by the love of his friends and family, came into his house and heart and light a path home to his bright soul that had gotten lost in the darkness. It was a long hike out of the deep forest of shadows and haunted memories going back to when he was a boy. But he found his way out of the dark woods and the kernel of growing into a life of love and joy sprouted like flowers in the spring. As I guided the boys and their grandfather into the house and up into the Magic Garden in the loft, they were awe struck by the visionary art left on the walls by the artists who haunted the house the winter before. In the Magic Garden Room - Dedicated to Beauty, Balance and Delight - I pointed out the gem stone lined heart above their heads radiating love throughout the room. Then I pointed to the frog prince seated on his throne below a colorful gem stone lamp. I told them that when love shines its light even a frog can appear as a prince. Now knowing the path out of the dark woods, this lone wizard in the woods does his fumbling best to show others the way out of the dark by showing them their own bright inner light. He and some of his friends call it the LovEvolution - an evolution through love. The boy asked, but dont you get lonely here alone? I answered only when I forget that Im always connected to everyone in my heart. So tonight I feel inspired to shine love and light into the shadows and host a Halloween Party. Hell, Ill barely even need to decorate and most of my friends are already glorious freaks ;-) Are you feeling it too? Are you ready to let your inner freak fill the dark night air with laughter, beauty, music and love and celebrate the deep and magical beauty of real witches, wizards and other freaks? Let me know.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:29:45 +0000
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