My life took a radical turn the day I learned to read. It felt magical then, and I know the inherent magic that resides within our words even today, as an adult. It only seemed to get more magical as I started writing stories around age ten or eleven, and that sense of magic has never faded - even now, as the words and ideas I'm writing are being published for others to read.
I did something different with the third book in my Magic Abounds series. Radically different: While I see all writing as an act of magic, I consciously wrote a story as a spell.
Really.
In book three, "The Power Within Us," the final story ends, and then it closes with something a friend of mine wrote, that was very much like a poem that summed up quite neatly the lives of one of my characters. That character was entirely fictional, but her life could've been any of ours: tinged with sadness and loss, that in an act of mental alchemy was transmuted into something extraordinary. It should've been the end of the book - but it wasn't. The last, final story was called "A Last Little Bit of Magic - There You Are!"
Here's the intro to that story from the book:
"Eventually, if we take the time to look, we find ourselves among the books we read. I know I have! Who among us hasn’t identified with a beloved character, or found a truth that resonated, or heard words out of the mouth of a fictional character that rang true in real life? We read, and we dream about what could be, and see possibilities.
Here’s a question: What if we could rewrite our own lives? All of us start out our lives by marching to others’ tunes, and living by their rules, and at some point, we realize that we have a choice: to continue along the path set for us, marching to someone else’s beat...or to rewrite how the story of our life continues from that moment on, as we both take and hopefully keep control of it.
What if this were a moment like that, but charged with magic? What if you were a part of this story? Would you want to be? Do you want to be? If not, close the book, you’re done, and I hope you enjoyed it. However, if being part of the story sounds like something you’d be interested in, come with me for a little longer on a bit of a journey. It won’t be unfamiliar. Ready? Let’s go!"
And just like that, welcome to a story as a spell. The story that follows that intro, both appearing and written like any of the other stories that appeared in the book, was done consciously. It was meant to insert the reader and their OWN life story into my book. It was infused with intention - as an act of magic, from me, gifted into their lives, if they so chose to accept it. All they need to do is add their own intent and desire.
Truthfully, I waffled back and forth about whether to include it. Finally, I was persuaded by my own guides to put it in. (When I say 'persuaded,' translate that as 'told.' lol)
Why?
Because ultimately, all storytelling is a spell; it's magic. I had a blog earlier in the year called "The Power of Words" that came to be as a result of finalizing that 'story spell' after being told to include it. If you haven't read it, there's a link at the bottom that will take you to it, but the cliff notes version is this: Each letter you see is a sigil. Each word is a hyper sigil, and highly symbolic. Some words mean what we all decide as a society that they mean, and then additionally, each of us attaches our own personal meanings and symbolism to each of them. We can't help ourselves. It's how we're wired. There isn't really any information on the screen you're reading right now. It's all sigils and symbols. As I was told, I share with you: Whether it's your grocery list, or an ancient cuneiform tablet, what is written is merely a placeholder for an idea. Each word has its' own frequency in your mind, as you think it, and when you see it and and again when you read it. Words are containers: For power. For agency in our lives. For ideas which transmit power.
The spoken word does the exact same thing...it also tracks back to the original frequency of your thought. The only difference between the spoken word and the written word is immediacy. You speak, and if you speak rightly, with intent, actions are set in motion. As an example, one of the earliest things many of us who were raised within a Christian structure learned was either out of Genesis (God said let there be light, and light was) or Hebrews (God spoke the world into being through the power of his words.) Most religions and traditions hold to the world being spoken or even sung into existence, and occult tradition holds that we speak our own circumstances into existence, also.
Writing? Writing - our words - can be eternal. When you want something that's important to be remembered...it often gets carved in stone. Whether it's a current monument to a hero or an idea...to an ancient obelisk, the writing on a temple wall or on a cuneiform tablet...it's preserved. If you are given the means to understand what is on a page or a tablet, it resonates at the same frequency in your mind as you read it today as it did 5,000 years earlier. It's like 'power in time-release form,' where suddenly you have the superpower of taking in and understanding the thoughts of someone who has long since passed out of existence.
So here's a bit of magic for you. Knowing the power inherent in our words and our thoughts, ask yourself a question: What story do you tell yourself...about yourself?
My favorite quote on this comes from The Oracle of the 7 Energies deck, by Collette Baron-Reid, from the STORYTELLER Card (which is my favorite, and holds much significance for me):
"Your destiny can be found in the way you weave together the threads of yourself in the world."
In other words, the stories you tell - particularly the stories you tell yourself about yourself - create your own magic and reality. You want a change? Start with telling yourself a new story about yourself.
This is a way of connecting to your true power. You make a choice, and your thoughts and story originate in your mind, along with it's associated frequency. Our words - however they appear, whether written, spoken or thought - are containers for power. You already have everything you need to tell yourself an awesome story about you that not only weaves blessings and abundance into your life - but also broadcasts those blessings and abundance as your contribution of kindness and goodwill to the world at large.
The world being the dumpster fire it currently is can use all the kindness and goodwill it can get. Start with your own story, laced with magic and power!
Link to The Power of Words:
P.S. To anyone who's read that final magical story from The Power Within Us: if you followed along, and you experienced anything that you feel tracks back to the story and how you experienced it, can you drop me a note at technowitch.book@gmail.com? I'd love to know!
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