50 Practices for Enchanted Living
By Patricia Telesco from An Enchanted Life: An Adepts Guide to Masterful Magick
- Live in the moments and fully appreciate its worth.
- Balance and support all aspects of self and one's environment into a harmonious whole.
- Acknowledge the results of your efforts in a special way that encourages integration.
- Honor yourself and remember to be your own best friend.
- Believe in your importance in both the mundane and magical realms.
- Know thyself in truthfulness.
- Work for the good of all, do the best, right thing.
- Recognize when you have a need and find a way to fulfill it.
- Appraise your paths and beliefs regularly to make sure they still fit the transformation in and around you.
- Practice what you preach.
- Keep modesty as a companion and guide.
- Give something back.
- Know that in magick, a symbol is every bit as powerful as what it represents.
- Remember that things don't have to be complicated to work.
- Know that meaning is everything.
- Always make room for spirit and soul-fullness in your life.
- See that life is an act of worship; you are the magick.
- Understand that without mental focus and fortitude in the tangible present, very little will happen metaphysically in the future.
- Recognize that you are your own best guru and guide.
- Improvise and practice, practice, practice.
- Always work with intention.
- Remember that patterns equal power, realization and manifestation when treated respectfully and applied sensitively.
- Know that spirituality is not about keeping up with anyone else. The only real gauge for growth lies in the altar of your heart.
- Don't expect anyone else to do something that you, yourself, are not willing to accept or do.
- You have to know where you've been to glean a vision for where you're going.
- Remember and honor wholeness, which helps you begin to make your way back to wholeness.
- Know that everything in magick begins in thought and fullness.
- Understand that each of us participates in our destiny, but only you can determine how much you create and how much you allow.
- Dare to dream, then make your dreams come true.
- Accept your weaknesses gracefully and honor your talents with equal poise; then work on both!
- Take your senses and your spirituality out of the box.
- Don't work magick if you don't want responsibility.
- Don't put on airs. Dare to let down the walls to laugh, to cry, to be human.
- Always clean up your messes.
- Never underestimate the power of a life lived differently.
- Be willing to learn and be open to new experiences.
- Do not try to be anyone else's guru.
- Remember that unapplied knowledge is wasteful (f not tragic).
- Use it, appreciate it, or lose it!
- Cultivate a mind of perfect love.
- Understand that humor is good soul food.
- Recognize that the universe always uses the best skill sets we have for the task at hand to effect change.
- Remember that proactive, positive thoughts and words lead to proactive, positive magick!
- Maintain a poised, positive bearing; it goes a long way toward making your case for you.
- Respect the temple of self; treat your body, mind and spirit as a sacred thing.
- Believe that we are children of the universe and a people of power.
- Understand that there are no limits to magick and our spirits other thank those that we create.
- Have fun with your Magick! Tinker, tweak, then try!
- Know that hard work is good magick.
- Live the other 49 practices and be yourself!
