Quotes from T. Thorn Coyle

Connection exists. There is immanence and transcendence, and everything beyond and in between. My tradition calls this connection God Herself.

In wishing to know ourselves fully, we must forget our quest for gain and seek only completion. At a certain point in our development, we no longer even seek to become Mystic, Magister, Sorcerer, or Witch: we seek only our own perfection in the wholeness of our Will, in the joining of light with dark and strength with love. We are varied and gorgeous yet pure of heart. Our aim is this: to know ourselves and to know the world.

Our own God Soul, our Holy Guardian Angel, whispers to us, "Be not afraid." Can we breathe in some courage and breathe out some compassion, and take up the task at hand? Can we live fully, despite our fears? Can we use the energy of fear to propel us forward instead of using it as an excuse to keep us in place? Can we move ever toward the Work of This God?

Spirituality is not just about having a flash of insight or epiphany; it is about building a foundation that will change you inside and out.

I liken a life without daily spiritual practice to a house built on sand.

In the dust of Her feet are the hosts of heaven/and Her star sequined hair/ Is crowned with a coven of six and seven/Blue suns burning there. —VICTOR H. ANDERSON (IN HIS POEM "QUAKORALINA," IN Thorns of the Blood Rose)

May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.

Beyond anger, beneath fear, past numbness and alienation, there rests within each of us the possibility to be more than we are now. Magic is available. Wholeness is just around the corner. The power of wholeness is the power to change the world.

Practice is called practice because it is not meant to be perfect.

One step toward increasing our will toward creative success is learning to distinguish fantasy from desire.

In order to grow stronger, we need a container for our energies. That container is best built by ongoing practice, self-observation, and learning how to connect outward from our center.

To work magic is to dare. Finding our Divine Work in the world is a chance to risk what feels known. We must learn to trust intuition, and listen to the longing in our souls. To find your soul's work, follow your heart's desire.

With each breath in, we breathe in life; each exhalation breathes out connection to all living things. There is no part of our lives that is not part of the sacred. "Re-member.

A life that includes daily spiritual practice is a house built on a strong foundation.

we often avoid daily practice not out of laziness, or lack of discipline, but because we know that profound changes will occur in our lives and we are not sure we are up to shouldering what feels like the burden of the unknown. Something inside of us fears the loss of normalcy and the familiar.

It is hard to sit down to write, or work on other creative projects, if we are "beside ourselves" rather than centered from the core on out.