I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.

Since when do wizards wear robes?” I whispered. “That’s falling into every human stereotype ever created.” Jeezum. Next thing you knew, they’d be waving around magic wands.”The First Elder thought they’d look more intimidating in...

The longer Ellen Cherry thought about it, the more convinced she became that the mission of the artist in an overtechnologized, overmasculinized society was to call the old magic back to life.Could it be done?...

Never invite any kind of spirit to enter either your home or your person. This is an extremely important point to remember. To do so always risks to unwittingly invite evil spirits in, instead. Good...

Well, you know it’s my magic essence. -Mark Khiop

What I say is misdirection, what you see is an illusion and what results is magic.

The genius of a great magician is as impressive as the genius of a great scientist.

Yesterday’s fairy tale is today’s fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience.

Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.

Life’s an act of magic, too. Claire Hamill sings a line in one of her songs that really sums it up for me: ‘If there’s no magic, there’s no meaning.’ Without magic- or call it...

I know.” He leaned back, looking into her eyes. “But I’m not going anywhere, Jenny. I’ll fight to stay with you.

If you say that the China Cat might have lost its ear-tips in battle you are the kind of person who always makes difficulties, and you may be quite sure that the kind of splendid...

He said he preferred to feel the earth sing through his feet, and that shoes stopped you from hearing the song of the earth.

What you see is what you get.

White magic or black, it doesn’t make a difference. Natural and artificial? Obsolete distinctions

Such a party pooper.

Think of the prince, protector of the palace. Right now he prays for you to live.

GRACE is a word we can keep in our minds when we walk, dance, swim, talk, sing, do anything at all – to enable us to get in ‘the zone’ where everything flows more easily...

This is the story of a boy named Pete Coutinho, who had a spell put on him. Some people might have called it a curse. I don’t know. It depends on a lot of things,...

What’s wisdom if not the will to learn the lessons, which Nature puts in one’s way at every step?

I’ll have you know there is nothing simple about my groin…” He shot her his predatory grin, the one he often reserved for her breasts. Run little girl, run far and run fast… take those...

Your problem, Kendra, is that you can easily imagine using magic. What you have to do now is imagine the magic itself.

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn’t surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are together, in that intimacy, when they really, selflessly love each other it changes...

I’m an Atheist. I don’t believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seems quite high and powerful enough to me. I don’t believe in life after...

Lord help her, but she was instantly drawn to his scent – a mixture of smoke and salt and mystery – as well as his strength. The pulse of his heart, the hum of blood...

I rouse Emily to our guests, as she finishes off our fifteenth snowman by setting the head atop its torso. She stands limp at my direction, pointing out the coming shadows and I cannot help...

The witch knew who had killed her and she snatched pieces of time, here and there, from the business of dying, to make her revenge.

Forget about weird Boy and move on

I mean that we are both in space and inside the tower at the same time.””Why is it so dark here?” Ni asked.”At the beginning, it is always dark.” Simone replied, “Then everything comes into...

We need to get to the other side of the lake if you want to help the fairies,” said Mikolay.We could use my crystal ball for transportation,” suggested Julia pulling out a small crystal ball...

Tonight I had wrought magic powerful enough to have drawn the attention of a goddess. In that moment, though, I was certain of one thing: Of all the magic I possessed, none of it could...

The woods were deserted that day.The stones stood still and silent, as though they were waiting for something. At the center of them all, a jagged piece of amber glowed in the growing darkness. Lights...

Predator and prey move in silent gestures, on the seductive dance of death, in the shadows cast by the vultures of the night. ☥

Reflections of the battlements shimmered in the deep green moat, casting an image of enduring strength, an image that defied the very siege of time.

He had golden-brown hair, the most vivid baby-blue eyes, and a body that belonged on the cover of Men’s Health magazine. Her gaze roamed over his broad shoulders and down his chest.

A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without ever leaving your chair.

Haven’t you figured it out yet? I’m the wolf, Ryiah. I guess what I really should have told you was to never trust a prince, but that’s not quite as memorable.

…loving a fairy lady with a magic song will leave you desolate on a cold hillside … but from there you can see the stars…

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else’s liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

If power is the only important thing, then Frodo loses against Sauron. Hell, if power’s the only important thing then Gandalf loses against Sauron. If magic is the deciding factor of a fight, then four...

Why do we mortals wonder if it is through ‘human chaos’ or through ‘divine perfection’ when the world guides us to some magical event? In either case, is not the result the same? Is the...

In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually ‘two sides of the same deity’. The goal of the initiate on the left-hand path is to become ‘this bisexual twin godhead’...

Any fool would not be braveWho takes no heed of this verseNo heroic deed or action saveAny man from Finndragon’s curse

There is a theory that men do not need Paganism because they have endless avenues of societal power available. Why use spells when one can get a bank loan with little trouble? The world already...

Supernatural” is a null word.

His was the gaze of a high-end predator, throwing it’s prey a seductive look, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

Ultimately, the purpose of magic is to free our potential, not bind us to ideas.

El pesado ropón negro que llevaba desde hacía años había desaparecido; tenía ahora un vestido de seda color turquesa, brillante y delicado como el cielo del atardecer, acampanado en las caderas. Y la falda estaba...

Kell tipped his head so that his copper hair tumbled out of his eyes, revealing not only the crisp blue of the left one but the solid black of the right. A black that ran...

So confusing. It was some kind of magic, I knew that for sure, but I didn’t understand the subtleties of it all. You’d have thought all those years of HBO and shit would have prepared...