She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, "Which way? Which way," holding her hand on top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way. So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake. *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  * "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak

It wasn't until I was in college, taking a class in children's literature (OK, it was supposed to be easy, but it had tons of reading), that I read Ursula K. LeGuin's classic book, A Wizard of Earthsea. It's an incredible tale filled with Jungian overtones as well as a great version of Campbell's "Hero's Journey." It presents a concept that a lot of magickal people have taken to heart: if you know a person or thing's true name, you can use that name to have power over that person or thing. This, of course, became part of the background of the Harry Potter stories, as well as in other tales. In certain aspects of real magick this is partially true. For example, in dealing with

The Full Moon in Capricorn will occur Sunday, June 23 at 7:32 am Eastern (11:32 am GMT) at 2 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the June 8 New Moon in Gemini), which found us focusing on family communication. The Capricorn Full Moon opposes the Sun in Cancer; we are reminded to check ourselves in the progress we made towards our goals set during the Gemini New Moon. Have we begun to be more open with our family members, both near and far? Are there still old hurts that need to be addressed? This Capricorn Full Moon is also a "Super Moon," meaning it is at perigee (it is at the point in its orbit that is closest

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