Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Tiffany Lazic, author of The Great Work: Self-Knowledge and Healing Through the Wheel of the Year and the new Noble Art. There is much of wisdom to be gleaned from following the natural progression through the cycle of the seasons such as is reflected in the Wheel of the Year. There is much in our collective history—irrespective of cultural or geographical background—that shares commonality when an agricultural perspective of manifestation is taken into consideration. We cannot harvest if we do not cultivate. We cannot cultivate if we do not plant. We cannot plant if we do not prepare the ground. And the ground will not be prepared to

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Tiffany Lazic, author of the new The Great Work: Self-Knowledge and Healing Through the Wheel of the Year. Ever since I heard the definition for magic as, "the art of changing consciousness at will," I have loved it, cleaving to the words as a reliable compass by which to steer through stormy waters. Many years ago, when I first embarked upon a Pagan path, I pondered how to position myself in relation to magic. Did I really believe in it? Do spells work? Does the unseen world exist? Can I access it? In my line of work, I see change every day. I see individuals who have formed certain beliefs out of experiences from many years past, who