Eventually, ritual was developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world.

Read as much as you can, discarding negative or disturbing information. Learn by doing, and the Goddess and God will bless you with all that you truly need.

The magic begins in you. Feel your own energy, and realize similar energy exists within the Earth, stones, plants, water, wind, fire, colores, and animals.

If you would be a magician, honor the Earth. Honor life. Love. Know that magic is the birthright of every human being, and wisely use it.

Honor all living things, for we are of the stag, and the salmon, and the bee; so destroy not life, save it be to preserve your own.

Magic is our birthright...and should be available to all who wish to utilize it as a tool of personal transformation.

The power is neutral. It cannot be divided into positive and negative energies. Power is power.

Magic is natural. It is a harmonious movement of energies to create a needed change. If you wish to practice magic, all thoughts of it being paranormal or supernatural must be forgotten.

Call upon the Goddess and God to protect you and teach you the secrets of magic. Ask stones and plants to reveal their powers - and listen.

We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities.

Books can lift our spirits, heal our wounds, steel our courage and strengthen our religious resolve.

I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide unseen aid on our behalf.

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if the infant initiates, whether the mom responds.

Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time.

For months, the [Donald] Trump campaign denied full stop that anybody associated with their campaign had any ties with Russia or any contacts with Russia full stop.

A knowing of what needs to be done or what needs to be said or what needs to happen at any given time. That is wisdom and wisdom does not come from the accumulation of knowledge.

I am flushed and warm. I think I may be enormous, I am so stupidly happy, My wellingtons Squelching and squelching through the beautiful red.

I do like to explore evil characters in my books.