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Magic, rhyme, and the power of words across civilisations (opens the original)
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I am not a witch, though there are plenty among us.I’m actually a faithful woman. But I don’t do well with extremes. I’m just someone who notices small things, filing them away until they quietly find each other or better yet, find a meaning.Take last weekend. We went to church, and I mean went to church. Two hours in, after the final sermon and the tithes, my legs had gone numb in the pew. We stood up to slip out, only for an usher to step directly in front of the door, planting his feet with a
You know what’s beneath all those emotions? Joy. (opens the original)
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the sound that reset my nervous system (opens the original)
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Waking up to the bright shining sun, a window of pure blue ocean, the sound of the sea, and not much else, reboots the nervous system in a way nothing else quite can. No rush, no noise, no decisions to make. Just pure light, fresh water, and our breath.Poetry in Eden 🪷 is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabin
a time of apparent magic (opens the original)
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that is the opening line to Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey. And it is a precise summary of what unfolds.To me, words are magic, and fate is an unavoidable magic unfolding before our eyes. But choice, above all else, seems to be the ultimate magic in Nolan’s universe. Not mysticism. Not the Gods. Choice.And our choices are indeed tied to our fate, amor fati. I spoke of it the last time I wrote. And I will speak of it again today. But before I do, let's revisit Homer's original open
the ocean holds the answer (opens the original)
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