Recovering Enchantment and the Voice of the Soul

Erik Hanson

I always honour the tradition of knocking on the same tree when I enter the woodland to show my intent — to say hello, just like if you’re going into someone’s house. I feel it’s rude to just go into the woods without announcing your presence. Sometimes there are crows or rooks that call out from the tree tops. They always hang around here at this point, and sometimes they call out. I don’t know, I like to think they recognise me and it’s a greeting.

~ Woodlarking

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Approaching from opposite directions, two mystics met on a path and introduced themselves. One said, “I am not a Hindu, I am not a Christian, I am not a Muslim, I am not a Jew.” The other said, “I am a Hindu, I am a Christian, I am a Muslim, I am a Jew.” They wept and embraced like long lost friends, saying, “We meet on the same path.”

~ Fred LaMotte

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…I think we can gain immeasurably from reconsidering the worldview of magic treatises and even apply many of the principles of magic in simple ways in our own daily lives. I’m drawn to magic primarily as a way of recovering enchantment, and I’m convinced that by approaching these forgotten ideas intelligently and carefully we can restore soul to everyday life.