| Our fascination with "magic" conjures up visions of | | | | image of a magician pulling a rabbit out of an |
| mystique and intrigue that we seem to long for in | | | | empty hat with the magic word abracadabra. The |
| our lives. History and stories of lore have | | | | magician is speaking an ancient Hebrew phrase |
| mystified and enchanted us, continually tantalizing | | | | that means 'I will create with words.' He is making |
| our desires to quench that unnerving thirst for a | | | | something out of nothing, echoing that famous line |
| bit of the miraculous. Modern day magicians | | | | from Genesis: 'Let there be light, and there was |
| continue their predecessors' practice of illusionary | | | | light,' only in this case the light is a white rabbit |
| entertaining, satisfying our need to believe in | | | | and perhaps a flash of fire. The magic word, |
| something more; our need for a bit of mystery | | | | whether it be abracadabra or another of the |
| and a taste of the exotic. This desire and quest | | | | magician's choosing, resonates with the audience |
| for the power of magic has spanned the ages, | | | | because there is an instinctive understanding that |
| leaving us now with aspirations to capture some | | | | words are powerful, creative forces. 'The word |
| of that sparkle in the here and now. From the | | | | has always held an ancient enchantment for |
| hierophants of ancient Egypt to the alchemists of | | | | humans,' says scholar Ted Andrews. 'It hints of |
| the Middle Ages, from the Mayan high priests, to | | | | journeys into unseen and unmapped domains.'" |
| the Celtic druids, whether medicine men, | | | | Enough said I think. Magic is a primitive power of |
| sorcerers, or wizards of legend and fairy tale, | | | | creation through whatever means we use. Things |
| these workers of wonders and miracles have left | | | | take on magical qualities because of the energy |
| their mark beyond the world of their day. And let | | | | we give it and the belief we put behind it. The |
| us not forget the high priestesses and druidesses, | | | | power of language, personal meanings, and |
| prophetesses and witches, medicine women and | | | | symbols enlighten and inspire us to create pure |
| shamans, and our beautiful fairy queens. Magic has | | | | wonder and awe whenever they are spoken, |
| no gender. It also has no boundaries. And yet, | | | | connected with, or simply seen, worn, or held in |
| who are these magicians, these conjurers of | | | | our experience. We are the masters of projecting |
| enchantment? Are they truly something for us to | | | | ourselves and our power onto everything around |
| dream about and place in awe, as we project an | | | | us, not realizing the magic skeleton key to |
| omniscient quality onto that which seemingly is | | | | everything we desire was always there within us. |
| outside of ourselves? Or is there more to this | | | | That's not to say we shouldn't have personal |
| "magician thing" than meets the eye? And what | | | | talismans and symbols or enchanting words in our |
| about that rabbit? | | | | lives. Sometimes the simple joy of that projection |
| Actually, aren't we all wanting simply to lead more | | | | can help us to connect more deeply with |
| of a so-called "charmed life?" It seems the desire | | | | ourselves and the collective around us, seeing and |
| to be magicians of our experiences and masters | | | | understanding how we are all so similar, all sharing |
| of our destinies is one we all share. Some people | | | | the experience of the wonder of the world and all |
| seem to naturally emanate a magical quality and | | | | the beauty it holds for us each to see in it, the |
| we can see it in that sparkle from their eyes, | | | | mirror of our own magical essence. |
| that glow of an aura they exude, the way | | | | Symbols are beautiful and powerful things. The |
| whatever they touch in their path seems to light | | | | Egyptians carried amulets and magic figurines and |
| up, almost like pixie dust that traverses any room | | | | Greeks sought out priests called Oracles. |
| they enter. And then some of us simply need to | | | | Alchemists searched to discover magical |
| realize that if we can see in others such miracles | | | | substances to turn lead into gold, cure disease, |
| of wonder, then we are closer to it than we think. | | | | and extend life. We all need to believe in a bit of |
| Those of this nature merely mirror our own inner | | | | magic, yet the elixir of life is simply believing in |
| magician--the one whom we can call upon to cast | | | | you. |
| our own magical spells of enchantment whenever | | | | It is our friend the rabbit who holds all the |
| we so choose. We just have yet to realize that | | | | magician's answers to his, her, OUR projected |
| magic is simply our innate art of creative power. | | | | magic. And we come to see how the rabbit is the |
| Recognize it, exercise it, utilize it, and what do you | | | | true key to the magician's power. Embrace and |
| know, "abracadabra," you have yourself the | | | | become your own inner rabbit and you too will |
| ingredients for some home-made magic stew! | | | | discover an enchanted world of your own |
| Speaking of "abracadabra," let's turn back the | | | | creation. |
| page to our friend the rabbit and the meaning of | | | | *Dedicated to, and inspired by, Nestie aka Nestor. |
| this most inane word. I think we've been missing | | | | Love is magic and I know no greater magic than |
| something. Here is what Magic Words: A | | | | the love between myself and my very own |
| Dictionary, by Craig Conley has to say: | | | | rabbit, Nestor, who has shown me the meaning |
| "There is profound meaning in the clichéd | | | | of the Rabbit's Magician and beyond. |