A powerful ritual that works, however, should bring participants to a state of enhancement, and even inspiration-as does any reflective creative work. - Starhawk

When the intention is clear, the symbols, the acts, and objects that embody and personify it come clear.

Systems don't change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek equilibrium. To change a system, you need to shake it up, disrupt the equilibrium. That often requires conflict. To me, conflict is a deeply spiritual place. It's the high-energy place where power meets power, where change and transformation can occur.

The primary principle of magic is connection. The universe is a fluid, everchanging energy pattern, not a collection of fixed and separate things. What affects one thing affects, in some way, all things: All is interwoven into the continuous fabric of being.