Clarity of intention is the key to creating a powerful skill or ritual. - Starhawk

This is the stillness behind motion, when time itself stops; the center is also the circumference of all. We are awake in the night. We turn the Wheel to bring the light. We call the sun from the womb of night. Blessed Be!

Instead of closing our eyes to meditate, we need to open our eyes and observe. Unless our spiritual practice is grounded in a real connection to the natural world, we run the risk of simply manipulating our own internal imagery and missing the real communication taking place all around us. (p11)

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