Pagan Portals – The Muses
By: Irisanya Moon - Moon Books - $12.95
Overview: If we want to dream of a new world, we need all the help we can get. We need divine support to see beyond what we know and what we think is possible. The Muses can offer us inspiration through poetry, history, astronomy, comedy, dance, and music.
With their relentless creativity, the Muses inspire not only artists but also those who want to create new structures and visions of sustainable, supportive communities. With their guidance, we can widen our thinking and conceive of solutions to serve the emerging needs of the world.
Connecting and reconnecting to inspiration fosters hope and courage, and the Muses are ready to pass on their knowledge, a knowing that only comes from having seen all that has ever happened.
Verdict: In what is a wondrously majestic new prose, here within the pages of Pagan Portals - The Muses: Calling to Creativity & Inspiration by renowned author Irisanya Moon - an author, witch, teacher, poet, and Reclaiming initiate who has practiced magick for 20 plus years - dutifully shows how the Muses can inspire anyone and everyone.
So it does not matter if you are an artist in search of creative inspiration, or those who simply want to create new structures and visions of sustainability, along with a wholesome supportive community, the Muses are there for us.
They inspire us to create, to dream new beginnings, and to bring more joy and happiness into our lives. And here Irisanya shares with the reader various ways of connecting to these nine Greek goddesses who can inspire us and guide us in becoming more proactive in creating a world that we desire.
As we learn, the Muses celebrate the godds of Olympus, which makes sense in Greek magick and mythology. These goddesses with clear voices sing praises of the godds, across the lands. They are trusted to make music and delight the king of the godds, Zeus.
To encounter the Muses is to hear their songs on the wind or they might even arrive as a hunch or an idea. They might travel to the space of your frustration and brings you a new perspective to shift your emotions and responses. Whilst they are traditionally portrayed as traditional Greek goddesses in white and carrying symbols of their gifts, they are also the movement of thought and a whisper of a song that you cannot stop singing.
And, in truth, you have most likely encountered them yourself, even without a name or proper introduction. But as they are beings who have introduced the godds, meeting them and introducing ourselves seems polite and kind.
In closing, Irisanya knows that starting a relationship with a deity, let alone a group of them, can be intimidating at first. What she finds most helpful is to read a book and see what arrives to her during that time - both in the reading and when she is not reading. How do I feel? What am I motivated to do? What shifts? What am I inspired to shift?
And if that is the way you also feel, then this is the book for you, my friends, trust me.
About the Author - Irisanya Moon is an author of numerous books, witch, priestess, international teacher, and initiate in the Reclaiming tradition. A devotee of Aphrodite, Hecate, the Norns, and Iris, she has been practicing magick for over 20 years. Irisanya is passionate about the idea that life is and humans are love spells, ever experiencing a dance of desire and connection, moving in and out of the heart, always returning to love. She lives in Santa Rosa, CA.
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