Where does magic begin?

     As I awoke from what felt like a deep sleep, I found myself in an empty white walled room with a giant TV screen on one wall. There was a stack of DVDs on the floor with all of the titles of movies and TV shows I have loved and watched all of the episodes. A door opens behind me. Roger, a tall, olive skin-colored, man with dark curly hair, and a thick Italian accent steps into the room. 

"Raquel, what are you going to watch today?" 

I turn and look at him. 

"I don't know." I reply despondently. "I don't know if it matters. I am only the viewer."

Roger lifts up a stack of DVDs that he is holding. 

"They are all labeled Rachel's Life. These are all "episodes" or "life events" where you were the main character. Do you remember them? These events? Can you tell me what it felt like to play that role?"

I take the stack of DVDs and sort through them, reading the titles. "I was not the main character in any of these." I chuckle as I hand them back to him. 

"How do you know?" he asks. 

"There were so many people that those stories revolved around. These didn't really have anything to do with me." I respond. 

Roger laughs, "I guess you are not an expert on making movies and shows." 

"What do mean?" I ask.

"The main character is for the viewer, not the actor, Raquel." Roger answers. 

"Ok, so what does all of, this, mean to me?" I ask. as I motion to the TV and white walls. 

"I need you to help me prove to you that you ARE the main character in your own life. Being the main character in the show you want to be in requires many action shots. Document how ever you please, as long as you can review the scenes to put them together. The magic is in each of the moments. How many can you create in a day? What is the image you want for the character?" 

"Where do you want to start?" 

                                                   Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash

Coached By the Soul. Container # 2 6/18/23-12/18/23

 Coached By the Soul. Container # 2   6/18/23-12/18/23

Goal for Coached by Soul:

 Commitment through action - Creating active spaces for magic to happen

"How many moments of magic can you create today?" 

"How many of those moments bring magic to others?"

"The power to find the dead, is built in magic." 

Time Commitment: Daily, Weekly, Monthly

Daily: Write what's done

Weekly: Activity Post FB/IG 

Monthly: Roundtable with the OGs, and GOATS

Singing to the Bones: Writing, singing-accountability to group-post in messenger

Duration: 6 months

List of items to accomplish: (Rogers voice with a thick Italian accent: Raquel, DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING HERE.) 

I guess I will leave this section blank....sigh. 

Actions that can create magic:

Running, exercise, sports, socializing, reading, writing, researching, recording, exploring, traveling, listening, speaking, sharing, posting, loving, communicating, bravery, learning.

#1. Itzpapalotl- Skeletal Warrior Goddess Black Skeleton with pink and purple butterfly's. Black cape and dark brown horse-obsidian butterfly (Create image in AI)

#2. Hygieia-Goddess of Health-Hygieia's symbol is a cup or chalice with a snake twined around its stem and poised above it

#3. Aine- Goddess of Summer, Wealth and Sovereignty red mare #4. Erebus- God of shadows and darkness. The son of Chaos. His main symbol is the crow since the dark, black colors of the bird represents the dark of the Underworld as well as the god's emotions and powers.

#5. Caishen- God of Wealth a black tiger and holding a golden rod.

#6. The Dagda-the Protector of life, death, time and seasons The Dagda's symbols are the Cauldron of Bounty, the Harp of the Seasons and the Club that Slays and Revives. the Dagda is portrayed as a father-figure, king, and druid. He is associated with fertility, agriculture, manliness and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom. He can control life and death, the weather and crops, as well as time and the seasons.

The way I see Itzpapalotl, just without the pink an purple butterfly's floating around above her.