#elin manon

[timotey]

Art by Elin Manon

[ends-2-beginnings]

Winter Solstice

ill. Elin Manon

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[bobbole]

Elin Manon

[doodleswiki]

5 years ago (Mar 1st, 2021) - St. David's Day 2021

Doodle was made by Elin Manon

This doodle was shown in the United Kingdom

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Art: ElinManonIllustration

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Here's to the bridge-builders, the hand-holders, the light-bringers, those extraordinary souls wrapped in ordinary lives who quietly weave threads of humanity into an inhumane world. They are the unsung heroes in a world at war with itself. They are the whisperers of hope that peace is possible. Look for them in this present darkness.

Light your candle with their flame. And then go. Build bridges.

Hold hands. Bring light to a dark and desperate world. Be the hero you are looking for. Peace is possible. It begins with us.

~L.R. Knost

[miaqc1]

Elin Manon

[bodyalive]

Art by Elin Manon

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Sometimes I wonder if healing is less about the pain fading and more about our spirit learning to carry it with grace. There's a sacred alchemy in the way we transform our wounds into wisdom.

And this I know for certain - the world looks different when we're fighting the waves than when we're learning to float with them. That's the miracle of choosing to stay, of believing in one more sunrise.

Because dear soul, a single moment can shift everything. One breath, one dawn, one gentle whisper from the universe can rewrite your entire story.

And perhaps that's the true nature of hope - not the absence of darkness, but the courage to keep believing in the light. Both raw and radiant, like a star being born from the depths of night.

~ 'Sacred Alchemy' by Etheric Echoes

(Michael Burke)

[comparativeoracle]

Pomegranate. Art by Elin Manon, from the Forest Magic Oracle.

Punica granatum The rules of Hades's Underworld were remarkably similar to the rules of the fae: as long as you consumed neither food nor drink, they could not keep you. And so, when Zeus demanded that Hades had release Persephone, Hades had no choice, because Persephone had eaten nothing during her time with him. But, pleading with her to stay, he made one final attempt and offered her a pomegranate. Persephone, knowing all too well what she did, chose in the end to consume six tiny pomegranate seeds, making it so that she would remain queen of the Underworld for six months out of the year. Because of this tale, this mysterious, vibrantly colored fruit is best known for its love magic, but it is also useful for prosperity, divination, and creativity spells.