PROLOGUE (or how to make things by)
Have a room of one's own--a space in which to breathe.
Find outcast communities and acquire outsider philosophies that support your belief in personal power.
Channel creative energy through some form of artistic expression.
Operate in a metaphoric universe in which you can transfer ideas from one realm to another.
Believe you can influence events (i.e. create your own reality).
Name your most valued qualities as your own source of power (i.e. through a magical name).
Make choices: both affirm and set boundaries.
Face problems as creative challenges, allowing for paradox, to create 'uniquely fitting situations'.
Be self-conscious and self-reflecting, using tools of existence.
Allow for inner diversity, and sidestep or return projections using methods of protection.
Periodically centre and renew your connection through cyclic and seasonal rites of passage.
Use will, imagination and desire to transcend the limits of normal experience.
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