Tess Whitehurst - You Are Magical

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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You Are Magical 2018 by Tess Whitehurst.

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First e-book edition 2018

E-book ISBN: 9780738756806

Cover design by Shira Atakpu and Ellen Lawson

Chakra illustration by Mary Ann Zapalac

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Whitehurst, Tess, author.

Title: You are magical / by Tess Whitehurst.

Description: First Edition. | Woodbury : Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd., 2018. |

Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018016324 (print) | LCCN 2018023016 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738756806 () | ISBN 9780738756783 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Magic. | Witchcraft. | Occultism.

Classification: LCC BF1611 (ebook) | LCC BF1611 .W66 2018 (print) | DDC

133.4/3dc23

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Disclaimer

The material in this book is not intended as a substitute for trained medical or psychological advice. Readers are advised to consult their personal healthcare professionals regarding treatment.

Dedication

To the powerful magic within you, the reader. May you wield it with mastery and may it bring waves of joy and wellbeing to you, your loved ones, and the world.

Contents

: Finding Your Magic

: Working Your Magic

Preface

A month before I was born, my mom wrote me a letter. While she was going through old stuff a few years ago, she came across it and finally sent it to me.

Every time I read it, it makes me cry. Among many other beautiful things, it says:

There is so much I want to tell you from my little perch here in space and time. But Im hoping and believing that what Im inspired to write now will be what you need to be reading, not what I need to be writing.

Dont be forgetting the magic. You know what I mean. If you dont, you never did, but its easy to forget. So much magic, like you kicking me from within my body, like me communicating with you now across the years.

xviii There is an infinite number of types of magic, and now there is even one more: your magic. I cant tell you more, but you will know.

Even though I received the letter only recently, I like to think I have been successful at not forgetting the magic. In fact, you might say Ive made it my lifes work to remember the magic, and to support other people in remembering it too.

Magic has always been a part of my life, but it was just over twenty years ago that I discovered it as a spiritual practice. Since my first book, Magical Housekeeping , came out in 2010, I have been publicly writing and teaching about magical living, as well as supporting clients through my intuitive counseling and feng shui work. Now, in this book, I share the fundamentals of living a magical life. Its been shaped by the many questions and concerns Ive heard from readers, clients, and students over the years, as well as all that Ive learned along my own spiritual and magical path.

Considering youve found your way to this book, its likely that youre like me, and have a stubborn sense that there is much more going on here than most people publicly discuss: invisible currents of energy, information, and interconnection that inform and define all things. There was a time when I found this sense most unsettling. It was like I was filled with ungrounded electricity, which I believe led to anxiety, depression, and the unwitting creation and maintenance of a host of undesirable life conditions. Discovering magic as a spiritual path provided the perfect remedy by showing me how to harness and channel my awareness of the subtle reality into harmony, healing, and the power to create positive change.

Since that time, my life has been systematically unfolding in more and more magical ways. I am constantly astonished by the relentless expansion of beauty in my world. Although I still encounter xix challenges, like everyone does, I see even these as opportunities to learn, grow, and expand into even deeper wisdom and power than ever before.

I would love for you to experience what Im talking about firsthand.

Thats why I wrote this book for you : you who can no longer ignore the ancient, insistent, mesmerizing siren song of your intrinsic spiritual power. I wrote it for you who can sense that living magically is not a novelty act, a fashion, or a trend; its who you really are. Indeed, its your legacy and birthright as a beloved child of the universe. Welcome home.

To borrow the immortal words of my mother, I am pleased to be able to say:

There is an infinite number of types of magic, and now there is even one more: your magic.

xx

PART 1

Finding Your
Magic