Book Description

The only journey worth taking is the journey within... Whether you're travelling overseas or setting out on a journey within to discover your own truths, keeping a journal is a powerful way to make sense of the world, and of your own inner universe. Observing and recording your life helps you understand yourself and your motivations, identify what makes you happy and illuminate the areas you want to focus your time and energy on. Your diary is a valuable tool of self-expression, self-discovery and self-knowledge, a sacred, secret place to unravel and reveal your inner being. Discover the physical, mental and spiritual health benefits of journalling, tips and exercises to express your deepest desires, and tools to release emotional blockages and unleash your authentic self. Find out how to make a wish come true using the cycles of the moon, celebrate some of the festivals that take place around the world, and create magic in your life by harnessing the ancient, sacred energy of the seasonal turning points of the year. Then, write your own life story in the pages of this journal, following in the footsteps of playwright Oscar Wilde, author Anais Nin, psychoanalyst Carl Jung and Hollywood star Cameron Diaz. Draw inspiration from your triumphs and wisdom from any tragedies, record your hopes and desires, your moments of beauty and despair, and reveal the patterns that are holding you back from achieving all that you dream of. Whether you use it as a daily diary, a travel journal, a blessings book or a manifestation guide, it will awaken your inner voice and unlock the power and strength within, helping you to explore and express your psyche and see the magic in every moment. A Magical Journey has a hundred pages that include the physical and emotional benefits of journalling, a list of famous diarists to get you inspired, tips for going within, exercises to shift writer's block, delve into your psyche and start expressing your inner self, how to manifest a wish using the phases of the moon, lengthy sections on each of the sabbats of the pagan wheel of the year and how to use their seasonal energy to enhance your life, festivals from around the world and an 11-year calendar to help you co-ordinate your sacred celebrations, plus more than 200 pages of the diary section, with inspirational quotes and magical symbols, where you can write the story of your life... Serene Conneeley is an Australian writer with a passion for history, travel, ritual and the myth and magic of ancient places and cultures. She has written for magazines about spirituality, health, travel, news, social and environmental issues and entertainment, and contributed to international books on witchcraft, psychic development and personal transformation, as well as the best-selling history compilation Dateline. She is the author of Seven Sacred Sites: Magical Journeys That Will Change Your Life and A Magical Journey: Your Diary of Inspiration, Adventure and Transformation, and creator of the meditation CD Sacred Journey: A Meditation to Connect You to the Magic of the Earth. With her friend Lucy Cavendish, she is co-author of The Book of Faery Magic and The Book of Mermaid Magic. Serene is a reconnective healing practitioner, and has studied magical and medicinal herbalism, angel therapy, reiki and many other alternative health modalities, as well as politics and journalism. She loves yoga, hiking, reading, rainbows, drinking tea with her friends and celebrating the energy of the moon and the magic of the earth. Her heart blossomed as she climbed mountains, sat in stone circles, walked a pilgrimage, performed rituals with shamans in South America and priestesses in Avalon, wandered through ancient cathedrals and stood in the shadow of the pyramids, and she's also learned the magic of finding true happiness and peace at home.