A world of privacy and solitude
More than marching to the beat of a different drummer, Pisces seems to move to the pulse of an inward rhythm that only it can hear. Perhaps it listens to the music of the spheres, and then translates the melody for the rest of us to enjoy.
It is a very introverted, introspective energy, often seeking seclusion and thriving in a privacy whose solitude can amount to isolation. It functions best in conditions of quiet, serenity, peace, reflection, contemplation -- and can move in deep, meditative trance states more deftly than any other sign. In these conditions of supreme inner experience ... Pisces flourishes.
Quiet and self-contained
It traffics in energy so pure and exists on levels so vague and indescribable that its reality must be experienced to be understood. It is not prone to much outward communication as a rule -- which adds to the problems the other signs have in understanding what it's all about.
Not only does it often seem so self-contained and intimately involved with its own inner worlds, images, and urges -- it seems not to understand its own inner processes enough to describe them clearly.
In the depths
In other words, in the mysterious depths of itself, Pisces knows how to do what it does ... but not necessarily how the results occur. It knows how to invite the magic to happen -- but not what happens to make the magic respond. But the magic does respond ... and maybe that's all that counts.
Pisces is a deeply spiritual energy, involved with concepts of forgiveness, healing, restoration, kindness, mercy, and salvation. In its complex catalog of contents, we find the mundane science of psychology and psychotherapy -- covering both motivation and madness, and the enigmatic, intangible regions of meditation, prayer, revelation, entrancement, and ESP.
Faith and refinement
It also deals with matters of religious faith based on personal experience (as opposed to dogma and theology), cosmic philosophical truths, the concept of eternal life -- and therefore of life after death and dissolution from form into spirit and rebirth back into physical form.
It's fair to say that in some ways it is too fragile -- even too refined -- for the coarse, harsh realities of physical existence ... for Pisceans are tender, peaceful, gracious, and self-sacrificing in ways that often don't allow them to be assertive even in their own defense.
But weak, it isn't -- buoyed as it is by its knowledge of life's infinite nature, the immutable workings of karma, and the healing power of tolerance and love.
Where everything is made whole
Other signs may know intellectually that what goes around, comes around. Some even preach and teach its truth, but Pisces feels this principle in the very fabric of its being. And with its example of flexibility and tolerance for human foibles and failings, it sets the example for others to follow -- patiently watching the process of humanity's evolution unfold.
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About the art in our visual essays ...
Although sometimes the background pictures in our visual essays support the topic and text, they don't always. Sometimes the connection is clear. Sometimes it's symbolic and subtle. Sometimes, there's no connection at all.
The scenes depict landscapes and natural features, buildings and wildlife. They were chosen because they show something lovely or interesting ... or simply because the photo appealed to me.
Our spectacular and remarkable planet is changing at astonishing speed. Rarely are these changes for the better. Few people seem to know ... or care ... or have the will and power to do anything about this. It may not be long before the world humans have known and lived in for centuries is forever lost. We certainly won't be able to make repairs as fast as we destroyed it.
So a few years ago I began collecting pictures of the way things were ... and still are for now, a record of the beauty we have while it is still ours to love and honor.
The photos here are part of that collection, with sincere thanks to the artists who saw these moments ... and with their cameras ... preserved them. All of us at Enchanted Spirit are profoundly grateful to them for their generosity and skill ... and for the added grace, depth and dimension their art brings to ours.
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