Magic, Mystery and Everyday Miracles

and the pros and cons of magic wands

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“Do you believe in magic?”

A friend asked me this question earlier this year, and my immediate response was that yes, I do believe in magic, in the sense that there are events, feelings, connections and coincidences that happen that we can’t explain. And it seems that the more attention I pay to those things, and give gratitude for them, the more they happen.

It’s possible that one day there will be a scientific explanation for this kind of magic — maybe something to do with quantum entanglement, or the underlying nature of reality, or wormholes through time. But I think it would be a shame to know exactly why and how magic works. Quite literally, the magic would be lost.

So I try not to examine it too closely, in case I break the spell.

I only discovered this kind of everyday magic about 17 years ago, around the time I went to Peru, which was in itself a magical experience, and I feel like my life has been touched by magic ever since. I had just read The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield, a spiritual…