Maslow and Wicca Part 2

Happy New Year and Merry Meet!

So our last post we started talking about Abraham Maslow.  He was a psychologist who spent his career talking about how humans can become Self Actualized.  Being Self Actualized is much like the Great Work in magic that our destiny is becoming the best of who we can be in order to be reunited with the divine.

Maslow argued that we needed a firm physical and emotional foundation before we can work on higher aims, for lack of a better phrase. I agree with him. 

The simplified version is that we need a solid physical foundation of access to regular food, shelter, clothing and physical safety.  The next layer is a supportive family and community that we receive love from.Once those layers are established we then have energy to start devoting to hobbies, etc that can lead to enlightenment.

In magic, recovery, and any endeavor that we are attempting to heal our lives and become we need that solid foundation.  Hence, there are a lot of do it yourself spell books on attracting money and love.  There is nothing wrong with that per se but my challenge to you in 2018 and the challenge to myself is looking at what your ultimate goal is.  What does being self actualized look like for you? Would it be possible to start using your talents and energy to allow the universe to help you achieve that goal?

Thank you for reading.  Next week we start talking about the basics of this thing called energy work and flow.  I hope your year ahead is filled with great blessing.

Blessed Be!