Lewis, C. S. Miracles. New York: Macmillan, 1947. Inspirational, prickly and provocative. A challenge in open-mindedness.

Jeffers, Susan. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1987. An into-the-water book for getting past fear.

Gawain, Shakti. Creative Visualization. Mill Valley, CA: Whatever Publishing, 1986. Seminal toolkit helpful in learning to create and hold a vision. Goldberg, Bonni. Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer’s Life. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1996. A masterfully provocative and wise writer’s tool.

Fox, Matthew. Original Blessing. Santa Fe, NM: Bear & Company, 1983. An important corrective book on Christian tradition; brilliant, impassioned, compassionate.

Becoming a Writer. 1934. Reprint. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1981. The best book on writing I’ve ever found.

Choquette, Sonia. Your Heart’s Desire. New York: Random House, Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1997. An extremely clear, step-by-step guide for manifesting dreams as working reality.

Mists of Avalon. New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. A powerfully evocative novel of female spirituality in pre-Christian England. A mesmerizing novel of goddess worship in Arthurian times.

Higher powers stand ready to help us if we ask. We must remain ready to ask, open-minded enough to be led, and willing to believe despite our bouts of disbelief. Creativity is an act of faith, and we must be faithful to that faith, willing to share it to help others, and to be helped in return.

Success occurs in clusters and is born in generosity. Let us form constellations of believing mirrors and move into our powers.