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“In the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. But the truth is, words came later. In the beginning was the rose.”
― Perdita Finn, The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary

“The purpose of the Genesis story is to explain the loss of that long, slow paradise that today we call the Paleolithic—an epoch of history in which our ancestors lived not only in a sustainable relationship to the Earth but in a joyous and loving one as well. In one of the greatest bait and switches of all time, that loss is blamed on Eve, whose name means, tellingly, “Mother of All Life.”
In a final bid for patriarchal power, the Bible separates the Goddess from one of her oldest animal allies. For tens of thousands of years before Genesis was written, the serpent was the ultimate symbol of reincarnation and renewal. The ouroboros (a snake swallowing its own tail) signified the eternal cycles of birth, death, and rebirth that were the source of the Goddess’s power. In Genesis that life-sustaining circle is broken, and the serpent becomes evil instead. The natural world was no longer considered sentient and divine. The mutilation and exploitation of our Mother’s body could continue uninterrupted down to the present day.
And yet, the final victory is always hers. Empires rise and fall. Whole civilizations vanish into vast deserts of geological time. But life remains. The Mother remains.”
― Perdita Finn, The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary

“There are no unfinished lives, because there are no single lives. Life goes on and on. If you knew how many lives there were to work with, you would learn to be patient and know that some things just take time. Lives are being given to you—more lives than you could imagine—over and over again.

Those who learn to manage time gracefully will be happy from one lifetime to the next. Those who are thrown off-balance by time will live with anxiety and confusion. You must know that this is not the only life, and not the only time. You can learn this if you will.

Just as the birds move easily from tree to tree with nothing to block their passage, I can teach you to move freely from one lifetime to the next. With this confidence, much that seems difficult in this lifetime will become possible for you. Healings and reconciliations that seem unlikely can easily be obtained, and the joy that has eluded you can be found close at hand.

You cannot trace the path of your soul from life to life in the same way that you follow your days from week to week, your months from year to year. But know that your lives are longer than you realize, and pray and remain open to the wisdom that is yours. That wisdom is the birthright of having a body.

It is best for this learning, however, not to be anxious or afraid. There is nothing you have now that cannot be given to you again. There is no one you have loved who is forever lost to you. Nor are you condemned to repeat the same mistakes and follies. The long story of your soul is wiser and more generous than you know.

The human concept of the soul is like a shiny coin faceup on the ground. It is flat. The most you can imagine is flipping it over to see what is on the other side. I want to show you the full length and brightness of a soul. I want you to feel its amplitude. It is incalculably long and old. A soul is so much deeper, so much brighter than you imagine. The universe is astounded by every soul. The universe is not big enough to contain a soul.

Know that you can pick up the thread of your own soul in this lifetime the moment you pick up the rosary. So don’t lose heart, and never give in to fear. Live with confidence, knowing that there are reasons for all things that happen. You do not live in a random universe because you do not live in a Motherless universe.

You know by now that it was I Who, through your mothers, gave birth to your bodies. Know also that I have given birth to your souls—and a soul may never be destroyed.”
― Perdita Finn, The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary

“Such a careful chef would never have caused this disaster. And no one who makes such tasty porridge could be responsible for this disarray," she announced. "Whatever-after did you add to it?"
"Just a pinch of cinnamon, some of my favorite spices, and a little bit of cream." Rosabella was happy to share her cooking tips.
Momma Bear continued to smile, but when she thought Rosabella wasn't looking, she added some more honey. Rosabella laughed to herself. Momma Bear must have a sweet tooth.”
― Perdita Finn, Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears

“Death isn’t oblivion. It’s the great remembering. I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while I’m still alive.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“What’s the difference between a spell and a prayer? Absolutely nothing.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“I pray for the mothers and fathers of incarnations I cannot remember. I pray for the children of past incarnations I do not remember. I pray for trees that have been cut down, species that have vanished, and mountains that have been leveled. I pray for the dead the land remembers but no one else does. I collect the dead and I hold them close.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“backpack and began searching through it for something that might help her lure the hamsters back to their Habitat. She found a can of cat food and set it aside. She pulled out some dog treats that were bigger than the hamsters themselves. She found an old tambourine from when she was little and turned it over”
― Perdita Finn, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks

“I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while I’m still alive.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“I'm sure there's some hexplanation. Within every beast there's always some beauty! It's not fair to assume that anyone is bad before we all know the facts. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding and there is no bad beast at The End of this story. But the only way we're ever-after going to find out is by getting to the bottom of this!”
― Perdita Finn, Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears

“When the special effects of modern life fail us, when the grid at last goes down, we are likely to find ourselves lost in the darkness—but it is in the darkness that magic always happens.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“Sunset Shimmer”
― Perdita Finn, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine

“The Great Goddess is a virgin in the same way that a forest is a virgin—able to call forth life from within herself with the help of nothing but the golden light of the Sun. In fact, the word virgin meant something very different in the ancient world from what it has come to mean today. It came from the Latin for strength and power, the root that gives us the same generative energy as virility.
When the ancient goddesses—Ishtar, Astarte, Inanna, Isis, Diana, Athena…and, yes, Mary—were described as virgins, it didn’t mean that they had never been touched, had never felt desire, or had never experienced sexual union. It meant that no man could own them or defile them. They were not pure or chaste, but green and powerful, these virgins—able to resurrect the land and remake the world with the coming of every spring.”
― Perdita Finn, The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary

“that a poem by W. H. Auden called “Stop All the Clocks” be read.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“to Rochelle. Twyla was worried.”
― Perdita Finn, Monster High: Haunted: The Junior Novel

“Sometimes the wrong fairytale turns out to be just right!”
― Perdita Finn, Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears

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― Perdita Finn, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks

“We are all, whether we know it or not, sitting on the laps of the dead—and they are ready to amaze us with their tricks and wonders. They will show us the numbers on the cards before we turn them over. They will find the unexpected coins behind our ears and place them in our hands. Most of all, they will remind us that everything that goes away always comes back. We can’t explain magic. We can’t replicate it. And here’s the part you most certainly didn’t like when you were alive: we can’t control it. But we can cultivate a relationship with it—and invite it into our lives. We can step into the dark and summon its wonders to us.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“I wish I could take a quick trip to the Legacy Orchard right about now and do some research on strange forests and talking animals! This is definitely someone else's story,' she thought.
Still, it sounded like this forest had a mystery that needed solving and some animals that needed helping. Rosabella was always looking out for woodland friends in trouble.”
― Perdita Finn, Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears

“Within every beast there's always some beauty!”
― Perdita Finn, Ever After High: Once Upon a Twist: Rosabella and the Three Bears

“as often happens when we start to feel better, I stopped praying.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“Holy Blood, Holy Grail about the secret history of Mary Magdalene in France.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World

“Maybe that’s what everything depends upon, the courage to choose love over fear even in the face of the unknown.”
― Perdita Finn, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World