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L inda Willow s t er b o R
Magic in the Extraordinary and the Ordinary WORDS VANESSA FINNIGAN PHOTO TAMIKA McCALL OF BONNY PHOTOGRAPHY
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magine for a moment you are in Karnak, Egypt, having a private viewing of the only statue of Sekhmet in the world. You are told by the tour guides how to enter and exit so you don’t
leave turning your back on the statue. After your eyes adjust to the darkness, you see a stunning black 12-foot statue, and all of a sudden you see its chest moving in and out, breathing… The heart-based connection brings tears to your eyes as you see the statue’s eyes open and close.
This was one magical experience Linda Willow Roberts shared with me, and she was quick to say that it really rocked her at the time and gave her a different perspective of what was real and what was not. “I don’t think it was in my mind or in my spiritual knowingness; it was with my mortal eyes that I was
