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at the height of the full moon, you drive out to the woods and walk as far as your body will let you without making a labyrinth of the greenery, minotaurs of the honey bees they harbor there. they warn they draw restless in the mornings, which begin early here. warn also of the stinging nettleberries among the flowers, blooming violet with the moon. find a clearing as the sun arches to the horizon line and wait for dusk. draw your circle in fire, thank the earth, the moon, the air, the water, all of it surrounding. tend to the fire in the center; learn patience. walk circles as you line the space with mirrors looking into each other ad in