Divine Fabulousness

I find it highly improbable that I would be referencing a book by a fashion maven in a blog that is supposedly devoted to "spiritual" things.

But I feel compelled to write anyway...

As I posted in my Foolbard blog, I just finished reading a book by gay fashion maven Simon Doonan. It's called "Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You."

And as I finished the last few delectably witty pages, chuckling till the end, I realized that in many ways, I could suggest this book be reviewed in "SageWoman." Okay, so SageWoman is not a fashion mag, but for me, the book he wrote was a nod from the Goddess Herself to be my own woman and not try to look like anyone else as far as how I use clothing and makeup to show my individuality. I am having difficulty finding the exact words to describe how I feel after getting this huge nudge from the Goddess-Force...

And how I would connect it to being more of what it might feel like to embody the myriad facets of the Goddess...Her Divine Fabulousness...that too is challenging my skills, and I think I'm a pretty decent writer.

Heh...unbidden, yet welcome, comes a line from a Jon-n-Vangelis song, into my head: "Be the Light you are." I think my Spirit Guide or Guides like to use the lines I like to bite me in the butt or hit me over the head if I'm talking or acting in a rather dense way. I, like other humans, can be a bit thick.

Anyhow, back to the book. Doonan writes that the allure inherent in being eccentrically glamourous is largely a state of mind. As a Witchy Woman, I can't argue with this. If we think we are not glamourous, we're not going to be...we're going to sit round the house all depressed and negative about ourselves. We especially do this if we're brought up to believe that glamour belongs to the wealthy and being wealthy is somehow bad...that old chestnut.

Yet, in magickal work, a 'glamoury' is nothing more than a mental charm, a spell cast to enhance what is already there, or even disguise a feature.

And what is the artful application of makeup, perfume and spiffy clothing that suits the wearer but a gigantic glamoury on not just others (think of a woman seeking out a date) but herself?

Scent alone has the unbelievable glamoury of either setting one's chakras spinning in sexual and even emotional arousal, or turning someone off completely because someone *else* wore that perfume or aftershave and that someone else broke hearts--perhaps including yours--like a squirrel breaks walnuts.

Okay, so I'm writing this to women, as a woman.

What about men who are eccentrically glamourous?

I can name a few...and it doesn't have anything to do with the clothing they wear or their orientation. Again, it's all about the allure...the mindset that they have about themselves that draws women--and even other men (gay or straight)--like bees to nectar.

Most people would call it charisma. But what is charisma but an enhanced glamoury--apart from being physically attractive?

It's sort of like 'Austin Powers' (Mike Myers) in the scene with the fembots in the first movie. They're all like, "You can't resist us, Mr. Powers." And Powers says, "Au contraire, baby! I think *you* can't resist *me*!" 'Austin' knows he's attractive, he knows he's got the mojo to get the ladies going in AND out of bed, so he figures he might as well live life to the fullest and enjoy the effect he has on women. Yet what really gives 'Austin' his allure is his UN-James-Bond-like sweetness and shyness...for instance, in the beginning credits for the first movie, one scene shows him hiding in a phone booth with a disguise on, hoping to outfox the ladies chasing after him...which is probably why they *are* chasing him to begin with...we ladies love a guy full of contradictions.
 
For us, that's what creates the allure a lot of the time.

Talk about your je-ne-sais-quoi and Divine Fabulousness! ;-)

Speaking of Divine Fabulousness, I seek to create some of that in my room later on, but I seriously need some of that fabulousness called 'shuteye.'

Blessed Be,
Rev. Kat ^.^