A long time ago, we tried to start a business of selling bonsai trees to nurseries. That particular venture failed, but it did give us two things. First was an interest in and talent for creating and training
bonsai trees. The second thing we gained was a registered name - kind
of like a trademark. Here's the story of how that came about.
At the time, we had four pets - two dogs and two cats. Their names were
Alex, Toad, Lucy, and Flo. When we took the first letters of their names and arranged them
around a bit, we came out with F-L-A-T. We couldn't make a word out of M and J, the first letter of my wife's name and the first letter of my name, so we decided to take the first two letters. That gave us
MA and JI. When we put it together we sort of had the word MAJI. Actually, the real
word is magi, meaning "wise men", but we weren't really trying to
make any pretense of being wise. Since we were a rather weird little company of people and animals, we decided to stick the letter C on the end. That's how we ended up with Flat Majic.
Flat Majic is
really just an "umbrella" name, under which we conduct a variety of activities. Flat
Majic Books and Gifts is a 12 step shop and gift store we've owned and
operated since January 1, 2002. At the store
we sell books and
gifts pertaining to alcoholism and other addictions, and recovery from
them. We also sell books and gifts pertaining to spirituality.
We're heavily influenced by eastern philosophy and thought. All of the
books and tapes we offer through this website are listed at your left.
We're not really into magic at all. We don't teach magic. We don't sell magic. We don't sell books on how to
do magic tricks. We don't sell magic kits. As a matter
of fact, the name is the only thing having to do with magic and that's only
in how
it sounds. Having said that, however, we do carry some feng shui
supplies, a few pendulums, sets of rune stones and amulets, and other
charms and pendants. But the deal is that we really want to keep the
products we carry relevant to spiritual practice.
"There
is no magic except for what believing makes so"
