Beth All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals— Charge of the Goddess, traditional by Doreen ValienteBliss is a very personal experience. Although we all share the same pleasure receptors, what triggers them, and to what degree, is a very individual thing. One of my most blissful moments was many years ago, while I was … Read more
In honor of Firing the Grid… May this prayer spell pulse through us all, from this day forward: The Goddess is our sanctuary;Her embrace holds us night and day.We can be unafraid in the earthquake andComforted in the hurricane knowing we are not alone. She is the river of joy, gladness is her voice.She streams … Read more
I am sandaled with wind and with flameI have heart-fire and singing to give,I can tread on the grass or the stars,Now at last I can live!— Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) Now, in this season of Summer’s exquisite passion, we are exploring bliss. We are invited to follow ours, yet to some it may … Read more
Keep knocking, and the joy insideWill eventually open a windowAnd look out to see who’s there.-– Rumi Today is the New Moon in Cancer, which astrologer Lisa Dale Miller calls, “Our chance to be held by the sweetness of love that pulsates through every living thing… On this New Moon of love, the idea is … Read more
Every word of every tongue isLove telling a story to her own ears.Every thought in every mind,She whispers a secret to her own Self.Every vision in every eye,She shows her beauty to her own sight.Every smile on every face,She reveals her own joy for herself to enjoy. –– Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213 – 1289 C.E.) When … Read more
EVERYTHING in your life, you have attracted .. accept that fact .. it’s true…What you think and what you feel and what actually manifests is ALWAYS a match – no exceptions. – The Secret Never mind social conditions. Never mind racism, homophobia, colonialism, world history, psychology, trauma, and real-world economics. Everyone, absolutely everyone could be … Read more
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.— Katherine Mansfield Today’s little bit of magic is three-fold. First, I am glad to let you know that the Mercury retrograde that has possibly been playing havoc … Read more
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”– Ben Okri, Nigerian author Until about 1800, all red gemstones were called rubies. With scientific advances, this changed, and many stones which had been thought to be rubies turned … Read more
If you’re an asker, you’ll be a knower:Poetry’s knotty and wily –The riddles you hear are windows,And the door is enquiry…– Gofraidh Fionn O Dalaigh There is certainly a fair bit of hoopla going on in the mundane world about today’s lucky numbers. So I thought I would suspend our exploration of the Ruby Realms, … Read more