I give thanks, my dear friends, visitors, participants, and beloveds, for your presence; the gift of being of service to you, the great honor of being a traveller with you on a few miles of your sacred journey. Together we stand at the Great Turning, and in Love and Gratitude we are transformed. Thank you.Blessed … Read more
by Rainer Maria Rilke, from The Book of Hours God speaks to each of us as he makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night.These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall,go to the limits of your longing.Embody me. Flare up like flameand make big shadows I can … Read more
© Jane Dahmen – Maine Fall I am rich today with autumn’s gold, All that my covetous hands can hold; Frost-painted leaves and goldenrod, A goldfinch on a milkweed pod, Huge golden pumpkins in the field With heaps of corn from a bounteous yield, Golden apples heavy on the trees Rivaling those of Hesperides, Golden … Read more
Quoted on Samhain, but presented in its splendid entirety for you today. We Have Come to Be Dancedby Jewel MathiesonWe have come to be danced Not the pretty danceNot the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me danceBut the claw our way back into the bellyOf the sacred, sensual animal danceThe unhinged, unplugged, cat is out … Read more
LATENTby Michaela Sefler Lying latent withinboundless;without limitation,sleep full existence.For debt of the livingwho can surpassfor creation has myriad of layersand adequate living begets a crown. And deep inside creative forces remain;every drop can remindof the life intendedas heat and motion are manifestations. Five, seven then eightaccumulating into tenscomplete entitiesThey survive.Tribal completionslending their willor their kindis … Read more
These folks did great work after Katrina. I am glad to hear they are helping the fire victims in southern California. For more information, to join, and to donate, go here.Feel free to spread the word. Love,– Beth Owl Dear Friends:23 fires have charred more than 460,000 acres in California this month. More than 1,400 … Read more
Our thoughts go out to those affected by the fires in California. Here is a beautiful prayer from Lunaea Weatherstone’s Blogue: Great Goddess of fire, of air and water and earth, be gentle with us. Help us understand how we can restore the natural balance. Subdue the fires, calm the winds, refresh us with your … Read more
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold,And leaves of gold there grew:Of wind I sang, a wind there cameAnd in the branches blew.Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon,The foam was on the Sea,And by the strand of IlmarinThere grew a golden Tree. Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamar it shone,In Eldamar beside the … Read more
The Love of OctoberBy W. S. Merwin A child looking at ruins grows youngerbut coldand wants to wake to a new nameI have been younger in Octoberthan in all the months of springwalnut and may leaves the colorof shoulders at the end of summera month that has been to the mountainand become light therethe long … Read more
I have been sort of discouraged by the lack of response here (is anyone reading this??), and then I discovered that some kind of switch allowing comments was turned off. How that happened, I have no idea. So if you were trying to post before (I hope somebody was!) and gave up, I think it … Read more