We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever. — Susan B. Anthony, Declaration of Rights for Women, July 1876 Today is the 88th Anniversary of passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment … Read more
All this focus on secret societies in the dusty past seems far distant from the sweet flowers in our gardens. Why do we care about Rosicrucians and Freemasons? The rose has a long heritage as a symbol of these powerful secret societies that many believe have ruled or influenced European and American history for centuries. … Read more
…I too awaitThe hour of thy great wind of love and hate.When shall the stars be blown about the sky,Like the sparks blown out of a smithy, and die?Surely thine hour has come, thy great wind blows,Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose? — William Butler Yeats Our journey with the Graces, specifically Thalia, continues, … Read more
For what we do presage is riot in grosse,For we are brethren of the Rosie Crosse;We have the Mason Word and second sight,Things for to come we can foretell aright. — Henry Adamson, The Muses’ Threnodie (1638) Our journey with the Graces, specifically Thalia, continues, as She guides us through the magical garden. We are … Read more
The Power and the Gloryby Phil Ochs Come and take a walk with me through this green and growing landWalk through the meadows and the mountains and the sandWalk through the valleys and the rivers and the plainsWalk through the sun and walk through the rain This is a land full of power and gloryBeauty … Read more
Puck and a Fairy, from A Midsummer Night’s Dreamby Arthur RackhamSome call him Robin Good-fellow,Hob-goblin or mad Crisp, And some againe doe tearme him oft,By name of Will the Wispe;But call him by what name you list,I have studied on my pillow,I think the best name he deservesIs Robin the Good Fellow.— from The Merry … Read more
How beautiful they are,The lordly ones,Who dwell in the hills,In the hollow hills. — Fiona MacLeod Today there is a noticeable change in the air, and it is clear that Spring is accelerating its shift towards Summer. The insistent cries of nestlings fill the air, the first fireflies have appeared, the woods are dark and … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. The Sun and Moon conjoined in the sign of Aries at around midnight Eastern time, so we are now in the New Moon of the new astrological year. My friend, astrologer … Read more
Never underestimate the power of a small, dedicated group of people to change the world; indeed, that is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead TONIGHT, at 8 pm, your local time, I encourage you to turn off and unplug for one hour. You can read more about it here, here, and here.
War is OVER, IF YOU WANT IT! I had forgotten that I’d committed to join the Blogswarm against the war today. I’ve been completely incapacitated since Saturday afternoon and my fever still hasn’t quit; it just goes up and down depending on my aspirin cycle. But this is my prime time of the day, and … Read more