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Tag Archives: Divine Mother
The Moon Dancing
The moon is swollen full tonight, her belly stretched out in the light; that glow ascribed to pregnant maids reflects down through the tall pines’ shade and with a wash of purple blue includes the woods’ edge in my view. … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, Divine Mother, illusions, mother goddess, night, shadows, the moon
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No one stole the moon
No one stole the moon from us by force. Instead, they bade us sleep; in that little death our memory faded, and our Mother’s song (not the sing-song lullabies or product placing jingle-jangle from an artificial moonlight like an android … Continue reading
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Tagged commercialism, Divine Mother, history, loss, mother goddess, nature, paganism, spirituality, the moon
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The Roots Must Lead
The roots must lead us further down; it does no good to taste the fruit unless we first have knelt in shadows there among the rotting leaves. The kneeling first, and then the crawl along the coursing, mottled bark that … Continue reading
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Tagged Divine Mother, evolution, grounding, mother goddess, nature, paganism, roots
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For Starlight Born with Robbie Burns
Although some celebrate today the Scotsman’s favorite bard, my day is elsewise occupied and I shall find it hard to think of he whose “Auld Lang Syne” will ring out through the night. For this day someone else was born … Continue reading
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Tagged birthdays, daily poems, Divine Mother, love, mother goddess, Robert Burns, Starlight Dances
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Oh Mother Help Me
For some reason this morning I woke up thinking of the hymn “Sweet Hour of Prayer” — in particular the wonderful bluegrass version done by the Osbourne Brothers. And I thought to myself, “Self, why is it that there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Divine Mother, hymns, liturgy, mother goddess, paganism, ritual
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Mother Father Breathing
With each breath, opposites are reconciled: like the unconscious seeping under the door that the river makes as it rises during the night, then at first light ebbs slowly away as the sun’s heat pulls it into its glowing bosom. … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, balance, breathing, deities, Divine Mother, energy, femininity, masculinity, mother goddess
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Earth and Wood
We are not lost here in these woods, nor are they lost in us; if you listen, still, for just a moment the sensation of roots, searching for moisture in this often parched land, pushing away the organic substance that … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, Divine Mother, grounding, mother goddess, nature, paganism, trees
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