by Beth on September 15, 2011
“I hope my images help create a culture of strong and gentle women and men, working together to create a beautiful, peaceful and just planet.” ~ Joanna Powell Colbert, Journey through the Gaian Tarot As you all know, my passion and my calling is the Tarot. I bought my first deck in 1972, and it [...]
by Beth on December 30, 2010
Blessed are the gifts of Mystery and Magic, I will walk the Old Path this day In perfect love and In perfect trust. With the end of 2010, we are coming to the end of our gratitude journey with the “blessed beads.” Today, we have arrived at the second to the last bead of my [...]
Never regard your study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs. – Albert Einstein Today, I am going shift gears for [...]
I am sharing a timely message today from the beautiful book of meditations and exercises that is a part of my own daily practice, The Celtic Spirit, by Caitlín Matthews. So many people are mobilizing support and prayers — all focused on healing our hemorrhaging Mother Earth and Her dying children due to the BP [...]
by Beth on March 20, 2010
Welcome Spring! Awake, thou wintry earth – Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! – Thomas Blackburn Today is the Vernal Equinox in the northern hemisphere, and Autumn Equinox in lands below the equator. We are all experiencing the same phenomenon: the daylight and the darkness are in balance. The [...]
by Beth on February 5, 2010
Today, while I remain on my Hermit journey, I urge you to get to know the glorious artwork and blog of Lauren Raine. Get hooked with this most recent post. Then revel, be inspired, drink deep and lose yourself in all of her luscious art. Blessings to all.
by Beth on January 3, 2010
Oh Sweet Irrational Worship by Thomas Merton Wind and a bobwhite And the afternoon sun. By ceasing to question the sun I have become light, Bird and wind. My leaves sing. I am earth, earth All these lighted things Grow from my heart. A tall, spare pine Stands like the initial of my first Name [...]
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 [Divine Source] is friendly to you and is more anxious to give you what you want than you are to get it. — from The Science of Getting Rich, by [...]
by Beth on April 22, 2009
A living planet is a much more complex metaphor for deity than just a bigger father with a bigger fist. If an omniscient, all-powerful Dad ignores your prayers, it’s taken personally. Hear only silence long enough, and you start wondering about his power. His fairness. His very existence. But if a world mother doesn’t reply, [...]
by Beth on January 15, 2009
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.– Chinese proverb When I was many years younger, I used to be hit hard by what later came to be known as SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder. As Autumn proceeded from its [...]