Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
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 [...]
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Oh! dance with the SidheUnder silvery moon!Word woven tranceIs the light of their boon! Bear ye the hearts of all mortal men -Dance with the fey in the boughs of Green Glen!– Ferrashynn As we journey through this time of flowering and mirth, I’ve been discussing the somewhat controversial topic of the Fae. Yes, controversial, [...]
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A CALL OF THE SIDHEby A. E.Tarry thou yet, late lingerer in the twilight’s gloryGay are the hills with song: earth’s faery children leaveMore dim abodes to roam the primrose-hearted eve,Opening their glimmering lips to breathe some wondrous story. Hush, not a whisper! Let your heart alone go dreaming.Dream unto dream may pass: deep in [...]
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I arise todayThrough the strength of HeavenLight of SunRadiance of MoonSplendor of FireSpeed of LightningSwiftness of WindDepth of SeaStability of EarthFirmness of Rock. — commonly known as St. Patrick’s Breastplate, but also believed to be the far older Druid Deer’s Cry Invocation As I’ve been discussing, the evidence is overwhelming that time spent in Nature [...]
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Way back in the days when the grass was still greenand the pond was still wetand the clouds were still clean,and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space …one morning, I came to this glorious place.And I first saw the trees! — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax In order for our Earth-based spirituality to [...]
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I look back with gladness to the day when I found the path tothe land of heart’s desire, and thank Fate ceaselessly with aloud voice that she did not permit town to sap all the yearsaway while the heart was turning to wind-voices andflower-faces and the hands of kindly earth. — Mrs. George Cran, The [...]
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Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,The holy tree is growing there;From joy the holy branches start,And all the trembling flowers they bear.The changing colours of its fruitHave dowered the stars with merry light;The surety of its hidden rootHas planted quiet in the night;The shaking of its leafy headHas given the waves their melody,And made my [...]
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Soon the summer will set behind the horizonand the dark will have the scentof wine and decay,like the forgotten gardenstoo full of fruitthat swim through the centuries. The summer still flows.Nothing can end yet.An accidental boat of tendernessslides over the depths of life.No matter what else I say to you tonight,stay with me.– Latvian poet [...]
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Visioning – ©Susan Seddon Boulet I rise in silence, steadfast in the elements with thought a smoke-blue veil drawn round me. Seasons clothe me in laurel and bittersweet, in ice but my heart is constant… — Marilou Awiakta, © Smoky Mountain-Woman As the magic of Summer Solstice approaches, the activity of the Faery folk increases [...]
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Falling breaths formed frombirds clouds trees and tears.Yet we do not knowthe history of our mother’s dreams. The colored sounding forming dreamsholding the breaths of our grandparents.It is time we begin to listen.– The History of Our Mother’s Dreams © MariJo Moore As the magic of Summer Solstice approaches, the activity of the Faery folk [...]
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