Little rituals like making the twig wheel strengthen the soul to motivate the body. I'm trying to sort things out and dispose of most of them, but the scale of the task is daunting. There are two sheds filled with tools and a scaffolding structure that has collapsed, leaving all the rusty tools, old paint pots and goodness knows what else in a heap on the ground. The poem is like a secret truth revealed.Īs with so many things, the overgrown garden has deep discomforts. Writing this reminds me of a poetic project called And Stones Moved Silently Across the World by Alyson Hallett. ![]() My daughter has a dragon's egg called Pemberton - she found it on a beach in Cornwall possibly 20 years ago and we have found stones all over the house - on windowsills, desks, mantlepieces and bookcases - some are fossils. My husband made an osier heart with our initials entwined for us when he was courting me (it was a c."Ī courting sounds like a wondrous thing in this day and age - you and your husband sound like true kindred spirits.Īnd thanks for Secret Gardens - it looks just my sort of book and is going on my TBR shelf. The Wheel made from oak twigs sounds beautiful too. Georgina wrote: "I love the thought of your overgrown garden. She was readying for the new path she was about to travel, through her ritual. (I'm from good Pagan stock, UK and Germany, neither side Christians).īut now I see that there really is no difference. (I've also worked for many years as a Nurse's Aid in dementia, and aged care wards).Įach morning this Christian lady gathered the fallen sticks from her tree, and made a cross, which she then laid under the tree.Īt the time I was reading about past wrongs, and although I respected what she was doing, I distrusted the religion behind it. They come from the heart.Īs a twenty four year old, ex-art school student ( with no proper job) I regularly mowed the lawn for a Christian lady who was close to death. I think women's magic is wilder, and more spontaneous. And regarding the certain branches of his rituals that I have found to be interesting, I would say that thinking about the concept of ritual, at such a moment, would defeat the purpose, which is the channeling of energy. ![]() I've looked into Crowley's work and rituals, and I have to say, I think it's all rather male-a bit TOO devoted to attention to detail.
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