Bright Blessings to you all, dear ones!
Did you sense it in the breeze today? The clear, clean scent of Spring's promise...the dewy offering of life and regeneration...the crisp embrace of the Season? Songbirds are softly chirruping their salute to Aurora. The cool air smells of rain. The leafed trees are sparkling against the steely-grey skies.
Rain. That life-giving offering is imminently approaching. Preliminary mists kiss the skin if you're out-of-doors. As "gloomy" as the profane world might see a day such as this, to the Lair, it's a day of heightened awareness...of activity...of celebration. The Gardens are beginning to produce--thanks to the rains. The Fig is quivering with new fruits--thanks to the rains. The darling Toads of the Pond are socializing during the day AND evening--thanks to the rains.
Embrace this day...this weather...this Season! We're less than a cycle from Midsummer's Eve and the festal celebration of Litha. The Fae are galavanting in the Gardens, meadows, and woodlands. The Elementals are at play in our nightly rituals and Sabbat/Esbat circles. Engage them all...celebrate with them...dance, twirl, jump about, and open to the promise!
Merely a gentle reminder, my dear ones, to focus not solely on the fundamentals, but on the FUN of this Season. We are celebratory Paths...so celebrate!
In the softness of the misty Moonlight...
31 May 2013
01 May 2013
Beltane 2013
'Tis Beltane! From here on, She blesses us with the riotous joy of Spring and early Summer--the cacophony of birdsong, trees vesting themselves in the verdant splendor of full-leaf, flowers of all kinds studding the landscape with celebratory colors. In the shadows, we may sight the Fae in their festal dances at the Gloaming. Early herbs and Garden delights begin to grace our Hearths and Tables.
Step outside--can't you feel it? The warmth of the Sun's embrace growing ever more lengthy and sustaining. The bracing texture of new grass as it tickles beneath your barefoot steps. The gentle kiss of the Spring breezes sensually stroking your cheek ever so softly. The chirrups of wild birds calling you ever onward to the world beyond the walls of your comforting home.
The 19th century poet--Willam Wordsworth--embraced Nature in this manner. His were poems which captured the essence of Nature and the Simple Life as indicative of the ideal state of Mankind. I'm reminded of his "Lines Composed in Early Spring" today:
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played:
Their thoughts I cannot measure,
But the least motion which they made,
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/296
Today--and throughout this season of mirth and merriment--embrace the hope and welcome which Spring and Nature offer you. Celebrate good...welcome change...embrace diversity. Plainly said, let Her wisdom penetrate your deepest recesses and allow you to open to the Thrill of Living!
In the softness of the Moonlight...
Step outside--can't you feel it? The warmth of the Sun's embrace growing ever more lengthy and sustaining. The bracing texture of new grass as it tickles beneath your barefoot steps. The gentle kiss of the Spring breezes sensually stroking your cheek ever so softly. The chirrups of wild birds calling you ever onward to the world beyond the walls of your comforting home.
The 19th century poet--Willam Wordsworth--embraced Nature in this manner. His were poems which captured the essence of Nature and the Simple Life as indicative of the ideal state of Mankind. I'm reminded of his "Lines Composed in Early Spring" today:
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played:
Their thoughts I cannot measure,
But the least motion which they made,
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/296
Today--and throughout this season of mirth and merriment--embrace the hope and welcome which Spring and Nature offer you. Celebrate good...welcome change...embrace diversity. Plainly said, let Her wisdom penetrate your deepest recesses and allow you to open to the Thrill of Living!
In the softness of the Moonlight...
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