Mary | holy mystery

"This holiest of mysteries, of which one was also disinclined to speak, was the connection between Mary and the Holy Spirit, that Mary was felt as giving human form to the Holy Spirit. . . .

"The Holy Family" by Pompeo Batoni detail

If mankind would experience Christ in His new approach to man, it must undergo a change in consciousness. Just as the first Christ-event was directed to the being of mankind, so the second Christ-event, towards which we are moving today, is directed to human consciousness.

But then, in order to Experience the Christ, a heightening of consciousness is needful, from the level of mere intellectual consciousness to an ensouled spirit-consciousness so that the ability may arise to feel and gradually to recognize the sphere in which Christ is approaching.

Insofar as this can be realized, the second Christ-event will awaken a new epoch of the Holy Spirit for humanity.

A form of Christianity must arise which gives cosmic content once more to consciousness, and which reunites human knowledge with the feelings of piety which live in the soul.”

~ Emil Bock (translated by John Meeks)

The whole lecture ‘The Mystery of Mary’ can be found in ‘Golden Blade 1986’

in & out

As the day dawns I light some incense and the candle on the mantle. Smudging some sacred smoke over myself and out into the world. I offer up the day's prayer and purposely encircle each room as I fan the wafting smoke all around myself and my space. 

I sit in silence for a quieting moment. Breathing gently and intentionally. Centering carefully before my day begins. Lots of thoughts - floating and bobbing, coming and going. Surrounded this way in suspended animation - a fetus in its amniotic fluid. 

Enclosed in the cocooning world of a warm and throbbing womb. All externals muted out and drifting far into the fog. Waves circling and undulating as I sink into the emptiness. Submerge deeper. Slowed down. Each atom of my being weighed down more and heavier. The self disintegrating into the void. 

Immersed. Isolated. Internalized. Into the vast unknown I go. 

elements in space & time

Change beyond the speed of thought. A dozen years ago I stepped out of community life. Bereft and adrift I stayed clear of any group. I took a masters in adult education and training. Loved what I learned, the gang who shared this with me, and how I absorbed the new with the old. 

archetypes & roles

History is replete with numerous myths of dying and resurrecting gods - Osiris, Persephone, Dionysus, Inanna, Odin, Baal, Ganesha, Krishna, Jesus the Christ. 

What if there was no historical Jesus? Is Jesus a god or a mortal son of God? 

Generally we regard the Jesus figure mainly from writings in the New Testament - although there were various Jesus movements in early Christianity. 

When considering whether the Jesus narrative is comparable to a dying and rising god myth, we tend to pick one of these Christian narratives. Yet there could be other stories that bear revelation.

bodhisattvas mural - Tang Dynasty, 7th–9th century

Why does the idea of a heroic saviour - who suffers, dies and is reborn - resonate? What is the draw of a Paul Atreides in yet another retelling of Dune? 

new cycle, new life

The full moon in Aries is peaking into our windows and awakening our inner fires on these cool nights. Mercury recently stationed direct, so hold tight while the dust settles.

Sun in Scorpio is right around the corner to welcome in the Season of the Witch. This is a favorite time of year for magic to sweep into our imaginations.

new life cycle initiation

Are you feeling a pull toward a new direction? At long last, there is momentum in the air - a massive shift is taking place. The energy that has been building up to this full moon will offer you more clarity, drive, courage, and a strong desire to take action in an area of life you’ve been passionate about.

It will have you rethinking your approach toward your passions, life, your relationships and it may even inspire you to venture into a different direction all together.

wild wanton woman

There she is - the woman who all claimed was just too much. You recognize the one – she who is too curious, too emotional, too demanding. The one we claim is never satisfied, is too loud, is too proud - loves too quickly, feels too easily, asks too closely, desires too willingly.

She is electrifying.

She fills up too much – spilling all over the place and taking over any terrain - with her words and curves, her honesty and guile, her senses and sexuality. Her presence as tall as a mountain, as vast as the ocean, as glaring as the sky. Her energy electrifying every crevice of the room. Not knowing her place, she takes up too much space.

In celebration, we require three sets of three days to worship the different aspects of this supreme goddess.

Three days the power is invoked as the fierce force of Durga, destroyer of any impurity, vice, and defect. Three days the goddess is adored in Lakshmi, giver of spiritual wealth, with the power of bestowing inexhaustible abundance to her devotees. Three days the mother is worshipped as Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom.

Navaratri means nine nights, the festival is observed twice a year - in the beginning of summer and at the onset of winter.

ready to be ready

My goal was always to work from home, from back when I lived at the opposite side of the world. Living in overcrowded megapolises is no way to live. A city cemented over life brutalizes my provincial bones, leaving me with a constant need to get away and escape. 

From the crush. From the noise. From the rush. From the viciousness. 

When it was finally announced that we needed to shelter in place, the news was no surprise to me who had already chosen to isolate weeks before. Stay home. Don't see anyone. No being out and about. No social obligations. Yay!

Lots of uninterrupted time, finally - all to myself. All the opportunity to do whatever it is I wanted - just I, me, myself. Holed up within the bounds of my own sanctuary. I could. . . . 

that was Zen - this is Tao

the stigma of sin

Defining sin :

1  a: an offense against religious or moral law

    b: an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible it's a sin to waste food

    c: an often serious shortcoming : fault

2  a: transgression of the law of God

    b: a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God

Sin — the idea or belief that we sin — is the single most destructive force implanted into the human psyche. Made up by religious organizations and human institutions to control others through guilt and fear, blame and shame. No dignity or respect for human life.

scenes from Greek mythology adorning the ceiling in the Palazzo Medici

What if we did not regard the human being as sinful by nature, even when in rebellion against god? Every human being is a person of great worth who has within themself a vast store of good as well as unworthy and even terrible behavior or habits.

belief vs faith

Miriam-Webster defines these two, often interchanged, words in our common vocabulary. 

belief - [1] a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing; [2] something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion; [3] conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon, especially when based on examination of evidence

faith - [1] loyalty or allegiance to duty or a person; fidelity to one's promises; [2] sincerity of intentions; complete trust; [3] believing with strong conviction

Belief is taught or acquired by external and outer experience. Faith is nurtured and grown within and internalized. 

all interconnected

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Virgo new moon transformation

I love Virgo season - my only daughter and my college mentor are both born in the sign of Virgo. The Virgo archetype has the innate skills and ability needed to bring order to the chaos of creation. 

art by Lori Menna

Birthed from Leo (the constellation just before hers), she takes the desires of our hearts, our gifts, talents, and unique self-expressions, and transforms them with her practical magic into something that can grow and thrive in our earth-based reality.