the hierophant

i am Africa

i am the novel darkness

which covers bone

shades the face.

i am the dark pillar

of creative mystery

which supports the feather wieght immensity

of all potential.

from strong legs

and steadfast ways

i carry myself

as mother,

i am child.

the stream is cold and the perils…

the perils.

it is for me that i cross.

it is for the child i carry

it is for the winter which stalks me

and the passion

which lies dead

in the reeds…

that i cross.

oh clear sighted wisdom,

reach into me.

shake loose these makings

let love be crafted from the weights on my shoulders

release into the deepening waters

… and sink.

silently reflect and know

the light within this nights turning.

freedom is the descent.

now resurrection be known and from

the death of ignorance, passion..

restored.

pulled from the reeds,

a coat of miraculous color 

and the creation of a reality

of which no other is master

and self,

is not denied.

it is one stream

and its well,

is the breast of Spirit.

* a dream poem i wanted to share from the week of the Hierophant. miss you all!!!!

Visions of Daffodils

The first night at the Nine Muses Ranch, I received a message from an ancestor. I was asleep in the Yurt, and he took me into the future to show me drifts of Daffodils planted around the outside of the Yurt. It was beautiful. And he told me that Daffodils should be planted around the Yurt and be allowed to naturalize. This means that once you plant them, you leave them alone. Over time, the bulbs will multiply on their own and the drifts will become more and more beautiful throughout the years. One generation of these bulbs can bloom annually for up to 50 years!

I told Char about my vision and she encouraged me to make it happen. I would like to ask the communities help in making this dream a reality – So far, I’ve purchased 50 bulbs and would like your help to bring as many as we possibly can to Nine Muses. If you would like to contribute, here’s what you can do: Go to any garden store (Swansons, Molbaks, Fred Meyer, Lowes, Home Depot) and purchase as many Daffodil bulbs as you feel comfortable contributing. Most places have bulbs on sale right now at 50% off! Or you can contribute cash to me at next week’s class meeting and I’ll pick up more bulbs. I hope to get them planted in the next few weeks so Char can enjoy a spring bloom this season.

Some varieties which make beautiful drifts and last well are Ice Follies, Tete-a-Tete, Flower Record, Delibes, Unsurpassable, Barrett Browning, Scarlet Gem, Geranium, Cheerfulness, Peeping Tom, Mount Hood, Spellbinder, Carlton, and Viking. Dutch Master or King Alfred Improved is the best bulb for naturalizing if you can find it.

Dear Dreamers

There have been some dreaming about a webspace that we can all share.  I am offering up my blog to all of you… as you sign up I will add you on and share command of this site trusting that you will keep it safe.  I have used it as a personal outlet for my dreams, thoughts and rants.  This blog has been a great tool for processing through some of my personal work.  I only hope it will provide you with the same opportunity.

To jumpstart the sharing process, I will share with you a brief email between myself and another dreamer (they can holla back as they wish).  This dreamer dreamed of me last night and contacted via facebook this morning to my delight to share these thoughts:

The Fractured Beauty of Fallen Stars

Stars
Souls born of the ecstasy of the earth and sky
Wheeling, Burning, Shining, Pure
Falling
Wrapped in flesh
To learn, to grow
To shine through eyes and laughter and tears
Careening through the galaxy of humanity

Some will shine
Despite the pain
Some will guide, light a way
For the lost to a better horizon
Some will comfort
Some will grieve
Some will burn out too soon
Others burn as suns for all to see

Find your star
Reach past the pain
The ugliness you have seen
Find your beauty
Condemn not the world
*You are beauty*
*You are Light*
*If you will but believe yourself to be*
*Shine as brightly as I know you can*
*Bravely in the Black *
*Shine not for me*
*Burn not for them*
*Radiate your inner light*
*For YOU*
*There is laughter in the stars*
*There is joy and beauty in you*
*Just close your eyes*
*Breathe*
*Shine*

Thank you, Dreamer for sharing your very open heart with me!  THANK YOU!