“Turning and turning, in the widening gyre/the falcon cannot hear the falconer/Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world/the blood-dimmed tide is loosed and everywhere/the ceremony of innocence is drowned/The best lack all conviction/while the worst/are full of passionate intensity. (W.B. Yeats “The Second Coming”, 1919) Published in 1920, this … Continue reading The Center Cannot Hold
Hanky Dank
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The Darkness has not overcome it
“Awake, my heart. Awake, O sleeper. The night has ended.” - Rumi, in Masnavi Winter Solstice has come and gone. I am always inspired to move to my inner landscape at the Celtic calendar quarters of the year---2 solstices and 2 equinoxes. The gravitational axis of the earth continues to shift amidst millions of stars, planets … Continue reading The Darkness has not overcome it
Enoughness
We just passed the thin veils of All Hallowed Eve, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Along with my own lost beloveds, I felt keenly all the innocent children and earth creatures who have died at the hands of despots, tyrants and those hell bent on securing power and ravishing the planet. The powerful … Continue reading Enoughness
A Prayer for All Souls Day
A Prayer for the Ancestors Spirit of Love,Giver of Breath and Time,Today, we remember those who came before.We remember the dreamers and the doubters,The healers and the heretics,The quiet faithful and the brave troublemakers.We call their names, aloud or in silence—May their memory be a blessing.May we carry their courage like flame in our bones.May … Continue reading A Prayer for All Souls Day
Anita Amstutz 