Monday, September 6, 2021

Lughnasah Harvestide - Mind the Detour/Going for the Gold

There should have been a draft of this post,
a sketch of this record of remembrance of ritual.
But within the absence of solidity,
we begin again.



Lughnasah with it's languorous heat and endless August,
marks times of change,
spiraling towards Autumn,
imperceptibly.


A small group,

each delayed by the detour,

which had impacted our behavior

up here on the mountain

for so long

that it became forgotten.

Closed roads mandating exploration and navigational self-trust.

A new person,
connected through the Organization,
sharing stories and experiences
as we shared many kinds of chips and dips and cheeses.
Cake later. 

Maintaining safety and protocol,
looking out for self and others,
grateful to be together.

The storms of this season have necessitated a reckoning
and assessment of strength and love.
Leaves begin to change, most flowers gone to seed,
the peaches ripen.
Sunrise is much later and Sunset earlier.
Cycles upon cycles upon cycles.

Listening and Hearing
Looking and Seeing
Doing and Being
DoBeDoBeDo.


Not much notes not in order and some pics from then
it's not the same as being here

hot hot hot
thick muggy hot

iced water and more iced water
and our iced waters

self-care
letting it go
too hot to hassle


gathering flowers

magnificent sweets


Sacred Space
slowing down to get there
being there then
and moving on
(through the woods to the Nemeton
and around and through again
noticing and remembering
honoring and recognizing
and back home)



at Specialtimes we try to reach out
and touch and communicate
back and forth
with these great friends

go a bit deeper into the posture
(let it be 100%)

the thistle
(then in full flower and full of flying beings
now with flying seeds and those who eat those)

here's to found family
to what and who we foster
to shine in ourselves
and harvest our highest
abilities


 

 








Our Omens
from our Beloved Dead: Jera or Harvest
from the Spirits of Nature and Place: Berkanu or Birch or Beginning
from the Gods and Goddesses: Gibor or Gift and Giving
for the Season: Ansuz or Os or the Voice or the Wind


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