Tonight is the night of the winter solstice, the time of year when the earth is farthest from the sun and days are at their shortest and nights their most long and dark and cold. This is a time of year when ancient Pagan peoples would celebrate light in darkness and the hope of renewal to come in the new year. In America, after the election of a man who seems intent on raping and defiling Mother Earth to the maximum degree possible and devastating the natural environment for the sake of corporate profit, the solstice, with its echoes of ancient peoples who cultivated an earth-centered spirituality, has extra meaning to me. I say to my friends, embrace the light. Tend to that spark of truth and good will within yourself, and prepare for battle in the New Year.
Prepare to stand up and fight against lies, greed, intolerance, bullying, racism, and oppression. Remember that many who supported Trump were not well-informed or fully aware of what they were endorsing or empowering. Many were simply fed-up with the difficult conditions of life today, and hoping for reasons that I still do not fully understand that an orange-haired, celebrity-bully-billionaire would be the answer to their frustrations. Let us hope that in months to come they will see the light of truth and realize that this man is not their savior, and that his election represents not their salvation but a huge and harmful mistake that we will have to work very hard to resist, rectify and move beyond. Peace.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Sunday, December 21, 2014
A Little Poem: To Remember What is True Forever
Tonight
we come together
to remember what is true forever
On this dark
and frozen night
we dedicate ourselves to light
In the ice
and in the wind
we are warmed by a fire within
That is why
we have come together
to remember what is true forever
In the cold
and in the dark
we will raise a timeless spark
On this longest
night of all
we will answer that ancient call
That tells us
to come together
to remember what is true forever
And to hold
in our hearts the light
that will see us through the darkest night
Though the ground
is frozen hard
we know the skies are filled with stars
And that is why
we have come together
to remember what is true forever
The wind that now
cuts our face
will return to a gentler place
And the light
that we find within
will grow stronger as the year begins
And so it is
we come together
to remember what is true forever
(for reading or chanting tonight, the night of the Winter Solstice)
we come together
to remember what is true forever
On this dark
and frozen night
we dedicate ourselves to light
In the ice
and in the wind
we are warmed by a fire within
That is why
we have come together
to remember what is true forever
In the cold
and in the dark
we will raise a timeless spark
On this longest
night of all
we will answer that ancient call
That tells us
to come together
to remember what is true forever
And to hold
in our hearts the light
that will see us through the darkest night
Though the ground
is frozen hard
we know the skies are filled with stars
And that is why
we have come together
to remember what is true forever
The wind that now
cuts our face
will return to a gentler place
And the light
that we find within
will grow stronger as the year begins
And so it is
we come together
to remember what is true forever
(for reading or chanting tonight, the night of the Winter Solstice)
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