Happy Solstice

Remember who you are.

phoneutria wrote:

Remember who you are.

Do you?

Sometimes I forget, but dates like this make me remember.
Here where it is so grey and there is so little light, I remember that this shortest day of the year, in my home is the longest.
I remember the people I love, and how excited we would all be for the approaching oportunity to sit together, to talk and drink and absorb that moment in time.
I remember how bright it is outside, and how bright our eyes are.
And I remember the succession of years, my feet which would dangle over the chair, now touch the floor. My father's hair which is now so grey, the little ones that used to make so much noise but now amaze me with their insight.
It feels very close, though it is so distant.

I was told my eyes are not so bright anymore.

Maybe the light can be found within you, instead of you seeking it without you.

You too phon.

Satyr.... You're just weird, man.

But merry Christmas to ya!


And your son.

Was I supposed to be like you: dull and mediocre?

If I had money you would call be eccentric.

Satyr wrote:

Was I supposed to be like you: dull and mediocre?

If I had money you would call be eccentric.

That takes for granted that you wouldn't change with money. I of course, reckon if I had money, I would only get weirder.

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"I call on Thee, kind Muse, to grant a gift,
to loose a stream of swiftly flowing words,
a spring of inspiration, crystal clear,
to nourish fruit from which to feed the soul,
a rushing stream to cleanse my inner eyes
so I may see the ageless mythic truth.
I ask assistance by these very words.
As I have prayed, so may it be!"


Off on a break; Solstice wishes in advance, weal and wisdom to all.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep

Wishing one and all a merry yuletide;
nature's own yule-tree...

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Lyssa wrote:

Wishing one and all a merry yuletide;
nature's own yule-tree...

Same to you.

And welcome back.

Apaosha, 'like the new look of the forum. Nice work.

Recidivist, thank you and kind of you. Will have to catch up with your posts and the rest.

Beltaine blessings.

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"The Lord and the Lady in sweet dance of love,
Under bright moonlight and stars high above,
Where ever they roll to new life surely springs,
And locked in embrace, their true love's everything,
So open your hearts to the world fair and green,
Their sweet passion's love has created this scene,
Awaken to sunshine and take soul's new light,
For the season is here of a world green and bright" [[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]]

)O(

[Artwork by Zingaia]

╰☆╮Blessed Samhain╰☆╮

Re-Membrance with one's ancestors...

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Hallowed be thy names.

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Happy Yule wishes and a prosperous new years in advance to all here.

"Appamadena sampadetha."
Forge ahead in vigilance! [Mahaparinibbana Sutta, 6, 7]

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Hymn to Eos

"Hail, O luminous one, torch-bearing Eos,
Bright herald of far-seeing eye of Helios,
Hail to You, crowned in roses and gold,
You, who are among the fairest to behold,
You, to whom all mortal blessings are wed.
Lo, you have climbed from your marriage bed,
Bathing your limbs in Okeanos’ silver stream
And harnessing the mares of day’s fiery team
That with winged steps into the heavens rise
As Nyx withdraws with maternal sighs.
O daughter of Hyperion, show ever your grace
And by your presence bless the mortal race."

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oh you found me dear

phoneutria wrote:

oh you found me dear

Oh how you spring up like the Spring... what a flower you are   

After death...come resurrection.

Enjoy the light,  and save moderation for tomorrow
It only gets darker from here.

I am on my way back from a wine tasting at a warehouse.
I'm afraid I might have left a lot of money there. I'll find out tomorrow.
Hic!

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To Autumn

By William Blake, 1769

O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainèd
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.
`The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest Eve,
Till clust'ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And feather'd clouds strew flowers round her head.

`The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and Joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.'
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat;
Then rose, girded himself, and o'er the bleak
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load...



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Guard your roots.

Wishing all a merry mabon and the 'real gold' to your homes.

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Here is to a brighter day than yesterday.

Cheers.
To our inviolable perpetuation on this Jul.
Triumphalis.

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Best wishes of the New Year to all.

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"According to Hutton's "Stations of the Sun", jumping the fire and leading cattle between two fires before taking them to the summer pastures are older customs than dancing around a May pole, which was popularized in the 1830's."

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But esoterically, leading the cows and the senses is the same thing.
May the May Queen and the Horned King come together... happy beltaine.

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"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine." [Sh., A Midsummer Night's]

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"His rays, like heralds, bear him up aloft,  
The god who knoweth all that lives,  
Surya, that all may look on him." [RV, 1.50]

Savitri Devi wrote:

" I recognised them at once for having seen pictures of them, and exclaimed in a low voice, with ravishment: "Die Externsteine!"  

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Die Externsteine: A reputed pagan solar temple, near Horn in northern Germany.

I looked up to the irregular stone shapes that stood between me and the further forest, into which the motorable road leads. The familiar outlines fascinated me. Not that I was, for the first time in my life, visiting a place stamped with the prestige of immemorial Sun-worship: it was anything but the first time! I had seen Delphi and Delos, and the ruins of Upper and Lower Egypt: Karnak and the Pyramids. And I had, in India, visited the celebrated "Black Pagoda" built in the shape of a Sun-chariot resting upon twelve enormous wheels, each of which corresponds to a sign of the Zodiac, and presenting in sculpture the most splendid illustration of Life at all its stages -- in all its fullness -- from the wildest erotic scenes that adorn most of the surface of the lower walls, to the serene stillness of lonely meditation --: the meditation of the Sun-god Himself, whose seated statue dominates the whole structure.

But I had never yet (save once, in Sweden) found myself upon a spot sanctified by the Worship of our Parent Star -- the old worship of Light and Life -- in a Germanic country. And these Rocks, I knew, had been the centre of Germanic solar rites in time without beginning. I felt like a person who has walked a long way and a long time -- who has come from a very, very distant country -- with a definite purpose, and who, at last, reaches the goal. I had now attained, if not the end (for there is no end), at least the culminating point of my pilgrimage through Germany and through life. And I was happy. I had reached the Source where I could replenish my spiritual forces for the eternal Struggle in its modern form: the Struggle of the Powers of Light against the Powers of Gloom...

I  knew that, at the top of that rock is the sanctuary from which the wise ones of old used to greet the Earliest Sunrise, on the morning of the Summer Solstice Day.

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What is left of the Chamber of the Sun, at the summit of the Externsteine.

For thousand years ago and more -- the wise men, spiritual leaders of the Germanic tribes, and guardians of the natural Values that made their lives worth living, would gather, and greet the Earliest Sun-rise, on the sacred Day, in June.

And as they saw it -- one spot of intensely bright gold on the rim of the circular opening; one ray of light into the dark chamber -- they would shout from the top of this rock the spell of victory announcing the beginning ot the great Summer festivity to the people assembled below: "Siege, Light" -- "Triumph, Light."

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"I call upon fire, friendship, waters and the restful night to aid us
I call for aid to the Sun, bringer of life
Revolving through darkness of space, awakening gods and mortals alike
Riding in a golden chariot, looking upon every being
Moving to the northern and southern solstices he journeys
Coming from afar to chase away all distress and sorrow
On a multicoloured chariot decked with pearls and flags
The many rayed Sun sets off powerfully into darkness
White horses draw that golden chariot, bringing its light to everyone
All beings exist in the lap of the Sun
There are three universes, two belong to the Sun
While the other belongs to death and is the home of warriors
He is the kingpin around all things firmly rest
And revolve
Strong winged, lighting up all regions, causing fear to creatures of darkness
What worlds have the rays of the wise leader illuminated now?
He illuminates the eight points of Earth, the three deserts and seven oceans
The golden eyed Sun appears now to give treasures to those who worship
Golden handed, far seeing, going in his path between Earth and heaven
He drives away sickness, and illuminates what was once dark
Golden handed and king leader, come to us with aid and favour
Drive away creatures of darkness assembling at sunset." [RV, 35]

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"Macrobius reported how he etymologically derived Apollo’s name from the hurling forth (ἀποπάλλειν) of the sun’s rays (Sat. 1.17.7) and also how Plato explained that Apollo’s epithet Eleleus (usually associated with his role as a battle god) derives from the fact that the sun at its rising collects men and gathers them together (1.17.46), although Plato actually derived the name of Helios — Doric Halios — from collecting (ἁλίζειν) men when he rises, or because he always turns (ἀεὶ εἱλεῖν) about the earth in his course, or because he variegates (ποικίλλειν = αἰολεῖν) the products of the earth (Cra. 409a). Plato, associating the movement of the heavenly bodies with musical harmony, suggested that α in Apollo’s name denotes moving together in heaven (πόλησις) around the poles (πόλους), and at the same time a harmony in song; Apollo is the deity who directs both the celestial and musical harmony (Cra. 405cd). Although we cannot say for sure that Plato imagined the sun as the ruler of celestial harmony, his later followers certainly imagined just that; they are not to be blamed for this conclusion, because it is an obvious one to make. For example, Heraclitus (All. 12.3, 13.1) associated the Apollo-sun’s rays with the harmony of the spheres."

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"When the Constellation of Orion pointed to the Spring equinox16 and the Dragon to the North Pole17, the primordial Indo-European civilization developed there, thanks to the most favourable climatic period ever experienced in that area. However, the climatic optimum began to decline after a while and this put an end to the "kingdom of the gods". Thus the Indo-Europeans were forced to leave their Arctic homeland and migrate southwards.

The polar position of the constellation of the Dragon at that time (in the year 2830 BC the star Alpha Draconis, also called Thuban, arrived within 10' from the celestial pole) made it become the emblem of the starry sky and the Lord of darkness. This is why the Hyperborean Apollo, that is the solar principle, when returning from the solstice darkness "killed" it with his arrows (that is, his rays). The memory of the Dragon remains in the traditional game of the kite, whose quadrangular head and winding tail copy its unmistakable shape (it is remarkable that kites were called "drago" in ancient Italian language)."

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"We meditate on that glorious light of the divine Sun, may he, the lord of light, illuminate our minds". [Gayatri Mantra]

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Warm wishes.