If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a hyacinth to feed your soul.

(from the Koran)

About Me

This diary was first published under the handle, Musette Oleander, generated through the online amusement, The Great Archives Determine Your Vampire Name. Its creole ring appealed to me, because I have a creole heritage and a creole faith.

Time has carried me on and, as is its wont, has given me a new personal marker accordingly: Goody Lamb

I am a cradle catholic. The place where I was born and raised is a vibrant mix of cultures and faiths, and it's noted for being an open door to the spirit world. All things there -- color, personalities, ideas -- are brilliantly saturated. As a child, my mother read bible stories to me, and I listened to Nancy stories too. One grandmother is a student of herbal medicine and physiognomy, the other looked towards the convent as a girl. My great-grandmother sat on her porch every day, praying the rosary for each person in her small town.

I hold firmly that

faith is the acceptance in grace of revealed truth, which �makes it possible to penetrate the mystery in a way that allows us to understand it coherently�²¹ [Declaration Dominus Iesus, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 6, 2000]

and

belief, in the other religions, is that sum of experience and thought that constitutes the human treasury of wisdom and religious aspiration, which man in his search for truth has conceived and acted upon in his relationship to God and the Absolute.²² [Declaration Dominus Iesus]

I believe, in following, that faith illuminates and make sense of our honestly deduced beliefs.

It is said in the Church that all participate in the priesthood of Christ. It is my conviction that the center of the church and a sacramental life is the home.

The notion of bread and hyacinths is attractive to me. I imagine these would grace all tables in Elysium.

My Sisters and Brothers

Do you know about firelight? It's a kind of magic. Firelight makes time stand still. When you put out the lamps and sit in the firelight's glow, there aren't any rules any more. You can do what you want, say what you want, be what you want.

-- Firelight, William Nicholson

By Firelight is not of a specific religious tradition, but common ground is found in the mystical craft. It is a safe haven, to explore and share one's own faith, beliefs, and spiritual journey.

Credits

The layout of this website, though not as sophisticated, was inspired by Dawn R. Jackson's Cottage of the Hedgewytch.

Stopping the world is a term from the book Journey to Ixtlan, by Carlos Castenda.

Art Nouveau graphics are from Art Nouveau Designs (c) 2000 by Pepin van Roojen; The Pepin Press / Agile Rabbit Editions; Amsterdam.

Fall 2003 page design, "Halloween Lady" background set, gratis Marvelicious.

Tarot images are from Lucian Wischik.

All digital photo images (excluding the By Firelight logo) are by Goody Lamb / Musette Oleander.

Contact Information

You can email me at: goody.lamb@yahoo.com

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