At the centre - three priest/esses, in tight
embrace
"In the beginning, before anything was, was the infinite, eternal and unchanging - the boundless Mystery of Goddess."
"Then, in the time before time, Consciousness wakened to Dream. And out of Mystery coalesced three dreaming Selves. From undifferentiated Love, three individuated erotic Powers rayed into existence - each seeking expression, connection, dissolution and renewal in an endless dance of bliss."
The priest/esses disentangle themselves, still facing inwards.
Radiance turns to face outwards, raising the Sun lantern on high.
The Power of Radiance arose - dividing light from darkness, beginning a new cycle of Creation, and took as motto"Inside Shines Out" . Radiance found expression in the dawn, in the bright Sun overhead, in the honey-golden light of late afternoon, in the stars at night. Radiance found expression in the cooking fire and campfire, in the lightening's flash, in a candle's flame, in the heat of a lover's passion.
Form turns outward, raising the Earth bowl on high.
The Power of Form arose - differentiating substance from emptiness, Stabilizing and Ordering the universe, and took as motto"United Inside by Love" - Form found expression in the feel of rock and clay, in the pull of gravity, in the sound of thunder, in the press of a sleeping body into the curve of the back, in the feel of firm ground under foot, in the body's connection to Earth.
Flow turns outward, raising the Water chalice on high.
The Power of Flow arose - taking as motto "Transcending Self" - and
began to remember Mystery in both its Immanence and its Transcendence,
calling forth the possibilities of Beauty and of Compassion. Flow found
expression in flowing water, in the waxing-waning moon; in scent of the
first rain; in the sound of the steady downpour and the crash of surf;
in the overflow of tears - of grief and of joy, in the ebb and flow of
juiciness.
"Inside Shines Out"
Attunement:
Visualise each in-breath feeding the fire at the core of your being,
each out-breath radiating heat and light from that core, esp. through palms
of hands.
Begin turning, at your own pace, radiating energy & expansiveness
into the cosmos.
You are becoming the Power of SunRadiance
SunRadiance
Red Giant
Haloed One
Crowned with the red gold glory of fire,
Expansively, you begin all things.
Your white hot heat excites life
from the living waters,
"Your radiance suckles every blade of grass".
"Radiant One, you shine within us,
Without us
Even darkness shines when we remember"
Gracious One,
Shine softly on us,
Enflame our beings with possibility.
Radiance is worn like a fiery halo about the body - the inner light
of Goddess made visible.
Attunement:
Breath in through your whole skin, feeling what holds you together, your edges, your sense of integrity.
Begin loose bouncing from knees - feeling connection to ground, feeling your bones, becoming heavy/giving your full weight to your connection with the ground. Take a full in-breath down to your feet, out-breath comes in puffs as you bounce. With each out breath giving yourself more fully to gravity, and at the same time becoming more aware of the strength of your bones.
Visualise a strength which enables you to root yourself immoveably to the ground. Imagine that you are standing on ancient solid rock or ice, and that, with each breath, this crystalline transformation is slowly, slowly rising through upward through your feet. The movement in your body becomes slower and slower, more and more internal, never quite coming to a complete standstill, like a great glacier, moving slowly slowly, a few inches a year across the face of the rock.
You are slowly becoming the embodiment of the Power of EarthForm
ï the foundation which supports and sustains
ï matter, solidity, stasis, resistance, integrity
ï the urge toward balance
ï that which endures
ï "Deep in our hearts/ we do believe/that we shall overcome some day"
EarthForm,
Sleeping Giant,
Your face is old-
old as ancient rock:
weatherbeaten, cracked and furrowed, but never broken.
Here and there, a patch of grasses or a craggy tree, sprouts like hair.Your ancient face
defies the minds attempt to assign
gender or race.
Patient endurance, survival, refusal
to be moved.Yet you too were once young
and your body still croons
ancient lullabies to itself -throughout the infinite inward space
every molecule, every planet bound into the pattern with resonant
bonds of love.Gentle golden sleeper,
whisper us softly,
Teach us to be still.
EarthForm is worn like an enveloping ground-length velvet cloak
- uniting our disparate noisy selves with the silent inner strength of
the cosmos.
"Transcending Self" (The ocean refuses no river)
Attunement:
Through the cyclical ebb and flow of the breath, flowing movements of the arms, loose movement of the hips/pelvis. Visualise energy rising from the feet to the crown and spilling over & through you like a fountain.
You are slowly becoming the Power of WaterFlow:-
WaterFlowBlue Dancer of the Cosmos
Source of gods
Bring on the music, wine and song
- we drink to you !You are the flow of dance through the body,
of body through the dance.You are the wingbeat of the single butterfly
that tilts the world;
the voice of the angelic host upon a midnight clear;
the legendary song of the stars.You are the moons pull
and the oceans response,You are the 'little death'
and the baby's cry,the breath that moved upon the face of the deep.
Illumine for us our hearts desire.
Flow is worn like a song of praise, like a prayer for all beings,
like a dim blue luminous glow that changes everything it touches, like
a waterfall or a fountain - the ceaseless play of our many changing selves:
birthing, growing, dying endlessly.
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| energy, vitality, expansion
illumination, visions heat, activity, awakening |
matter, the matrix/pattern,
balance, stability, integrity, bonds/connection, bodies |
change, transcendence.
yearning, soulfulness, dreams, emotion, sex |
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lantern or candle, wand the sun fire
spiral, star, point with rays |
mortar & pessel,
the Earth, stones, crystals square, diamond, hexagon |
chalice, the moon, the ocean water waves, crescent |
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mystery of the ripening
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mystery of compost
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mystery of sexuality
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| "By the power of SunRadiance
- be you enlivened!
awaken the Dance!" |
"By the power of EarthForm
- may your pattern be true to your purpose: Embody, be born!" |
"By the power of WaterFlow - be fed by the Dream from which you sprang!" |
| to activate
to energise to enliven to awaken |
to bind
to stabilise to embody, make manifest to strengthen ties |
to release
to dissolve to feed, nurture to connect to source |