Kirstie Sivapalan
She is free Once demonised and displaced Her mantle being rebuilt Once strangled and silenced Her roar being released Once patted and preened Her body finding her own grace Once ignored and flattened Her place standing tall and strong Once subjected and bruised Her protection being offered to all Once scared and confused Her spirit… Continue reading Lilith returns to Eve
I drew the Queen of Swords this morning. I was feeling sad and, for some reason, full of shame. As I comtemplated the card I started to write this which encompassed the qualities of the Queen of Swords and has some autobiographical qualities... The Queen of Invisibility What life has she had that she faded… Continue reading Visible and vocal
Enough. Enough, haven't you got enough stuff Haven't you filled that gaping hole inside Haven't you stymied that gnawing lust and pride? Enough. Enough, don't you realise you are just not that tough? Haven't you softened just a little bit Haven't you fed all the demons in your deep, dark pit? Enough. Enough, can't you… Continue reading Enough
"I have conversed with the Spiritual Sun, I saw him on Primrose Hill" William Blake It was one of those days today where the clouds are low and almost impenetrable, both at times gloomy and glum. The trees looked more like stone statues than living beings, placed on top of a ground that was hard… Continue reading The Hope of Winter
"The place where words don't work" This powerful line is one of many exquisite literary morsels that I uncovered in Donna Tartt's novel The Goldfinch. This particular phrase, a good hundred pages in, was one I particularly savoured, even with its ironic bitter aftertaste. A place where words don't work. Why would someone who works… Continue reading The place where words don’t work
Solstice blessings to all Peace. Love. Connnection. Unity
They are our light, our shadow and all the shades in between Those same yet different faces, with all our hopes and dreams We are one, yet we grow distant staring at our own Sun We prick, we burn and turn against that someone We shout and protest and find ways to be free But… Continue reading Faces
I received a new word today. I've heard it before probably a number of times but I didn't take it in. Today I took it in as if it were nourishment, the word bodhisattva I am reading a free e-book written by Buddhist Monk and Mindfulness teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on my way to work.… Continue reading Bodhisattva
Instant Karma. I signed up for this when I asked the universe to "bring it on". (Oh dearest Aries ascendant, you never think things through do you? Here's a cliff I think I'll jump off it...oh bugger) I had thought what I am going to call spiritual development for want of a better way of… Continue reading Karma cop-out
I am being stalked by a number, actually a gang of numbers, combinations of 1 and 4. Ha, and as i wrote that the time changed to 11:44. Those numbers have a wicked sense of humour. I studied a bit of numerology when I did my crystal healing course and found , like astrology and… Continue reading Does it add up?
Writing and M.E. 