Tag Archives: Glenys Livingstone
Ancient Irish Sites – photos and story
First the photos that inspired this post: Some Fantastic 19th century Photos of Irish Archaeology Sites … and the story that I wrote some seven years ago begins with a feeling about the uncovering of the Triple Spiral – which is a significant recent event (late last century). I have never visited the home of […]
Autumn Equinox – Thanksgiving and Grieving
In the traditional Autumn Equinox ceremony here, it is said: “In our part of Earth, the balance is tipping into the dark. Feel the shift within you, see in your mind’s eye the descent ahead, the darkness growing, remember the coolness of it. This is the time when we give thanks for our harvests – […]
God on the Run
GOD ON THE RUN By GlenysLivingstone Ph.D. This essay is an unedited paper as I presented it at the University of Western Sydney in June 1995. Hopefully some have come a little distance since then – I would write it differently now, and indeed I have, but it still seems to be useful as it […]
PaGaian Lammas – Celebrating an Autopoietic Cosmos
She Who receives all, transforms all – in every moment Lammas may be a Seasonal Moment for the recognition of the autopoietic quality of Cosmogenesis [1], the Larger Self whom we are –and the power each thing has to participate directly in the cosmos-creating endeavour” (Swimme and Berry The Universe Story p.75) : it is a powerful thing to […]
Her Desire is Felt Throughout Cosmos
As is spoken in this prayer Our Mother:[i] … Her desire is felt/received throughout the Cosmos. I think it is a good prayer for Beltaine … a time for contemplating the Deeper Alluring Power of the Cosmos, which we can actually all feel – present and uniting the Cosmos. We feel it in so many ways […]
Demeter @ Spring Equinox
The story of Old tells us that Persephone beloved Daughter, returns from Her journey to the Underworld. Demeter, the Mother, stretches out Her arms – to receive and rejoice. The beloved One, the Lost One, returns with new Wisdom from the depths.[1] In the Spring Equinox ceremonial Poetry, as I have written it, I have […]
Poetry for Imbolc
Great Goddess Brigid was Matron of smithcraft, healing and Poetry – all three were apparently perceived by the ancients of Her “British Isles” and larger jurisdiction, as essential to existence. Hmmm, this is worth thinking about – the Poetry bit … is there enough of that? do we take what we speak seriously enough – […]
Mother-Matrix for Winter Solstice
MOTHER Mother … mother Matrix of whom I am a part Elements flux in and out a continuation of the Original Ovulation. In silence I reach to increase the space inside of me. As traction decompresses the spine Silence and stillness decompress my spirit, quickening new electro-chemical impulses […]
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