hearth:of earth and heart

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OF LAMENT AND NOURISHMENT

I sit between two Ladies. The Lady of Lament and the Lady Nourishment. In that silent dialogue, as decay progresses in the slowness of days. Autumn, for ancient celtic peoples, is the first Spring: they understand the beginning of Life lies in the dream. Day begins at dusk, where the Sun dreams itself so it […]

SITTING BY THE SOURCE. WILD CREATIVITY AS A RESPONSE TO COLLAPSING

This text was going to be about something else. How many times does this happen? The life we planned isn’t just written by us, but rather for us. There’s a calligraphy, inked in body and seasons of the Earth, that invites us to listen before acting, so it can be a relevant dialogue with all […]

BRUGMANSIA OF VENUS OR THE UNDERSKIRT OF THE LADY OF WILD BERRIES

Icconna Idunna Maeve Maia Lady of Almurtão The cunt’s a web, a life web Loiminna, Luminous Now a Woman, once a Girl Embracing the waters of transformation In her body’s trance In the bloomful Myrtle In the phallus, erect and resurrected Green man’s green Life Emerging from the pure Earth With all greenery Seed semen […]

WEEDS OF THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

  Yes, in the deepening night a blazing fire burns Yes, my unfolding body is all Earth Yes, in a land where Love dwells war perishes Yes, the calling returns and is not forgotten Yes, the fire consumes unfading Yes, it’s time to embrace intensity The forge is phallus and womb and it’s Truth We […]

AS TEARS BECOME RAIN : LABOUR THROUGH THE FIRE

May we dare to fully feel this brokenness Mourn all that is dying in all the fires May we dare to burn inside Let our soul bring forth tears Of sorrow, of sadness, of rage Of whatever our heart is going through As destruction takes place So that Tears become rain May rain bless our […]

ALL SOULS NIGHT

All souls night: We are the ancestors of tomorrow and the descendants of yesterday. In this light, what are our choices? How do we honour death and departure as part of a renewal cycle in our daily lives and actions? And, I dare to ask, as witches, what do we commit to? Earth takes care […]

FALL SEASON (AND A PAIR OF HANDS)

You Fall Way down to the ground You are scattered into pieces Some large, cutting bits Some small dust like particles You stay there and you realize all the messy brokenness Your heart pulses You do not move Yet, suddenly Your diligent pair of hands goes on about It starts to gather things up Cleaning […]

HENNA RITUAL

You sit by the stairs Your child rests in bed The day is done You have outdone yourself again At least a thousand invisible tasks Fall behind each woman who has a family Daily Silent service Baggy eyes, pale skin Loving, fierce mother heart Beating deep within Then, you boil some water Inner birth about […]

ECLIPSE

As the eclipse moves through the sky May we remember: We do not shine alone, we are a shining star amongst stars. We do not stand alone, we stand from Divine Earth with countless brothers and sisters of all kinds We are the fathers and mothers of all that is. As the eclipse moves through […]

BLUE WOMAN

Blue Woman Paints the caves Blue Woman Holds the knifes Blue Woman Fiery eyes She tends for birth and those who die Blue Woman knows the signs Blue Woman weaves the signs No straight lines Infinite lines Blue Woman Never dies Bare breasts In Winter skies She’s the fading ground of seasons And the Earth […]

WITCH I AM

Witch I am Fire does not burn me I burn for I am fire I can surrender to flame and pire And I can dare to fully live Desire I am freedom, I am bone More than me, more than my own Beyond, virgin, mother, crone I am all, nothing, Alone

DARK MOTHER

Dark Mother Paints the caves Dark Mother Holds the knifes Dark Mother Keeps the strings to the tapestry of all life Dark woman Fiery eyes She cares for those who birth and die Dark Mother knows, she makes the signs You’re free to fail and fall and try No straight lines, cycles and tides Infinite […]