Hello Dear Readers,
This has been a busy week for me, with family visiting and
the Eclipse happening, some of my family
members packed a picnic lunch and we drove inland to an area where it was not
overcast to see the Eclipse even if the area where I live it would have been
only a partial eclipse.
Taking precautions to not damage our eyes we saw the moon
block out ¾ of the sun, the air turned very cool, the birds that were chirping became
silent as if going to sleep, the atmosphere around us became a dusty brown
color because there was still ¼ of the sun showing we only saw a few of the
most powerful stars. But the
magnificence of the interaction between the sun, the moon and the earth was
beyond words.
Some believe that during an eclipse it’s important to take
time out during it to pray for enlightenment and to understand the harmony that
the Divine Presence can show during this astronomical dance, I know once seen
never forgotten, it was moving and beautiful.
For those who got to see the total eclipse they must have been
awe-struck.
I strongly feel that this is a reminder that we should stop
at least once a day or once a week, set aside our electronic toys and gadgets
and get out among nature, to listen to the birds, observe even the actions of
squirrels in urban settings, walk in the forest or go to the ocean and listen
to the rhythm of the waves and see how perfectly they curl, to just observe and
enjoy that which is free. That is why
in big Cities they have parks for those who cannot go to the mountains or
forest or oceans, because some wise planner knew that we have to see more than
just concrete, brick and stone and grey sky.
When I was a little girl I use to wonder why some elderly
people would toss stale bread or bird seed to the pigeons in the park, but now
at my age I understand the need to connect to nature, and that is why I make it
a ritual to have my coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon and sit on
my porch to observe nature, to plant plants that attract hummingbirds and
butterflies, put up a seed dispenser to attract birds and sometimes an adventuresome
squirrel, and I’ve found it to be far more fun than watching T.V.
So if you can dear readers take one day a week to connect to
nature in some way, you’ll find that its uplifting to your soul, and connecting
to the spiritual energies around us.
On a different subject, my niece and one of my other
relatives have been helping me sort through and---believe it or not---catalog
my books and papers. I never realized I
had so much “stuff”, including news clippings of strange phenomena and
oddities. But among my “stuff” we came
across a missing page in regards to the ritual of candle dressing. Now I knew that my Granny before she would
dress a candle would wash her hands first and in-between preparing it she would
from time to time wash her hands, but over the years I had forgotten the exact reason
behind it.
Now when applying oils you do not want to mix the different
oils on your hands and confuse the energies, but this paper gave the exact
formula as to what to do prior to handling the candles, I will put this in another post, and I may
have to go back to the “Art of Candle Spells”
the section on preparing the candles and re-edit it. So something more to come in the works.
Bright Blessings,
Ms. Q
This blog is magical! Thank you.
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Ms. Q
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