To Solitude

O solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings; climb with me the steep,—
Nature's observatory—whence the dell,
Its flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavillion'd, where the deer's swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell.
But though I'll gladly trace these scenes with thee,
Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,
Whose words are images of thoughts refin'd,
Is my soul's pleasure; and it sure must be
Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,
When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.

John Keats

Statement

"I never have been and I never will be bound by anything I don't do of my own free will."

Gene Tierney from the film "Laura"

Poetry

Ode to Spirit


It matters not that we shall ever meet in body
For we do meet in soul and mind,
I long for thy discourse, gentle and wise
And in that courteous exchange
Do we venture deeper than the most profound,
Beyond the starred heavens into Light

Gwyneth Cann

Excerpted from "The House in Dormer Forest" by Mary Webb 1920

"It is the mass ego that constructs dogmas and laws; for while the individual soul is, if free at all, self-poised, the mass mind is always uncertain, driven by vague, wandering aims; conscious, in a dim fashion, of its own weakness, it builds round itself a grotesque structure in the everlastingness of which it implicitly believes. When each unit of humanity merges itself in the mass, it loses its bearings and must rely on externals. The whole effort of evolution is to the development of individual souls who will dare to be free of the architecture of crowd-morality.

For when man is herded, he remembers the savage."

"Society thinks that mistakes are made and crimes committed through the human soul being too much itself, going its own way. But crimes really happen through the soul being too little itself, striving to conform, or being crushed into conformity."

Gaia honoured

Native American Proverb

“A woman’s highest calling is to lead a man to his soul so as to unite him with Source. A man’s greatest calling is to protect woman so that she is free to walk the earth unharmed”.

A Warning

"We have been trying to go into the future as a human community in an exploitative relationship with the natural community without any sense of being integral with this natural world as a sacred community. From now on, that is just not acceptable, purely and simply, because it is a way, not of life, but of death.”
~ Thomas Berry

George Carlin - Philosopher/Seer

George Carlin laid it out 20 years ago: "What we have now is a completely neurotic population... Where did this sudden fear of germs come from in this country? Have you noticed this? The media, constantly running stories about all the latest infections - salmonella, e-coli, hanta virus, bird flu - and Americans, they panic easily so now everybody's running around, scrubbing this and spraying that and overcooking their food and repeatedly washing their hands, trying to avoid all contact with germs. It's ridiculous and it goes to ridiculous lengths... bunch of goddamn pussies! Besides, what do you think you have an immune system for? It's for killing germs!...Let me tell you a true story about immunization okay? When I was a little boy in New York City in the 1940s, we swam in the Hudson River and it was filled with raw sewage okay? We swam in raw sewage! You know... to cool off! And at that time, the big fear was polio; thousands of kids died from polio every year but you know something? In my neighborhood, no one ever got polio! No one! Ever! You know why? Cause we swam in raw sewage! It strengthened our immune systems! The polio never had a prayer; we were tempered in raw shit! So personally, I never take any special precautions against germs. I don't shy away from people that sneeze and cough, I don't wipe off the telephone, I don't cover the toilet seat, and if I drop food on the floor, I pick it up and eat it! Yes I do. Even if I'm at a sidewalk café! In Calcutta! The poor section! On New Year's morning during a soccer riot! And you know something? In spite of all that so-called risky behavior, I never get infections, I don't get them, I don't get colds, I don't get flu, I don't get headaches, I don't get upset stomach, you know why? Cause I got a good strong immune system and it gets a lot of practice...

Astrological/Tarot Association

Aries The Emperor

Taurus The Hierophant

Gemini The Lovers

Cancer The Chariot

Leo Strength

Virgo The Hermit

Libra Justice

Scorpio Death

Sagittarius Temperance

Capricorn The Devil

Aquarius The Star

Pices The Moon



Sun The Sun

Moon The High Priestess

Mercury The Magician

Venus The Empress

Mars The Tower

Jupiter The Wheel of Fortune

Saturn The World

Uranus The Fool

Neptune The Hanged Man

Pluto Judgement