Thursday, April 30, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Sacred Feminine
The Mothers, Grandmothers,
Great
Grandmothers, Sisters,
Aunts and Cousins of the
Cultures of the world
Bring life not only to the
generations,
but bring gifts of the spirit as
well.
They nurture and guide, teach, and
love.
Through these women, life continues,
for without them
children would be lost.
The gifts of the female are without
measure.
So, to them, and all the generations
before and the ones to come,
we give thanks....
copyright T. Truesdale 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Welcome Spring 2015
The
Awakening
By
Toni Truesdale
The
Equinox of spring signifies the return of life
from
the dormancy of winter.
Everything
stirs, sprouts, unfolds..
We
smell the awakening
Welcome the continuance of earth’s eternal cycle.
Persephone
is the Greek metaphor of spring.
“Cycles
and Seasons”By Toni
Truesdale The
recurrence of the seasons continue to encircle our lives,Just as
it gave celebrations to our ancestors.Spring
Equinox, Summer Solstice,Fall
Equinox, and Winter SolsticeMark
those passages in a yearly cycle all over the world.We have
learned to plant food and medicinesAccording
to the agricultural calendar.We dance
in a circle to celebrate the planting,Harvesting,
and the storing of food.Buildings,
monuments, and spiritual spaces have been builtTo align
with the celestial movements that determineThe four
seasons at the point of each transition.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Water Spirit
Women and Water:
Water Spirit
Inhabiting all waterways;
Each river, stream, ocean and lake
Contain the presence of female spirits
Whose stories of wet splendor
Mirror our reverent astonishment,
Waters permeate and
Sustain all life
on our planet.
Copyright T. Truesdale 20003
ToniTruesdale.com
As water becomes a central issue, as in the droughts and rising oceans; We turn our thoughts to this and remember what once it was sacred.For water is essential to all life on Earth.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
New Beginnings, Adventures and Endeavors
Like the Pilgrims of ancient times, I strive to seek new places and spaces. All of Earth has it's secrets, both sacred and profane. Blessings and lessons everywhere for each of us to seek. I am moving back east to be closer to my family, wander new trails and smell the salt from the sea. Please follow my blog and explore my websites as I move into a fresh perspective. From the mountains of New Mexico at 7,000 ft to the Coast of Maine, sea level; it is sure to bring a new level of thoughts and imagery! Our lives are all a pilgrimage through passages in life's labyrinth...
" Pilgrim"
By Toni Truesdale
In early medieval times European women
Made pilgrimages to sacred places;
The many paths were well worn.
Although they wore Christian badges;
These spiritual spaces were the homes of the ancient
Ladies of the Earth and healing places.
Their names come back to us now,
For they never left, but went underground
During patriarchal times.
Truesdale copyright 2005
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Winter Solstice: The Darkest Night
“Cycles
and Seasons”
By
Toni Truesdale
The
recurrence of the seasons continue to encircle our lives,
Just
as it gave celebrations to our ancestors.
Spring
Equinox, Summer Solstice,
Fall
Equinox, and Winter Solstice
Mark
those passages in a yearly cycle all over the world.
We
have learned to plant food and medicines
According
to the agricultural calendar.
We
dance in a circle to celebrate the planting,
Harvesting,
and the storing of food.
Buildings,
monuments, and spiritual spaces have been built
To
align with the celestial movements that determine
The
four seasons at the point of each transition.
Darkest
Night
That
moment of blindness,
Just
before
We
turn into radiance.
It
is the point of transition;
From
fear into hope,
And
Despair into faith.
And
when helplessness evolves into courage,
Inaction
into resolve…
We
heal from old wounds,
And
become whole again…
We
light the candles on the Tree of Life
As
we turn from the darkest night;
To
help illuminate the world.
T.Truesdale
copyright 2006
Friday, December 19, 2014
Every Child Sacred
Every Child Sacred
As we approach this season of lights, solstice, renewal;
And we celebrate the birth of the man called Christ.
Let us remember all of our children are sacred;
The potential is in each to be a peacemaker, teacher, healer...
With the ability to reach out to others with compassion and understanding.
Each birth is a return to our common bond of human family.
Each child is our child;
See not the child of another faith, enemy, race.
But each child injured, killed, sacrificed is our own.
And remember the sacred stories the feminine is eternal,
Through the daughter the family continues...
“Demeter and Kore”
By Toni Truesdale
The Greek tale of Demeter and Kore,
Symbolizes the sacred bond
Between mother and daughter.
In early civilizations inheritance passed
Through the clans on the female line.
The role of female was central in matrilineal cultures.
Daughters were the invaluable continuation of life;
Through her the generations flowed.
The myth of Kore’s abduction by Hades is a
Reflection of great social change.
From agricultural female deities to male dominated city states.
But Earth Mother, Demeter, would neither abdicate her role
Nor her daughter to patriarchal domination.
She won a partial victory.
Her daughter remained with her the fertile half of each year;
Which became Spring and Summer.
This story is a reflection of creative duality,
And Balance; male and female;
Night and day,
Dark and light.
Death and rebirth
Solstice and equinox...
Art and words copyright T.Truesdale
images:top left: Demeter and Kore
top right: The Mothers
middle:Daughters
bottom: Maia at 12
reproduction with permission only
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