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KEY THREE
(St. Brendan’s Chapel, Barra)
Nowhere nearer
The Isles of the Blest,
The dead gather together,
Warrior and child.
Coaxed by a hand of hills
The land launched
Into silver sunset ocean.
Go on, you can do it.
It will be alright,
Wonders await you…
The voyage into mystery
Stepping stones to heaven.
Eternal islands,
Eternal seas.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apple, cleansing, fulfillment, healing, Isles of the Blest, purifying, renewing, tree seer, tree spirit healing, wholeness on July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
An Apple Song for the Ripening Year.
Now that the year falls full
and the fruit weighs heavier each day
on the green branches;
Now that the sun
Fills the air with heat
And rolls all night just below
The distant hills
Now, it is right to sing
Of the Giver of Fire,
The Fulfiller,
The World’s Heart,
Illuminated Joy.
I breathe in with my open eyes
Sucking the distance.
Sweet sunlight
Washing away
Completed time.
I breathe out along the long length
Of my arms and legs,
Flow from fingers and toes.
Sweet sunlight
Washing away
Completed time.
The apple is the quintessential fruit of the West. Indeed the word ‘apple’ is synonymous with ‘fruit’, hence many very different fruits are given its name: oak apple, May apple, pineapple… In the mythologies of the West it is the food of the gods, the ambrosia that enables immortality and delight in the regions of Paradise. It is linked to goddesses and golden light. Its shape mysteriously echoes the orbital path of the planet Venus, and cut horizontally displays the fivefold pentagram of the druids. The spirit energy of apple is a cleanser and purifier, satisfying and sustaining. The apple produces seed that will always have unique characteristics of form, taste and appearance. Apple is the epitome of abundance, the fullness and surprise of life.
The bright golden sun
I carry on the dark road.
The golden-haired one
Has given me
A tree of golden suns.
The bright golden one
Lightens my heart,
Illuminates my path.
The bright golden one
Leads me to rest
In the arms of summer.
The bright golden one
Leads me to feast
On the satisfaction of sunsets.
The bright golden one
Bathes me in bliss.
The bright golden one
Eases my journey
And leads me home.
The spirit of apple will help whenever one to wake up to what is unnecessary or harmful in life. It instigates cleansing processes. It sharpens awareness, counters indecision, fills with brightness and encourages an outward-looking optimism.
The opening artwork is “Light of Summer Solstice” from “The Light of Sovereignty” set of prints. The endpiece is ” Apple: Spirit of Purification”. Both are available from <a href="www.greenmanshop.co.uk
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