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The Tenth
The tenth Rune-spell I did learn
Whilst hanging from the World Tree
Is to gaze deep into the murky night
And spy the Hedgewitches flying high,
Sending their spirits far and wide
I see their true forms,
Though they may shift their shapes
With this Rune-charm that I know,
I can confuse their wandering souls
Then turn them ‘round and send them home
Back into their bodies,
Back within their own skins
And for a time at least, trap them within.
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Alan Watts
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Leaves Fall …
W i n t e r
By Felix Salten
The leaves were falling from the great oak at the meadow’s edge. They were falling from all the trees. One branch of the oak reached high above the others and stretched far out over the meadow. Two leaves clung to it’s very tip. “It isn’t the way it used to be.” said one leaf to the other. “No,” the other leaf answered. “So many of us have fallen off tonight we’re almost the [...]
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The Shape
As I cross my fingers and toes and murmur “Safe, safe, safe” to myself the airplane lifts, we take off and rise up abouve the river valley, passing over low mountains once as tall and mighty as the Rockies … or nearly so. Now they are withered and wind scored, worn down to their very bones. Overgrown with dust and sagebrush, bare rock thrusting out of the crust of the Earth and into a perfect Indian Summer sky.
I know this [...]
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Rat Racing
Hurry
Hurry up!
All these people speeding along
Going so fast they disturb the wind
Racing off to …
Where?
To work
To the Bar
To the store
To nowhere
Nowhere at all
They leave themselves no time
To smell the roses
To play with the children
To pray to the gods
To feel the wind
They worry
About a pile of bricks and mortar
And not their own heart and mind
They fill their lives with needless things
And restless activity
So they don’t have to smell the roses
Or play with the children
Pray to the gods
Feel the wind
Because if they [...]
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Celebrate all of Creation
You don’t have to climb mountains
Go through complicated rituals
Or follow some guru around
All you have to do
Is accept that you are part of god
And god is part of you
Failures, mistakes and fuck ups included
To honor the Creator
Celebrate all of Creation
Look around you
The air moves, the trees grow
Cells divide, suns are born
solar systems spin, ants march
animals die, leaves fall
fruit rots, lava flows
You breathe
Everything is always going
Doing, moving, flowing, growing, and changing
Do you really expect all this to suddenly stop and be [...]
