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Book of Shadows excerpt: Spring Mysteries, Ft.
Flagler, WA, Eostre 1992 The ritual procession is about to begin.
A group of the priests who will appear in tomorrow’s ritual drama in which we
will search the “Other-world” for the daughter of the Earth Goddess are
carrying the sacred paraphernalia in a decorated litter. Each of us has been
given a daffodil: These represent our hopes, dreams and desires. The procession begins to wend its way down
the precipitous cliff-side road to the sea. Some of us are chanting: “The
ocean is the beginning of the earth. The ocean is the beginning of the earth.
All life comes from the sea. All life comes from the sea.” As a counter-point
to this, others chant: “We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall
return. Like a drop of rain, flowing to the ocean.” When we reach the shoreline, we give our
flowers to the priestesses. They discard their robes and carry arm-loads of
our wishes into the waves. Kerr Cuhulain |
Spring Mysteries
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