22.6.24 - Solstice magic

Boundaries are all dissolved. At this of the year, when they say it is thin in on Oiche Shamhna, it is all gone. All the world is breaking down into tiny little glittering pieces and we are once more united. The sun has reached its fullest extent and it is embraced and beloved by us in its entirety.

Everything has come into being. We have finally found fulfillment.

Yesterday someone asked me TWICE actually about the St John's festival. Why is it called St John? So... I said, the St John's Gospel is the fulfillment of Christ's promise. It is Word which was made flesh and now it is made into spirit. There was a wonderful gentleness in the festival which saw the children so beautifully held by the teachers. Our school is a great school, it is an incredible school. It is a school which tells of the possibilities of what a great education should look like.

I felt so touched, so filled with privilege to by part of it all.

Then yesterday at the Solstice gathering, a modest, meaningful affair. Listening to stories, reminding each other of our womanity, celebrating the beauty of the sun, even in the rain. The sun which has always been there, the sun which has draped us in its warmth. We are indeed very lucky. So lucky to be a part of this cycle of the year.

And for those children leaving us, I wish them the best. Everyone has their own voyage and here is theirs. We must be able to let go. These are very valuable lessons for me. You can have done your best, and your best will sometimes never be enough and that's alright.

I am slowly growing out of the whole Judeo-Christian thing. As I travel down the path of the planet and the world. As we grow close to those who celebrate the moon and it's beauty, the sun and its beneficence, as we begin to grow closer and more grateful to the Earth, I begin to see the Bible as just another node in world literature and not the best one really. Maybe the St John's gospel, but that's about it. But in general, the entire bibical story just leaves me cold. I find it a hodge podge of stories which are all about justifying a monotheistic faith, exclusivism and then some super violent history, justifying genocide and massacres. Which culture does not have this trauma? The only thing about the Bible is that it was the first time which it was written down and the nomadism of the Jewish people then spread it around. 

And this monomania then took hold. Being bloody minded is a great attribute but it is not sustainable. After awhile you run out of road. And then... you are completely spent.

I must hustle with the creative writing now.