The Son of Ostara
appears on the Easter Cross
now at Equinox, Crossroad of Time
sap rising beginning as the sugar snow falls
on the cusp between winter and spring
Jesus, the vertical, the yang
descended from Heaven
down into human incarnation
down into the depths of the Earth
the tomb and womb of transformation
and ascended once more
Mary the Magdalene, the horizontal, yin
student and teacher and priestess
chose the road from the cross to the tomb
and beyond, continuing on the new path
when the others had turned away
now she comes around to us again -
will we hear her this time?
The Celtic cross has equal arms
reaching the same distance
to all points from the center
on the turning Wheel of the Year
Norse Yul
chakra Wheels of Light
Wiccan Wheel of Correspondences
Druid Wheel of Life, Death and Rebirth
The World Tree of Odin's education,
the runes that cost him an eye
in return for inner vision,
Yggdrasil held him while he journeyed -
what have we done with his holy gift, the Word?
The center of the Christian cross
is heart height on the human body
our existence here in Middle Earth
arms branching out to embrace the world
in compassion, nurturing, creativity and healing
I look out my window now
as I have many times today
and suddenly see a young birch, slender and straight
Beith, Celtic symbol of rebirth, spring and renewal
crossed by a broken branch
dark underneath and covered with snow
black, white and silver
a perfect perpendicular
in the proportions of the cross of Christ
It was Mary of Magdala who remained to witness
She who is the Mother of Christianity
Mother of us all
Mother of this age
She who opened her heart and her mind
When the brothers had turned away
She who was called by name
and who spoke the truth
who offers her embrace to us still
on Earth at the tipping point
we who stand now
at the crossroad again
All paths meet in the center
in the sacred still space
of prayer, practice, ritual, meditation,
question, inspiration, intuition, ecstasy, initiation
the darkness between past and future
the moment between above and below
the pause between my way and your way
we are here together
let the healing begin
appears on the Easter Cross
now at Equinox, Crossroad of Time
sap rising beginning as the sugar snow falls
on the cusp between winter and spring
Jesus, the vertical, the yang
descended from Heaven
down into human incarnation
down into the depths of the Earth
the tomb and womb of transformation
and ascended once more
Mary the Magdalene, the horizontal, yin
student and teacher and priestess
chose the road from the cross to the tomb
and beyond, continuing on the new path
when the others had turned away
now she comes around to us again -
will we hear her this time?
The Celtic cross has equal arms
reaching the same distance
to all points from the center
on the turning Wheel of the Year
Norse Yul
chakra Wheels of Light
Wiccan Wheel of Correspondences
Druid Wheel of Life, Death and Rebirth
The World Tree of Odin's education,
the runes that cost him an eye
in return for inner vision,
Yggdrasil held him while he journeyed -
what have we done with his holy gift, the Word?
The center of the Christian cross
is heart height on the human body
our existence here in Middle Earth
arms branching out to embrace the world
in compassion, nurturing, creativity and healing
I look out my window now
as I have many times today
and suddenly see a young birch, slender and straight
Beith, Celtic symbol of rebirth, spring and renewal
crossed by a broken branch
dark underneath and covered with snow
black, white and silver
a perfect perpendicular
in the proportions of the cross of Christ
It was Mary of Magdala who remained to witness
She who is the Mother of Christianity
Mother of us all
Mother of this age
She who opened her heart and her mind
When the brothers had turned away
She who was called by name
and who spoke the truth
who offers her embrace to us still
on Earth at the tipping point
we who stand now
at the crossroad again
All paths meet in the center
in the sacred still space
of prayer, practice, ritual, meditation,
question, inspiration, intuition, ecstasy, initiation
the darkness between past and future
the moment between above and below
the pause between my way and your way
we are here together
let the healing begin