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Whether you live in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere, it will not be that long until it is the Solstice. The Solstice always brings to mind, for me, the journey of Spirit into Matter and round again. It is also a time to recognize the divine spark that exists within each of us as well as that which exists in the Heavens. This blog post looks towards that upcoming holy day and also takes my previous post’s comments on dialogue with the Divine in a different direction. I will ask that you indulge me in reading a poem that I wrote to capture the gist and the geist of a dream before it faded back to the astral. Read it at least twice or better yet read it out loud. Poems are meant to be spoken and to be heard if they are to be fully experienced.
Coronation Day
On distant Alytan,
Long lost to the sight of the living
Hidden not in time,
But by the shrouds of memory
Hidden not in time,
But by the drunkenness of disbelief
Hidden not in time,
But by the film that gauzes desolate eyes
There
On distant Alytan
Deep within the living skies where the nights—
Are filled with the birth waters of stars
Are filled with moons as numerous as stars
Are filled with the lightning of Jovian worlds
There
When in the rolling dance of the Spheres,
The figure of the Bridge appears
Then it is Coronation Day on Alytan
In every field, in every valley
Through every street, through every path
On every white peaked mountain,
On every white capped sea
The people prepare for the Moment
Voices rise in praisesong mingled
Instruments call an answer to the ringing sistrum
The ringing sistrum hung high
High on the Hill of the Tree
Each soul on distant Alytan lifts hands to the heavens
Lifts hands to the heavens
It is Coronation Day
Each Soul swears fealty
It is Coronation Day
A crown of lights of hammered flame
Appears above each head
A crown of lights, lucent with the fires of their Spirits
Appears high above the Hill, above the Tree
It is Coronation Day
Each Soul swears fealty to the crown—
The crown of their divinity
In the Moment of the Bridge they remember
There On distant Alytan,
Long lost to the sight of the living,
They remember.
By Ivo Domínguez, Jr. (1994)
It is my belief that if we honor the Divine within us, it is easier to cross the bridge to join with the Divine that surrounds us. Please consider including in your meditations, rituals, or prayers some recognition of your own personal divinity as we approach the season of the Solstice. There is a time honored magickal principle that states that: “like calls to like.” If we are to engage in dialogue with our God/dess/es, then first we should awaken within ourselves the part of us that is most like them. I completely concur with those that write about the importance of loving yourself. I would also add that there is a need for loyalty and fealty to the part of you that is your divine spark. It may be that you think that loyalty and fealty are inherent in love. That may be the case and even if it is so, stating them as separate concepts brings them into our awareness and remembrance. That is one of the ways that I believe we tend our true will.
May you find whatever you need, to crown yourself with your starry inheritance.
Seriously? You sold your car because a piece of cardboard told you to?
All other things being equal, I always say, consult divination.
But, for gods' sakes, be smart about it.
Yea or nay? you ask, and throw the bones.
Yea say the bones, but you think: No, nay!
So now you know your real mind on the matter.
There's your real answer, subtly delivered.
A Word to the Wise: Use your divination.
Rheims Cernunnos
Gallo-Roman relief, 1st century CE
