legend

Yearning for our Other Half

I am more than fortunate to have found my soul-mate–I very nearly messed the whole thing up by marrying another man (on my soul-mate’s birthday to boot). Thanks to getting in touch with my body (craniosacral therapy helped with this) I managed to admit and unravel my mistake and get together with the guy I should have been with all along…. Anyway I’m not trying to get into all that right now. This legend from Plato’s Symposium about the creatures that were split because the gods were afraid of their power when they are whole makes a lot of sense. I do indeed believe finding our soul-mate is our prime directive, but the process is all important as well–determining the kind of relationship you have.

It is vital to have someone who is the other side of you, watching your back and helping to find the path through this crazy mess of a world we inherited. The following is some of my favorite bits from the Symposium, about the crazy two headed beings Zeus was so scared of:

Nations of the Earth Slow Down

Nations of the Earth Slow Down

I have had this video sitting open in my browser for months now, I watched half of it at some point and finally just finished watching it. The man speaking is Lee Brown but I don't know anything else about it other than a brief description posted on the youtube channel. It is at the Continental Indi ...

Lady Day – Feminine Resurrection

Lady Day – Feminine Resurrection

I was just looking over some posts from last year and found this in a post about seeds, seasons, rebirth and resurrection: Lady Day, the 25th of March, was a very ancient celebration of the Great Rite, or the holy marriage. In the legends of ancient Sumer, Inanna descends to the underworld on the ...

The Well of Remembrance

The Well of Remembrance

The ancient Nordic saga, the Elder Edda, says that the Well of Remembrance is located at the foot of Yggdrasill, the world tree. It confers on anyone who drinks from its waters the ability to see in new ways and to tap into the ancient knowledge and wisdom of Earth and mankind. As the saga relates, ...