“Not Praying to Orpheus, but praying as Orpheus,” encourages Caroline’s guest, Sophie Strand: a poet, historical-fiction writer, and essayist based in the Hudson Valley with a focus on the history of religion, environmentalism, and feminism.
She is currently selling a historical fiction novel about Miriam the Magdalene and completing a book of essays tentatively called The Flowering of the Wand: Lunar Kings, Flower Knights, Trans-species Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists. She has three chapbooks: Love Song to a Blue God (Oread Press), Those Other Flowers To Come (Dancing Girl Press), and The Approach (The Swan). Her poems have been published by www.poetry.org, Unearthed, Braided Way Magazine, Creatrix Magazine, Your Impossible Voice, The Doris, Persephone’s Daughters, and Entropy. One may continue to follow her work and poetry on Instagram: @cosmogyny.
Yo Team,
at these waning moments of Winter
(In the Northern Hemisphere…. )
(Awooo to our Southern Hemisphere, Australian team-mates, completing the Circle by dancing into Autumn…)
We are all crossing the threshold into Equinox,
equal night and day,
equal Saturn and Uranus- Dedication to re Wilding…that the unique autonomy of all be honored.
‘The Music Up Above’ Janie Olsen
Saturn’s image is: “contemplating an inspiration that could change one’s life.”
How generous the Great Woof be to us befoibled humans..
Jupiter trines the Moon on Equinox , that we wonder what wants to seek expression through us…
equal Venus and Mars- Magnetizing * animating-
Venus Quintiles Mars on the Equinox, opening portals between mythic imagery and our inner troubadour bard, Mars in Gemini,
getting ready to dance a jig of invitation, across the threshold of now…
Rosarium Philosophorum
Today’s radio, the Sun quintiled Mars. Our inner Woof be stirring….
Sun sextile Pluto – we inwardly dedicate to Positive Intrigue…
and really, all the back-stage Divine wants from us is the simple dedication (feel free to customize, with own words!)
“Dance me into place where I can do the most good, have the most serious fun, contribute my gifts to the Community in a manner of Reciprocal Blessing…
Will suffice to follow Nor Hall’s encouragement:
“deliberate celebration of the change of seasons stirs the creative powers of the psyche.”
Book of Wonders
and always, a favorite etymology: “deliberate”- from “Libra” and two verbs – “libare”- “to balance,” & “librare” “to liberate.”
To be deliberate – is to be in a state of liberating balance….
Let it be our aspiration…
And what a fun conversational radio romp with Sophie, a spicy to and fro, and meeting a new/ancient ally.
The simple Magic of connectivity be now…..
