Author: Elizabeth Ellames
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The Light Within the Living Cell
For many years, I have been fascinated by the idea that light is not simply something that shines upon us, but something that is also intimately connected with life itself. When I speak about the Living Attributes Codex, I often use the language of light because, for me, light is more than a metaphor. It…
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The Dream, the Circle and the Spiral
When I look back now across more than three decades of my work, I can see that some of the foundational symbols of The Living Attributes Codex were present long before I had the language to describe them. One of the earliest experiences that I now recognise as significant occurred in 1993, when I was…
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The Sacred Circle and the Living Attributes Codex
There is a deeper connection here with the framework of The Living Attributes Codex. A women’s circle can be understood as a living expression of the same principle that sits at the heart of the Codex: that wholeness is not created by one quality, one archetype or one individual standing alone. Wholeness emerges through the…
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Returning to the book Spiral Dance
The Word That Awakened Something in Me There are some books we read once and put back on the shelf, while others seem to become part of our story. Starhawk’s The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess is one of those books for me. I first read it around…
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What Happened to the Feminine?
There is a question that has been arising for me more and more deeply as I work on the Living Attributes Codex: What happened to the feminine? Not simply to women, but to the feminine as a source of wisdom, intuition, spiritual authority, healing, creation and embodied knowing. When I look back through history, I see many…
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What does emotional intelligence have to do with Light Leadership?
For me, emotional intelligence and self-esteem are indeed the key elements. And I believe true leadership begins with my capacity to lead myself before I attempt to lead, influence or inspire anyone else. If I am not conscious of what is happening within me, my emotions can unconsciously become the source of my words, decisions…