Category: Staying Connected
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The Girl Named Pearl
There was a girl named Pearl who lived above a small shop. She liked to make tea and scones, listen to music on her gramophone, And take a walk down the lane with her cat, Godfrey. Sweet-natured was she, a nod from a neighbour, a smile in passing, the simple word “Morning” could make her heart…
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The Light that made me New
I will not be taken by that which is not mine, nor will I be given the burden of a spell to worry me. My dear heart, I am yours and yours alone. It is my heart that lingers in the morning, in the night and at noon. I allow my heart to befriend my…
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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…