Lux in Tenebris, 1895, Evelyn Pickering De Morgan.
“My soul arose at dawn and, listening, heard
One voice abroad, a solitary bird,
A song not master of its note, a cry
That persevered into eternity.
My soul leaned out into the dawn to hear
In the world’s solitude its winged compeer
And, hearkening what the Angel had to say,
Saw lustre in midnight and a secret day
Was opened to it. It beheld the stars
Born from a thought and knew how being prepares.
Then I remembered how I woke from sleep
And made the skies, built earth, formed ocean deep.”
~ Sri Aurobindo (India, 1872 – 1950), Reminiscence
Wishing you abundant and true blessings, and a wealth of joy, as we ‘awaken from sleep’ our Perdita-and-Sophia Gifts, and step heartfully into the Dawn of a new calendar year.
An invitation for you:
Add your ‘mojo’ to help create a Blessing Wave to begin the new calendar year …
Choose a date (or two or three) and add your good wish, blessing, or bit of inspiration to the ‘Blog Blesstival” — learn more about it in this Sophia’s Children post.
Sow and reap the ‘good medicine’ of ‘blessing’ (it’s an energy art, too).
Jamie has long been an inspiration partner and lantern-holder for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are living, inspiring, and (intentionally or not) leading the way in these chaotic times.
When she's not tending and stirring the Sophia's Children cauldron, she's following research trails, and serving as the Director of a Repro-Justice-oriented women's health center in her community, co-creating a safe, in-person compassionate care environment in a world that increasingly seems to lack that.
Jamie is a long-time servant of the Muse, a writer and author, an intrepid walker and feline-tender, and is passionate about the healing power and relevance of reclaiming ancestral-wisdom and healing (or at least understanding) ancestral (and other types of) trauma. She has great appreciation for dark chocolate and cooking other nourishing, delicious meals -- often plant-based -- to nourish her partner and her peeps, and otherwise doing the same day to day things we all do.
Thanks for visiting! Wishing you well. Learn More: http://sophias-children.com
January 1, 2016 at 7:41 pm
Happy New Year Jamie!
January 2, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Thank you! And a happy new year to you as well, Linda.
January 3, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Already I am very blessed.. 🙂 Wishing you a Very Happy and Blessed New Year Jamie..
January 4, 2016 at 4:33 pm
And to you, Sue! xoxo Love, Jamie
January 21, 2016 at 1:41 am
What a lovely blessing to open the year with. Wishing you all the best in 2016.