My friend Jeannette (see her link to the right) has been immersing herself in The Work that Reconnects, processes by the great Joanna Macy. On Saturday, a group of us met near the Distillery District of Toronto in a lovely quiet room to do some of this great work.
We spent time in partners speaking appreciation for various aspects of creation. We spoke a litany of mourning for endangered species. We celebrated the coming to life of the four elements. And we received letters from Gaia. There was time to talk, to be in silence, to ritualise, to write, to draw, and to commit to an action. It was a beautiful day facilitated by Jeannette with tremendous grace. Here’s a poem I wrote in response to the mourning litany:
from big bang
to tolling bell;
what happened in between?
from blue-green algae
to killing machine;
what happened in between?
from “let there be light”
to “drop the bomb”;
what happened in between?
did we take our divinity
too seriously?
in that case, let my divinity
come out and play.
let something happen
in between despair
and hope;
let something happen
in between inertia
and action;
let something happen
in between gaiacide
and biophilia;
let me be that something
even if i don’t yet
know what
that is.
If you’re able to get to Toronto to experience one of Jeannette’s Work That Reconnects days, please DO. It’s an astounding paradox of shaking up and reassurance.
Here is a brief tarot reading, using the Shining Tribe Tarot, about the work that reconnects.
What are the things that most need to be reconnected at this time? EMPRESS, UPRIGHT and the FOUR OF STONES, REVERSED. The Great Mother and our deep, grounded reverence for Her. Mother Earth as she is and our respect for her as it was. Our desire to nurture others and our need to feel safe. Women and the sense of their bodies as temples. Skin and stone. Beauty in the wildness of Nature and our inner compulsion to build things.
Any other thoughts? I’m here listening.
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