More from Book of Shadows by Phyllis Curott:
“These
were the unnatural, man-made consequences of a cultural shift that began
thousands of years ago, away from the sacred earth, to a distant sky god. The religious beliefs of a culture define its
values. Its cosmology has tremendous
impact on social and economic institutions, culture, history, the status of
women, sexuality, and countless other facets of daily life. We have become disconnected from the divine,
from the feminine, the earth, and from each other, living a millennial
alienation from the sacred. God was
separated from man, man was separated from woman, and all were separated from
the earth. For too many centuries, each
has existed in painful separation from the others, and the world we have
created expresses this terrible alienation.
It also expresses our longing for reunion. (p.
125)
I
needed to work with the earth to attain balance in my life, to find a means of
expression for my ideas, passions, and dreams, and a way to give them
form. I needed to learn the wisdom of my
body and my heart, not just the wisdom of my mind. The ideas coming from my mind were like the
blowing winds – here and then gone. But
the wisdom that moves upward from the earth remains rooted in earth and
connects it to air, water and fire.
Patience
was what was important, not just the destination, but the journey. The goal was not just being full-grown, but
learning to grow. …I had to learn the
wisdom of the earth for my like to take form.
My
body was…already…teaching me lessons I needed to learn. It required better care. My body was not just some biological machine
designed to carry my consciousness around.
I was beginning to understand that, contrary to a culture which called the
body sinful, it had intrinsic value, intelligence, and spiritual wisdom to offer
me, if I would honor it.” (pp.
130-131)
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