Quick Note to Myself: Great Rite

[qos]

As I've been sorting through a lot of concepts about what I am and am not, struggling to avoid my either/or tendency to embrace both/and, I suddenly had the image of the Great Rite in Token: the union of blade and cup.

I am a Queen of Swords who is slowly but steadily embracing, reconciling with, and coming to trust my intuitive, Cups, side. I am a passionate woman who is trying to work out what that means in my current situatuation of wife-widowhood. I am trying to explore how best to live out my vocation, to disentangle a mess of "shoulds" from the authentic "I am."

The Great Rite -- in any form -- has always appealed to me on a very deep level, but I've tended to relate to it as a priestess celebrating with a priest or as representing God and Goddess. I can't recall a time when I've used it to celebrate and confirm the complementary union of my own polarized aspects.

This calls for further, practical, exploration. . .

Comments

Loved your website

[purplevenus.livejournal.com]

Its clear, beautiful, and elegant.
The only negative impression I am left with is it makes spirituality seem almost constantly lovely. If you for instance shared a bit about the challenges, or that you were a single mom of a teen, or something that makes you seem less "ivory tower" and more accessible, I think it would be less intimidating to the average person.
I mean your accomplishments make it seem like they can't be reached by the average person...I hope that makes some sense. It seems like spirituality takes all your time, and that you have all the time in the world to pursue it, while your average client won't.
make *any* sense?
Otherwise, its absolutely lovely.

Re: Loved your website

[shadowandstar.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback. You raise an excellent point that I'm going to think more about.