Sigil
Now let the cycle sweep us here and there,
we will not struggle;
somewhere,
under a forest-ledge,
a wild white-pear
will blossom;
somewhere,
under an edge of rock,
a sea will open;
slice of the tide-shelf
will show in coral, yourself,
in conch-shell,
myself;
somewhere,
over a field-hedge,
a wild bird
will lift up wild, wild throat,
and that song heard,
will stifle out this note
and this song note.
Moon in the Window
~ Dorianne Laux
I wish I could say I was the kind of child
who watched the moon from her window,
would turn toward it and wonder.
I never wondered. I read. Dark signs
that crawled towards the edge of the page.
It took me years to grow a heart
from paper and glue. All I had
was a flashlight, bright as the moon,
a white hole blazing beneath the sheets.
Moon in the window
Join me on September 5 for this month’s rune workshop from the comfort of your home! Each month, we look at a pair of runes in detail—their names, descriptions in the various Rune Poems, associations and interpretations both historical and modern, and ways of working with their energies to make your readings rich, deep, and meaningful. The workshop is a mix of discussion and hands-on reading with the runes for an immediate exercise of the ideas we discuss.
In this month of harvest in the Northern Hemisphere, we will explore Jera (the harvest) and Inguz (Freyr and his role as the Sacrificed God). Each rune has its own approach to completion, and we’ll explore how they stand alone in a reading and how they interact when they appear together.
This online workshop is held at 7:00 PM Pacific Time, and runs for 90 minutes. We use a Google Hangout for real-time video and audio during the workshop. The link for the workshop will be sent the Monday prior to the event.
Each workshop is a stand-alone event, so you don’t have to attend all of them. It’s more fun if you do, of course, but it’s not required!
You can register on the Tarot Media Company store! http://bit.ly/2vggs2O
See you (online) in September!
Catch a Body
~ Ilse Bendorf
[Note: I cannot find an author’s site for her. If you find one, please let me know. Thanks!]
Salinger, I’m sorry, but “Don’t ever tell
anybody anything” is a string of words
I would like to wrap up in canvas and sink
to the bottom of the Hudson, or extract
by laser from the ribcage of all of us
who ever believed it, who felt afraid
to miss someone, to be the last one
standing. “Tell everyone everything” is
not exactly right, but I do believe that if
your mother looks radiant in violet
you should tell her, or when a juvenile
sparrow thrashes its wings in dustpiles
and reminds you of a lover’s eyelashes,
you should say so. We are islands all of us,
but we are also boats, our secrets flares,
pyrotechnic devices by which we signal
there’s someone in here we’re still alive!
So maybe it’s, “don’t be afraid.” We can
rewrite Icarus, flame-resistant feathers,
wax that won’t melt, I mean it, I’ll draw up
a prototype right now, that burning ball
of orange won’t stop us, it’ll be everything
we dream the morning after, even if we fall
into the sea—we are boats, remember?
We are pirates. We move in nautical miles.
Each other’s anchors, each other’s buoys,
the rocket’s red, already the world entire.
If you are new to working with bindrunes, I suggest you read the introductory bindrune post here, then return to this post to read about this specific bindrune. Remember that working with bindrunes, as with working with any kind of magic, does not carry guaranteed results, and may produce results quite different from what you expect.
Perhaps you’re feeling stuck, uncertain what to do or how to move forward. Or you’ve been trying to accomplish something for so long, and feel that you have made no progress. This bindrune can bring you fresh energies and ideas to get back on track, or help you find a new direction and start along that path.
Bindrune for Illumination, Transformation, and Inspiration – Ziu, Dagaz, Ac
Ziu (left tile, yellow in bindrune): Ziu is the lightning bolt, the jolt of a new idea and new possibilities which awaken your interest and raise your energies. It’s associated with Tyr, Zisa, and Zeus, so brings in the qualities of associated with Them, including leadership, responsibility, and justice, as well as great creativity.
Dagaz (center tile, gold in bindrune): Dagaz is the tipping point, where the energies shift from the old to the new, carrying you to a new place and new possibilities. It’s the breakthrough, the moment of transformation from Then to Now. This rune is associated with Loki, and brings in some of His improvisational energies and spur-of-the moment ideas.
Ac (right tile, purple in bindrune): Like the oak tree with roots deep in the earth as it reaches for the sky, you can be grounded in the practical aspects of your life, while aspiring and working towards new goals. Ac brings in the magical and shamanic energies of Angrboda, so you are tapping into both practical and magical sources for your work.
The bindrune on the left was done in colored pencil. The one on the right was done with fine point calligraphy markers. They are shown in two different media to give an idea of how the same bindrune looks different depending on how it is created.
You could put a drop of a mint oil for inspiration, or a drop of cinnamon or other warm, spicy oil to bring in fiery creative energies. You could also use your favorite oil on it to reinforce the energy with your personal scent. You can also use a magical oil, such as a hoodoo oil or other type of specially prepared oil.
Use this bindrune—and all bindrunes—entirely at your own risk.
