{"id":498,"date":"2016-12-11T15:14:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniemarohn.com\/blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2016-12-11T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:17:13","slug":"solstice-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephaniemarohn.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/11\/solstice-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Solstice Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let Love Lead Us
\n<\/strong>A winter solstice prayer for 2016<\/p>\n

We could feed all the people of the world
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

We could free animals from their suffering
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

We could release all beings from slavery
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

All the waters of the world could run clear and clean
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

All the forests of the world could stand tall and proud
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

All the winds\u00a0of the world could flow fresh and pure
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

We could live in love and connection
\nif we did not let greed and profit lead us<\/p>\n

We could be who we were meant to be
\nif only we would\u2026<\/p>\n

Turn greed into green for the planet
\nLet a different kind of prophet lead us<\/p>\n

\u2014Stephanie Marohn, December 2016<\/p>\n

\"Pegasus<\/a>

Pegasus brings a message<\/p><\/div>\n

This prayer calls to mind another winter solstice\u00a0prayer I wrote, compelled\u00a0by\u00a0the 9\/11 disaster in 2001. Sadly, the world could use the following\u00a0prayer as much now as ever.\u00a0It was published in an anthology of prayers: WomanPrayers<\/em> (HarperSanFrancisco, 2003). Here it is:<\/p>\n

Invocation to the Light
\n<\/strong>A winter solstice prayer after the tragedy of 9\/11<\/p>\n

On this solstice eve
\nwith the world poised at the precipice
\nwaiting to plunge or cross over
\nI call upon all the angels of mercy
\nwho have ever shed a tear for the human race
\nI call upon all the guardians of peace
\nwho have ever raised an olive branch or let fly a flock of doves
\nI call upon all the mystics
\nwho have ever crossed a desert in search of the truth
\nI call upon all who have journeyed to the underworld
\nand returned with the wisdom of the dark
\nI call upon all the ancestral spirits who know the pain of parting the veil<\/p>\n

I call upon the guardians of the four directions of the universe
\nO East, O South, O West, O North
\nhelp us to open our hearts to your weeping whispers
\nI call upon the luminous, numinous Center of the orb
\nO help us to embrace again the mystery of unknowing<\/p>\n

I call upon all the animal messengers who hold the secret of oneness
\nI call upon all the faeries and sprites who dance in the forest
\nI call upon the undines, the gnomes, the sylphs, and the salamanders
\nthe oracles of the mountains and the sages of the springs
\nI call upon the elves
\nthe pookas
\nthe djinns and the genies
\nthe heavenly nymphs
\nthe houris and peris
\nthe cherubim
\nthe seraphim
\nthe celestial choir
\nthe witches
\nthe magi
\nthe prophets
\nthe messiah
\nsaints and avatars
\nparagons and virtues
\narchangels in waiting
\nwings, haloes, and music<\/p>\n

I call upon the three Fates
\nthe three Graces
\nthe nine Muses
\nand the seven Sisters
\nall the gods and goddesses
\nof a thousand names and guises<\/p>\n

I call upon the Angel of the Abyss with the flame in his hand
\nthe Angel of Memory who knows where we\u2019ve been
\nthe Angel of Truth
\nthe Angel of Hope
\nthe Angel of the Apocalypse who rides into the night<\/p>\n

O come to us now
\nAll forces of light
\nhelp us find our way through the wilderness
\nopen our eyes to your sight<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Stephanie Marohn, 2001<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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