Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
The Amber and the Jet
They say that when the Moon, Mother of Witches, gave birth to the tribe of Witches, she looked into the water to see what the life of her first-born people would be. And there she saw sorrow, black sorrow; and there she saw joy, golden joy.
Then she wept a mother's tears for her first-born people, for what may be and what must be. From her left eye fell tears of black sorrow; they fell to the ground and were jet. From her right eye fell tears of golden joy; they fell to the sea and were amber.
So the great ones among us wear necklaces of amber and jet to this day; and whoever carries upon him the black tears or the golden will always draw her eye to him, for from her eye they came.
And these with pearls are the Three Living Jewels, the white, the red, and the black. But pearls now, well, that's another tale.
A tale for another night.
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Sunday, 16 February 2014
Thanks Arwen, I'm honored. Any festivals coming up for you this year?
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Many a moon ago, I met you at several PSG at Eagle Cave. You impressed me then. You still do.
This was lyrical.