Mary Magdalene Feast Day, July 22, 2020
Red and white eggs in the heart-space of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth
Red and white eggs in the heart-space of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth
Mary Magdalene Feast Day, 2020 & Women In Red at the Edge, 2004
JULY 22, 2020
Women,
gathered at the edge,
wooden stylus poised,
holding on for dear life,
while life moves through us
freely, effortlessly, endlessly,
marking the point of entry,
spirit into matter…
We walk…
First, between the lines,
offerings gathered and given
in love and gratitude…
The ocean receives our prayers
and races to join us,
taking our gifts
as we walk into the unknown…
We become
each other,
women dancing,
ocean dancing,
earth and sky dancing,
melting into water…
life-giving water,
where we emerge from between time
and start life a-new…
Mary Magdalene Feast Day
July 22, 2004
Salmon Creek Beach
Sonoma Coast, California
Poem by Lea Goode-Harris
Ceremonial design and photos below
by Marilyn Larson
gathered at the edge,
wooden stylus poised,
holding on for dear life,
while life moves through us
freely, effortlessly, endlessly,
marking the point of entry,
spirit into matter…
We walk…
First, between the lines,
offerings gathered and given
in love and gratitude…
The ocean receives our prayers
and races to join us,
taking our gifts
as we walk into the unknown…
We become
each other,
women dancing,
ocean dancing,
earth and sky dancing,
melting into water…
life-giving water,
where we emerge from between time
and start life a-new…
Mary Magdalene Feast Day
July 22, 2004
Salmon Creek Beach
Sonoma Coast, California
Poem by Lea Goode-Harris
Ceremonial design and photos below
by Marilyn Larson
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