Sister of the Moon

RHIANNON

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win

She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win
Will you ever win

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

She rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her
She rules her life like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win
Will you ever win

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

Oooooh

Taken by
Taken by the sky
Taken by
Taken by the sky
Taken by
Taken by the sky

Dreams unwind
Loves a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Loves a state of mind

- - "Rhiannon" (Fleetwood Mac)

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I have been a Pagan/Wiccan since I was about 14 years old (actually initiated at the age of 17). I decided that I was drawn into a practice that truly honoured women - that allowed for a Goddess as well as a God. I was never drawn into the darker aspects of this practice - I was always more at home with the light and the healing. Using herbs as remedies, honouring the earth mother, living in a way as to know that we are all interconnected through the web of life. Seeing each man and woman as representations of the God/Goddess here and honouring that light within them. With the light though, comes the darkness - for you can not have one without the other. Just like you can not have male without female. As I've grown older I have been able as well to 'reconnect' to the Church - especially through this new relationship and I have come to realise that the two systems CAN co-exist - that they CAN compliment each other - that I CAN live this way....

When I was about 19-years old going on 20, I had a lover who introduced me to the Celtic/Welsh mythology stories of the Mabinogeon....(I've written about this before) - there was a connection I felt with Rhiannon in "The Song of Rhiannon". What young woman would not connect with such a story? At times I felt I did more than 'merely connect' and yes I know that sounds weird.

There is a sacredness that resonates deep within me. It is not tied per se to any organised religion or doctrine - it is what it is. It IS me...me as I connect to and with all things in the universe, me as I try to uncover the mysteries of life/love/spirit, me becoming the best 'ME' I can possibly be. I flow with these feelings and look within for that which helps me cope, live, love, be joyful and yes even sorrowful. It is all - it is nothing....

I am THAT I am.

Je pense que je suis

Namaste