EPIPHANY, 2003
1:15 Dissolving the dynamized paste of the three gifts of the Magi into the
warm water - a golden color, a golden aroma.
1:30 Strring, stirring, stirring, singing my stirring songs: Dona Nobis
Pacem,
Ego sum pauper, nihil habeo, cormeum dabo
and Christmas Carols: Un Flambeau, Jeanette Isabelle, the Holly and the
Ivy, We three Kings of Orient Are, Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
2:30 Done, rest the stirring spoon
Rest the body
2:45 Prepare the gear - half gallon of preparation in the bucket, half
gallon in the backpack. Look out the window - it's snowing!
Snow pants, snow boots, snow jacket, hat, mittens....and snowshoes.
3:00 Feed the dogs, feed the sheep
3:15 Begin sprinkling the goldfrankincensemyrrh.(this may take almost two
hours, so must get going a bit before 4:00) Pungent fragrance recalls the
hour of dynamizing on New Year's Eve.
Time for the snowshoes, the plowed driveway ends.
The woods are exquisitely lovely with fresh powdery snow on every
evergreen branch.
Down the gully, up the gully, turn right at the Back of Beyond.
Meander along the meandering saltmarsh banks of the tidal creek.
This moment could not be more beautiful.
Sprinkling the gifts of the Three Wise Men - the wisdom, the spirit,
the
victory of life over death.
It is with heart-high gladness that I do this deed, that I welcome and
support
the hard-working elementals with these forces.
4:15 Almost done, one more field to go. The dogs join me joyfully romping
in the snow.
4:45 Done. Exhilaration, gratitude
Cordelia
