Addressing my journal's recent imbalances...

Family friends and Graeme-fans have been well-supplied with stories of our day-to-day but readers of my journal looking for spiritual content lately have been poorly served. Today's new moon, however, marks the beginning of a 13-month commitment I've made to completing my Temple of the Twelve work and I will be making most, if not all, of that spiritual exploration public here.

So if you're growing tired with Rachel-the-Mom and tempted, like some, to remove me from your friends list, then I can at least promise a blend containing a lot more of Rachel-the-Seeker and Rachel-the-Witch. And those Graeme-fans and family, I'm sure, will still find their place here. ;)

Much Love,

Rachel

(Temple of the Twelve) Black: A New Moon Meditation

The familiar track winds down, through the roots of the World Tree and deep into the earth's silent shadows. I cross a forest of gray-tones, following an ashy path towards a flickering silver-blue fire. It is heatless, an otherworldly feature of the Underworld and the frequent meeting place, in meditation, of Death and I.

No matter when I visit, the god is waiting for me. He always has time for visitors.

( New Moon Meditation under the cut... )