I was inspired recently by an event at Faith House Manhattan to dredge up and edit this Rosary poem which I wrote aeons ago.
Father to guide me
Mother to love me
Father to love me
Mother to Guide me
East for my soul’s flight
South for my soul’s fire
West for my soul’s thirst
North for my soul’s growth
Spirit the song that I sing to the world
As it is above
May I have beauty and strength
As it is below
Let me show power and compassion
for I am strand in the weaving,
and the worker at the loom…
by Valerie Freseman
copyright 2001
and edited again 2010
Discussed on the December 8th evening at Faith House were Sufi Prayer beads, the Muzezeh, and Orthodox icons. To me there is always something fascinating to be learned from tangible objects of faith. The Prayer beads and the neat “i-phone” version reminded me of at least 3 prayer beads I own myself that were crafted by Goddess worshipers- one is a nice gift from a coven mate, who crafted them for all of us one Yule, with beads representing the elements and God and Goddess. One was a simple green chain which came attached with with an adaptation of the Lord’s prayer changed around to represent only words of the Goddess(the prayer I don’t say so much because it crosses a line for me to just change the words around on another faith tradition) and another one I purchased myself because I liked the colors and the length. Hmm. Seems like I should put pictures up, right? Maybe tomorrow! (It is getting late!)
Cheers,
Valerie