A Beautiful Rosary

Recently I visted the gorgeous website of Jan Tanis called 'The Comfort of a Safe Place' and as the name implies, it truly is a place of comfort, beauty and peace. I'm not sure what drew me to Jan's blog that day . . . I may have been internet jumping, but let me tell you, I feel that I was Divinely guided. You see on that day, Jan posted about being directed by God to create a Rosary for someone with a special need.

In Jan's own words:

"Once again, I feel there is someone out in Blog-land that needs a Rosary. God has been directing me to people who have "special" needs for a Rosary. This time is no different. I have no idea though who this person is...it could be you!"

Having just reconnected with Jesus and Mother Mary, I felt a special affinity for this Rosary and posted a comment. And I left it at that. Somehow I knew that that Rosary was meant for me. I just had this peaceful, warm fuzzy feeling.

A few days later Jan contacted me to let me know that indeed, this beautiful Turquoise Rosary would be coming to me! I was overcome with gratitude and thankfulness to Jan and to the Divine Ones who, I know without a doubt, had a hand in it. This beautiful Rosary is a treasure and one that is near and dear to my heart.

My thanks and gratitude to Jan for listening to God's direction and for creating such a beautiful piece of work, and to the Divine Ones who intervened on my behalf.

Elemental Rosary Prayer

Hello and Merry Meet everyone!

I'm full of anticipation awaiting the arrival of my new rosary. It is being custom made by Jayne Wood of Infinite Spirit who makes the most divine traditional and non-traditional rosaries. I have a few custom rosaries by Jayne, one being my Goddess Rosary and the other my pink quartz lotus mala. I love both of them and use them frequently.

My new Rosary is an homage to the elements and a wonderful rosary if you follow a nature-based path as I do. So while I wait patiently for my rosary to arrive, I went ahead and created a prayer to go with it. It is adapted from several poems from different authors, notably Dorothy Morrison, Ralph Metzner and a lovely young woman called Kamonra.

I hope you enjoy using this prayer and be sure to check out Jayne's site at the link above. I'll be posting pictures of my new Rosary here and on the Rosary blog once I get my hands on it!

Pentacle Rosary by Jayne Wood, Infinite Spirit

Elemental Altar

Hello and Merry Meet everyone! I hope you're all finding your way over here to my new blog from 'I Heart the Goddess'. I had an URL from Godaddy that unfortunately has lapsed because I didn't want to renew it and so it's not available to view online anymore. Ah well, out with the old, in with the new!

I've been struggling spiritually for about the last six weeks and have been attending mass with my friend hoping to find what I seemingly lost. I even went so far as to think of joining the Catholic church. Chalk it up to menopause, the realization of a past life experience and the fact that I really haven't been acting upon my faith as a Wiccan. Realizing that I have not been following through with Sabbatt and Esbat rituals and it's no wonder I feel empty and lost.

So, with this newfound realization, I am, so to speak, back in the saddle. I am planning a Blue Moon ritual for August 31st (the second moon of this month) and am also planning for Mabon. My altar will begin it's transformation towards the end of this month and I'm planning on making a Mabon thanksgiving upon my return from Canada at the end of September. A few days late, but still celebrating the Sabbatt.

I'm also connecting with the elements. I'm spending more time outside and today I'm even going to the pool to hang out in the sun and water. My spirit is saying (actually it's yelling) YES! I've also created an elemental altar in my kitchen window. I've put some stones there that I gathered from Sedona, creating a cairn. I have a crystal quartz cluster that I received in my Reiki class. I also have an angel that a new friend gave me at the end of our time together in Sedona. And, I'm having a new Elemental Rosary made (more on that in another post).

I'm feeling better than I have in weeks and all because I've reconnected to my true path. I had wound myself up so tightly thinking that going back to church and becoming something I'm not would feed my soul. I was wrong. What feeds my soul is what I've been doing for the last two years. Only now I realize that the Goddess has called me to action. No more laying around thinking about doing ritual or saying prayers. It's time to break out the candles, incense and athame and put myself to rights . . . and for this I am truly blessed!