HAPPY FULL MOON, LUNAR ECLIPSE & KARTHIGAI, FESTIVAL OF LAMPS

Due to the time of morning and the current poor light of the front room, it is hard to see the details of this table, but the figurehead is Bastet, flanked by tarot moon and world cards. My partner happens to have two Bastet figures, so I put the other in the bedroom in front of a crystal during this Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse phase. Spiraling out from Bastet is thyme from the garden, as well as red berries, I think of as junipers, but are actually far from that, I can't place what they are. Also, are rudraksha I picked from the forest floor on private native land in the Big Island, Hawaii, where on my birthday 12 years ago, it was opened for me and my then husband, because they perceived me to be a Lumerian goddess returning, particularly since some condor who lived there gave birth upon my arrival, and hadn't for however many years. They named the baby condor Lisa, which is a shame, because it's the plainest name other than Jane, the baby could have hoped for. This land was so sacred that if I say anything further about it, it would only sound all the more insane and completely from my imagination. But writing you all about this reminds me that I should write about it in Diary of a Yogi, which by the way, I just sent excerpts of to an agent (so do think positive thoughts for me, as I hope he and I are a match!) and the book is the forum where this would fit, anyway.

As for my medicine table habit-- this one reminds me of when a friend was in the hospital for surgery, and though to the outside world she is a novelist, writer, critic and teacher of law, she thinks of herself as a witch, and when I lived in Laurel Canyon and had woods for a backyard I often pulled plants and flora for my tables-- and for her I put together just the right mix, because a falcon arrived as I sat there in prayer for her, and when I told her this, she exclaimed, Falcons are my spirit animal!

This kind of mysticism materialized is why I continue on this path of total faith and belief.

With this full moon I declare a release of fear. We will see how much fear I manage to release.

By the way, last night I saw a gorgeous show at REDCAT by Carmina Escobar, who named one of the chapter pieces for this performance of music, dance and voice, after my poem, Sun in My Heart, Blood in my Shadow and credited me in the program, which I am grateful for.

Oh, and why I know it's Karthigai, Festival of Lamps today is that my dear friend Naren often sends video postcards of his life in S. India since he moved back there from L.A. this past July.

LOVE!