threads of the spiderwoman

Ten years ago I passed this poem/Blessing on to a friend on the occasion of her birthday.  My own birthday passed just a few days ago, and t...

  Once again, it was my pleasure and privilege to visit the MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDEN in Northern California, and to see the Dalia G...

      "Kuan Yin, Goddess of  Mercy for all suffering beings, please come to me here and now. You Who hear the cries of the World and do...

  "What might we see, how might we act, if we saw with a webbed vision?  The world seen through a web of relationships…as delicate as s...

"one thing amazing about that time was the optimism we shared.  we were absolutely certain that the old order was fading and the new or...

  FOR A DRY RIVER You walk out under an old cold moon to call for vision. You'd settle,  on nights like this, for less. You beat the dru...

Mana Youngbear in "Restoring the Balance "  2004    THE CHARGE OF THE GODDESS                                                     ...