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See below for news of a poetry competition and also a fascinating exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.

Conscious Vapor

by Elan Justice

Clouds from aboveI rode a plane into the sky
so I could be away from here.
A clouded membrane, far too high
penetrated without fear. 

And as I gazed on grey below,
coils rippling beneath the plane,
the shuttering of consciousness
upon recognizing Her very brain.

All those clouds, all that grey matter,
concentrated humidity—
but if I am not immersed in Her
does She still remember me?

Entities that are not present
cannot be lost so tragically,
or evaporate
apathetically.
We are all
rivers and rain,
precipitating
magically.


Elan Justice

Elan writes: I have been an apprentice in the Feri Reclaiming Tradition for the past five years.  Some find it odd for a man to be involved with practices that are so firmly feminine, but I believe gender is simply something we manifest in order to convey particular ideas.  Communication and gender are complimentary, enigmatic, and ever-changing; thus, no one person is ever entirely male or female.

Sadly, recent events have separated me from my Priestess.  I understand this as an opportunity to cultivate my practices and align my spirituality with my will.  Regardless, I miss her terribly.  This poem is written in her honor, for my conception of the Goddess cannot be separated from her influence.


 
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See this site for news of the first Wild Weeds Poetry Contest!

Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: The Lost World of Old Europe: the Danube Valley 5000 - 3500 BC. On display in Britain for the first time are more than 250 artefacts, many of them on loan from museums in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova.

 


 



 



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