Upon the Desert Wind | A Poem

Upon the Desert Wind | A Poem

Upon the Desert Wind A selection from In the Hands of the Immortal Weaver: Poems of Sacredness and Belonging Photo by Adrian   I want to make a pilgrimage back to our homeland of sand, blood, and ripened figs. To unearth the garden I planted in another life the...
Searching for Hidden Doors | A Poem

Searching for Hidden Doors | A Poem

A selection from In the Hands of the Immortal Weaver: Poems of Sacredness and Belonging   You must be a child to find the hiding places where the unseen ones dwell just beyond the veil. The logic of the adult cannot think beyond the four walls, —blind to the...
Approach Yourself with an Open Hand | A Poem

Approach Yourself with an Open Hand | A Poem

A selection from In the Hands of the Immortal Weaver: Poems of Sacredness and Belonging   Choose to be your own lover. Be gentle with yourself. do not pummel yourself or take a harsh tone. Encourage rather than discourage. Choose to be your own mother. Sit calmly...
Student of the Beloved | A Poem

Student of the Beloved | A Poem

A selection from In the Hands of the Immortal Weaver: Poems of Sacredness and Belonging   The questions have surmounted all certainties. Too many days are frittered away feigning wisdom, all the while knowing that, if I am to cover that distance between myself...
Five Simple Things About Religion that I’ve Come to Believe

Five Simple Things About Religion that I’ve Come to Believe

Five Simple Things About Religion/Spirituality that I’ve Come to Believe by L.M. Browning 1. Abandon the institutions of religion. Religion has become a political arena—a rallying points for fanatics—a self-righteous guise for the self-centered individual. No,...