Between 2 pm Tuesday to 11 am Thursday this week I encountered 7 very powerful and accomplished, creative, intelligent and beautiful women at 7000 feet in Santa Fe, NM. I didn't plan on 5 of those visits- they arose spontaneously as a result of Facebook. But it was a couple of days of mythological proportions-- Pluto crossing my natal moon, I hear my astrologer friend saying.
Whatever the cause for this epic journey through women's perspectives on my current situation, it was a rare opportunity. It was interesting also because no men requested a visit until near the end of my stay. It felt like it was supposed to be women only.
And last night, with another woman, a new friend-- a soak in hot water under the waxing moon with a glorious early spring breeze playing on the edges of the steam rising into the cold air.
Segments of the journey include uncommon mysteries.
Inspiring. Something special, mythical, about the number seven here, too. What a wonderful turn.
ReplyDeleteIt's an interesting prelude to returning to the bottom of Hades to try to wrangle my life into some kind of shape.
DeleteThis is where you discover the wealth that you have accumulated: when you do the work that takes you back into the mines of human experience. All too often, we find sparkly things and temporary comforts that warm our world in our own, limited, vision -- but we supported by rocks that are fused in fire or birthed in turbulent waters, and these are simply not as sexy..there is something about civil engineering that lacks flair. They support, instead of embellish; they are the sewer lines, the electrical hook-ups, the basic structural support of our world and they depend upon work. Hard, painful, awful work that lays foundations upon which we can later build upon, to the mutual profit of ourselves and those who have journeyed with us into mastery of construction.
ReplyDeleteI feel a lot more like an uncivil engineer these days but I get your point.
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