My brain has been a riot of thoughts lately, it's hard to know what to write about as I find myself pulled in several directions. I've been doing a bit of this and a bit of that and there is so much more that I would love to do but I don't really have the time for right now (like spend all night in the university library reading and taking notes, but I need to be functional during the day). I've had this strong urge to read and study and to create things, especially jewelry, but I've also done other crafts.  However to be truly productive I need to set an order of priority, I do have some projects on a deadline that I don't want to get lost in the shuffle.

I really need to get a camera or find a way to get pictures off my phone so I can share some images of the things I've made, including the companion set of ceremonial prayer beads (to rest on an altar) and functional mini-twin (that I can keep in a little pouch in my purse). So it would make more sense when I try to describe the thought that went behind making it.

I've also lately had is insatiable to desire to read, so I might see if I can pop by the library and pick up a few books before I go home tonight. After being out of school for almost two years I'd really love to go back and short of going back I will do my best to continue my education on my own.

Blessings,

Satiah

Adorations of Diana

So here it is, as promised in my first post. It took a bit more fussing than I first thought, but I am really happy with it now.

The 81 Adorations of Diana

Why 81 because 9 is a special number for her and 9x9 = 81 and also 8+1= 9

1.        I adore you, Shining One

2.       I adore you, Darkness of Creation

3.       I adore you, Joy of Life

4.       I adore you, Night-veiled Lady

5.       I adore you, Bringer of Light

6.       I adore you, Mistress of Magic

7.       I adore you, Law of the Wild

8.       I adore you Essence of Survival

9.       I adore you, Sister of Fortune

10.   I adore you Solace of the Oppressed

11.   I adore you, Chaste Maiden

12.   I adore you, Fearless Maiden

13.   I adore you, Bringer of Aid

14.   I adore you, Illusive Lady

15.   I adore you, Many Natured One

16.   I adore you, Heavenly One

17.   I adore you, Lady of the Moon

18.   I adore you, Brightest of All Stars

19.   I adore you, She of the Changing Face

20.   I adore you, Crescent Crowned Maid

21.   I adore you, Lady with the Silver Chariot

22.   I adore you, Most Lovely One

23.   I adore you, She of the Silver Bow

24.   I adore you, Huntress with the Arrows of Moonlight

25.   I adore you, Layer of Dew

26.   I adore you, Leader of the Hounds

27.   I adore you, Giver of Success

28.   I adore you, Punisher of Actaeon

29.   I adore you, Fate of the Hunt

30.   I adore you, Keeper of Life’s Blood

31.   I adore you, Untamed Lady

32.   I adore you, She who runs with the Wolf

33.   I adore you, She who races the Stag

34.   I adore you, Queen of the Grove

35.   I adore you, Lady of Trivoli

36.   I adore you, Mistress of Tifata

37.   I adore you, Goddess who resides in Aricia

38.   I adore you, Lady of the Mirror

39.   I adore you, Lover of Virbius

40.   I adore you, Companion of Egeria

41.   I adore you, She of the Golden Bough

42.   I adore you, Beloved of her Priest

43.   I adore you, She who Presides over the Succession of the King

44.   I adore you, Lady who comforts the Slain One

45.   I adore you, Most Regal Goddess

46.   I adore you, Patron of the Latin League

47.   I adore you, Guardian of Civilization

48.   I adore you, Mediator between Man and Wild

49.   I adore you, Lady on the Aventine

50.   I adore you, Giver of Sanctuary

51.   I adore you, Patron of the Free

52.   I adore you, Lady of the Deer

53.   I adore you, Daughter of Latona

54.   I adore you, Sister of Apollo

55.   I adore you, Light of Hope

56.   I adore you, Pure One

57.   I adore you, Easer of Pain

58.   I adore you, Healer of Wounds

59.   I adore you, Destroyer of Infection

60.   I adore you, Setter of Bone

61.   I adore you, Giver of Succor to Women in Labor

62.   I adore you, Wise One

63.   I adore you, Mighty One

64.   I adore you, Queen of the Wilds

65.   I adore you, Advocate of the Newborn

66.   I adore you, Mother of the Wild Beasts

67.   I adore you, Keeper of Our Instinctual Wisdom

68.   I adore you, Lady of Forests and Hills

69.   I adore you, She who Hides in the Mist

70.   I adore you, Lady with the Shimmering Hair

71.   I adore you, Leader of the Torch-lit Procession

72.   I adore you, Queen of the Fata

73.   I adore you, Watcher in the Twilight

74.   I adore you, Wandering One

75.   I adore you, Revealer of Mysteries

76.   I adore you, Lady of Life and Death

77.   I adore you, Queen of the Witches

78.   I adore you, Mother to her Hidden Children

79.   I adore you, my Queen

80.   I adore you, my Mother

81.   I adore you, Diana

There's a mixture of different influences here, some Roman, some Hellenized, some Medieval, some more Modern, a few personal, and rather then bore you with a massive commentary section, if you feel so inclined I encourage you to give it a try, and if you have burning and specific questions I'll be happy to answer them in the comments. As I feel so inspired and I have a moment of time I might take little chunks and do some more in-depth analysis.

Blessings,

Satiah

Lupercalia 2012

So today is Lupercalia, an ancient festival known to be a rip-roaring good time. On this day when the Wild invades the urban landscape to reawaken it from winter's slumber I was thinking of heading to a local park and just having a good time enjoying the grass and trees and looking for the first signs of the Earth's reawakening. Today I am beyond dead tired, I was at work all night and I got no sleep. Two hour nap after shift didn't help much, but it's better than 0. I'm sitting here at a little coffee shop looking out at the grey sky, people wrapped up in themselves to stave off the cold and the sleepy looking buildings of the college campus in the distance. This city and myself could really use a band of men (and women) running around leaping, howling and laughing drunk on the invigorating power of the Great Golden Wolf.

I feel like amidst all this concrete landscapes and cultivated suburbs we've lost the Wild.  There seems to be this idea that it's some far away and untouched place where lions and tigers and bears rule as supreme heads of the food chain. It's a laughable idea now that we near or have surpassed 7 billion people. It's a lot closer than many seem to realize. It was just last year that I saw a turkey, a big old wild tom strut down the sidewalk near the Cathedral of Learning. A creature that was reintroduced to western PA in my mother's lifetime. I wish I had thought to take a picture, not many believed me, but trust me not much in an urban landscape can be mistaken as this distinctive bird. I've seen deer too hiding in the thickest parts of Panther Hollow, or wandering in Allegheny Cemetery. The Wild isn't far away, it's all around us, invading and adapting to our urban landscapes because there's less space for us all to share. Oh Diana, how are we to learn to live in symbiosis with your wild children before it's too late? How can we learn through you and Lupercus to accept the Wild around us and even inside us before we banish it to the lands of myth? How can we adjust to the changing boundary between the two?

Since I cannot find the energy to go racing around shrieking and howling in rapture of your awakening cry, I will devote my time to thinking on these questions and looking for the Wild all around.

Blessings,

Satiah

A New Blog

So here I am with a shiny new blog. I plan on using this place to ruminate and ponder things I find of a religious or spiritual sort and to share my own writings and thoughts with you dear reader.

I chose to start this because I love reading the religious and spiritual blogs of others and I feel that I shouldn't just be a voyeur and that I should share in turn. It also gives me a chance to really think things through easier than trying to explain things verbally. That and I can link to what ever image or song or bit of poetry that sparked the idea or tangent in the first place which usually helps. Real life does not yet come with hyperlinks.

Lately I've been working with prayers particularly those that involve prayer beads. I have one made and it's nice though I did a wire link type construction, like one would find on a traditional rosary, and it's not quite working out, it tends to get warped and tangled a lot more than I expected, but it fits better in my hands than it did on cord. I find working with said beads very soothing and it helps me to focus. I love to dance and my mind tends to wander if I sit too still. Right now I'm looking at making something of an infinite prayer bead set, one that can be more or less 'all purpose' when it's more of a chant or an Adoration, basically the  sort of thing where if I get into a 'groove' I can keep going with out the interruption of a Y connector or a pendant. It's a matter of getting the materials and the numbers worked out at this point.

Speaking of Adorations, I do believe Sannion has started quite the craze over on his blog. Can be found here. Personally, I love the idea. I currently have one for Diana written but I want to work with it before I share. I think I will also write ones to Tellus and Sol Indiges for when I get a chance to enjoy the outdoors.

Well it's time to go to work.

Blessings,

Satiah