He was thrilled to see me and
Dante’s Prayer by Loreena McKennitt
When the dark wood fell before me And all the paths were overgrown When the priests of pride say there is no other way I tilled the sorrows of stone
I did not believe because I could not see Though you came to me in the night When the dawn seemed forever lost You showed me your love in the light of the stars
Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your soul to the sea When the dark night seems endless Please remember me
Then the mountain rose before me By the deep well of desire From the fountain of forgiveness Beyond the ice and the fire
Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your soul to the sea When the dark night seems endless Please remember me
Though we share this humble path, alone How fragile is the heart Oh give these clay feet wings to fly To touch the face of the stars
Breathe life into this feeble heart Lift this mortal veil of fear Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears We’ll rise above these earthly cares
Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your soul to the sea When the dark night seems endless Please remember me...
although uncomfortable was at least being regulated. Both Sage and my husband urged me to return and com- plete the week so I drove back early the next morning for the final 2 days. I also had wanted to do a special prayer ceremony on the beach for my family, Sage’s health, all that had occurred in the years past, and the visions for the future. However, it was raining heav- ily. With one day remaining, the special ceremony would have to be at sunrise on the 22nd. A powerful day energeti-
cally at a powerful time…and on the day I would graduate with my NIA White Belt. I rose early the next morning, carrying with me all of the items
desired for my vision mandala. These special items would be placed on the beach in prayer and communion with the ocean, Mother Earth, Father Sky and the Universe. As I walked in the dark toward the beach, the wind whipped and heavy clouds rolled in. The beach was barren as if this altar was prepared. I went to the edge of the shore- line and invited in my guides, Arch-Angels, Ascended Masters and the Divine Presence. I began creating my mandala, placing within it all that I chose to release and all that I now consciously claimed. I asked for guidance and a protective hand as I wrote the names of my family within the mandala and surrounded it with words and symbols sacred to me. The water was choppy and the wind became even brisker. The
clouds appeared even darker as if the rain would burst through at any moment. I placed within the earth my offerings. And said my final prayers. As I stepped back releasing all to the ocean, a place within the clouds parted and a single stream of sunlight gently lit upon the mandala, allowing it to glow for several seconds. The clouds then covered over and an ocean wave came forward, washing over the mandala as if to say… And so it is…So Be It! Then all was still. The wind stopped. The water became calm and the clouds began to lighten. I said thank you and turned back toward the sandy boardwalk to
the house. All of a sudden my i-phone began to play. I had turned it off before coming. I reached in the bag and read the words of Dante’s Prayer. Tears streamed down my face. God is so good…so ever pres- ent…so loving…and so much a part of us! The words of the song spoke to the entire mystical experience…and will be forever carried with me as we move towards May when ‘our little dolphin’ is to surface. On that day, on that beach I left the embers of who I was. In those
moments I gave love to the person that tried so hard, for so long, for everyone else except herself. I had acknowledged her before but now she had been released to freedom…to dance in the waves…to the Joy of Movement…perhaps for the very first time in her life.
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