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Spirit of Mann
I arise today through the Strength of
Heaven,
Light of Sun, Radiance of Moon,
Splendour of Fire,
Speed of Lightning, Swiftness of Wind,
Depth of Sea,
Stability of Earth, Firmness of Rock.
CELTIC PRAYER
He
gives strength to the weary and
Increases the power
of the weak.
Those who hope in the Lord
Will renew their
strength.
They will soar on wings
like eagles,
They will run and
not grow weary,
They will walk and
not be faint.
ISAIAH 40
King Arthur
The
present inquiry has run its course from
literary truth to physical reality
- from the words of Geoffrey of Monmouth and
Chretien de Troyes, notably... to standing, as
Perceval did, on the conical hill and looking down upon
the site of the Grail Castle across its arm of
the sea.
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The
day I stood there they were
unloading stone at Peel Castle,
just as the Sone de Nansai
manuscript described it,
from the quarry across the arm of
the sea. The bright sunlight
danced upon the dark blue waters
between there and Ireland, as
Chretien said. Ten minutes later,
after the small punt had brought us to the
Isle itself, a sudden squall drove
the rain in stinging
runnels across our faces and forced
us to shelter under the
castle tower… the sun came out across the
rosy, golden sky in the direction of faraway blue
Ireland just emerging from the mist. The other pilgrims
on the Isle felt as I did - as if
they were on holy ground
- and bent down and touched the small
grasses and pink flowers on the Rocky Sward.
From the book 'King Arthur', by Dr Norma
Goodrich |
COMMON KINDRED
That
small untoward clan, which knows the
divine call of the spirit through the
brain, and the secret whisper of the soul in the heart,
and forever perceives the veil of mystery and the rainbows of
hope upon our human horizons, which hears and
sees, and yet turns wisely, meanwhile, to the life of the
green earth, of which we are part, to the common kindred of
living things with which we are at one.
FIONA MACLEOD
The
transformation of Man is taking place and
is palpably accelerating. If we can but attune
inwardly, dedicate ourselves to the
service of the divine will and open the heart
to the Christ impulse, then there is no cause for
worry. The only real source for anxiety would be that we
slept through these events and failed to see what is
afoot.
So, like the Wise Virgins,
let us keep our lamps trimmed.
SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN |
