Daily Signet

Oh Hephaestus,

Teach me of binding, of loosing.

Instruct me how to choose bonds
Proper to the need:
Silken filament
Supple cord
Sinewed shackle
Iron manacle

Impart to me the knowledge of right-binding
For
nurturing
protecting
strengthening

Help me to know
When to release
And how….
Gradually, thread by thread
Or instantly, utterly.

Let me see the multitude of mindless ways
I bind myself, my fellows,
And the needing times I fail to do so.

For life is created
By bind/release
The alternation-play between
Spins out our world,

One giving birth to the other,
Only to be born from that one again.

Donna Piper Leichtling

On This Day…

Maha Shivaratri: Hindu remembrance in honor of Lord Shiva’s marriage to Goddess Parvati