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CURRENT MOON

about the moon

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Got Joy?

Remember joy? When is the last time you felt that irrepressible sprite bubbling through your veins? Or maybe you have been keeping joy at arm’s length because you still labor under the impression that joy and happiness are a mathematical equation. You know the one, where You + Being Nearly Perfect = Joy.

Hello – stop the train! This is a ride that goes nowhere and is easily deboarded once you realize its destination. Gee, if joy depended on so complex and ambiguous a condition as being good enough, positive enough, loving or hardworking or physically fit . . . well, the list could go on, couldn’t it?

Try a new way of thinking and believing. Tell yourself every day, “I Deserve Joy!” Every glorious day that your body rises one more time, showing a miraculous hope and trust that the day holds promise and meaning. Every day that there is yet one more song you have not heard, one caress left to feel, one smile of gratitude not yet beamed in your direction.

Approaching Imbolc, or the feast of Brigid, we are very conscious of the morning dark that still lingers as we leave for work, and the dusk that tugs on us to get home early at the end of each day. Many people suffer from the cold and lengthened dark, fighting depression till the sun grows longer and warmer in spring.

David the Psalmist sang that even when the night seems to go on forever, “joy comes in the morning.” That image of joy breaking forth with the morning light kept me going through many years of depression and disappointment. Who knows whether joy was speeding my way during those difficult times, or whether I manifested it through my tenaciously-held hope? No matter, because spring came, hope blossomed, I was renewed, and my joy was fulfilled.

Joy is its own kind of spirit, existing independent of our ability to generate emotion, even though we think it is something we conjure when the conditions are right. By remembering joy, relishing joyful times and things of beauty, that unique spirit begins to make its home with us. Soon we learn that Joy can be our constant companion and lover, whether or not the sun is shining at our house.

Last night the temperature dropped below 30, and I am bundled against the cold as I write. But on the way to the street with the recycling this morning I discovered daffodils nosing up through the mulch. The sky was bright with promise. Anything is possible today.

If your night is long, go back to the beginning, think back, remember . . . remember the excitement of newly arriving in this world, of your life blossoming like the spring crocus, of all things being possible. Remember Joy.

A Brighid, scar os mo chionn
Do bhrat fionn dom anacal.

O Brigid, spread above my head
Your Mantle bright to guard me.

Imbolc Blessings To All!

Earth-centered joyous abandon to build community and heal the soul !

Monthly Drum-Song Circle
4th Fridays 6:30-7:30 PM
Bring your drum or other instruments, and don't worry how you look, whether coming from work, the gym or home. No experience necessary, $4 offering requested, children above ten welcome if supervised.

Call 803.798.8037 for more information, or email. Experience It! is at 6801 St. Andrews Road S-11B (just past Irmo High School on left, driving away from Columbia, SC).

Osireion Meet & Greet

All are invited to join Sekhmet and friends every second Wednesday of the month, 6-8PM at the bar side of Zorba's in St. Andrews. It's in the KMart shopping center at 6169 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC; call 803.772.4617 for directions.

Atmosphere is casual, families welcome, food is reasonable and delicious. While not smoke-free, we are removed from the rest of the bar, and our smokers usually walk away when they need a light up.

Pagan Seeker's Monthly Class

2nd Mondays beginning March 10, 2008

Ever wondered if you are a Pagan at heart, but don't know much about it? Looking to learn more about this spiritual path? Our monthly Pagan Seeker's Class will address topics like: Earth and the elements as a guide to spiritual development; Magick: working with energy to achieve a desired result; and What calls you to a Pagan path and what to do about it?

Presented by the UUFC Gaia's Rising Covenant of UU Pagans, and taught by Holli Emore, who was recently named Executive Director of Cherry Hill Seminary, the first available higher education for public Pagan ministry (www.cherryhillseminary.org).

Recommended texts: Scott Cunningham, Wicca For the Solitary Practitioner; Christopher Penczak, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft; Starhawk, The Spiral Dance; Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon. The Pagan Seeker's Class is a great follow-up if you have been through a Cakes For The Queen of Heaven or Rise Up and Call Her Name UU course. Classes are open to the public, and free of charge, though an offering will be received to support the work of the UUFC. More information, call 803.799.0845 or write.

Gaia's Rising CUUPS meets

every Thursday from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at the corner of Woodrow & Heyward Streets in the Shandon neighborhood, in the library building of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia, SC. Childcare provided, though it’s best to call ahead. Questions, call 803.799.0845 or email us. CUUPS is the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, and is an open group for all traditions. Guests are always welcome.