Spiritual birth, like biological birth,
requires a union of opposites,
from which the sacred child is born.
Jill Mellick
Sadly
taking his broken heart
out of his crippled hands;
he put his clown face on
and turned to face the world.
Bravely
she pulled herself
up off the floor,
let go of the past
and did the same.
In unison
they did the dance
of the seven veils,
honoring the gods
that had given them life.
A hush
fell across the dance floor;
as two hearts long ago broken
danced their way to Wholeness.
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Very nice, PWW. Since I seem to have already lost my head, I suppose Salome' might as well begin the dance.
Wow, I can get really semi-deep every once in a while.....
Thank you.
Wollf
Thank you for your comment, Wollf, which gives me an opportunity to respond.
You get to keep your head(heh).
I was hesitant to use "the dance of the seven veils" because of that connotation - but you know how it is when something comes from deep inside - no other words will do.
I did a little research to see how these words fit for me (We always know things deep inside that our conscious mind is not aware of.)
Modern mystics see the dance of the seven veils and the story of Inanna's descent as a metaphor for enlightenment, shedding "veils" of illusion on the path to deeper spirituality of self-realization. The seven veils of mystical experience are, in order, Dreams, Reason, Passion, Bliss, Courage, Compassion, and Knowledge.
And, of course, this has to happen, for each of us, on a masculine level and a feminine level. So we dance this very sacred dance internally (alone) and externally (with others) - both symbolically, of course.
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