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Into the Dark of the Dark | Ethereal Nature
Originally posted on Ethereal Nature:
The Earth has turned it’s face from the Sun, and the Moon has turned
its face from us. It is a rare convergence, the dark of the Year
coinciding with the dark of the Moon, but in the Northern Hemisphere
this is our experience as the Winter Solstice aligns with the New Moon.
The darkest night, made all the darker with no Moon to shine.
The dark of course, has two faces. In the closing lines of “A
Child’s Christmas in Wales”, Dylan Thomas writes of himself as a young
boy saying his prayers at the end of Christmas Day, “I said some words
to the close and holy darkness.” This may be my favorite line from the
entire story. It is such a moving sentiment. So often I have loved
the holy embrace of the dark, that mysterious void in which one feels
intimately connected to the Divine Source, in…
its face from us. It is a rare convergence, the dark of the Year
coinciding with the dark of the Moon, but in the Northern Hemisphere
this is our experience as the Winter Solstice aligns with the New Moon.
The darkest night, made all the darker with no Moon to shine.
The dark of course, has two faces. In the closing lines of “A
Child’s Christmas in Wales”, Dylan Thomas writes of himself as a young
boy saying his prayers at the end of Christmas Day, “I said some words
to the close and holy darkness.” This may be my favorite line from the
entire story. It is such a moving sentiment. So often I have loved
the holy embrace of the dark, that mysterious void in which one feels
intimately connected to the Divine Source, in…
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