we are the women and we will not relinquish our original instructions

January 30, 2011 by rachel

Yes, this poetry was first posted here in September 2010, but these women insisted on being heard again and are not easy to refuse. The art is new this time — and is linked to an article in “The Mirror of Isis.” we are the women who squatted in the fields who birthed our babies and anointed ourselves with a splash of impure water we are the ones who folded the tents, filled alabaster jars gathered the oxen, the oils, […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, poetry, spirituality, women • Tags: divine feminine, empowerment, goddess, women's history, women's poetry

divine union of the sacred masculine and feminine: making love to god

November 23, 2010 by rachel

  The experience of divine, ecstatic union within each of us has long captivated me. Now, this healing at individual, spiritual, emotional, and social/cultural levels, seems to carry more import than ever before. I’m going to offer up once again my unpublished manuscript, “Making Love to God,” for those who may now be especially drawn to this material. The eight-part work has its own Category in the Archives link in the right-hand sidebar, if you wish to jump ahead. You […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, love, making love to god, prose poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: divine feminine, divine masculine, divine union, ecstatic union, mysticism, spiritual relationship

the braille of a man’s heart is not so different from my own

September 1, 2010 by rachel

I wrote “How the Men Want to Fly!” more than a decade ago, and every so often it asks to come into the light of day — to honor the men who struggle mightily with the notion of what it means to be strong and manly and vulnerable and free. This one’s for you, guys, as well as for your own Inner Divine Feminine and the Inner Divine Masculine that lives within every female body. Sorry, I lost track of […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, men, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: divine feminine, divine masculine, divine union, masculine, surrender

we are the ones: vote to awaken and arouse america

October 28, 2008 by rachel

If you’re still trying to convince yourself, friends or family of the significance of this election, you might want to revisit these posts. This is not typical political fodder, but neither are we in the midst of typical times. A friend and I joined 45,000 others a few days ago to hear Senator Barack Obama speak in Fort Collins, Colorado. To say it was an exhilarating and enlightening experience is an epic understatement! June 9, 2008: can i talk about […]

Categories: barack obama, body mind & spirit, inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: 2008 election, awakening, barack obama, Bryan Borland, divine feminine, enlightened vote, Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks, higher consciousness, human evolution, Michele Obama, new paradigm, Obama marriage, paradigm shift, poetry, presidential election, Sen. Obama, The Hendricks Institute, transformation, unity consciousness, Why Vote?