School Prayer by Diane AckermanIn the name of the daybreakand the eyelids of morningand the wayfaring moonand the night when it departs,I swear I will not dishonormy soul with hatred,but offer myself humblyas a guardian of nature,as a healer of misery,as a messenger of wonder,as an architect of peace.In the name of the sun and its mirrorsand the day that embraces itand the cloud veils drawn over itand the uttermost nightand the male and the femaleand the plants bursting with seedand the crowning seasonsof the firefly and the apple,I will honor all life—wherever and in whatever formit may dwell—on Earth my home,and in the mansions of the stars.
Here’s mine:In the name of the sun shaped weedsAnd the bellies they feedAnd the purple violets everywhereAnd the grasshopper songs of Spring
Online New Moon Circles:
- Kathleen Joan – 3/31, 7:30pm EDT
- Andrea Weid – 3/31, 7-9pm EST
- Tracey Vaccarino – 4/1, 7 PM GMT
- Nancy Mintzer – 4/1, 6:00 – 7:30 EST
- Rita di Ghent (Sister Moon) – 4/2, 4:00-5:30 EST
- Isabelle Ghabash – 4/2, 7 PM MST
- Elizabeth Hope Derby – 4/2, 8pm EST
- Steph Laney – 4/3, 2pm EDT
- Gillian Sabbagh – 4/3, 7:30pm EST
- Anne Marie Hamner – 4/3, 3:30-5:30 EDT
- Emma Vassell – 4/10, 6pm BST
On the Horizon
Join an international, intergeneration group of weird and wonderful wild-hearted Women in our online Cave (which lives on an app)!
We meet weekly in Circles, Workshops, Practices to keep our wild spirits lit!
Upcoming Weekly Gatherings:
Join us for an hour-long New Moon Meditation Adventure on May 7th!
Online, from anywhere.
Using a dynamic meditation journey, we will tune into the New Moon, to your own Inner Guidance, synced up with wild-hearted women from around the world. This offering will include music, storytelling, meditation, journaling prompts & intention-setting.
Can’t make it live? No worries. All participants will receive a copy of the recording with 24 hours of the session.
We have Wild Woman Project-trained Circle facilitators is 26 countries, and 44 out of the 50 United States.
Chris Maddox is the founder of The Wild Woman Project where she teaches women how to utilize the gifts of the Wild Woman Archetype in their everyday lives & how to lead women’s circles in their local communities. She is the organizer & facilitator of the beloved annual WILD WOMAN FEST, a women’s retreat-festival hybrid which fosters a deep connection to nature, a direct experience of the divine feminine & profound spiritual sisterhood among the women in attendance.
An ever student of the great mysteries of existence and nature itself, Chris believes women are holding innate gifts & tools that society at large needs – now more than ever. She is committed to helping women remember their special magic and to bring it forward into every corner of their lives, for the greater good of the planet.
In the name of the wind through the trees
And the leaves that play
And the ground that holds it all together
Standing strong through the storm
In the name of the flying ones
And the songs that they sing
And the seeds that they bring
And their glistening in the sun
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In the name of the ice crystals
surrendering to the rising days of spring
leading a path to new life
In the name of the wind‘s
whistling tune to the songs of the birds
In the name of the green
laying patient ready to burst into the light
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In the name of the forest where mystery dwells, I promise to honor all life.
I will notice the small plants who thrive under the giant oak.
I will appreciate the rough bark protecting life on the grand tree.
I will acknowledge the cinnamon scent left by the angels and give gratitude for the experience.
I will pay homage to all life seen and unseen.
I will honor you.
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In the name of the Yellow Bumble Bees
Whirling in the Wind
And the food they provide for us with their pollen
And the herbs that gift us soothing teas and medicine
And the dancing trees, our partners in BREATHING – without whom we cannot live
All of US intimately intertwined on this one-of-a kind Mother Earth
Connected by Universal Love.
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In the name of geotropism
and movements in the world unseen
and the urge to push through the surface
and naked branches dancing in the harsh wind
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In the name of the ground beneath my bare feet
and the soil holding all of my dreams
and its energy of love
..infusing every part of my being
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Thank you all for these beautiful verses 🙏🏽
Your video and poem fill my soul up to the brim. Thank you for shining your light with us, fellow humans! In the name of coiled up green ferns preparing to spiral out, unfurl, and bloom. Happy Beltane and may we honor our souls and others.