Hear their sweet music. We had to gaze far out to see to catch sight of them, yet their song was clear and true. ( Log Out /  Rhiannon’s birds can only sing sweet songs: everything they tell you about yourself will be loving. Listen to Katherine Robinson and Richie Hofmann discuss “Birds of Rhiannon” on our Contributors in Conversation podcast.

( Log Out /  All Rights Reserved. Although myths and legends of moon goddesses come from times and places of the past, they still add meaning to our lives. I light Rhiannon’s fire of self-love in my heart. The Birds of Rhiannon. …I am a daughter of the Goddess and as such I have marvellous gifts to share with the world: my talents and skills; my beauty; my experiences and knowledge; my love. That’s lovely to hear Paul! I would be interested to hear how the ritual was for you. As if they we in the court with us. Katherine Robinson has an MFA from The John Hopkins University, and she lives and teaches in Baltimore. Rhiannon, Goddess of Birds and Horses, is also know as the Queen of Fairies. steeped in wine, would bring forgetfulness. All other birdsong was harsh when compared theirs. that night. Reblogged this on Christina's Corner and commented: Hear the hope within the Birds of Rhiannon’s song, Nature, Myth, Magic and Music I guarantee you, she isn’t the kind of mother to make you “feel loved, beautiful, worthy and gifted because that is exactly what you are.” She’s the kind that tears you down to make you stronger, even if it leaves emotional scars.

These were my Mother’s birds. See Rhiannon before you surrounded by her beautiful birds. Their song was the most beautiful sound we had ever heard. Settle yourself, close your eyes and turn inward. Now see Rhiannon before you. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Thank you! I wrote about Rhiannon with regard to women’s experience because being a woman myself and chatting with my female friends, I found that we had common experiences that were in some way linked to our gender. Think about how each time this happened, it re-enforced a negative image of yourself, so much so, that you started to believe that this false image was actually you. the ones that rouse the dead and make The kind that lets you dig your own grave, and only helps you when you absolutely can’t dig yourself out of it, and she’d still give you grief to have to do that. Watch as all the birds take flight and find their freedom – their flight is your flight. But I don’t think any experience of the Divine should exclude us because of our gender – we all struggle with difficulties in life that can hurt and damage us; we can all feel pain and low self-esteem. Like Rhiannon’s story we can believe the lies that are told about us, re-tell those lies ourselves, and carry the burden of other’s projections upon us. What follows is a small ritual for the building of self-esteem for women, although with a little tweaking it could be adapted for men too. ( Log Out /  Performs the following: Rhiannon, I come to you with my burden of self-doubt and self-loathing; I come to you with the lies that were told about me, that made me feel unworthy and unlovable, that I carry to this day and have come to believe as truth. Content © Damh the Bard 2020. As if they we in the court with us. It was the first time I’ve ever sat down and written out all the harsh words spoken to me. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Thanks for reading!x. Close your eyes once more. to fill the watchful skull. Blessings, M, Ha. Katherine Robinson has an MFA from The John Hopkins University, and she lives and teaches in Baltimore.

As soon as we began the feast three birds came. If you have problems, ask Rhiannon for help; see yourself as a mother, telling her daughter how wonderful she is. BRUCE BOND What you have heard is half true, half forgotten. Blessed Be. These birds are all the wonderful parts of you that have been crushed and suppressed by the negative conditioning you have lived under until now.

Hi Paul, of course! Rhiannon knows that when there have been so few positive reflections of her in the world over such a long time, women can doubt themselves, doubt their intelligence, their beauty and their worth. The following ritual is designed  to help us recognise and name the lies that have been told about us; giving the pain of these over to transformation, reclaiming the truth that we are talented, beautiful and worthy of love and respect, both from ourselves and from others. The image meant it was easier to visualise Rhiannon speaking the kind words; her birds then echoed her sentiments. Definitely not the kind of mother one would want, but one that helps you accept life as it comes, through hell and high waters, literally. The Birds of Rhiannon are mentioned in two of the texts included in the collection of medieval Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion. ( Log Out /  This is a beautiful ritual and exactly what I was needing. If a bird sung ‘you have beautiful eyes’, you write ‘I have beautiful eyes’; if a bird sung, ‘you are immensely skilled and organised’, you write, ‘I am immensely skilled and organised’.

Being male, I decided to find an image of Rhiannon for my altar – a mirror would’nt have worked (I found a lovely one at tribe.net). Their song was the most beautiful sound we had ever heard. When the birds have finished singing their songs, thank them and now read what you have written. Rhiannon produces her "small bag" which is also a magical paradox for it cannot be filled by any ordinary means. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. If you keep this image of a loving mother talking to daughter, it becomes very hard to let in those negative judgements. Hear their sweet music. When I lean too close. I will certainly be re-enacting this magical ritual again. Living here in Wales as I do, it was great to be able to honour an indigenous Goddess! April 13, 2011 at 9:33 pm (Uncategorized) I do hope you get something from the ritual. I call upon the Birds of Rhiannon and ask that you come and sing your sweet and magical songs to me; sing to me of my true worth; sing to me of tender self-love and self-esteem; of a true and loving relationship with myself. The Goddess Rhiannon was wrongly accused, driven to doubt herself and as a white mare, forced to carry all upon her back and tell, again and again, lies about herself to all who would listen. [Click here to purchase your copy of Issue 07], JINJIN XU And another alights on the sidewalk, / another alights, I step around their outlines / into our next life - om mani padme hum / you emerge from the red dawn to shake open my life, / upside down, flying dust, you unlock / the red cell, cameras light up one by one. Then I knew.

I am so pleased that you found the ritual helpful and thank you so much for sharing the experience. See Rhiannon before you surrounded by her beautiful birds. The borage flattens. I enacted the ritual last night, it being the new moon after my birthday on Saturday. In her honour, may it burn brightly there always. These affirmations will be the new songs that you will sing to yourself again and again to replace the horrible, negative ones that have been burned. Now is your chance to set them free! See how beautiful you are; see Rhiannon’s face staring back at you. See yourself move towards the cage, release the latch and open the door. Stumbled across this ritual today; would love to enact it, if it’s ok for men to be children of Rhiannon too?

The peak of each wave on the ocean shone white in the sunlight, as if a million white horses galloped towards the shore. A Goddess of Transformation, she uses her powers for love of others or self. Burn each slip of paper in the cauldron. We have trained ourselves to do this. Check out our birds of rhiannon selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. ‘Dirty Old Women’ are thankfully few and far between!? Pick up the mirror from the altar and look at yourself. She wants you to feel loved, beautiful, worthy and gifted because that is exactly what you are. Change ). She shines in our hearts as … Blessings, M. Hello Maria,thanks for your reply. The heaviest burden of all is the weight of our own self-criticism, our own lack of self-love and belief. Wind barrels off the bay, clattering bones, as they held the living brain. I left the rest of the ritual pretty much unchanged, and found it to be very gentle, life-affirming and healing. This is because we have become adept at putting ourselves down.



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