Song of the Ostara Goddess
Crowned with sweet tulips, with snowdrops and lilies,
She gathers the nests in her arms.
She broods over eggs, she shelters small creatures.
The shape of her body burns bright in the grass.
All around you, the smallest ones hatch,
Then they fly and they sing.
Take heart, take heart and take wing.
This is an excerpt from Cait Johnson's
'Witch In The Kitchen' and one of my all-time
fave books. It is worn but lovingly has its
own special place amongst my other books.
What I love about this book is all of the
delicious recipes, & exercises contained within
as well as lovely meditations as the wheel of
the year turns, not to mention her own heartsong
in relevance to our kitchens being the heart of
the home, the hearthfires that connect us all.
So as we near to the time of celebrating
Easter...or Ostara..however you celebrate
Spring, rebirth, renewal, I hope we can all
remember our relationship to Earth, our
connection to the foods we put into our
bodies (remembering that food is sacred
and thoughtful) and feel some pleasure
and even wonder as we persue mindful
awareness of the Ostara Goddess which
lives within each one of us.
