This my latest crystal mandala layout – for Focus. I moved the table away from its previous position beside my crystal collection as I felt the grouped crystals interfered with the energy of the crystal mandala and its intent of focus. It feels heaps better in its new position under my spider drum and Shamanic Power painting (see photo below).
Later I’m going to try my hand at talking about the crystals I’ve worked with using my new tablet, so won’t go into details of this today.
I get a poem and photo in my inbox every day from Panhala, a Yahoo group, which started up when I lived in the UK in 2003. These posts really light my day, a wonderful selection of poetry, so I’m going to reprint one here relevant to my love of crystals, rocks and stones:
Stone
Go inside a stone
That would be my way.
Let somebody else become a dove
Or gnash with a tigers tooth.
I am happy to be a stone.
From the outside the stone is a riddle:
No one knows how to answer it.
Yet within, it must be cool and quiet
Even though a cow steps on it full weight,
Even though a child throws it in a river;
The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed
To the river bottom
Where the fishes come to knock on it
And listen.
I have seen sparks fly out
When two stones are rubbed,
So perhaps it is not dark inside after all;
Perhaps there is a moon shining
From somewhere, as though behind a hill
Just enough light to make out
The strange writings, the star-charts
On the inner walls.
~ Charles Simic ~
(The Voice at 3 A.M.)
Beautiful poem Mo and I love your Mandala with such beautiful gemstones 🙂
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Thanks, Irene, I’m going to have a go at doing a commentary with my new tablet, hope it works out.
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I have used tablet sometimes too and it use to work Mo 🙂
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Good, I’m going to have a shot tomorrow. My hands have been tied until now as I can’t get the mike to work on my laptop, but I’ve got one ordered which a friend is bringing over mid-November and then i hope to do more teaching work. i’ll also see how it goes with my tablet tomorrow.
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Those crystal wands look awesome.
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They are – the one on the right I got at a psychic fair in Aberdeen, I walked around the corner, saw it in front of me, and it literally glowed. The other wand I bought off E-Bay and again, it winked and waved when I looked at the photo.
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i love all the stuff hanging on the wall. ive been trying to focus more lately!
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Thanks, it’s hard to see my walls for all the artwork, drums, etc., I have hanging around my room!
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