Consider the dark path,<\/p>\n
The lessons of decay, of death, of night.<\/p>\n
They call to us as we call to them.<\/p>\n
Just as the light and warmth bless us<\/p>\n
The dark lessons give us fear, and balance.<\/p>\n
She is the Goddess of the Dark<\/p>\n
Who owns the crossroads<\/p>\n
And is the mother of the tomb<\/p>\n
Tonight we hear her voice<\/p>\n
Smell the wind from her gates.<\/p>\n
Her words come to us<\/p>\n
As whispers that fade with the sun.<\/p>\n
All decays and passes<\/p>\n
From this life to the next.<\/p>\n
As the tide ebbs and returns,<\/p>\n
As the blossom fades and falls,<\/p>\n
As the blood cools and hardens,<\/p>\n
As decline comes with every new birth,<\/p>\n
She gives us the courage to face her truths<\/p>\n
And the wisdom to know we cannot escape them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Consider the dark path, The lessons of decay, of death, of night. They call to us as we call to them. Just as the light and warmth bless us The dark lessons give us fear, and balance. She is the Goddess of the Dark Who owns the crossroads And is the mother of the tomb Tonight we hear her voice Smell the wind from her gates. Her words come to us As whispers that fade with the sun. All decays and passes From this life to the next. As the tide ebbs and returns, As the blossom fades and falls, As the blood cools and hardens, As decline comes with every new birth, She gives us the courage to face her truths And the wisdom to know we cannot escape them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}