{"id":5698,"date":"2011-09-01T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T06:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=5840"},"modified":"2011-08-20T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T23:37:59","slug":"memyself-and-i-notes-from-a-solitary-practitioner-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/09\/01\/memyself-and-i-notes-from-a-solitary-practitioner-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Me,Myself and I, Notes from a Solitary Practitioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I stand inside the emerald woods<\/p>\n

In the twilight of the day<\/p>\n

I breathe in the ancient smell of trees<\/p>\n

And watch the squirrels play<\/p>\n

As darkness comes and the woods grow quiet<\/p>\n

I reluctantly must go<\/p>\n

Then as I turn to make my way<\/p>\n

I see a form I know<\/p>\n

Tall and stately, broad of chest<\/p>\n

Ancient wisdom in his eyes<\/p>\n

He gazed at me\u00a0 and then he said<\/p>\n

“You’re a child of the wise”<\/p>\n

An antler crown sat on his head<\/p>\n

And he was beautiful to see<\/p>\n

And as we stood together there, I felt him study me<\/p>\n

Then he said to me ” you love the earth, and all who call it home,<\/p>\n

And when you see the damage done it cuts you to the bone.”<\/p>\n

“It’s true,” I said “it makes no sense, to annihilate each other,”<\/p>\n

“And then in sheer stupidity, kill their life sustaining Mother.”<\/p>\n

“My Child,’ he said, “I’ve lived so long,<\/p>\n

And watched men come and go,<\/p>\n

But now I’m truly filled with hope<\/p>\n

By leaps and bounds our numbers grow”<\/p>\n

“The earth is crying out for help,<\/p>\n

And more of mankind hears her plea<\/p>\n

Now there’s research and development<\/p>\n

More people care about ecology.”<\/p>\n

“But I alone also want to help,’<\/p>\n

“Please tell me how I can.”<\/p>\n

“In circle, through your acts and deeds,<\/p>\n

And teach your fellow man.”<\/p>\n

“And now the time has come to go,<\/p>\n

So with these words we shall part,<\/p>\n

As long as pagans live and breathe<\/p>\n

There is hope for every heart.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I stand inside the emerald woods In the twilight of the day I breathe in the ancient smell of trees And watch the squirrels play As darkness comes and the woods grow quiet I reluctantly must go Then as I turn to make my way I see a form I know Tall and stately, broad of chest Ancient wisdom in his eyes He gazed at me\u00a0 and then he said “You’re a child of the wise” An antler crown sat on his head And he was beautiful to see And as we stood together there, I felt him study me Then he said to me ” you love the earth, and all who call it home, And when you see the damage done it cuts you to the bone.” “It’s true,” I said “it makes no sense, to annihilate each other,” “And then in sheer stupidity, kill their life sustaining Mother.” “My Child,’ he said, “I’ve lived so long, And watched men come and go, But now I’m truly filled with hope By leaps and bounds our numbers grow” “The earth is crying out for help, And more of mankind hears her plea Now there’s research and development More people care about ecology.” “But I alone also want to help,’ “Please tell me how I can.” “In circle, through your acts and deeds, And teach your fellow man.” “And now the time has come to go, So with these words we shall part, As long as pagans live and breathe There is hope for every heart.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"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-5698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698","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\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}