{"id":677,"date":"2013-02-21T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/?p=677"},"modified":"2013-02-23T20:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T20:23:59","slug":"what-place-is-this-our-spaceship-among-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2013\/02\/what-place-is-this-our-spaceship-among-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"What Place is This? Our spaceship among the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Last week I pondered the geographic specificity with which ancient Irish kingship was based. \u00a0Most of us, when thinking of our \u201cplace\u201d, think in terms of the very specific, whether that be our favorite tree, back garden, neighborhood, county, province, state or country. What we rarely imagine is our place on and within the living organism of our planet, which is itself a spaceship among the stars.<\/p>\n

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the pentacle surrounding our planet : satellites orbiting : video capture \u201cNova, Earth From Space\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am an initiate in the Faery\/Feri tradition of witchcraft. \u00a0This tradition works with a dedicated set of Guardians that may take on various guises within the multiple lines of the tradition. \u00a0One of the exercises students engage with is that of meeting the Guardians and developing a relationship with them. \u00a0For me, the Great Powers have always been planetary or cosmic phenomena. \u00a0A moment that significantly contributed to my current worldview occurred when working with the Guardian of the West: Water Maker. During my time exploring who this Guardian was, and what she represented, I was confronted with the destructive force of our oceans. In one meaningful encounter she referred to me, and all of us, as \u00a0\u2018The Human\u2019; \u00a0just as she did \u2018The Tiger\u2019, \u2018The Palm Tree\u2019, \u2018The Seagull\u2019. \u00a0Each species was a whole. \u00a0There was no individuality; only interconnectedness.<\/p>\n

I invite you to watch the following video. \u00a0It features predominantly U.S. astronauts, but is not U.S. centric. \u00a0I enjoyed watching while in a dropped-and-open state of consciousness. \u00a0In fact, the video is great prep for a light trance.<\/p>\n