{"id":21460,"date":"2011-03-07T07:33:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T12:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/21460\/memories-avalon-initiation\/"},"modified":"2011-03-07T07:33:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T12:33:30","slug":"memories-avalon-initiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/21460\/memories-avalon-initiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Avalon &#8211; Initiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>On a\u00a0 large tumulus, an impressive dolmen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A body is set on, unmoving, naked<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I can see the stars and from moon, the crescent<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Men and women approaching, all clothed in white<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>At each quarter, they surround the kid<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Whispering together sacred words<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pointing every phrase by an incense sway <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Made of mistletoe and sage, and melted herbs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m there, and listen\u00a0 to the ritual, observing <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thaumaturge, runic invocation <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My soul is so troubled, thrown out of time <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I enter, pressed by a blow, in the magic circle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My feverish fingers put a blue clay <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On forehead and belly, displaying ointment <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Then recovering by plants, freshly cut leaves<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>So Druids gather and raise the child<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Under the lying stone, he\u2019ll stay longtime <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watched and cared by curer magicians <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Then life will come back, in a stronger fire <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I see the whole being vibrating in thousand points <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All recede from me in a mist of ashes <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I know, deep inside me, I must\u00a0 come again <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Times and\u00a0 times again\u2026so\u00a0 many things to learn <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Land of Avalon can\u2019t die in me\u2026never<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Memories of Avalon**Initiation &#8211; ENY<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a\u00a0 large tumulus, an impressive dolmen A body is set on, unmoving, naked I can see the stars and from moon, the crescent Men and women approaching, all clothed in white At each quarter, they surround the kid Whispering together sacred words Pointing every phrase by an incense sway Made of mistletoe and sage, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}