A HAIKU TRILOGY
FREEDOMS FLIGHT
Rubins wings are light
flickering tongues in the flame
knowledge is a moth
SPARKS FLY
Electrified dust
a lonely magnetic plume
lights' love collision
TRANSMUTATION
Rubys passion flame
our hearts unifying field
loves internal (f)light
(c) Teresa / Divinia 4th June 2012
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and some fascinating folklore and symbolism of
MOTH.
***notably the sections on FLAME and KNOWLEDGE
(right down the bottom)
It really explains how I tied this all together***
song used That's the way love goes instrumental by Janet Jackson
and some fascinating folklore and symbolism of
MOTH.
***notably the sections on FLAME and KNOWLEDGE
(right down the bottom)
It really explains how I tied this all together***
song used That's the way love goes instrumental by Janet Jackson
Wonderful blog, Divinia! My guess for the riddle would be the paralell metamorphisis that the moth and ruby take.
ReplyDeleteFor the moth, the change from wolly bear plainess to a magnificent flying creature of shamanistic wonder.
For the ruby, the change from corundum by heat and pressure of the tectonic plates to a beautiful and rare crystal that is used by practitioners of shamanism?
I still have Castaneda's books somewhere in storage. Your line 'knowledge is a moth' brought back memories of a very happy time in my early 20's when camping in the desert with peyote eating friends and digging on Don Juan's teachings in the Anza Borrego desert east of San Diego.
you got it Leo. WOw.
DeleteThis piece definitely takes some inside knowlegde, and especially the Don Juan connection.
Yes it's about metamorphasis
dust
love and
light
ruby / red / rubin (all mean the same thing)
electical energy fields
....
transformation
You got it.
Thank you :))
The sorcerers of the Yaqui Indians of Mexico refer to the moth as a symbol of knowledge. In the book Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda, the moth is such a central figure it is included as the major character on the cover of the book. It is revealed by Don Juan, a Yaqui sorcerer, “knowledge is a moth.” He expresses metaphorically that “the moths are the heralds, or better yet, the guardians of eternity,” for some reason, or for no reason at all, they are the depositories of the gold dust of eternity. He continues, “the moths carry a dust on their wings, a dark gold dust. That dust is the dust of knowledge.” “Knowledge comes floating like specks of gold dust, the same dust that covers the wings of moths.” “The moths have been the intimate friends and helpers of sorcerers from time immemorial.” Don Juan adds, “Moths are the givers of knowledge and the friends and helpers”
ReplyDeletethe DUST clouds of a volcanic eruption is where electrified sparks of lightening occur,
and the heart is capable of sparkingan electric charge also. Ruby is heart stone Rubin is the Maltese RED RUBY MOTH.