Chelan Harkin: The Great Mother

Photo by Molly

The Great Mother

The Great Mother

has beautiful intentions

for this earth

that She's set in motion.

She has set in motion

the blossoming of a great sisterhood

in which all women world wide

join hands and hearts

like a garland of roses.

She has set in motion

for the many religions

to be strung together like prayer beads

that the many names of God

may be chanted together

in one glorious song,

 

and for the various hues of skin

and different tones of culture

to be a great source of celebration—

 

for our world's divine, delectable diversity

to be our earth's great prize,

 

for us to prance through our lives

like the delighted flower girls

sprinkling our petaled blessings

with each step,

 

and for each life to be a celebration

between our hearts

and whatever they should encounter

of the great wedding

of love to love,

and for each thought and word and movement

to renew our vows.

Yes, our world is Her gorgeous prayer,

Her precious seed,

full of luminous potential

that She's planted

in the luscious, fertile darkness

of our Universe

while continuously watering it

with light.

Our realization

of Her great intentions

is its bloom.

— Chelan Hawken

From Let Us Dance: The Stumble and Whirl

With the Beloved