UnSolon
November 15th, 2001, 01:14 AM
Today I went for a hike in the woods near my house.
I hiked through many trails, following the tracks of deer, and meandering across the highlands of the valley.
It was drawing close to dusk. The sun had long since disapeared from sight, and a thick mist had enveloped the forest, bringing with it the rain. I crossed a small marsh on a fallen log, stopping in the middle, and stooping and sitting. Watching, listening, and senseing everything around me. The rain splashed in the water around me.
I called out to the goddess, nature, and the spirits of the forest. Asking them to show themselves to me, somehow. Make their presence known. The forest was beautiful this evening. However with night quickly falling, and a large storm approaching, I headed home.
I have this thing, with stopping and admiring, and feeling the energies which coarse through the magnificent trees. I stopped, lay my hands on an ancient arbutus tree, sending its branches to the sky, and again called for the spirits to send me a message.
I continued on, stopped... distracted by the red sheen on the wet bark of a young arbutus (arbutus bark is red by the way, and perfectly smooth, it feels like silk). Standing beside it, towering above it like human must to an ant, stood a giant cedar. It stood on what looked like piller of rock, a pedastal I said to myself. This tree seemed to hold great power.
Beside this cedar, my attantion than focused on another rock outcropping, hear the rock had been smashed as if by the hand of a giant. 4 symetrical rays spread out in 4 directions. Like the rune of Gebo. A fifth ray was smashed, the rock surrounding it mear jumbules, pointing off of the edge of the outcropping. I stood on this edge, and glanced down. There through a crack I spotted a small feather. I made my way down the edge, and picked up the feather. At this time, with the sun gone, and twilight turning into darkness, all colour was gone from my vision, only greys remaining.
I continued home.
Apon arrival, I made myway inside, sheading my soaked cloths, and looked at the feather which was gifted to me. It is not very long, perhaps 5 inches, and not very wide, at most just over a centimeter. HOWEVER, the quill has a golden glow, and the underside shimmers with the same power. I was taken aback... I have never seen a feather like this. I thought it was the light, but no, it is true.
Please, help me decipher what this means? Is it simply a response to my call on the spirits in the forest? I must remind that at the spot I found it at, the rock, called to me with the sign of the rune "Gebo", which means 'gift'.
Thank you,
Peace...
p.s. I apologize if this should have been in another forum, you may move it if you deam it necessary, but I thought this is where it fit most.
I hiked through many trails, following the tracks of deer, and meandering across the highlands of the valley.
It was drawing close to dusk. The sun had long since disapeared from sight, and a thick mist had enveloped the forest, bringing with it the rain. I crossed a small marsh on a fallen log, stopping in the middle, and stooping and sitting. Watching, listening, and senseing everything around me. The rain splashed in the water around me.
I called out to the goddess, nature, and the spirits of the forest. Asking them to show themselves to me, somehow. Make their presence known. The forest was beautiful this evening. However with night quickly falling, and a large storm approaching, I headed home.
I have this thing, with stopping and admiring, and feeling the energies which coarse through the magnificent trees. I stopped, lay my hands on an ancient arbutus tree, sending its branches to the sky, and again called for the spirits to send me a message.
I continued on, stopped... distracted by the red sheen on the wet bark of a young arbutus (arbutus bark is red by the way, and perfectly smooth, it feels like silk). Standing beside it, towering above it like human must to an ant, stood a giant cedar. It stood on what looked like piller of rock, a pedastal I said to myself. This tree seemed to hold great power.
Beside this cedar, my attantion than focused on another rock outcropping, hear the rock had been smashed as if by the hand of a giant. 4 symetrical rays spread out in 4 directions. Like the rune of Gebo. A fifth ray was smashed, the rock surrounding it mear jumbules, pointing off of the edge of the outcropping. I stood on this edge, and glanced down. There through a crack I spotted a small feather. I made my way down the edge, and picked up the feather. At this time, with the sun gone, and twilight turning into darkness, all colour was gone from my vision, only greys remaining.
I continued home.
Apon arrival, I made myway inside, sheading my soaked cloths, and looked at the feather which was gifted to me. It is not very long, perhaps 5 inches, and not very wide, at most just over a centimeter. HOWEVER, the quill has a golden glow, and the underside shimmers with the same power. I was taken aback... I have never seen a feather like this. I thought it was the light, but no, it is true.
Please, help me decipher what this means? Is it simply a response to my call on the spirits in the forest? I must remind that at the spot I found it at, the rock, called to me with the sign of the rune "Gebo", which means 'gift'.
Thank you,
Peace...
p.s. I apologize if this should have been in another forum, you may move it if you deam it necessary, but I thought this is where it fit most.