{"id":36190,"date":"2018-03-22T13:44:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T13:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=36190"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T15:54:39","slug":"open-circle-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/open-circle-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"Open circle rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quiet country lane<br \/>\nSome parked cars<br \/>\nA parable in terms<br \/>\nHistorical and Natural<br \/>\nThe vista seen confirms<\/p>\n<p>The standing stones soldiers of old<br \/>\nMoles working over time<br \/>\nHistoricity eternal<br \/>\nThrough the clods and sods they climb<br \/>\nBounded by some bare trees<br \/>\nExpecting leaves to come<br \/>\nWe have the vernal equinox<br \/>\nWith brilliant light and some<\/p>\n<p>Are looking down on Chipping Norton<br \/>\nSleeping far below<br \/>\nThe kings men and the king himself<br \/>\nWatching the Spring flowers grow<br \/>\nThe druids of the Cotswold Order<br \/>\nRobed up ready to<br \/>\nForm a splendid circle<br \/>\nInside the stones the crew<br \/>\nSettle with invited souls and<br \/>\nThose who wish to be<br \/>\nExperiencing the ritual<br \/>\nAnd its reality<\/p>\n<p>The sky presents its blueness<br \/>\nIt frames our picture well<br \/>\nAnd tribal paraphanalia<br \/>\nFaithfully dispel<br \/>\nThose who are unknowing<br \/>\nAnd have not joined in before<br \/>\nBut are clearly into trying<br \/>\nDespite feeling unsure<\/p>\n<p>Its credible and friendly<br \/>\nWith creativity<br \/>\nA coming together of like minds<br \/>\nAnd Of individuality<br \/>\nA union of the mindful<br \/>\nA congress wise and true<br \/>\nA linkage and an involvement<br \/>\nAll kind of impromptu<\/p>\n<p>Invoking the spirit<br \/>\nMarshalling its force<br \/>\nTaking food with blessings<br \/>\nAs a matter of course<br \/>\nOutlook and expectation<br \/>\nThe speaking stick and more<br \/>\nWe get to know each other<br \/>\nSowing seeds for sure<\/p>\n<p>Watching clouds roll over<br \/>\nFeel the vivacity<br \/>\nOf the wind that merges kindly<br \/>\nAnd kind of sets one free<br \/>\nUphold and maintain<br \/>\nAnd perpetuate<br \/>\nThe actiology<br \/>\nFeeling the power of the circle<br \/>\nAnd its relaxing energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quiet country lane Some parked cars A parable in terms Historical and Natural The vista seen confirms The standing stones soldiers of old Moles working over time Historicity eternal Through the clods and sods they climb Bounded by some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/open-circle-rituals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rollrights","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36190"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36202,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36190\/revisions\/36202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}