I kept this New Moon focus simple. Although, it's not really simple, is it? To trust. To trust that which I cannot see but that which has never steered me wrong. Even in the midst of working out what I believe and who I believe in and in what capacity, there is something, someone, I know I can trust that is not only within me but also outside of me. It is that 'other' in which I 'live and move and have my being'...It is the interplay between that and my inner wisdom - the Queen or Goddess within - that I practice trusting this moon cycle. Some days I call it God, though lately that name has been so taken in vain by Christian Nationalism that it tastes bad. So I'll sometimes call it Goddess. I'm still shluffing off the masculine-based faith I was handed so that still feels awkward. Then I'll just call it Jesus. That is quite comfortable since I have experienced genuine relationship with the spirit and story of the great Nazarene, but sometimes
A Spiritual Refuge