Bile Ratha: Light

Bile Ratha

Bile Ratha is the Celtic version of the tree of life, a motif found in many mythologies such as the Norse Yggdrasil, the Mayan yax imix che, and the Upanishads Universal Tree. It is associated with the ancient mating of heaven and earth - the Great Marriage.

The World Tree links humanity to the cosmos as its roots press toward earth's axis and its branches reach toward heaven.

The Celts regarded Bile Ratha as the symbol for the center of the universe, the axis mundi, which is also a place of entrance to the Otherworld.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Light

This morning, the Earth caught me by surprise again. My breath got taken away by the morning mist and the sun defining shafts of light through it, and how a thousand hundred droplets hung from the tree branches like dissolved diamonds after last night's rain.

It was like I was in a different place, but one still familiar. It only lasted moments, but in that time, my world was hung in silver.

Also, I heard one lone tree frog late in the night when I woke up sleepy from the rain drumming on the roof. It was exactly one day later from when I heard them last year. I'll bet there's a whole chorus tonight!