One side has male and female symbols embroidered on fabric that was a gift to me from a friend who did some resistance work with Starhawk using it in ritual, at the WTO protest in 2000. The verses written out are from Carol Christ's book Diving Deep and Surfacing where she lists nine touchstones that I still find beautiful and poignant to my life.
*Nurture Life*
*Walk in love and beauty*
*Trust the knowledge that comes through the body*
*Speak the truth about conflict, pain and suffering*
*Take only what you need*
*Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations*
*Approach the taking of life with great restraint*
*Practice great generosity*
*Repair the web*
The second side has the Scorpio symbol, a pentacle and a wolf. I have felt a deep connection with wolves for many years.
The second bag is one that Heidi made. She made one for each of us to celebrate Imbolc. She made them with the idea of them being amulet bags. It is not a small pouch but rather an elaborate bag (she did a great job of making them). I am saving this bag for a special use that is yet to be determined. But at Beltaine she used hers to bring her stones and special objects for the altar. So it is a type of amulet bag with many potential uses. Here are a couple of write-ups 1, 2, about amulet bags.
And in ritual we embroidered on our bags to add to their magical potency. I chose purple and blue as my colours.
*Walk in love and beauty*
*Trust the knowledge that comes through the body*
*Speak the truth about conflict, pain and suffering*
*Take only what you need*
*Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations*
*Approach the taking of life with great restraint*
*Practice great generosity*
*Repair the web*
The second side has the Scorpio symbol, a pentacle and a wolf. I have felt a deep connection with wolves for many years.
The second bag is one that Heidi made. She made one for each of us to celebrate Imbolc. She made them with the idea of them being amulet bags. It is not a small pouch but rather an elaborate bag (she did a great job of making them). I am saving this bag for a special use that is yet to be determined. But at Beltaine she used hers to bring her stones and special objects for the altar. So it is a type of amulet bag with many potential uses. Here are a couple of write-ups 1, 2, about amulet bags.
And in ritual we embroidered on our bags to add to their magical potency. I chose purple and blue as my colours.
3 comments:
both bags are beautiful! I love that embroidered wolf!!!
I have Sacred Circle Tarot also, I think it is living very happily in that bag, it is great!
I love both bags! I really love to sew by hand, and I've been meaning to make a bag for my tarot, but haven't found the proper motivation yet. I think I just found it! Very inspirint!
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