Ode to Spider

Some years ago, I heard this incredibly evocative song, sung by Frances Black, called Weave & Mend and written by Mary Trup (currently song 2 on this blog). It is a song that instantly became part of my soul... and I embraced it intensely as a prayer for personal transformation during the several ceremonial sweats I participated in at that time of my life...

Old woman is watching, watching over you

In the darkness of the storm, she is watching

She is weaving, mending, gathering the colours

She is watching over you

So weave and mend

weave and mend

Gather the fragments safe

And win the sacred circle sisters

Weave and mend, weave and mend,

Oh women, weave and mend

Old woman is weaving, gathering the threads

Her bones become the loom she is weaving,

She is watching, weaving, gathering the colours

She is watching over you

So weave and mend

weave and mend

Gather the fragments safe

And win the sacred circle sisters

Weave and mend, weave and mend,

Oh women, weave and mend

For years I’ve been watching, waiting for old woman

Feeling lost and so alone, I’ve been watching.

Now I find her weaving, gathering the colours

Now I find her in myself

So weave and mend

weave and mend

Gather the fragments safe

And win the sacred circle sisters

Weave and mend, weave and mend,

Oh women, weave and mend

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Medicine Cards by Sams & Carson defines the animal totem of the North as one that "gives wise counsel and reminds you when to speak and when to listen". Animal of the North "also reminds you to be grateful for every blessing every day".

I give honor to Spider for she is my teacher of the North... through the fruition of my weaving and silk tapestry works, Spider teaches me about life's mysteries: "Know thyself and thou shalt know the Universe".

Creativity is my personal vehicle for processing life lessons... everyday I co-create my fate with my crochet needle and I get to have a glimpse of the expansiveness of great spirit and feel part of the huge spiraling cosmos. When I put my needle down, Spider inspires the art of journaling & writing as a tool for insightful teaching/learning.

In the big scheme of things... Grandmother Spider is the great balancer through the exploration of polarities... flow & ebb, rise & fall, waxing & waning, death & rebirth, male & female, physical & spiritual, past & future... She is in the beginning & in the end... at the center of it all !

ODE TO SPiDER

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Here are three of my favorite Spider inspired products from the above Treasury of handcrafts & images...

Spider Web on Blue

by BlueberryBayPhotos

Spider Goddess Doll

by witchlyn

Spider in Web Iron Gate

by ModernIron