Peace One Day
October 1, 2008
ACCOMPANIED by the Island buzzards soaring high over the Mottistone barrow down, the event held on September 21 to mark Peace Day was, in many ways, quite extraordinary.
The temple created at The Longstone, with its gorgeous flowing gateway flags at the Quarters and the dressing of the central altar, were simply beautiful, as was the sight of a blue kite soaring above, which greeted many of those arriving for the event.
And the weather was perfect, sublime, autumn sunshine.
Through The Druid Network, as well as the Peace One Day organisation, this event – blended with Wight Druids’ celebration of Alban Elfed, the Autumn Equinox – connected with people all around the world.
Yet there was a great intimacy about it, too, as each person in turn around our circle chose and offered up inspirational words on the theme of peace, meditated in sacred space on its individual meaning for them – to the sounds of Brian’s lovely flute playing – then sang out their powerful Awens in all directions, so the energy and reverberations of this lovely, simple chant might flow out to the greater apparent world … and far beyond.
A lovely day on which peace was, indeed, with us.
So many thanks to all who joined us and helped make it just so.
Thanks to Robin’s efforts, we hope to soon have video footage available of this event – a still from the movie appears at the head of this article.
- RCs
