For Cerridwen Elektra, Christmas 2006

Cerridwen--

One of the Old Ones,
Goddess of the Celtic World,
Maiden, Mother and Crone.

Old woman of wisdom, magic and power,
she speaks through our ancestors, our grandmothers.
All races and all generations know her only
when they shed preconception and prejudice.

Elektra--

Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra,
cloud nymph and wife of sea god,
mother of rainbow and storm wind,
the bright or brilliant one,
a Goddess of clouds with silver linings.

She brought forth a race apart of daughters--
three thousand light-stepping daughters--
bright children among the goddesses
who look after the earth and the depths of standing water.

Cerridwen Elektra--

You wear your ancestral name well.
It honors wisdom beyond your years,
the magic possible when we believe,
and the power of the feminine voice.

You are enchanting,
a fairy cloud nymph,
a light-stepping daughter.
You stride forward into the world of all women
riding rainbows and storm clouds alike,
revealing always the silver lining.

Youngest of the Old Ones,
you are Mother, Maiden, Crone,
and I love you with all my heart.

Judy
XO