Begin the circle
with something that centers it.
Each needs to go to
the center for wisdom and discernment, for compassion and courage. Each needs to speak up and name the problem
that it is, for herself. When there is a
problem in the circle, if one woman speaks her truth there is a strong
possibility that she speaks for others who are silent or speaks for a silenced
part in others.
Rituals, altars,
celebrations -- whenever there is ceremony there also must be vigilance against
obligatory, empty form. It is not what
is done, but the spirt in which it is done that makes all the difference.
