Well, it wasn't a Seder, but I lit candles, poured wine & called on absent friends & dead parents...

[Hekate]

Well, it wasn't a Seder, but I lit candles, poured wine & called on absent friends & dead parents. Toasted Governor Newsom.
Cursed Trump, I admit it.

I stopped doing Passover years ago when DH wanted to do a drush on Buddhism (I ask you, is this the time? No, not really, when you're asking me to knock myself out for a Seder). We've been together nearly 40 years.

But what I am is a Mythologist (trust me, I'm a doctor) and someone more on the Goddess path than otherwise, and I couldn't get this plague and this wannabe Pharoah out of my mind.

I started an altar a week ago. Tonight we had candles and wine with our dinner, and we both toasted our absent beloveds, living and dead. Tomorrow I will harvest bitter herbs from my garden to add to my altar. Tonight, at last, the salt water of my tears is released.

There are lessons for us today in this thousands-years old story. Persevere. Keep going. Though the desert seems to go on forever, you will find the well of living water when you need it most. Drink deep. Live to tell the tale.

I raise my glass to you all, my friends.

[dhill926]

1. That was powerful...

glass is raised back...

[Hekate]

5. Thank you

I thought this post would disappear.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a beautiful and memorable post, my dear Hekate...

I am deeply moved.

I am not Jewish at all, nor am I religious. Spiritual, probably.

I love these lessons. They are ancient. We must not forget them, ever.

These are special lines: Though the desert seems to go on forever, you will find the well of living water when you need it most. Drink deep. Live to tell the tale.

Thank you!

[Hekate]

6. Thank you C. Peggy...

To you

[whathehell]

3. Beautiful..

Absolutely.

[Hekate]

7. Thank you, too

[whathehell]

14. You are very welcome..

I am bookmarking this.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Chag Pesach kasher vesame'ach!

A glass to you and yours as well.

[Hekate]

8. Thank you, and blessings

[smirkymonkey]

9. And to you and your family!

[herding cats]

10. Peace and love to you and yours. Past and present.

And, to everyone. We all need to preserve now more than ever.

[Hekate]

11. And to you.

Now more than ever.

[niyad]

12. So beautiful, Hekate, and thank you.

May the peace of the Goddess be ever in your heart.

[Hekate]

13. She knows...

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In all Her names.

[brer cat]

15. Persevere. Keep going.

Yes, there are lessons there. Thanks, Hekate.

[Hekate]

18. You too

[sheshe2]

16. Thank you, Hekate.

Beautiful words.

[Hekate]

17. Thank you