May 14, 2014—11:18 AM
On Sunday, May 11, 2014, I sent a message to all of the moms that I knew, wishing them a Happy Mother’s Day. I honored my mother by posting the photograph on the left. The picture is of my mother and me taken when I was a very young child.
Three days later, on May 14, I performed my second full moon mediation at the labyrinth behind the Franciscan Renewal Center in Phoenix, AZ.
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After I parked my vehicle, I headed towards the labyrinth in the garden at the back of the center. As I approached the garden, I walked past some very interesting signposts at different locations along the pathway.
Since I wasn’t Catholic and knew very little about the Catholic faith, I had no clue why they had been placed along the pathway in the garden. I wondered why they were so fixated on using an image of a tortured, rebellious Jew as their icon.
Regardless, I decided to include them in my journal. Once I reached the area surrounding the labyrinth, I sat down on a nearby bench and performed the ceremony listed on the Getting Started page.
I completed my prayer as the sun set in the west and the full moon appeared in the east.
I walked over to the labyrinth’s entrance and sent out another prayer to the Universe in the light of the full moon. At that moment, a huge owl appeared on top of a tree between me, the labyrinth, and the moon.
I stood at the entrance of the labyrinth and listened to the hooting of the owl for what must have been at least five minutes or so. Suddenly, a sense of magic filled the air.
Once the owl stopped hooting, I stretched out both arms and sent a message to it with my mind. That’s when the owl left its perch and flew directly between me and the moon. I stood frozen in complete awe at the size of the owl’s massive wingspan.
Once the owl disappeared into the night, I began my slow, meditative walk into the labyrinth’s center. Once I reached the center, I stood quietly facing the moon as I performed my ritual a second time. Once I was done with my ceremony, I folded the pieces of paper on which it was written and placed them under a rock in the center of the labyrinth.
I then exited the labyrinth…
and walked back to my vehicle. The following day, I began wearing an owl ring that a friend had gifted me in 2009 while living in Portland, Oregon.
The second full moon ceremony was now behind me. It was now time to prepare for the next full moon scheduled to take place on June 12, 2014, at 8:13 PM, Arizona time.