The Word in Focus with Dr Larry Taylor

And so, the caterpillar metamorphizes and the

Elements coagulate into the Philosopher’s Stone.

Union of the purified self with the Universal Whole

All dross – all unchristlike – burnt away

Purged by the Suffering we hospitably Welcome,

Reduced to ashes, dead to self,

Consumed on the Eternal Altar, now

Rising like the phoenix, Holy

Spirit Resurrection power,

Fresh energy, integration of a new

Self, the spirit, soul, and body of both

Person and Creation now one.

Soul in humble submission, in tune, 

Synchronized with Cosmic Energy that

Radiates from the Sacred Heart of the Beloved,

Creating a quotidian tabula rasa

As we join the planetary symphony

Find your way to Beauty.

“Compassion,” from the Hebrew racham

“Womb,” from the Hebrew rechem

Star factories impregnate Mother Sea, 

Primal Womb, gestating amoebas, lynx, and

Factory workers, Michelangelo and Charles Manson – 

Imago Dei, unsurpassable worth, all flow from the

Womb of Divine Compassion where 

Astraea kisses away sin,

Hokhma embraces the broken,

And all is Love.