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<\/a>Men drilled through the earth\u2019s crust, through the hard shale and into the gas-filled rock. Black oil and bubbly gas burst through the earth\u2019s surface, into the wild girl\u2019s feet. Scorching, fiery black gold, red blood and shimmering gas bursting with the power of the Spirit shot through her from toe to head.<\/i><\/p>\n
The Beverly Hillbillies TV show of my childhood had called oil \u201cTexas tea,\u201d and here it was flowing right through me. While I\u2019d resisted my Texan origins in my fact-based life, in this story, being born on Texas soil sounded mighty fine. No wonder I\u2019d struggled with feeling boiling mad\u2014the miracle was that I hadn\u2019t burnt to a crisp.<\/p>\n
Luckily, however, as the earth\u2019s flaming blood pumped into her veins, cool water fell into her eyes from the heavens above. This same water once filled the ancient seas. These rains filled her body, mixing with the earth\u2019s oily blood in her veins. It was not a gentle mixing as steam poured out of her ears.<\/i><\/p>\n
Maybe that\u2019s why I\u2019m drawn to soaking in the tub when I need to center myself. Or part of the reason Community Wholeness Venture\u2019s foot washing ritual was so powerful for me. And why I loved the process of anointing the land with a different sort of oil and imagined it combining with the living water of Jesus.<\/p>\n
As my myth unfolded, so did the extraordinary qualities of my steam girl self\u2014I had eight eyes and was born riding high in my little red boat.<\/p>\n
While she loves her own legend, this steamy, many-eyed girl wants to know about you<\/i>. Not the boring resume stuff. Something juicy, too real for mere facts. A good story, a deep myth.<\/p>\n
You think you don\u2019t have one?<\/p>\n
Nonsense.<\/p>\n
Tell your skeptical mind to go outside to play and start listening.<\/p>\n
Have your pen and notebook or keyboard ready, and hold on. It\u2019s quite a ride to see yourself this way.<\/p>\n
You just might discover some parts of yourself that you\u2019ve tried so hard to change are the very parts that give you character. Within myth, quirks and foibles spice up life rather than spoil it.<\/p>\n
As you explore, don\u2019t forget to dive deeply into the mystery that is you. Let the fun begin.<\/p>\n
I tell more of her\/my fantastical story in Big Topics at Midnight.<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>Or, if you want to\u00a0 other tasty morsels about this wild ride of waking up and more deeply engaging in life, explore, poke around my website<\/a>. She\u2019ll be there, along with Hectate <\/a>and some ancestors showing up with words, videos and pictures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve already come out of the closet as someone who listens for the voices of my ancestors, the moon, rocks and water, and then writes down what I hear. So I suspect you won\u2019t be surprised to find out that I take dictation from other voices, too. The process of listening for truths that lie … <\/p>\n