Divine Origins

Divine Origins

"The time has come for us to fully acknowledge that our Origins, our source and our basis, are Divine."
   __  Philip Carr-Gomm, 'The Druid Tradition'

   Though the origins of human life are now tracked by paleontologists through the fossil records of the earth's millennial aeons in ever more surprising and enlightening ways, we seldom regard the origins of life itself as emanating from a divine source. Though we may have set aside the old biblical narratives as naive or mythological, we still have to consider the our part within the sacred formation of matter.
   The Celtic tradition has no creation narrative; rather, it tells stories of seas, rivers and wells bursting their banks, and of cauldrons in which all the ingredients of life are mixed together and remade in many eras of time. The Divine does not have one central image or characterization. There is no story that explains the mystery of our origins, no scripture that regularizes our thoughts about the Divine.
   Though human nature has many detractors, and though we fail our own best intentions sometimes, the treasury of the soul reflects its divine origins time and again in our life's track. True divinity of soul shines out in the most unexpected moments: when we are hard-pressed, when care and support must stretch just a little further than we think we can give, when the moment of danger comes unexpectedly, when a deeper and more farsighted action is required of us. The invisible mantle of the Divine is about our shoulders and can lend us help and strength in daily life. The divine ingredients within our making do not make us into gods, but they do sparkle through our human lives in ways that illuminate the universe.

"Just for today, regard intention in everything you do as a divine work that respects the sacred nature of you and everyone, everything, and every place around you."
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]