Conception

Conception

"It is in the agony and ecstasy of corporeal love,
it is under the ascendancy of this first- born of all
the senses that mortals draw most near to the quivering
secret of life."
   _____ Llewelyn Powys, "Earth Memories"


   In the Celtic tradition, it was believed that conception took place after a significant event: when the mother drank water from a certain well or say under the moon, for example, or when she ate a magical salmon or when the shadow of a god fell upon her.
    The moment of the soul's entry cannot be heralded or decreed. Women who yearn to conceive often do so only when they cease worrying about their goal. It is in the secret unregarded moments that a soul incarnates.
    In the conception of a child or of an idea, there has to be a passionate connection wherein the seed of making can pass from one to another, whereby life can be kindled and its flame grow secretly in the dark. Conception is not a solitary or a daytime affair. Our passion must be stimulated, recognized, and shared by another being: in the conception of a child by our physical partner; in the conception of an idea, by a nonphysical partner - a spiritual ally who can penetrate the veil between the worlds to help convey the soul of a thought into manifestation. The actual conception takes place in darkness, beyond the compass of our conscious thought or participation.
    Wrapped in a passionate embrace, in which differences of gender or form are reconciled in the bliss of union, the ecstatic wellspring of life springs up.

"Meditate upon some project close to your heart before you go to sleep, praying that it might come into being. Pass into sleep and let your dreams reveal their secret magic."
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]