Joseph Harriott

“Silence and solitude are essential during our work with grief. They renew us, washing off the encrusted shell that befalls us as we speed through our days. They are acts of protest against the breathless pace that is so endemic to modernity. In the space of silence and solitude we enter a holy region where the deep work of healing occurs.”
― Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

“So much in this world needs our attention. So much is threatened and clinging perilously to the edge of existence. We know this is true. Grief is our witness to these painful realities. Grief is also our response that confirms our intimate bond with all creation. When we leave here, it is essential that we feel that we did all we could for the generations to come, for this sweet earth, for all we loved. When we leave here, let us pray that life will continue after we are gone. Let us hope that whales will continue the migrations they have made for millions of years. Snow geese will still follow their instincts from the arctic to their winter grounds and back again. Monarch butterflies will swarm and fill the sky with their beauty. And whether we are in this world or have entered the vast realm of the ancestors, there will still be much for us to care for. As Rumi said, “This night will pass, then we have work to do.”95”
― Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

“Life is far too complex to rely solely on our intellect. We need the invisible hands of Spirit to shelter us, to support us, and to offer us the nourishing comfort that comes from that Other World. This concert between the human and the sacred is ancient; it is held in the bones. Trust this bond. It is our healing ground.”
― Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

“The skin also becomes vascularized near ovulation, more suffused with blood in a way that corresponds to what men subjectively experience as a woman appearing to “glow.” Women also become more symmetrical in soft tissue such as breasts and ears at ovulation”
― David M. Buss, The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating