"surrounded by protective genii"
walk with a curtain of love
“The Nasturtiums, No. 2” by Thaddeus Welch (1844-1919), American landscape painter. Public Domain.
excerpt from
Birth
by Fady Joudah
3
An infant smile
A gas tickle
The price of milk
It goes up in war
My son is here to teach me
My temperament is genetic
His smile is blind
It dreams a spandrel
Turns opiate in the eyes
He grunts impatient wants
Gas out as soon as
It forms in peace
He coos
It’s what doves do
Though excitable
Observant of moving lips
Attempts utterance
Throws up happy spit
And hunger’s renewed
from Alight by Fady Joudah. (Copper Canyon Press, 2013)
Pectoral depicting Isis nursing infant Horus in the marsh surrounded by protective genii, Egypt, New Kingdom, Ramesside–Kushite Period, ca. 1186–664 B.C.
Invitation
What protection are you given? What protection do you give to others?
Draw yourself or someone else surrounded entirely by the energy or evidence of protection. Write a list of the protection you wish to call in or deliver. For myself, I invite more happy spit.
I do have a protective spirit who has been visiting for years, i have little control over when or where, and it’s such comfort each time. I have stopped wondering if this is a soul visiting me or my fantasy that kicks in at unexpected times, it’s a gift.