Look At Dance

Belly dancer Tiazza Rose fully into her dance

"If the eyes can say it all you are telling the story." 

~ Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 6.12.15 

8 Forces = Creation

hair flung into the air by belly dancer

During the years time moved around and gave me age I've thought about the so-called struggle with the Devil, and I began to see the emphasis on him as a Magician's Trick; a clever way of throwing out of sync where the focus of spiritual work should be: within. Not only is the universe reflected within our being the shadows and the light of our souls is reflective of the elements that compose Creation. Creation is a dance of elements. It is math and law, as Old Man taught me over the same years that gave me age, and insights.

Morihei Ueshiba, who founded Aikido, observed and shared that "Eight forces sustain creation: movement and stillness, solidification and fluidity, extension and contraction, unification and division."  When the Sioux war chief, Sitting Bull was in a battle he said, "Today is a good day to die, for all the things of my life are here." Jesus said, "I am the way the truth and the Light..."

These are long ways of men saying what women teach by their powers of Birth. Life-death-resurrection is the fundamental thread within the mystery teachings of Judaism, and from the ancient mysterious of the Egyptians, and many other indigenous traditions lives these sensible  observations felt in the way one lives with the Earth, our Mother.

War-like cultures have to have an enemy. Islam talks about the holy jihad as the inner battle, or struggle one undertakes within one's soul between light and dark, good and evil. These themes are fundamental to growth, and uncovering the mysteries we come from and are born into and are compelled to explore. If one needs a devil to focus on to become his/her best self; so be it. It is just that Old Man forbade me giving Satan any energy by acknowledging, or saying his name. Old Man said Christians say his name, and gave him more credit for things than they do Jesus!

- Gregory E. Woods, 

Keeper of Stories

10.10.13

Paola Maluje Boroday

Paola Maluje Boroday
by Pablo Zabal
April 27, 2013

Paola Maluje Boroday 

Sacred dance for fun

Enchanted Dream Wear model by Paola Maluje Boroday 
July 13, 2011 
"The Womb teaches substance to the heart."
- Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 
May 13, 2013 

Enchanted Dream Wear

 November 19, 2010

Enchanted Dream Wear model Cassia Gomes by Paola Maluje Boroday
"We wake up to dream..." - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories
May 13, 2013 

WAKE UP TO DREAM

Paola Maluje Boroday
 July 13, 2011

We wake up to dream. It is the purpose of work to make dreams come into the light of each day. As a promise to the wet dew of each new day dreams come out of us to touch the lips of each dawn. - Gregory E. Woods 5.14.13

Enchanted Dream Wear

Subdued within her DREAMS OF LIFE

"The womb teaches substance to the heart, and speaks to the heart of the matters we hold dear, and precious within our heart of hearts. We were all precious in our mother's womb. It was a dance we felt within our mother's sacred waters when she moved, or sat very still listening to us  giving her body and spirit life we did not know we were giving to her. We were innocent in our waters. Our mothers were so caring, and their care was their concern for our well being, and about her fears of birthing. 

It strikes me funny, at times, and other times seriously at the wisdom we held within ourselves as babies in water..." ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 5.14.13

Paola Maluje Boroday
July 13, 2011

Enchanted Dream Wear

DREAM TIME

Earth Water & Light

Paola Maluje Boroday

July 13, 2011

There are things we dream of that require us to submit to the magic of moments we stop time from within. In the art of dreaming are the scopes with which we can 'see', scan, and analyze the size of one's dream traveling into reality, which is really a birth re-enactment. - Gregory E. Woods 5.13.13


Enchanted Dream Wear

A SPIRITUAL DANCE

Paola Maluje Boroday
 July 13, 2011

Dream WEARER

Paola Maluje Boroday
July 13, 2011

Some things are required of us when we dream: a return to dream. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 

an Exotic DREAM

Paola Maluje Boroday
July 13, 2011

Enchanted Dream Wear

There are things that come true to the dream one had in previous nights. 

Dottie Harness Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Burlesque

Tribal Fusion Belly Dancer

"... For all my fellow tribal fusion belly dancers, burlesque babes, and circus performers who treasure unique delights with an Art Deco twist. Perfect to wear over or beneath a bra, with pasties, or adorning your favorite vintage slip dress for an evening on the town..."