Se lasser

At the end of the day, tangles on social internet forums are no more and no less than a swirling deck of cards.   When the threads become knotted, it is difficult to remind oneself that it's all but flying hearts and diamonds, clubs and spades; symbols and virtual illusions.  It's reality is found only in one's head.   We know no one's deeper story and scarcely comprehend our own. 

Eidolon

Today's word is from the Greek eid, 

from eidos, form. 

 And the word is: 

Eidolon 

 ei·do·lon (-dln) 

 n. pl. ei·do·lons or ei·do·la (-l) 

1. A phantom; an apparition. 

2. An image of an ideal. 

eidolic adjective 

Sacré

It's 2 AM in the morning. I have been listening to the whorl of Zephyr winds beyond the window screen, and an echo of a barred owl calling from a valley tree. Last week, the red-winged blackbirds returned to the pond. Earlier in evening, a lone frog called from the Winter dried cattails. 

 Captivating. 

 On Earthy, witchy nights and for a moment, just a breath of a moment, all feels unutterably...holy.