{"id":128152011,"date":"2023-06-14T13:01:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=128152011"},"modified":"2023-06-14T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:01:45","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-making-new-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=128152011","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Making New Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer to honor Nodens as my practice develops.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/94b9333c-db2d-4baa-86db-96333fa68b55_5110x3407.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A single, silhouetted figure stands in a field covered by a heavy fog. A treeline can be seen faintly in the distance.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jakubkriz?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Jakub Kriz<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/fog?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>Nodens,<\/p><p>Dweller in the Depths,<\/p><p>Silver-armed,<\/p><p>Healer,<\/p><p>my heart sings<\/p><p>with the connections I have found.<\/p><p>Between there and here,<\/p><p>then and now,<\/p><p>I follow the thread<\/p><p>in the vast tapestry.<\/p><p>It feels like parts of my past<\/p><p>aren\u2019t so hidden.<\/p><p>There is a longing for a land,<\/p><p>to which I have never been.<\/p><p>May my heart lead me<\/p><p>on a melody to where<\/p><p>the past lies.<\/p><p>Praise to You, Nodens!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer to honor Nodens as my practice develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128152011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128152011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128152011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128152011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128152011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128152011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128152011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}