{"id":147203200,"date":"2024-07-31T15:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T15:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=147203200"},"modified":"2024-07-31T15:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T15:12:36","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-a-prayer-of-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=147203200","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: A Prayer of Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A small prayer before L\u00f9nastal\/L\u00fanasa.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4d27f697-81bf-4472-b156-0c6fe20177ca_4272x2848.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a field of grain with the setting sun shining down on it.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ejleusink?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Erik-Jan Leusink<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/brown-and-black-grass-photo-uQN9KaPTeI4?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Prayer of Thanks<\/h3><p>An abundance of many,<\/p><p>a sturdy home against the elements,<\/p><p>for loved ones both near and far<\/p><p>human and nonhuman,<\/p><p>the living and the ancestors.<\/p><p>The strengthening bonds<\/p><p>between a hermit and the deities,<\/p><p>between a hermit and communities,<\/p><p>my threefold gratitude to you,<\/p><p>may this bounty remain strong.<\/p><p>The plentifulness of the earth,<\/p><p>even in its sorrows,<\/p><p>may hope ever abound<\/p><p>may nourishment of all kinds not be withheld from the needy,<\/p><p>may we know an abundance of what feeds us in spirit, mind, and body.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small prayer before L\u00f9nastal\/L\u00fanasa.<\/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-147203200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147203200","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=147203200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147203200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147203200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147203200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147203200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}