{"id":151605023,"date":"2024-11-13T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=151605023"},"modified":"2024-11-13T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:00:38","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-building-the-hope-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=151605023","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Building the Hope-fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer for stoking the hope-fire.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/6300bd3b-0153-46c2-9fe9-1713a99a7b17_5184x3456.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a campfire. Nearby, there is a hand adding a stick to the fire. The fire is surrounded by a circle of bricks and with a couple gathered near it.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jfelise?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Josh Felise<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/time-lapse-photography-of-burning-firewoods-BvsEZITNA1o?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>As of late, my energy has been rather low. However, that energy is also stubborn and won\u2019t be diminished. I imagine that many hearts are feeling that way right now, and this prayer is somethi<\/p><p>ng I have to offer in the hope that it helps, even if it\u2019s only a small amount. The structure of it is loosely based off the structure of smooring prayers, but I then took it in a different direction.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building the Hope-fire<\/h3><p>I will build this hope-fire,<\/p><p>as the three Brighids build it,<\/p><p>the Poet at the head,<\/p><p>the Smith at the heart,<\/p><p>the Healer at the hands,<\/p><p>I will stoke this hope-fire,<\/p><p>as They eternally stoke it,<\/p><p>stoking the embers to endure,<\/p><p>let not that flickering flame go out.<\/p><p>This day and each day,<\/p><p>this night and each night.<\/p><p>This day and every day,<\/p><p>This night and every night.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer for stoking the hope-fire.<\/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-151605023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151605023","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=151605023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151605023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151605023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151605023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151605023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}