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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Julie Smith
wrote:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>> The
opening was an invitation to the Creator to join us, and the closing
was<BR>>thanking the Creator for sharing that time with us. The closing
also<BR>>released us back into our normal states of
being.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I recently did
some investigation into invocation while preparing for opening the space for the
season of the healer at Spirited Work (an OS learning community that meets
quarterly using the archetypes identified by Angeles Arrien as a
lens).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Michael
Lindfield, who spent a number of years at Findhorn, (and who I think is on this
list), helped me to get a glimmer into this concept of invocation.
When we open a space, we are invoking something to enter; we are</FONT><FONT
size=3> opening to the spirit that wants to enter.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> That's why clarity of the purpose of a
gathering is so important</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3>: what do we wish to
invoke?</FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>An invocation
connects the material world, the heart and the spirit.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We humans are a bridge for linking
matter and spirit. An invocation moves in, through and
from us,</FONT><FONT size=3> making spirit matter. What is invoked
must ultimately be dispersed in order to serve. So opening an OS is an
invocation for spirit to move in, through and from us in service to a higher
purpose. Closing a space is a dispersion of that service into the larger
space of the world.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>Peggy</FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_______________________________<BR>Peggy
Holman<BR>The Open Circle Company<BR>15347 SE 49th Place<BR>Bellevue, WA
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