Essential Simplicity                                                                                                                                                                                         The absolute center point, the unmoved mover, or totem is the gateway to an infinite field of the divine. It demands space but yet is space less, an everywhere point of contact between heaven and earth. Here it is an erect phallus, a close esoteric connection to fertility and rebirth, interfaced between multiplicity and unity, mortality and immortality. This totem is a source of generative power in the world. Climbing up, the monkey’s restlessly chattering mind finally quiets through wisdom and the touch of the carvings. Darkening rays shower the raven, a spirit guide and mediator between two worlds. The messenger butterfly, a fertilizing force, welcomes the light from the moon. Reaching, the goddess embodies the forces of a blessed land. She is also a serpent with earth energies, the mercurial currents of the earth spirit. The perched eagle is Sun Father. He rises to great heights and overcomes the world while entering the gateway of immortality, the place of Origin.  The Sun Father enters the field of time and regenerates life. The eight-pointed star and sun spews forth humans while the moon holds the seeds within her womb. The single rose whispers love into the young child’s being. Laying the cosmic egg, the serpent births another world as the fertility fish jumps toward the power. This power creates a ‘central point’, a pole around which all revolves, where stillness and movement are together, movement is time, eternity.” (Black Elk)                   Jody Bare