HESTIA SPRING ZINE - 2020
Seeds of Inspiration
We're so excited to be launching an online magazine for Hestians to highlight their Soul gifts and explore what it means to live from our authentic depths.
DRAW FROM WITHIN
A boundary is not the same
as a border.
It is something you draw
like little fish,
like water
gurgling
from inside
your own
well.
No one teaches you
how to draw
these lines.
They have not already
been inked
on your skin,
or drilled into
your veins.
Before you can draw
boundaries,
you must
understand
there is something
inside you
worth loving
and protecting.
Yes must be
buoyed
with nos.
You must
listen to
the water
within.
Boundary-making
is sacred,
a ritual
that needs practice
again and again,
no different
than bathing
a tired body,
your tired body.
To speak boundaries,
you cannot wait
for someone
to ask
or listen.
You must sing
new rivers
into existence,
where before
someone else
always
lay claim to
the shore.
- by Nicole Wong
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ANSWER THE CALL OF YOUR SOUL?
I enjoy gardening and observing growth. The flowers are Alstroemerias, part of a series of fauna I've been drawing in Oakland.
This particular drawing was made in Big Island, Hawaii inspired by the lush greenery and spiritual nature of the island. The stones in the drawings are Onyx stones – symbolizing protection of energy.
- Savio Alphonso
THE MOTHER
“Hush…shush…hush…
I’m here.
I’m here.
It’s ok. Everything is going to be ok.
Hush…shush…hush…I know it hurts.
But it’s going to be ok.
You’re ok. I love you.
I love you.
I’m here.I’m here.”
How long ago did we forget the mother?
Our Mother
of EveryThing.
The soul within the seeds of nature, and all of our natures
We’ve forgotten that we ALL, every person,
are FROM The Mother,
Individually
and collectively. Biologically and geographically. Earth and Africa. The origination of our soul.
So now, we are aching for The Mother.
Sometimes as an UNbearable pain.
That crumbles one’s entire world
That has been crumbling this world.
In so many, many endless ways
the mother has been TAKEN AWAY.
In different forms and points in life.
Through violation, injustice,
brutality, prematurity, defense,
shame, ignorance, neglect,
persecution, fear, time,
inexplicable instances.
From men and women
Generation over generation
Cycle repeating cycle
Spanning our evolution.
Leaving us feeling hopeless to overcome this loss.
So, how can we ever bring The Mother’s nurturing, gentle, love — to this suffering?
She is there, even if not in the immediate.
She’s in the collective, in each other, in the self, in the self within the self.
In the imprint of the centuries of mothering that survived fiercely through times of so much pain,
To bring us into this time of a shifting.
[…]
Now we REdiscover where we came from.
And realize that THIS —
all of consciousness —
IS A WOMB.
And we remember that so much of the human journey
is teaching our bodies, and minds, and cells of infinite frequencies
to trust the wisdom that’s being gestated patiently,
As we interweave and Form together within The Mother.
[in my deepest listening, I feel the lulling rhythm of the earth breathing me — in this place I hear her]
“I know it hurts. I see your pain. I love you.
Everything is going to be ok.
You’re ok.
You are loved.
Shh….shh…shh…
Hush…hush..hush….”
Excerpt from THE MOTHER by Marisol MacGregor
EXPLORING HESTIA
When I first visited Hestia, I spent time walking the land, and did some journaling around what I saw, thought, and felt. I grew up walking the woods around my house with my mom, and still do so when I’m in a new place.
That process of looking closely to discover treasures that the land holds informs my art making practice as well. I wanted the illustrations for the Hestia zine and map to convey a sense of wonder for the natural treasures found there, and serve as touch stones for self-exploration.
MAY WE ALL CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH THE SEASONS
AND ENJOY THE SWEETNESS OF EACH FRUIT AS A BEAUTIFUL GIFT
DAIRY FREE DESSERT | SERVES 6-8
by Chef Melissa Shaffer @mysingingvegetables
ORANGE ROSEMARY
SHERBET
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup raw honey
1/4 cup organic cane sugar
1/4 cup filtered water
3 sprigs fresh rosemary, finely chopped
2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
(from approximately 8 medium oranges)
1 Tbs lemon juice
1/2 - 1 cup full-fat canned coconut milk
pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
Combine honey, sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, add rosemary and simmer for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for 1 hour. Strain syrup and discard solids.
Blend syrup with orange juice, lemon juice, coconut milk and salt in a blender until well combined. Chill mixture in fridge for at least 2 hours. Shake or blend mixture if it has separated and then prepare according to ice cream maker instructions, churning until sherbert is smooth and creamy.
Serve immediately for soft serve consistency or freeze 2-4 hours for firmer texture. If storing overnight, press a piece of parchment paper into the top and remove from freezer 30-60 minutes before serving for ideal consistency.
* Tips: taste and choose flavorful oranges when they are in season - this is the star of the show! I love a combination of cara cara and navel oranges. You can also infuse strips of orange zest into the simple syrup for even more orange flavor.
We created this Zine as a space to give the Hestia community an opportunity to connect with what our Souls want to bring into the world in this next season of our lives.
Too often we can get lost in the hurries of day to day living that we forget what it is that’s calling us back to our deepest Selves. And in offering this space to explore your Soul’s callings and gifts in community, we have an opportunity to be mirrors for each other to help draw each other back to our Essence.
So community members have courageously reflected on what Seeds of Inspiration are wanting to germinate from their Souls. In so sharing, it's an opportunity for us all to deepen in this life-long question.