The Two Powers

Two Powers Essay

When I first read the Two Powers, I wasn't sure how this simple 'process' could bring such peace of body to anyone. It is stated, “This is a basic meditation intended to link the Druid's spirit and flesh to the currents of Earth and Sky”. Just seemed to easy, to me. This time, I guess I was ready. Ready to listen, feel and see. I had been using some imagery in my meditation, but this is direct imagery. And it truly is amazing. Once you *see* what the Two Powers is, you know you can meditate with this concept.
When I first tried it, I honestly pulled water so far up in me, I thought of drowning. I couldn't find the balance. I waited a few days to try it again. I took it slowly, did the breathing and then I saw it. I saw this river, this body of water below my feet, as if I were a giantess standing above a beautiful, but dark cave. This giantess wiggled her toes and felt the waters ease her body. She lifted her arms, as a trees branches, towards the sky, towards a light with the warmth of a welcoming fire. Her body absorbed this light into her very being. The light and dark met and become a glow, in the well of her center. A glow of comforting, calming, soothing peace. Such relaxation came over the giantess.
The balance wasn't overwhelming at all. The flesh and blood, heart and mind, became fluid and bright. There was no night or day, good or evil, feast or famine, there was only mindless joy at the culmination of the of the combined within creations. New and whole, old and separate. One can try to describe their own experiences using the Two Powers meditation all they want. Each person is going to be different, yet we are connected in this. We are all going to see and feel something so wonderfully our own, yet tied together in the true balancing act of the universe and within ourselves. I have used The Two Powers before and after rituals. The pleasant mediation of using The Two Towers before a ritual really does help me to attune myself and be more able to focus on what I am getting ready to do and that is honor myself, Mother Earth, the Universe, the seas, my deities and everything that I hold dear in ritual. Using The Two Powers after a ritual gives me a quiet release to the energy that I built during ritual. I am refreshed and don’t feel that my ritual has ended. I feel that I am a part of each ritual and a continuance, even when it done. (484)