STAR OF BETHLEHEM Agapanthus africanus           

Star of Bethlehem Essence promotes an ability to embrace new beginnings and see their potential even when the new lacks definition in comparison to the existing, dying status quo.  New beginnings necessarily involve the death of the old.  We tend to think that those ushering in exciting new times always see that this is what they are doing, even while they are doing it.  This is not always the case for those giving birth.  A poem by T.S. Eliot called ‘Journey of the Magi’ speaks to this.  One of the three Magi on his return from Bethlehem says:

            “...were we led all that way for

           Birth or Death?  There was a Birth, certainly,

            We had evidence and no doubt.  I had seen birth and death, 

            But had thought they were different; this Birth was

            Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.

            We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,

            But no longer at ease here in the old dispensation

            With an alien people clutching their gods." 

As the Magi understands, the birth of the new brings a crumbling of all that went before, even times of alienation as the newly born way takes hold.  Star of Bethlehem Essence helps us to usher in a new understanding of our identity, our world, and our connection to our Creator. As the old unravels, the Essence helps us to feel connected to the birth and free to witness the old die with peace, detachment, and confidence that what is being born is worthy of the death throes involved in its birth.

I AM the light of a new beginning.

“Star of Bethlehem led me on to break open my homeless heart and welcome the Divine Beloved in.  K.G., Brewster, MA” When I wrote K.G. to ask for permission to quote this, she wrote back, “Of course, quote me about Star of Bethlehem. Was it the description of the baby grabbing the holy water laced with Star of Bethlehem at the baby blessing?”  No K.G., but it is now!!!!