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First Lessons in Astronomy from the Unity Oracle. 

Text by Carisse Enderwick & Artwork by Claire Koentop.

Are we like the stars?
Millions upon billions burning up in a great cosmic fire.
A single spark fueling itself, until it gives in and goes out with a bang?

He holds his arms out. Is this how I light the world?

I look into his eyes and see a universe.

Oh, my child.
You are not a star holding the light. You hold the stars and you are the light.

My five-year-old son asks me, "Did God make everything?"
"She did," I replied. "An energy called love."

"We are made of the same stuff?
I'm the same as you? And the birds and the trees?"

"It's all energy, my love.
We are made of the same stuff as the stars."

He moved in closer and looked me in the eye.
A child discovering magic.

"So I am a star," he said, stretching his arms out wide.

I smiled.

Are we stars?

We may come into this world like stars.
We emit light, grow, change, and like the stars,
we travel the cosmos, taking on one form after another.

But are we stars?
I wonder as I gaze at this child so full of light.
Or are we sparks of light— the universe experiencing itself
in a cycle of infinite alchemy?

The energy behind the form, the energy that holds the form together—love incarnate.

This child is drawn to me. It cannot simply be a star.
None of us are.

I beamed, and stretched my arms out.

"Yes, for now, we are like the stars, my love.
And tomorrow, I will tell you about the light
and how it holds the stars together."

Today’s charms: the Witch, and the letters O and F.

The Witch charm speaks of the knowing that lives in your bones — the ancient magic of the feminine, the mother, the creator. She who knows how to transmute energy, how to whisper to the stars and stir spells from stardust. She who answers the question, Did God make everything? with a smile and says, She did.

The letters O and F flicker like hidden runes. Perhaps they whisper: "Of light. Of love. Of form. Of fire." Or perhaps: "One Flame", a single spark lighting up a world. Or simply: "Our Future" — shining through the eyes of a child who declares, I am a star