The DancerAt the centre of this illustration of the
wheel you can see the body of a woman dancing over the circular world symbolised by the
four elements of fire, air, earth and water. She is in front of a tree which covers the
earth centering its circle but also branching out beyond it. If you look closely at the
woman you will see that she has a child within: the Divine child of Promise: the Sun of
Righteousness. The intersection of the world and the tree symbolise the intersection of
the circle and the cross. The circle may stand for the world and its cycle, its wheel of
seasons and the cycle of light and darkness and the battle of opposing forces of good and
evil. The cross intersects with the world in the divine child born of a woman, the fruit
of divine and human union. This child of promise grew up to die on the tree to lead us to
the re-birth of new life and finally to the harvest of the undying lands. This
intersection also points us to the child as "the fifth element" to which the
world itself owes its existence.
Can you see the fulfillment of the Pagan story in the history of the Sun of
Righteousness the Divine Child of Promise? Do you see the mystery of beginning and ending
revealed in it? Would you like to share in light’s victory over dark? Would you like
to celebrate new life from death on the basis of the death and new life of the Sun of
Righteousness?
