Into the circle I invite You,
power of creation,
power of form.
Into the circle I invoke You,
power of life.
As you come into the circle of the sea,
drawn in the sand.
power over chaos, power over life,
power of distinction, power to do —
into my circle I invite You.
MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe. drew a little circle around him:
“I will not move from here.
In the circle that now surrounds me I stand unmovable –
In this circle, I stay.”
Habakkuk drew a circle and stood inside it,
“I shall not stir from here.
Tell me what I want to know —
In this circle, I stay.”
Honi the circle drawer also drew a circle:
“I will not move from here.
Listen to me and do my bidding —
In this circle, I stay.”
Once a general drew a circle around a king:
“Do not leave,” he said.
“Until you are ready to decide,
in this circle, stay!”
God too drew a circle:
on the waters, a place for sea.
To the waves, God said, “Do not leave here:
In this circle, stay!”
And now we draw a circle on my body,
a little circle to surround you.
And now I say —
and may God also say —
“Til the time has come when you are ready,
in this circle, stay!”
