Idylls from the Garden of Spiritual Delights & Healing

By Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

Just over a crystal bridge lies the Garden of your dreams. A place of purest Love and Light—the Home your soul knows very well. Here in a timeless realm, you are invited to meet spirit guides who understand the deepest of your heart's desires. To join in fairy festivals, commune with element life, and learn the unspoken healing languag

• Language: English
• Publisher: FLYING CRANE PRESS
• Release date: May 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9780997037630

Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

Cheryl Lafferty Eckl has played many roles since she began her career as a singer/actress in musical theatre. Among those roles are award-winning author, mystical poet, professional development trainer, life coach, inspirational speaker and retreat facilitator. These days, her favorite role is seanchaí-that's Irish for storyteller. If you ask, she'll tell you it's her love of Ireland-its people, language, land and culture-that continues to inspire characters and stories in thrilling novels that follow the trials and triumphs of twin flames who sometimes struggle and very often succeed in unlocking Love's mystery. Learn more about Cheryl's books, and enjoy her videos, audios and articles at www.CherylEckl.com.

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Books by Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

Personal Growth & Transformation

A Beautiful Death:

Keeping the Promise of Love

A Beautiful Grief:

Reflections on Letting Go

The LIGHT Process:

Living on the Razor’s Edge of Change

Wise Inner Counselor Books

Reflections on Being Your True Self in Any Situation

Reflections on Doing Your Great Work in Any Occupation

Reflections on Ineffable Love: from loss through grief to joy

Poetry for Inspiration & Beauty

Poetics of Soul & Fire

Bridge to the Otherworld

Idylls from the Garden of Spiritual Delights & Healing

Sparks of Celtic Mystery:

soul poems from Éire

A Beautiful Joy: Reunion with the Beloved

Through Transfiguring Love

Twin Flames Romance Novels

The Weaving:

A Novel of Twin Flames Through Time

Twin Flames of Éire Trilogy

The Ancients and The Call

The Water and The Flame

The Mystics and The Mystery

IDYLLS FROM THE GARDEN OF

SPIRITUAL DELIGHTS & HEALING

© 2016, 2021, 2022 by Cheryl J. Eckl, LLC

Published by Flying Crane Press, Livingston, Montana 59047

[e-mail] | www.CherylEckl.com

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced, translated, electronically stored, or transmitted in any manner whatsoever without prior written permission from the author or publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief text-only passages in their reviews.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016903340

ISBN: 978-0-9970376-2-3 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-0-9970376-3-0 (e-book)

Printed in the United States of America

To all who yearn

for Home

Slip in where Mystery dwells:

to your soul’s secret Home,

that quiet place of deep communion

where only gentle feet may enter.

Tender Comfort from the Garden

Spirit delights that you have senses—

portals to receive its wisdom

in the Garden’s unhurried affection.

Taste the present moment.

Feel your feet on ancient stones

cool and rippled

or touching green grass—soft and dewy.

Hear the fountain splashing,

singing songs of many waters.

See how wind expands the circle of perception

bending trees, clearing sky of clouds

that disappear over vast grasslands

in the distance.

Breathe in the scent of harmony

from full-bloomed roses on the Garden wall.

And feel the heartbeat of Mother Earth

who enfolds you in her warm embrace

offering tender comfort from her Home—

the world you secretly entered for healing.

CONTENTS

Tender Comfort from the Garden

Enter the Sanctuary of the Heart

Metamorphosis

The Snow Angel’s Gift

Returning to a Familiar Place

The Green Man’s Greeting

Gaia’s Request

The Healing Fountain

Wayfarer’s Resolve

Taste the Present Moment

Seraphic Companions

Meeting My Guide

Ah-Lahn’s Assurance

The Fairy Ball

Tasting a Warm Breeze

Spirit Sparks

Hear the Songs of Many Waters

The Sounding Point

Undine Encounters

Song of My Soul

Seaside Sensations

Many Waters, Many Blessings

Breathe in the Scent of Harmony

The Rose Deva’s Message

A Comforting Perfume

Mother of the World

Soft

Dolphin Medicine

Balancing

At Peace Amongst the Pines

Expand the Circle of Perception

Symphony of Light and Shadow

In the Velvet

Power Meets Power

Eagle Views

A Sylphic Serenade

The Ascent

Garden Traces

Feel the Heartbeat of Mother Earth

Gentle Steps

The Grand

Communion

Bright as Diamonds, Pure as Gold

Enough

Fly into the Arms of Reunion

Gaia’s Blessing

The Green Man’s Comfort

Reunion

Opening the Gift

When Two Become One

ILLUSTRATIONS

Madonna of the Lilies (detail) Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1905

Look to the Blowing Rose, Edmund Dulac, 1909

Sir Galahad George Frederick Watt, 1817-1904

The Moon, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1902

Ophelia, John William Waterhouse, 1910

Choosing, George Frederick Watt, 1817-1904

Study for Poetry, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1899

Night’s Rest, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1899

Two Flying Lovers (Source unknown)

Quatrain LXXIII, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám René Bull, 1913

By the heart

of tender compassion

all life is nourished

to grow again.

Metamorphosis

Wayfarer, you have made a courageous choice

To cross the bridge to the Unknown—

To show yourself willing to step

Upon this path of mystery.

For many cycles have gone before

Leaving you weary or battle-scarred,

Perhaps wary of what lies beyond

Even when glad companions assert:

Your struggles will be honored here.

How could you anticipate?

This sojourn weaves a cosmic tale

Of Life’s eternal unity

That leads to metamorphosis

For those who embrace its healing way.

Our generous Garden welcomes you,

No matter the path