I light a candle in honor of your light-
the light within all of us-
the light that guides us in the darkest of nights
in the deepest caverns of our soul.
A light that teaches us to Trust in her wisdom, her beauty, her goodness.
Our lives are beholden to her magnificence.
Every breath we take is to listen to her messages,
To honor her gifts,
To restore her bounty.
She loves with all her brilliance-
Her shooting stars.
Her fallen leaves.
She caresses us with her gentle breeze,
Calms us after the force of her storms.
We are in her grace only for a time-
A time to love her
To heal her
To fight for her
To teach her lessons
To share her vision.
Spread your wings and fly home.
AMALUR.
-Denise Orpustan-Love
Denise Orpustan-Love, Ph.D.
Denise Orpustan-Love, Ph.D. is an educator, author, trainer, consultant and cross-cultural bridge builder to individuals, groups, communities, and organizations.
Dr. Orpustan-Love researched, synthesized and integrated The Seven Pathways, universal indigenous wisdoms and ways of being, a cultural model of personal and professional development for education, healing, health & human services, leadership, innovation, and diversity.
Dr. Orpustan-Love is the recipient of the Angeles Arrien Cross-Cultural Foundation for Education and Research Legacy Grant on Basque Folklore and the Keynote Speaker at the 11th Basque Cultural Day: The Mill House Speaks/Eihera Mintzo: Basque Mythology and Spirituality.
She lives with her husband in Lake County, California and spends summers in the Basque Country in Southwestern France.
The Mill House Speaks: Seven Pathways to the Ancestral Basque Homeland
Seven Pathways to the Ancestral Basque Homeland are an integration of this universal ancestral journey-a road map of living Basque folklore, connected to the major areas of life, with life lessons from nature and perennial wisdoms, daily life actions (sun), character attributes and inner qualities (moon), the cycles of seasons and everyday tools for building one's life dream.
Le Moulin Parle
« Les Sept Voies dans notre vie quotidienne, nous nous apercevons que chaque moment est sacré et réfléchi. Chaque rencontre, qu'elle soit mondaine ou magique, fait partie d’un chemin bien plus long que nous partageons tous. Denise Orpustan-Love nous offre non seulement une ressource qui honore les ancêtres valables dans le temps mais elle met également en lumière les sagesses pérennes du monde afin de guider les générations présentes et futures ».
Angeles Arrien- de l'avant-propos