In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live. Sir Philip Sidney ..From Arcadia or the Old Arcadia

We will try to have a fire tomorrow night in Port Macquarie.. I am not in my area down there though.    It might not be easy.  I need to smell smoke and have the fire energy burn the dross of this sadness away to the heavens. 
The smoke will carry the prayers of us all up and out to the universe to speed the journey for Sue-Ellen back to the heavens from whence she first came. As above so below.

 

The love of fire and the meditation on the spiraling colours of flame are extremely powerful on the psyche and on activating the chakras.   I don't know which ones but I suspect the Head, the Throat and the Heart Chakra.  This is my instinctual feeling.

Fire is a phenomenon of the heat and light energy released during a chemical reaction, in particular a combustion reaction. Depending on the substances involved, and any impurities within, the color and intensity of the flames of fire will vary. It is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science.

On Philip Sidney :  In the sweetly constituted mind of Sir Philip Sidney, it seems as if no ugly thought or unhand some meditation could find a harbour. He turned all that he touched into images of honour and virtue.

Image by Mezza - Fire at the Beach