After three weeks of being in vacation mode, it is terribly difficult to return to the everyday world. Forgive me, but I really loved being at Daytona Beach with the rejuvenating wind and waves, reveling in beach nightlife with music and fire twirlers, at the crazy car races where Tony Stewart and other drivers go 200 mph, on a picnic at a beautiful tucked away springs in the forest, at the old fort and wax museum in St. Augustine, relaxing in the pool at night with a peach margarita, just spending time with family. It was all wonderful. My son, Snickerdoodle senior, took a gorgeous picture of a rainbow while we were at Daytona Beach last week, and I wanted to share it with you. Of course to me it has a heartfelt mythological energy.
In Greek mythology the goddess Iris is the painter of all our breathtaking rainbows. Her name possesses a double meaning, rainbow and messenger, and Iris performs as the personal messenger of the great goddess Hera. In one of my paranormal fantasy romances in progress, Iris descends to earth to bring a message to the heroine. She appears in a colorful fae drawn cart arching down from the sky to the edge of the sea where the heroine, outcast from the parallel Wytchfae world, runs a tiki bar. Oh, and yes, our Daytona hotel had a tiki bar. Are my books drawn from life or are my life symbols born in books? It’s hard to say.
Iris was born of the cloud nymph Elektra, called “amber majesty” and a powerful sea guardian named Thaumas. Spanning the world of the sky and the sea, Iris energizes the clouds, encourages rain showers, and paints glorious rainbows. Our chakras have the same colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Iris also runs errands for Hera and other deities, and the rainbow is a remarkable symbol for communication from the ethereal dimension to the human world. She has no lover or children, and I see her as young, beautiful, and eternal. She obviously cares for humankind to create such lovely rainbows for us.
There’s still several weeks of summer remaining. Let’s enjoy every moment. Cheers & Happy Reading!
Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic in Romance
I love the picture and the wonderful insight on Iris and your Witch Fae book!
Thank you, Cathy. Iris is a remarkable goddess.
It’s great to have you back and that photo is gorgeous! Glad you had such a wonderful vacation!
I back in body but some part of me is still on vacation. LOL
Great to see you back in action, Flossie! Selfish me, when you are telling us what a gorgeolicious vacation you had!
I like that part about Iris coming on Earth to talk with your heroine. And, by the way, your books, as well as ours, if I can speak for the others, too, are a mix of reality and imagination. Isn’t life the best source of inspiration, after all?
I had no idea chakras have the same colors as the rainbow. Makes you wonder!!!!!!!
Carmen, I have studied the chakras in depth, and the rainbow colors correspond to what we think of as the chakras– the first subtle energy level next to our physical. Other colors correspond to finer energy level chakras. Fascinating studies! Thank you for your support of our books being a mix of reality and imagination.