BIRTH

In his Ode to Intimations of Immortality William Wordsworth wrote that when we are born, “trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!” Here, the baby listens to a conch, which is a Buddhist vehicle for transmission and learning, while pointing upwards to a bird symbolizing the spirit and guide for the soul. Birth is also rebirth for every change in our life is a new birth of the self. The Jungian analyst Marion Woodman says a life well lived is a series of birth canals.