This cross greets the traveler stepping ashore at St. Macdar's Island off the coast of Co. Galway. As a symbol it shivers between cross, human figure, and celtic spiral. It marks the boundary, the crossing from sea of travel to the land of promise, the crossing from one element to another. Conscious to unconscious, man to woman, soul to God. This island distenation is the temenos or sacred place, where the coming is celebrated, and the going becomes possible.
Living is about changing.
Annex The symbol of four is found in the Celtic mystic spiral. This seeks to discipline the life forces, to contain them against the unknown, to help man live in the tension between love and death, ignorance and wisdom, knowledge and peace. The kingdom of heaven is spread upon the earth, but men do not see it. What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning.