9 Akbal
Blue Solar Night
Blue Solar Night
passes
Rife with dreaming -
Body sleeps
While Soul travels
To realms of Astral
Theater
To the Underworld
itself –
The vast Unconscious
Canopy of Sign and Symbol
Then up from Rest
Consciousness rises
Holding fast to Wisps
and Whispers
From an ever-healing Soul.
©Kleomichele Leeds
Marguerite Williams, PhD
Marguerite Thomas Williams (24 December 1895 – 1991?) was an African American geologist. She was the first African American to earn a doctorate in geology in the United States.
Early years and education
Williams was born in Washington D.C. in 1895. She taught in Washington D.C. elementary schools for seven years before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1923. Williams was mentored by African American biologist Ernest Everett Just. From 1923–1933 she was chair of the division of geography at the Miner Teachers College (Normal School for Colored Girls) in Washington, D.C., since 1976 incorporated into the University of the District of Columbia.
She was granted a leave from Miner Teachers College to pursue her master's degree in geology at Columbia University, which she completed in 1930.
In 1942, she completed her PhD dissertation at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The title of her dissertation was A History of Erosion in the Anacostia Drainage Basin. Her dissertation was published by the Catholic University of America Press.
Dissertation
In her dissertation, A History of Erosion in the Anacostia Drainage Basin, Williams sought to explore the factors that eventually led to the erosion observed in the Anacostia River. Little had been done in f examining the upper and lower regions of the river and the basin sedimentation. The flooding of Bladensburg, Maryland precipitated the erosion as well as an investigation. She concluded that in addition to natural erosion, human activities including deforestation, agriculture and urbanization accelerated the process.
Career
Williams spent most of her career teaching courses on geology and the social sciences. After earning her PhD in 1942, she was appointed a full professor at Miner Teachers College. In addition to teaching and serving as chair of the Geology Department at Miner Teachers College (1923–1933), she also taught at Howard University during the 1940's. She retired in 1955.*
AKBAL
Kin 243: Blue Solar Night
I pulse in order to dream
Realizing intuition
I seal the input of abundance
With the solar tone of intention
I am guided by the power of self-generation.
Our galaxy is a gigantic though molecule, a spinning spool 100,000 light-years in diameter.*
*Star Traveler's 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2018-2019.
The Sacred Tzolk'in
Visshudha Chakra (Alpha Plasma)
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