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Secrets of West

Brown Bear with Cub
Brown Bear with Cub

I had to walk a long time on the Medicine Wheel before I was ready to merge with West. Water is the Element of West. The Spirit Keeper of West is Mudjekeewis, who manifests so beautifully as the Great Bear.

On the wheel, the time of the Mudjekeewis is the Evening till Midnight, autumn, our adult years to elder time. This is the time of slowing down & taking stock of experiences, of going within, like the Grizzly in autumn, of going within spiritually, gaining strength from the knowledge earned; prepare for the time of “winter” or later times.

Like East it touches all three worlds. The depth of the Lower World, the mystical and magical middle world, the ancestral sky wisdom.

As with South, West widened my spiritual vision. We begin in the water, we gestate in water. Dreams and visions gestate in the darkness and the moisture of our fertile imagination and creativity. When I view a sunset, or look on the line, between land and water, I am reminded of my Ancestors stories of…. the betwixt and the between. The land is known, but still very mysterious. We seek to rest at the end of the day and chase our dreams, which is why dreams, lie in the West.

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Tagged With: ant, Creation Myths, Creativity, Mouse, Mudjekeewis, Water, Whale

Poisoned Water

 

Poisoned Water alter by Kriket
Poisoned Water alter by Kriket

 

Water has been my gateway between the worlds for as long as I have known about worlds. Water travels through the smallest parts of our human body, it makes sense it winds its way through every aspect of our psyche as well.

Collective Water

Community Water

The Water Well

We drink from the collective. You and I, together. Every day. Water, the depth of which reflects the depth of soul. The depth of which we measure the depth of the unconscious. The depth of which all the earth waters rise from. We all drink from the waters. The waters in the Spirit World are filled with the memories, lessons, teachings, and countless other parts, of the Ancestors who left their trace to. As much as we can travel into the collective, we can travel into our personal source waters. Examine there what has been left, not only on the shores of your unconscious but dive deep to find what is hidden in the cold and murky waters of Self. [Read more…]

Tagged With: celtic, Mythology, poison, Water

Mind Medicine

Mind MedicineHow many times have you asked yourself “Am I really seeing this?” or “How can I trust myself…”? It is invaluable to ask yourself questions to stir your own consciousness to be, as much as one can be, objective when pursuing a relationship to Self and the Spirit World.

We all bump up against our own limitations, biases, and preconceived notions of how connected or open-minded we are. We only bump up against ourselves, when we are truly pushing against our own limitations. How does one move from one state of consciousness to another? How does one know when an authentic spiritual connection has occurred? How does one know when they are blocking their own journeys? [Read more…]

Tagged With: Consciousness, Self-awareness, Shamanism, Soul

A Prayer for Sitting With The Unjustly Killed, Blessed is Your Memory

I call to those who died in raging war, those who only wanted simple things: the joy of day, the calm of night.
Blessed is your memory

I call to those who died from hate. Those who were hurt by belief, from fueled fear twisted tight, unleashed upon those seen as different.
Blessed is your memory

I call to those who died by the power of the Mother. The winds [Read more…]

Tagged With: Blessed

Amid the Changes

Amid the changes… in Canada, it is the time of Beltane. To our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, it is Samhain. Each hemisphere is in Mother Nature’s cycle of change. In the North we are celebrating the height of spring and the welcoming of summer. Samhain is the time of acknowledging you are moving inwards and towards the longest nite of the year.

But these cross days are like nothing I have ever experienced. Where I live we are ending our Shelter in Place order. I have been very fortunate to have kept my job and have had little disruption to my life. On the outside. On the inside, I have had good days and bad days. I have been sensitive to the energy around me all of my life, and I have become quite resilient through time. I don’t quite feel so resilient right now. I go through waves of sadness, fatigue, frustration, depression, and anger. We have had protests in our City to open up our economy. I have to admit I have been staying off social media. Not because I am not interested in staying in touch with friends, I feel the life sucked out of me when I read the mountains of misinformation, paranoid musings, and conspiracy theories. [Read more…]

Tagged With: altar, Beltane, change, Samhain, virus

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