I cried a lot on November 6. And I spent several hours amongst the forest trees- so grounding.
It was so unseasonably warm that I saw two snakes sunning themselves on the surface, rather than where they should have been, buried deeply within the Earth.
I placed my knees, hands, and forehead onto the Earth, seeking some wisdom from Snake and Mother Earth to carry me through these coming times. And they spoke:
“The Path of the Goddess and the Path of the Priestess have never been easy.”
I have been dancing with the name Fire Priestess for much of this year.
I’ve been working deeply with Fire for almost 9 years. Early this year I began calling myself a Fire Weaver. Fire is the element of Transformation and I began claiming the truth that through my relationship with Fire and the Spirits, I weave my own transformations and I help others weave theirs.
But I only dared to quietly, internally, acknowledge that I am a Fire Priestess.
The message from Snake and Mother Earth gave me the powerful nudge to know that it’s thyme* to declare out loud that
I am a Fire Priestess.
And it is thyme to say out loud that
I am Queer.
And it is thyme to share out loud that
my heart yearns to work with Teens who feel despair for the Earth, for Humanity, for their own lives.
I felt deeply despairing when I was a Teen, and I desperately needed someone like my 46 year old, (dare I say bad-ass?!) Shaman/ Fire Priestess self to share with and learn from. Instead, I had no one.
On Nov 6, after I’d said goodnight to my two boys and gone to bed, my 16 year old came into my bedroom and crawled into bed with me because he needed a cuddle. He has felt deeply impacted by the election result.
He is much bigger than I am now, and I have no idea how many years it has been since he curved his back into my belly like that. I put my arms around him and tucked my knees up behind his knees and I held him.
And we talked about the election and the world and things that matter and what he feels about it all.
And about how my Queer-ness makes me a target.
And about how my Shaman-ness and my Priestess-ness make me a target.
And about how his friends are not talking to each other about how they feel about the election.
It is thyme to talk about the things that matter and about what we feel.
It is thyme to step into the work that our Spirits came here to do to make a difference for each other, for the Earth, and for All Life.
It is thyme to claim that Powerful Name that declares your Strengths and your Gifts- even if it makes you a target.
If you are searching for your Purpose, or if you know why you are here but need to heal the layers between you and your courage to step into your Why, into that Powerful Name, I would love to support you on your journey.
Let’s take an hour to talk together about what matters:
https://calendly.com/sacral-transformations/shamanic-consult
Blessings and Courage,
Betti
P.S. I’d love to hear your post-election story.
*I’ve been working with the Thyme plant to help shift my relationship away from the tyranny of patriarchal, linear time, and part of that is using the spelling of the plant’s name, Thyme, when referring to clock time.