Thinking about the beach

Morning all,

We had a lovely beach trip to Topsail Island where one of my favorite Reclaiming Teachers, Sage, led us through an exploration of the Feri Tradition deities. We spent a day each on the divine twins, the goddesses, and the gods. Each day building on the other.

The most powerful day for me was the work with the divine twins. The day consisted of a trance to a star labyrinth somewhere in the cosmos. We walked the curves and came to the center to experience the birth of our divine twin. Much of the days work stems from the Feri Creation myth in which the Star Goddess sees her reflection, falls in love with it and gives birth to Miria. The evening ritual, however, was a moving trance to see our divine twin (companion self). I saw something I've never seen before in that moment. For the first time, I experienced my divine twin as not human. It was definitely part bird, but also part cat/dog/horse. I couldn't make it out. It was a powerful being. It was a being that I had to go through my wild self to connect with. It commanded respect. Only when I honored the being did it come through the mirror to slowly move with me and dance with me.

The bird part comes from the whole grackle experience in some ways, but more importantly, I've been noticing pairs of crows. Mostly while driving down the road. I'll see two crows together. Sometimes they are doing something, sometimes they are simply perched together.

The power of mystery.

Comments

[spider]

Hello Stan,
Thank you for sharing such an incredibly personal and moving experience. Bright Blessings!