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The call of the ancient stones

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At the age of 18 I boarded a plane, landing in Ireland and then heading to Scotland. I didn’t know it at the time (or even have the word for it) but I was on sacred pilgrimage retracing the steps of my ancestry, it was an inner call and I was on my own. I look back now and can’t quite fathom the courage & certainty I had!

One of the places I kept finding myself in was in the middle of ancient stone circles. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but looking back I could feel the wisdom that the stones held. These sure, steady, ancient ones who have seen generations like mine & the ones that came before come and go. Holding perspective, timeless patience, standing guard.

Through the years I’ve deepened my work with stones. And like many my journey began running my fingers through colourful crystals in the local spiritual shop which I saved up my pocket money to afford. I still have the citrine I saved up for that is as big as my hand. I’ve since led people to stone circles like Avebury on my pilgrimage retreats & love seeing the subtle yet powerful transformations that can occur by working with the stones.

Ancient Stones is one of the mystery modules in The Inner Temple Mystery School. This module is about connecting with the ancient wisdom of the Earth that is held in all rocks, stones and crystals. It’s been so amazing hearing people say that they feel drawn to work with the earth in this way. It feels important to clarify that when I talk about ‘Ancient Stones’ – I’m talking about stones of all sizes & shapes, as well as rocks and crystals.

We’re using ancient stones as our guide to experience the sacred in an embodied way. We’ll be experiencing different practices which serve as gateways to return to our own true nature, hear the voice of our soul, explore the unknown & ultimately, reconnect with the sacred intelligent pulse of Life that is woven through it all.

Join me in The Inner Temple Mystery School Training & explore the Ancient Stones Mysteries. Find out more and enrol here.

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Trust the Seasons

Embracing change. Cycles of life. Transition. Growth.

Embracing change. Cycles of life. Transition. Growth.

Our disconnection from the Earth and Her seasons leads us to believe that we should be in full bloom all year round. That we should grow, grow, grow without leaving space to cut back. When we focus on the never‐ending bloom, we forget the importance of all of life’s phases. 

The rose, like all of nature, teaches us this every day. She’s forever showing us how to embrace the ever-changing seasons in an ever-changing world.

We’re not meant to stay the same. Relationships aren’t meant to stay the same. Life isn’t meant to stay the same. Nothing on this planet is meant to stay the same. The seasons teach us that. Night and day teach us that. Time and age teach us that. Birth and death teach us that. We may return to a place, a person, but things won’t be exactly as they were, for everything and everyone is forever changing. Nothing is static. 

 

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

The more we try to control things and keep them the same, the further away from the flow of Life and ourselves we get. Change can be scary for it means surrendering to the unknown of being in the in between. To being not who you were and not quite who you’ll become. It requires a trust in the transformation. In the death in order for the rebirth to occur. And a deep reverence for all the seasons of our life.

The more we resist change, the further away we are from who we’re becoming. When we embrace change, we embrace Life and nature and are forever becoming.

Soul Inquiry:

How can you embrace the changing seasons of your life

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The Great Mother

 Surrender to the mystery. Fall into Her arms.

 

The Great Mother ushered you in when you took your first breath and she’ll be there when you draw your last. She knows how challenging life on Earth can be. That at times, being human can be painful, lonely, and confusing. That the polarity and separation can be difficult when your soul remembers the oneness of Source. But at the same time, it can be incredibly glorious and sweet.

We often see things as either good or bad: when things go well, we make it mean that everything’s okay, and when things don’t work out, then perhaps we’ve done something wrong or have something to fix. We’ve forgotten that life on Earth isn’t like that. Polarity is at the core of the Earth experience. And it’s through the polar extremes that we grow the most. We’re not meant to avoid the night, the shadow, and the winter.

 

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

This life is but a single breath in the inextinguishable existence of your experience as a soul. Hand over your worries, hurt, sorrow, fears, and doubts to the Great Mother. Lay them on Her altar. Return to the sureness of the soil. Fall fully into Her arms. Surrender to the mystery woven through it all.

Remember that while these extremes are difficult, they can also be magnificent. That unrestrained joy is closer to grief than we think. And perhaps, the more wildly the pendulum of your life swings, the more you can say: ‘I have truly lived.’

Rose Transmission:

I’m ready to embrace the extremes of my life. I lay all that I’m carrying onto the altar and fall into the Great Mother’s arms.

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The Rose Thread

 Inner call. Soul-led. The mystic. Living courageously.

This is the card of the mystic. The one who’s in touch with the depths of the inner world and the inner weavings of the world and beyond, way beyond. They’re dedicated to listening to the mysterious voice whispering within. To following their intuition and living in accordance with that. To living by being guided by the rose thread.

Following the rose thread means being dedicated to walking the way of the rose. To being in service to humanity and dedicated to writing a new story. It requires courage and faith and the willingness to pave a new path.

 

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

The rose has been a symbol of the mysteries for thousands of years. The rose thread is the invisible path that the mystic follows. It takes courage to trust it, for the path is different for every single person. This is why it requires courage to trust the inner call. And those who do so find great reward.

This card is a sign that you’re being called to follow this initiatory path, led by the thread deep within. You may find that you’re in a place of great change and are being called to have faith and gather up the courage to take the next step. This card is a sign of encouragement to keep taking the next step. It’s acknowledging the courage it takes to live a soul‐led life and honoring you for always taking the leap.

Rose Transmission:

Even when things feel unclear – especially when they do – I trust that I’m always led from within. 

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The Reunion

 

Soul recognition. Collaboration. Partnership. Friendship.

This current period in history has been spoken of by mystics through the ages. And you chose to incarnate right in the middle of it. You didn’t do so alone. We came here in waves and with joint soul missions. You were never meant to walk this life alone. It’s time to come back together. To remember that we’re not in competition; rather, we hold keys for each other. This is the way of the rose. To bloom bravely regardless of what others are doing. And not be threatened when others do this alongside you.

The rose doesn’t open and close according to who’s walking by: She reveals Her beauty to the world without waver. You’re here to do that too. There are people who at a soul level chose to walk alongside you. But for them to find you, you must first let them see you. Reveal yourself to the world. Open your heart and mind to collaboration rather than competition.

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

So many of us, particularly those who identify as women, have learned to be mistrustful of one another, as if we’re in competition. This card comes with a message of collaborations, partnerships, and friendships. A confirmation that one or more people are entering your life. Or it could be a sign that you’re being called to co-create on a project with someone you already know. Decide to bloom together.

Rose Transmission

I release any old programming of competition. I open myself up to relationships and collaborations. It’s sage for me to trust and co-create. It’s safe for me to speak clearly. It’s safe for me to set clear boundaries and collaborate.

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Release the Petals

Transformation. Death and rebirth. Shedding. All change.

There comes a point where we can’t go back. In a seemingly fleeting moment, the road that led us here is suddenly impossible to access. There’s a sinking knowing that things will never be the same. A death, a birth, a loss, a growth, an ending, a discovery. No matter how hard you try, things are different now. You’re different now. The world’s different now.

What’s been seen can’t be unseen. There’s no going back. Something new beckons you forth.

 

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

This is a card of change and transformation. Courage is required for the rebirth to happen. Abscission is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, flower, fruit, or seed. The rose hip knows, the phoenix does too, that we need to surrender what was to the earth to one day be transformed anew.

We can grasp the petals of the past as the changing winds blow. But eventually, we’ll discover that change is coming, change is near, change is already here. And while what once was is no longer and what soon will be is not yet, it’s time to release your petals to the wind with wild abandon for the chance to begin again. To offer what once was to the wind and let it nourish the seeds within.

It’s time to surrender so the transformation can happen. Had the rose not released its petals, the rose hip would not have come to be. When we gather the courage to release what was, we’re greeted by the fruits of the future.

Soul Inquiry:

What are you clinging to for fear of nothing coming to take its place?

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Something I have been thinking about for a while now

In 2016 I entered into a phase of my awakening that I have come to describe as “the descent”. Stories of Inanna kept me warm in the cloak of winter. And even though I had been endeavouring to align my life to my soul for many years, I began to see the compartmentalisation of my life and perhaps generally our modern world.

And it got me wondering…

What if it’s our disconnection from the earth  that makes us feel like orphans?  Like we don’t quite belong.

What if we all learned to see ourselves as nature, not separate from it?

What if we remembered that the same pulse that causes the planet to spin is the very thing that breathes us?

What if we learned to acknowledge the earth and its keepers?

The ancestors and custodians through the ages who have tended to the sacred earth that lays beneath. And also those who were part of its demise.

It is a difficult thing to acknowledge our ancestors or even ourselves through our unconsciousness, may have been involved in the severing that we live and breathe today.

But what if true healing can only happen when we allow ourselves to acknowledge it?

What if, through acknowledging the history of the earth beneath us are we are able to begin to heal what has been severed and open up the pathways of healing? Regardless if it was done by you, to you or well before you.

When we acknowledge it we begin to clear and reactivate our connection with it? To shake the inherited need to conquer, take, ignore or own it in attempt to feel like we belong.

 

Featured images from The Rose Oracle cards ‘Codes of the Seeds, The Wastelands and The Grandmothers’.

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Morning Dew

 Clarity. A fresh start. A positive outlook.

There’s a special moment when the day is new and the Sun still young when we too are given the opportunity to begin again. The presence of the morning dew welcomes us with the grace of a fresh start, and as the moisture gathers on the rose, it invites us to see things clearly, sometimes in a whole new way than we did the previous day. A new perspective is suddenly here.

Healers from all corners of the Earth believe in the incredible healing quality of the morning dew. They believe that it possesses the same healing properties as the plants themselves, with the dew capturing their essence in clear potency. Practices such as walking barefoot on the morning dew, drinking from the petals of flowers, and placing dew on the body are thought to bring about powerful shifts in healing.

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

If we’re lucky enough to meet the morning in this way, we too may be blessed by the special healing liquid that carries the secret essence of both the Earth and the entire Universe within it: the morning dew.

This card brings the message that clarity is on its way. A new start and a change of perspective are possible. Shifts are coming. The future is looking renewed, hopeful, positive, and bright. Keep focusing on your ideal outcome and trust in the presence of the potent morning dew.

Rose Transmission:

I’m open to receiving the potent clarity and shifts of the morning dew. I’m open to seeing this situation with new eyes

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The Return

A new story. You Decide. Alignment. It’s coming together.

You’ve waited patiently for this moment. You’ve likely been working on the inner for some time and now the outer is beginning to come into alignment. As changing beings, we’re in a never-ending growth cycle. This doesn’t mean that we’re constantly in bloom. No: this means that we’re constantly changing. This card is like the bloom; however, it’s more powerful than that. It heralds the coming and going of a whole new way of being. An entirely new story has been written. This card heralds a great shift in your life. This often takes time. Sometimes even lifetimes. Acknowledge how far you’ve come and how much you’ve grown. You’re a part of creating change – not only in your own life but in the world. Take a moment to take it in. You’re just one of many, but your being here matters. A petal in the rose of a new humanity. Part of the forever unfolding.

 

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

Things are aligning for you and around you. They’re convening and coming together. You’re in the right place at the right time. Your outer world matches your inner world. This card is delivering a message of harmony, coming together, and the embodiment of holding a clear vision for many years.

You’ve been doing the groundwork to get to this moment right here. Perhaps for months, years, or even lifetimes. Use this moment. You get to decide what happens next. 

Rose Transmission:

 I acknowledge how far I’ve come and how much I’ve grown. I decided what happens next.

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Morning Dew Copy Copy

 Clarity. A fresh start. A positive outlook.

There’s a special moment when the day is new and the Sun still young when we too are given the opportunity to begin again. The presence of the morning dew welcomes us with the grace of a fresh start, and as the moisture gathers on the rose, it invites us to see things clearly, sometimes in a whole new way than we did the previous day. A new perspective is suddenly here.

Healers from all corners of the Earth believe in the incredible healing quality of the morning dew. They believe that it possesses the same healing properties as the plants themselves, with the dew capturing their essence in clear potency. Practices such as walking barefoot on the morning dew, drinking from the petals of flowers, and placing dew on the body are thought to bring about powerful shifts in healing.

Card of the day from The Rose Oracle

If we’re lucky enough to meet the morning in this way, we too may be blessed by the special healing liquid that carries the secret essence of both the Earth and the entire Universe within it: the morning dew.

This card brings the message that clarity is on its way. A new start and a change of perspective are possible. Shifts are coming. The future is looking renewed, hopeful, positive, and bright. Keep focusing on your ideal outcome and trust in the presence of the potent morning dew.

Rose Transmission:

I’m open to receiving the potent clarity and shifts of the morning dew. I’m open to seeing this situation with new eyes

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