It's Time

You can threaten a village wise woman with death and torture and she may say "jesus is lord" to survive, but you can never know what's really in her heart...that, I feel, is how the goddess survived centuries of history and hatred.   ― Dianne Sylvan

Long ago, all women were dreamers and healers.

Caroline Manière

We had a profound and conscious relationship with our beloved Mother. 
We knew magick, and how to work with Her natural forces: 

Earth, Air, Fire, Water. 

We heard Her voice. 

We felt Her wisdom. 

We channeled Her power.

We honored the cycle of life and death. 

We remembered from whence we came - Her womb. 

We embraced our hopes and envisioned mystery's unfolding dream.

We knew to where we must willingly return - Her tomb. 

We were fearless and saw the beautiful truth of our shadow self. 

We were part of the precious and fragile fabric of life. 

We were cognizant of the gifts given to us.

Caroline Manière

We knew the cause of suffering. 

And, we found ways to alleviate pain and resistance.

We assisted the birthing process. 

We assisted the dying process.

We knew that both were holy purposed.


Yet, something went askew. 
We were silenced. Our bodies pillaged. Our wisdom denied. 
Our blood tainted. Our sexuality shamed. Our power feared. 
Our spirits wounded. Our dreams were shattered.

The Emperor - reversed
 representing domination,
excessive control.

As we attempted to gather the broken shards of who we are,

we learned to keep secrets. 

As we contrived to heal our disbelief, our severed memories, 

we learned to hide. 

As we struggled to regain what was stolen and lost at great cost,

we learned to pretend and acquiesce...

But in the hidden places within, nestled in eons of sorrow 
and secrets, sequestered in the dark unknown, 
we found our truth unharmed. 
We found our inner voice. We found our inner knowing. 
We discovered that we are stronger than ever before. 

One by one, we gather our power. 

Caroline Manière

Now, as we expand our consciousness, 
we reach beyond the realm of man and call to Spirit. 
SHE hears our prayers. 
SHE knows our voice, 
it has been on Her lips from the beginning. 
SHE has seen and born witness to our lifetimes 
being of service to mother earth, to mankind... 

SHE smiles as we dance with each season, 
just as our mother taught us. 
SHE beams at the way grandmother moon guides us 
to flow with Her cycles of change. 
SHE rejoices that we are learning to trust the rhythm 
of life, death, rest and rebirth.

Feminine Medicine by Caroline Manière

SHE calls us Daughters of the Earth and Sea and Sky.

SHE knows the reasons why we cry. 
SHE knows the reasons for all things. 

SHE holds us in Her sacred space, 
safe in the cosmic universe of LOVE.

SHE calls to us. 

SHE whispers to our secret heart, 
our soul being, and our intuitive mind.... 
SHE asks that we remember HER. 

SHE says:

 It is time to heal and dream again.

 Reclaim the feminine power that the masculine aspect 
of self has slain. Resurrect ME within yourself. 
All that lies dormant, is ready to be reborn through you.

Can you hear my whispers, daughter? 
Can you hear my voice?

May we all hear Her whispers to awaken.

May we all heed Her call to reclaim our divine feminine essence.

May we all remember who we are.

May we all honor from who we came and to whom we shall return.

Lovingly,

Leesa | The Gypsy Priestess

Reflecting the Goddess

Journal Notes:

All women are a reflection, 
a mirror of the Goddess. 

Remember, you are the Universe figuring itself out. 
So, of course you are identical to the female aspect of divinity.

— Robin Rumi

I know myself to be ONE with the GODDESS.

Yet, it both frightens and empowers me to think that I AM the Universe figuring itself out. How terrifying this enormity of responsibility!  How wonderful this infinite and vastly creative, unknown realm of possibility...  

I know this unfathomable thought to be true; the way my thoughts and divine inspiration weave together creating this unspeakably beautiful fabric of life. The way I dance with energy and move between the veils... And the way I catch fleeting glimpses of unimaginable radiance amid the most mundane acts of being ... 

The mirror is revealed: How like the Moon there is hidden, a side of myself I have never fully seen, nor truly know, and even so, I intuitively and profoundly do as I effortlessly radiate its inner light! 

When I embody the Goddess, I feel Her presence. I hear Her words of wisdom so clearly. In these moments I am stronger, wiser, and more graceful communing with the energies surrounding me. 

Other times, when I am heavy in my woman soul; lost in the tangible softness of this flesh and blood and bone body, I may become overwhelmed. Feeling so weary and weak and fearful of the unknown, I ache with longing to be held in higher consciousness, in Truth and in LOVE. I wait to hear whispered words that would comfort and allow me to rest in the timelessness of peaceful space. I also wait for inner guidance to show me vistas beyond my knowing.

These dual aspects of my essence constantly breathe me in, and breath me out... Entering and letting go of consciousness - I forever keep rhythm with Her cosmic heartbeat. 

There is a sacredness in the most ordinary things when I realize how interwoven and entangled, how forever whole and ONE I am with She Who Is All Things. She is both the womb and the tomb... She is the Source of constant change, revitalization, regrowth, renewal and rebirth. She is the holy cycle of life, death, rest and rebirth; and so am I. 

Her wisdom bids me to follow the sacred flow. To let go and allow Her essence to radiate in me. To be as the moon basking in Her light for a time, and then, for a time glowing as if lit from within.

In moments of clarity and certain knowing, I am profoundly grateful to be alive; to be walking this path of beauty with the Goddess whom I mirror in all ways.

Aren't you? 

Key Suggestion:

Reflect upon the ways in which you mirror the Goddess, and with sacred intentions consider how powerful, beautiful, wise and wonderful you truly are!

Hail Mother

Goddess, Full of Grace

I gratefully embody your holy compassion

deeper understanding, peace and comfort.

I profoundly cherish my inner void,

my sacred womb space of infinite possibility

Where dreams, desires and brilliant ideas

can be made manifest.
आं

Through your words, art and rituals of beauty,

I am held, cleansed and made whole. 

May I ever acknowledge and delight

in the endless unfolding of beauty and wisdom,

cycles and rhythm ― life, death and rebirth.

May I ever trust the flowering of my soul

while releasing all that can no longer be held.

May I ever be open to the purest essence of love.

Holy Goddess, Mother of Earth,

Sacred Mother of the unfathomable Heavens

Please keep me in your watchful care.

O, Divine Mother,

You who knew me before my conception ―

You who keeps me always in Your knowing,

Reveal unto me your mystical truth,

your secret magick, and especially your treasured center

that I may be as You. 

Teach me, Mother

That I may live my life as a blessing

That I may fulfill my purpose
to be my most authentic expression
of You
wearing the holy fabric of countless seeds and stars.

Mother, Queen of All That Is,

Guide me on my sacred path of beauty.

Remind me ever, that as your daughter,

I am adored and empowered beyond my knowing.

Prayer to Goddess Mother

Leesa Wilson | The Gypsy Priestess

10 May 2016