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

Inanna

The Lovers of Ishtar by Paul Batou

Inanna

Mistress of Heaven and Earth...

She of Starry Nights and Flourishing Womb

She of Brilliant Light and Decaying Tomb

She Who Whispers and She Who Roars

She Who Takes Flight and She Who Takes Root

I ask of thee - Come To Me:

Encircle Me

Guide Me

Empower Me

Restore Me

Enlighten Me

Unravel Me

Heal Me

Oh She Who Rules with Wisdom Divine -

Oh She Who Walks with Eternal Grace -

Allow Me to See My Reflection in Your Face

Allow Me to See Your Reflection in My Face

Show Me That We Are ONE

Woman of Time and Space

Woman of Love and Life

Woman of Truth and Death

Woman of Power and Radiance

Woman of Darkness and Light

Woman of Mystery and Rebirth

Woman of Balance and Unreachable Boundaries

We are Queen of the Seen and Unknown.

We Dance with the Fire and with the Wind.

We Delve into the Depths of Water and Earth.

We Rise Again and Again with the Spirit Within.

We Are ONE

Sister, Mother, Daughter, Lover and Friend

We Are She Who Will Never End 

Without a Rest and a Time to Begin.

Bless Us Inanna

We, Your Daughters of the Earth and Sea and Sky.

― Leesa Wilson

2014

Moon Goddess

She swims with the Moon westward to her inner horizons...

that wind around the edges of her own Seas.

The deep waters run silent in the deepest dark nights...

where she is has no weight, 

is absolutely flowing by insight....

intuition her own wave.

She is the many face of the Moon...

that shine and shadow her inner Art 

and big gracious, expanding, galactic, warm, noble heart.

poem of The Gypsy Priestess

― written by Duff

The Sleep by Catrin Welz-Stein

There are times when words cannot express the gratitude

that overwhelms me with profound love for those who adore me so...

May we all be seen, and heard, and known, and loved so true.

With love ― 

Leesa | The Gypsy Priestess

Empowering the Goddess Within....

I awaken the Goddess 

Ophelia by John William Waterhouse (1889)

when I acknowledge the divine within myself.

I honor the Goddess

Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse (1892)

when I explore Her wisdom and ancient mysteries. 

I nurture the Goddess

Ophelia by John William Waterhouse (1894)

when I pamper, care and stand up for my self.

I heal the Goddess

The Mystic Wood by John William Waterhouse 

when I remember Her body is sacred.

I celebrate the Goddess 

Lamia [by the pond] by John William Waterhouse (1909)

when I honor my beauty, grace and power.

May we all empower the Goddess within ourselves.

May we awaken Her essence.

May we honor Her wisdom.

May we nurture Her dreams.

May we heal Her wounds.

May we celebrate Her presence. 

Namaste

The Goddess within me 

awakens, honors, nurtures, heals and celebrates 

the Goddess within you.

Wings and Roots

I spread my wings when I dare to reach for my dreams. I spread my wings when I lift to meet my goals and obligations. I spread my wings when I feel the need to stretch beyond my current limitations and fear. I spread my wings when I expand my awareness, when I soar into the heights of consciousness, when I glide with my vivid imagination. My creative desire strengthens my wings. I spread my wings and I trust in my ability to try. 

I spread my roots when I crave to look within, to connect with the earth energies, and balance strength with grace. I spread my roots when I hold on to what is sacred. I spread my roots when I treasure what makes me strong, honor what makes me healthy, and gather nourishment from a deeper source. I spread my roots when I grasp the firm foundation of wisdom. My wholeness supports my roots. I spread my roots knowing that I will not fall.

Wings and Roots by Leesa Wilson

We all have wild in our bones. 

Secret names and signs in dreams. 

Reclamations that come through storms 

and sounds and winds. 

Unsung songs, wandering hearts 

and feet that long for forbidden paths. 

Ecstasy that claws for release. 

Restlessness. 

Talons. 

Deep fire. 

A home we don't quite remember. 

A wailing howl waiting to rise. 

Unfurled wings.

We live lives half in and half out. 

What we don't do is say these things aloud.

It is time.

Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman

We all have wild in our roots.

Hidden longing and countless fertile dreams.

Ancient knowing still flows through our blood,

and bone from mothers long gone.

Forgotten voices, buried need

and a box that holds the treasure of lost desire.

Seductively. dark humus beckons. 

Eco-eroticism.

Tears.

Damp moss.

A tribe we forever unraveled.

A silent scream dies in our body.

Tangled roots.

We seek that which nourishes and nurtures.

What we don't do is feed our souls.

It is time.

Leesa Wilson [inspired by SHE]

Beloved Goddess

Mother of Earth and Sky

Please strengthen my roots that I may feel safe and secure,

that I may find balance, that I may grow wild and free.

Please strengthen my wings that I may know wisdom and grace,

that I may touch the divine, that I may open my mind and heart.

Beloved Goddess

Mother of Sky and Earth

I am devoted to you.

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