What have you been dreaming Wise Ones

Dreams are portals. They lead us deep within the unconscious mind. They offer visions and insights. They make stories out of our day to day (wild and sometimes very choppy stories but stories nonetheless) in order to help us process and integrate our experiences. 

Some people believe that dreams offer openings for messages from guides and our beloved dead. Some believe they gift us prophecies. 

Me? I believe it all. 

In the last two weeks my sleep has become a patchwork waking and dream. With the addition of a new puppy to the house, I’ve been waking every two hours to take him outside. 
These intermittent wakings have led to an encounter with a skunk at 2 am (we all walked away untarnished), standing in the pouring rain at midnight, a shooting star and a very vibrant encounter with the full moon. 
But these waking moments have also brought me much closer to my dreams. Those dreams that are embedded deep in the sleep realm, the ones we so often can not recall upon waking, have been close to the surface in these liminal moments. 

And the dead have been visiting. I have been surprised to find my Dad, an Uncle, my old boss and mentor, my dog Willow and several more people now gone, showing up vividly in these dreams. There hasn’t been a clear message or theme, only that for the two days before Beltane until this past Friday, I have dreamed of deceased loved ones every night. 

It wasn’t until I was talking to a friend about the thinning veils of Beltane and the potent full moon and eclipse that I realized these between the world spaces are easier to pass through now, whether beings from other realms/dimensions, or spirits from the otherworld. 

If you want to increase dream recall, regardless of time of year or lunar cycle, segmented sleep actually assists with this process. Waking up a couple of times in the night you may discover yourself remembering those places your psyche was traveling only moments before and you don’t need a puppy to make it happen. 

Just set your alarm clock for three hours after you fall asleep and when you awaken, write down what you remember from your dream travels. 

Not sure you want to disrupt your beauty sleep? Daily dream journaling penned upon waking and discussions of your dreams with friends or in a dream group can help increase recall and understanding of the information coming through. 

Sweet dreams Wise Ones.
“Once we start to work with Feminine power we begin to see that it is not our minds that are in control of this power – it ebbs and flows with the movements of the planets, the procession of the seasons, the moons and tides, our own internal cycles of menstruality, anniversaries, the events around us. All these and more impact our experience and expressions of power. We learn to become aware of these various patterns and their impact on us and work more consciously with rather than against or in spite of them. We learn that they are all part of the same process. We open towards the energy, rather than shut down to it. We learn to trust the flow.”
― Lucy H. Pearce, Burning Woman

I found this quote to day and it gave me chills. THIS is exactly what the Priestess Path Awakening series is all about. 
Tuning in to the energies around us. Learning and practicing skills to align with these energies, to find our place within their rhythm and flow and to let this guide us in both our mystical and mundane lives, until we discover more and more overlap between the two. 

The next cohort of the Priestess Path begins May 20th. This is less than two weeks away! 
Registration closes May 14th. 

Are you ready to embrace your magic and step into your power? 
You can find all the details and Register here. 

I’ll see you on the Path! 


I want to hold your hand. To sing with you. 
To craft with you. To hear your story. 
I want to listen to the wind in the trees with you. 
Watch the stars with you. 
Laugh with you. 
Maybe cry a little too. 
I want to circle around a crackling fire with you and make magic in the arms of the wild. 

The Wise Woman Witchery Outdoor Summer Retreat is closing for registration on Sunday May 14th. 
If you want to join us now is the time to sign up. 
We gather Sunday June 25th to Tuesday June 27th, for three days of sweet medicine that can only be found in nature, mixed  with ceremony and community, an alchemical potion of pure magic. 

The details of this event can be found here. 

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