A recent request to my Facebook communities brought this surprising awareness.... Alchemy is alive and well although it is going unnamed.
Alchemy? Yes...
There was a time when the women in a village would gather monthly
during their menses. This was a sacred and valued time of vision, and
communion. They talked, shared, laughed, danced and the ideas that emerged brought solutions, and greater aliveness. They were the
alchemists, the bellwethers for
sanctity and stability.
So great was their influence that when invading forces
come into the village, they knew that to keep the village contained and submissive,
the visions, voices, intuition, healing, guidance of the mothers, grandmothers,
daughters and sisters had to be silenced.
The occupiers used whatever physical force was necessary
to eliminate the threat that the women posed. Women quickly learned that they
could make a choice and pretend silence, submission, and hide their gifts. By
doing this consciously, lives were saved and the human family was able to
survive. It was a good idea in the moment but one that would have disastrous
impact on future societies. By pretending weakness, women eventually forgot
who they were, what power they possessed and their role to design a world that
would benefit all in the web of life. With women missing, the world was left under the rule of
fear, deceit, usury, absolute obedience, what many call patriarchy.
What is magnificent is that women are sensing some inner
lack. They are coming alive with an unknown purpose. They are breaking free of
the gossip, back-stabbing, disregard of each other that was a natural result of
demeaning and silencing women for so many generations. This leads us back to Alchemy.
Alchemy is the ability to change one thing into another and is intrinsic in women’s
skills. They can take plants and create healing potions, they can transform
simple foods into nourishment, they can stitch love and blessings into quilts
and clothing, they can share problems over tea and design projects to change
communities and they can see someone in despair or disease and visualize them
loved and well.
What women have not yet done is name their ancient,
divine gifts, anchor them, stand in their strength and
vision and reclaim the validity of their stewardship. They are the architects for their
lives, their homes, their communities, their countries and this world. And women
are beginning to realize this monumental task!
Imagine 200 villages scattered across our planet each with
a mystic healer. In the quiet, dark of the night, my call was carried on the
breath of the FB wind and was heard. 200 alchemist arose forming a circle of visions, healings, and blessings filled with generosity, love and power. This powerful energy touched unlimited individuals as it flowed to my daughter.
Alchemy, the power to hold focus, speak the word,
broadcast the symbol, infuse with color,
and change the direction of life. Alchemy, a gift to bring back from the “bones of our maternal ancestors”. They hid it to keep us all safe until this
time, a time in which we can take back all that is ours and rise from the ashes
of the burning times.
The Phoenix, the Golden Dragon of female power, is arising. And it is a power that is unstoppable!
