I'm thinking about merging a couple of blogs and journals I write in, into this one. Partially because I've been feeling fairly compartmentalized in my writing and so I tend to write less as I have to untangle my spiritual related thoughts from the rest of my day in order to write here...but as we all know, thoughts are often tangled well together and if we try to untangle them we get...fragmented pieces of information that don't always make much sense.
I think I will be moving these posts over to my other blog so you can always check me out there if you are interested....
http://becauseimthemaman.blogspot.com/
Friday, July 3, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
water
Earth to Water
I can feel myself shifting. Shifting from the earth I know and love so much to a more liquid place. I don’t know that I will ever be fully comfortable with water but its element has begun to change within me.
The Willow tree is one that I have always felt deeply connected too. The Willow a creature of two worlds needing both Earth and Water to survive…to thrive. Its roots reaching through the soil, reaching through barriers like concrete and stone to find water.
The Elephant is the animal that I have always been drawn too. An animal that lives on the solid earth but is at ease in the water, drinking, bathing even swimming as it if weighs nothing.
I recently had someone tell me that she saw me as a very sensual person and that she saw me as the element Water. I think this comment is what really got me looking at Water and how it is changing in me.
I’m curious to see where my thoughts take me…and where water takes me…..
I can feel myself shifting. Shifting from the earth I know and love so much to a more liquid place. I don’t know that I will ever be fully comfortable with water but its element has begun to change within me.
The Willow tree is one that I have always felt deeply connected too. The Willow a creature of two worlds needing both Earth and Water to survive…to thrive. Its roots reaching through the soil, reaching through barriers like concrete and stone to find water.
The Elephant is the animal that I have always been drawn too. An animal that lives on the solid earth but is at ease in the water, drinking, bathing even swimming as it if weighs nothing.
I recently had someone tell me that she saw me as a very sensual person and that she saw me as the element Water. I think this comment is what really got me looking at Water and how it is changing in me.
I’m curious to see where my thoughts take me…and where water takes me…..
Friday, February 6, 2009
Duke Redbird
Last night I went to a talk with an Ojibwa Shaman named Duke Redbird. The talk was on Totems in the moden world. He spoke a lot about Countries and what their collective Totem is. What animal has a country picked as their totem animal and how the collective of people adopt those characteristics. Facinating topic. He spoke about a lot of the other countries having predators as animals...and then Canada. We have the Beaver. Not a predator but still a lot of traits that we don't necessarily want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_gbYRA9PE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_gbYRA9PE&feature=related
Friday, January 23, 2009
Abundance Workshop
This year I'm working on Joy. Joy in my life, Joy around me, Joy within me. Last night I went to a workshop on Abundance. We used/studied
5 crystals ~ Carnelian, Green Tourmaline, Citrine, Cinnabar & Tigers Eye
5 essential oils ~ Beleive (a blend), Abundance (a blend), Rosewood, Bergamot & Juniper
And the divine - Raziel (Judaic Archangel), Ganesh (Hindu God), & Abundantia (Roman Goddess)
All of these things we looked at were to increase abundance in our lives whether they be financial, health, friendship, etc.
10 women, serious in the beginning were all being playful and silly by the end of the night. It was a wonderful workshop.
Afterwards I came home and went to sleep and slept so hard that when I woke in the middle of the night to pee I felt drunk walking too and from the bathroom. I believe my mind rested as much as my body did. It was nice.
At the end of the workshop our host also told us that she had been given a message that was specifically directed at 3 of us. I happened to be one of those three. She gave me a moonstone and told me that last year (2008) was very hard for me but it was partially to prepare me for 2009 and the abundance that was to come for me in 2009. Almost to slow me down so that I would be where I needed to be this year. She mentioned that my abundance was mostly going to be around my business....and I was to meditate on my moonstone and reseach it and spend time with it to see what it had to tell me...interesting
So I am going to take what I learned from the workshop and work on my abundance over the next cycle of the moon. The new moon starts on Monday (Jan 26th) and there is also an eclipse that day. I am working hard at Joy in my life and so the abundance I am looking for, asking the universe and the divine for, is an abundance of Joy.
5 crystals ~ Carnelian, Green Tourmaline, Citrine, Cinnabar & Tigers Eye
5 essential oils ~ Beleive (a blend), Abundance (a blend), Rosewood, Bergamot & Juniper
And the divine - Raziel (Judaic Archangel), Ganesh (Hindu God), & Abundantia (Roman Goddess)
All of these things we looked at were to increase abundance in our lives whether they be financial, health, friendship, etc.
10 women, serious in the beginning were all being playful and silly by the end of the night. It was a wonderful workshop.
Afterwards I came home and went to sleep and slept so hard that when I woke in the middle of the night to pee I felt drunk walking too and from the bathroom. I believe my mind rested as much as my body did. It was nice.
At the end of the workshop our host also told us that she had been given a message that was specifically directed at 3 of us. I happened to be one of those three. She gave me a moonstone and told me that last year (2008) was very hard for me but it was partially to prepare me for 2009 and the abundance that was to come for me in 2009. Almost to slow me down so that I would be where I needed to be this year. She mentioned that my abundance was mostly going to be around my business....and I was to meditate on my moonstone and reseach it and spend time with it to see what it had to tell me...interesting
So I am going to take what I learned from the workshop and work on my abundance over the next cycle of the moon. The new moon starts on Monday (Jan 26th) and there is also an eclipse that day. I am working hard at Joy in my life and so the abundance I am looking for, asking the universe and the divine for, is an abundance of Joy.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Whispers from the earth
I can here her whispering to me...as she slumbers. Quiet sounds in my soul. Reminding me not to forget. Never to forget.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Grandmothers' Council Medicine
The spirit Grandmothers hold council deep within the body of Mother Earth to discuss the current state of our Earth. They ponder how to awaken the women who are the warriors, protectors, and daughters of Mother Earth.
(c) Leah Marie Dorion 2004
(c) Leah Marie Dorion 2004
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Autumn musings
I have been delinquent with my posts this year as it has been a very trying year for me emotionally.
In March I decided to take a sabaticle from my Grove as I was feeling the call of my totem to go solo for some time. My totem is the elephant and I am very strong in the male aspects of this great creature and therefor often feel the pull to be alone. It was a very hard decision for me to make and took me years to finally walk away for a time. I'm still not sure if this was a permanent decision for me or if it was something that I just needed to do for this year.
In early April I received a call from my mother that an aunt & uncle had been in a head on collision and were in bad shape. Thankfully they both survived.
Then my husband and I went to France as my husband had business there and I had never been to France (or Europe for that matter) and insisted I come along. While we were there my husbands boss collapsed and died of a massive brain anurysm. Being the only one of the group who spoke French, I had to do much of the dealings with the paramedics, police, etc. My husband stayed an extra week to make sure his boses body got back to Canada ok. Once home we had the funeral to attend. His boss was also owner of the company, so the company was sold and my husband temporarily lost his job.
He is currently working for the new owners but only on contract and may be out of work again as of November.
In July one of my uncles passed. He had been very ill for a very long time. At the viewing he looked like a very different man laying there, but I appreciated the opportunity to be able to see him and say goodbye one last time.
The decision also came to be that I have to re-home my dog, whom I've had since he was 8 weeks old. He is now 8 1/2 year old. This decision was one that has not come easily to me. I have two small children, my son born 3 years ago and my daughter born 1 year ago. My dog, a Border Collie Cross has been mostly good with the kids so far, but as they get older they get more hands on with him and occasionally have hurt him, resulting in warning nips from the dog which has left small welts or bruises. My fear is that if I miss something that the nip will become a devestating bite or worse. I have found a home for him where the woman has no children and will be able to give him tons of one on one love and attention which he so needs and deserves.
I have been grieving since I made this decision and he moves to his new home this Saturday.
Two days ago, I also found out that one of my cousins step father has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her biological father (my fathers brother) died when she was two.
Anyway...all this has made me extremely sad and contemplative. I've often wondered why all of these things have happened to me this year. So much death, either physical or mental/emotional separation. A lesson I must learn this year that is slowly piecing together for me. Winter is coming, a time of natural introspection....
In March I decided to take a sabaticle from my Grove as I was feeling the call of my totem to go solo for some time. My totem is the elephant and I am very strong in the male aspects of this great creature and therefor often feel the pull to be alone. It was a very hard decision for me to make and took me years to finally walk away for a time. I'm still not sure if this was a permanent decision for me or if it was something that I just needed to do for this year.
In early April I received a call from my mother that an aunt & uncle had been in a head on collision and were in bad shape. Thankfully they both survived.
Then my husband and I went to France as my husband had business there and I had never been to France (or Europe for that matter) and insisted I come along. While we were there my husbands boss collapsed and died of a massive brain anurysm. Being the only one of the group who spoke French, I had to do much of the dealings with the paramedics, police, etc. My husband stayed an extra week to make sure his boses body got back to Canada ok. Once home we had the funeral to attend. His boss was also owner of the company, so the company was sold and my husband temporarily lost his job.
He is currently working for the new owners but only on contract and may be out of work again as of November.
In July one of my uncles passed. He had been very ill for a very long time. At the viewing he looked like a very different man laying there, but I appreciated the opportunity to be able to see him and say goodbye one last time.
The decision also came to be that I have to re-home my dog, whom I've had since he was 8 weeks old. He is now 8 1/2 year old. This decision was one that has not come easily to me. I have two small children, my son born 3 years ago and my daughter born 1 year ago. My dog, a Border Collie Cross has been mostly good with the kids so far, but as they get older they get more hands on with him and occasionally have hurt him, resulting in warning nips from the dog which has left small welts or bruises. My fear is that if I miss something that the nip will become a devestating bite or worse. I have found a home for him where the woman has no children and will be able to give him tons of one on one love and attention which he so needs and deserves.
I have been grieving since I made this decision and he moves to his new home this Saturday.
Two days ago, I also found out that one of my cousins step father has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her biological father (my fathers brother) died when she was two.
Anyway...all this has made me extremely sad and contemplative. I've often wondered why all of these things have happened to me this year. So much death, either physical or mental/emotional separation. A lesson I must learn this year that is slowly piecing together for me. Winter is coming, a time of natural introspection....
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