I have quite a bit of experience with this…been repeatedly told the same thing (although I certainly didn’t need to be told since spontaneous memories were coming through!)

Many, many women have this same feeling-and it seems we can spot each other! I wonder if this is why so many of us are congregating now in online groups and social circles, and why we feel we “know each other” even if we live thousands of miles apart.

Rachelle, I am a believer in being with WHAT IS rather than trying to bury or supress something. By “being with” I mean acknowledging it, looking it in the eye, summing it up, and making a decision about how best to integrate it.

In this case, perhaps the “IT” is the possiblity that this is indeed something in your lineage (whether spiritual or ancestral or both). Just being with this possiblity in the space of non-judgement may reveal what the next steps are, whether they be to journal about it, make some art about it, talk to other women about it who have a similar experience, seek couseling or energy work, etc. I’m certainly happy to talk with you about it and to assist in any way that I can. There are lots of ways to integrate the information in ways that won’t feel overwhelming, but rather bolstering and affirming.

As you have read above, I am well versed in the magic of my body showing me things…and working with it in active ways to honor what is there to be seen. Perhaps your body has been showing you things, too. I truly know that what is revealed to us is done when we are ready to see it.

I hope that what your inner wisdom is showing you can add magic and peace and trust to your life!

BIG Love,
licia

I went home and told this story to my neighbor, who is a gifted soulcare provider. She just laughed like “No Duh.”

I still don’t know what to do with this info, or what to think about it. But it has made me think a lot about the title, the work I do, reclaiming a ‘gifted’ heritage, and creating practice to protect myself from old and new hate and prejudice.

Does anyone have advice for me about how to process the information I was given? Or how to prevent negative energy from the past and the present from infiltrating my current work? I’d love to hear from your wisdom.

Rachelle

The pastor who took the risk to share what was happening was not my pastor, but a friend in the town. I have not followed any particular path, or maybe more accurately I have not named the path I am traveling! It looks a whole lot like what you describe, though I am not formally associated with any religion or tradition. As a partly indigenous person, I have always allowed my inner compass to point me in the directions that felt right, and my DNA and cells carry that knowing within if I will just listen.

I am going to look for that Circle Round CD….that words from that song look too good to pass up. Thank you so much for reading and commenting!
Blessings,
licia

I can relate to so much of what you’ve shared here, whether the resolute sweeping away of relationships that are no longer supportive, or the amazing and consistent support of the animal people (I get a lot of help from the plant and tree people, too). It seems Great Mother is working Her magic on us in similar ways!

I am always heartened to hear/read of others who experience intense inner life and awareness as part of their every day, physical life. This is the case with me…embodied spirituality seems to be my path in life, and I’m told by some wise women friends that feminine spirituality is indeed of the body.

The expansion that happens as a result of surrendering to these internal experiences is nothing less than a miracle to me….and then the grounding of the new awareness in our lives is the real work (in my experience!) What to do with these experiences? How to bring them to bear in the world? What kind of fruit to grow from them? Or maybe I am trying to control the process by asking these questions!

Thank you so much for what you offer here and on your wonderful blogs, Donna. You are a treasure.
xo
licia

When you find yourself gardening and enjoying it; when you find yourself in awe of a beautiful sunset; when you turn the wheel of the year and celebrate the seasonal holidays; when you use natural remedies; when you go to a spa for a massage and aromatherapy….these are all things that honor the earth and your body temple. All of these things could be seen as being a little “witchy.”

Yet, when the mainstream person does it, it’s ok.
But, when ‘one of us’ do it and actually talk about it, all of the sudden the tables are turned and we’re grouped together as “bad witches.”

All of the modern day witches I know dress in regular street clothes. Have never had green skin or a wart on their nose. Wouldn’t even consider killing a fly because it was a gift from the universe. Are usually in the healing arts and only want to help people. Usually have some of the most beautiful gardens. And, they usually tend to live their religion throughout the day in the many daily activities that partake in. They live what they believe.

So many people profess to be non-judgemental and open-minded, but when I read about your experience it tells me that people are so quick to draw lines and accentuate the difference amongst us as a society. When will we all come together and honor and respect our unique beliefs and attributes so that we can all benefit?

I’m sorry for the conversation that you had with your Pastor.
Aren’t Christian religions based upon loving their neighbor???

There’s a great song on the Circle Round CD entitled:
“Who are the Witches”
Without violating any trademarks I’d like to quote a little from memory:
Who are the witches, where did they come from, maybe your great, great grandmother was one. Witches were wise, wise women they say. There’s a little witch in every woman today.

The song goes on to tell the duties of the witches.
They were the midwives, the caretakers, the mothers, the cooks, etc.
Basically, all of the duties you would find a woman doing fell under the witch category and they were all things done for the good of others.

Thanks for bringing up a great topic.

I haven’t read the first installment of your blog but I will after I send this. I’m a witch and a witch store owner, so I’m interested!

I’ve never had spontaneous memories that affected my body so intensely. I do, however, know women who harbor an almost phobic fear of the burning times for no reason relative to this time line. I’ve experienced spontaneous emotional memories, with the most intense occuring about six months ago. No waking visions. All feelings with some very graphic dreams in the sidecar. It happened in conjunction with a past life meeting, someone I met recently who I’d known before and whose presence in my life unlocked and spontaneously healed certain memory strings. Much like what happened to you yet in a slightly different realm, perhaps.

I wrote about it here

http://whenisisrises.blogspot.com/2009/06/heart-wired-part-1-raven.html

and here

http://whenisisrises.blogspot.com/2009/08/heart-wired-2-butterfly.html

My experience was preceded by all sorts of animal symbolism and as it occurred felt like I was being heart-wired to the world on a whole new frequency. I experienced a newly open psychic pathway sensation and emerged from it much more empathic than I was previously. As a result, I am ever more able to read the feelings of others. Of course, with that comes responsibility, as well. I doubt it would’ve happened had I not been ready for it.

I hope you read what I wrote, in the spirit of sharing, and let me know what you think. The process was so intense, I did everything I could to record everything.

Take care.

D~