Greetings,
Friends,
And welcome to today's meditation on divine feminine archetypes.
This archetype is that of the Oracle.
Now the name of deities related to foreseeing or gaining insight or reading sacred signs is the name of Sybil and this name has been applied to special women throughout history.
You may be aware of the Greek mythology of the Oracle of Delphi.
She would have been given the name Sybil.
But this name is also found throughout history in Italy and Asia and ancient civilizations in Persia.
So Sybil and the Oracle archetype have pervaded many myths and many cultures,
Often represented beside a crackling fire so that she can read the smoke.
An ability to read the signs of the weather,
The seasons,
The messages of the earth.
Sybil's gift of prophecy links her to the divine and she also acts as a medium between us and the divine.
And finally she also reminds us that the ability to be intuitive,
The ability to connect and recognise signs and symbols is something that is within us all.
As we've seen that many women were once given the name of Sybil.
Many women became Oracles and priestesses.
This is not an ability left to just one goddess,
One deity,
But something that we can all embrace.
Something that is innate within us all.
And it may be that over time we've become disconnected to our ability to read the signs,
Read the signs within ourselves of our own bodies,
Our own patterns of energy and also the signs of the world around us.
But this ability has not been lost.
It is always within us.
Sometimes we just need a little time to reconnect.
So with that in mind we'll get ourselves settled for our meditation today.
So take as long as you wish to gather your blankets or cushions and find a comfortable place to settle.
As we relax the body,
We relax the mind and allow the breath to become easeful,
Calm and unhurried.
Allow the easeful breath to help guide you into a place of settling,
A place of softening,
A place of letting go.
Allow the mind to empty of the busyness of day to day thoughts.
Imagine the thoughts swirling out of your mind like whirls of smoke and incense.
Allow the body to sink into stillness.
As we find ourselves in our mind's eye,
Appearing in the seclusion and darkness of a cave.
Great walls of rock surround us but on each uneven surface rests candles,
Tea lights,
Great church candles,
Candles in jars of many colours.
So this cave is aglow with warming light.
Worlds of incense smoke hang in the air and at the centre of the cave rests a great low metal dish filled with flames and whirls of smoke.
As you approach the flames,
You hear the voice of all the symbols from all ages,
A line of divine women.
They have been waiting for you.
Their prophecies of years past hang gently in the incense filled air.
They are caught in the flickers of the candles around you.
The voices of the symbols remind you that theirs was not the only voice of the Goddess.
They,
Just like you,
Sat by a flame and waited.
They gazed into the swirling smoke and hoped to hear the voice of the Goddess.
All women possess the gift to connect to the Goddess because she is within us all.
So as you gaze upon the flames and smoke in this cave of peacefulness,
Allow yourself to see what you see,
Whatever it may be or nothing at all.
Allow yourself to visualise the smoke and the flames and connect to any messages and as the time comes just for now for you to leave this sacred cave,
This sacred dark and quiet place,
Know that you can return to this place any time.
You may return here in your mind's eye or you may wish to light a candle or a small flame and gaze upon it.
At any time you wish to clear your mind and connect to whatever messages there may be for you from the Goddess.
So my darling ones,
As the time comes to leave our meditation today,
Feel free to take your time to stretch,
Unfurl and unravel.
Take some nice deep breaths and maybe wiggle the fingers and toes.
So you can stay here as always as long as you wish simply to process what you have seen or thought or anything that has come up in your meditation today.
Feel free to note down anything you have seen or thought in words or images.
And if you wish to take it,
Your Divine Goddess task as we leave this meditation will be an ongoing one.
And I simply suggest that as you move through your days and you move through the seasons,
Take a little time just to notice things around you.
The number of birds you see in the sky,
The flowers you may come across,
The animals that cross your path.
These can all be messages,
Divine symbols,
Connections to your life and the rhythm of your energy.
And I'm not saying that everything you come across has to be a message,
That it has to mean something,
But it's possible to connect to our Divine Feminine and connect to Goddess energy in these simple tiny moments of magic in the day.
So if something catches your eye or causes you pause,
Make a note.
You can write down your notebook or just take a mental note and maybe reflect on it later and what it may mean for you.
In this way,
In simple little ways,
We can always connect to our inner Oracle,
Our inner Divine Feminine and our inner Goddess.
So my darlings,
That concludes our session for today.
Take as long as you wish to reflect and I will see you again soon.
Goodbye for now.
