As I have on several previous Dark Moons, I have asked for and received a message from the Morrigna, and this time I was given and answer with three instructions. It is not as completely channeled this time as it has been on previous occasions, so the next few paragraphs are more in my own voice, with Theirs in my ear. As such, I have left it unformatted.
Crow Folks, those of you who have been fighting and doing the work, I know that many of you are close to burn-out. I am on the edge of it, too. So it’s time to rest, recuperate, recharge. Enjoy this moment of relative peace, and do something that will please your soul. Something creative, something that will make you feel relaxed and renewed. We are not going to rest on our laurels, for the work is not yet done, but the compassion that burns fiercely within us must be tended, lest the flame die out. So do your tending. For my part, I’m participating in NaNoWriMo again this year, and I’ve also made plans to go to a Korean bathhouse with friends. I’m going to get a massage, and try to do a few more chapters in an anxiety workbook. Self care and shadow work aren’t always easy, but they are always necessary, so find the time and heal yourself. That is your first instruction.
Your second instruction starts with something like a notification: a new wave of Crows is coming. Some of us started on this path one, two, or even twenty years ago, but more will be joining us this winter. Find them. Reach out to others around you who are already traveling this path. Create a net of branches, so that the new Crows will have somewhere to land. Look for the lost ones, the solitary, the stragglers. Welcome them into your groups; offer them friendship. Some of them will prefer to learn on their own for a while, supported by the net. That is fine; let them do as they will. Others will have questions, and will want guidance.
This is your third instruction: guide them. Share everything you know, everything you’ve learned, every experience. Share the good and the bad, for they must choose this path with their eyes fully open, with deep knowing in their hearts. Be as patient as you can: they are learning, they are transforming, they are beginning to sprout wings. And in the spring, we will all fly together.
I know I still owe many of you cards. I am getting to them, slowly but surely. Anyone who has not asked for their next six cards, please email me. Anyone new to the path is welcome to start with the nine card spread, adjusted for the change in time of year. This is also a good time to remind you all that the other part of my work is healing. I’m trained in distance energy healing methodologies, and am available to you free of charge as an “on-site medic”, so to speak, if your need for healing is related to the work you’re doing for the Morrigna (ie, if it could be a line-of-duty injury, or if it is preventing you from doing your best work). If you’re not sure, I am more than happy to ask on your behalf. I can do these over text chat media, as time and energy allows.
Also, some of you already got this in the newsletter, but here is the journey prompt from the class I taught at Hallowed Homecoming:
Breathe yourselves into stillness, children of earth. Breathe deep. Breathe in relaxation… and breathe out the worries and cares of the world. Breathe until you reach that space between, the space that lets us walk between the worlds. We will all go together. Feel as mists steam up from the ground and surround us here. Pay attention to notice the shift – we are leaving the campground, and coming into another place. When you are ready, open your inner eyes and see the dirt road beneath your feet. On either side grow trees, and many have already begun to lose their autumn-bright leaves. Continue forward to the crossroads where I stand, and behind me, to one side of the dirt road, a table piled with offerings. There are things to drink and eat, weapons of war, representations of your battles and efforts, and more. Find the gift you are meant to give, and bring it with you as we continue forward. [Count to 10.] Walk farther along the dirt road, until you begin to smell roasting food, and woodsmoke, and begin to hear the crackling of a fire, and voices talking quietly. A gap in the trees shows you a narrow track that runs uphill, towards the things you hear and smell. Follow it, and as you crest the hill, the trees thin to an open plain. You can see the fire, now – it is a large cooking fire, and over the fire hangs a giant steaming cauldron, while food roasts on the coals at the edges. Three figures surround the cauldron, and they turn to you as you approach. Give them the gift you have brought, and ask the question you carry in your heart. [WAIT for 5-10 minutes]. When you have finished, thank them for their time, and leave the way you came. [10 secs] Back across the plain… to the hill, [3] down the hill… to the road, [3] and along the road… back to the swirling mists… and into your body. [3] Welcome Home.
Take care of yourselves, everyone.