A Shamanic Journey with Persephone and Hecate: A Sacred Descent into the Underworld

Did you know that Persephone represents your soul, as she sets off on her underworld journey, moving through her own soul transformation, birthing a new expression of her soul's light?In this episode, which is from a previous live webinar, I explore the sacred teachings of Demeter, Persephone and Hecate.Our ancient goddess myths act like portals into the mythical landscape of our soul, into the domain of Spirit, as they speak to us at a deeper level.This particular myth illustrates the importance of descending into the underworld, so we can move through a sacred soul transformation – and through doing that, we awaken an ancient feminine wisdom that has always lived deep within our bones.In this episode I go through:The Wheel of the Year as a sacred map of descent and rebirth.The Tree of Life, and how we can heal our ancestral roots and access our deeper wisdom.The Medicine from the Dark Mothers and the Light Mothers and how both are needed for our wellbeing. The Norse creation myth, and how it is a map for feminine awakening.The myth of Demeter, Persephone and Hecate, and its deeper meaning, including how Demeter represents the Mind, Persephone our Soul, and Hecate our Ancient Wisdom.At the end, I also guide you on a shamanic journey with Persephone and Hecate, so you can awaken this ancient feminine wisdom within you. The journey begins at 40.53.PS. If you would like to journey deeper with the Wheel of the Year, you are most welcome to join me on the online course Journey through the Wheel of the Year, which begins now at the Autumn Equinox. You can find out more here.

Can you sense how there is this ancient feminine magic lying dormant within your bones, like an inner sleeping potential, just waiting for you to awaken her?This is the topic of this episode, which is an interview Lina Lanestrand did with me, for her Goddess Summit, where I talk about the Norse Creation Myth of Fire and Ice, and how it shows us the sacred clues for how we can awaken this ancient feminine magic within us.This is a feminine wisdom that embodies both the structural feminine, which is the power of ice, the feminine magic that holds our ancient witch consciousness that births new worlds into being – and the fiery feminine, which is the power of fire, the fire of our love. A fire that is the spark of creation that causes life to blossom and expand.At the end of this episode I also guide you on a shamanic journey to two ancient wells: the Well of Love, which ignites the fire of our love, and the Well of Magic, which ignites the power of our structural feminine. And together, we also journey to the Cosmic Womb, so you can receive the light of something new. The journey begins at 43.38 (but do listen to the talk beforehand, as it gives you the MAP for the journey, allowing you to go much deeper in your own healing journey).PS. If you want to journey even deeper into the mythical landscape of your soul, then you are most welcome to join me on one of my online courses or shamanic trainings where we dive deep into the wisdom found in shamanic energy medicine and ancient goddess myths, such as the new online course Awaken Your Shamanic Witch Priestess (read more here), and also the Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioner and Seidr Magic Training (you can read more on nordiclight.academy).

The four elements of earth, water, air and fire are not just symbolic metaphors but living forces within our bodies and the Earth. Together they form a spiralling rhythm of descent, transformation and ascent, where we descend into the Earth and the Womb of the Dark Mother, held in her sacred birth Waters. We then breathe in the Air of new inspiration, which guides us into a rebirth through the sacred Fire – a fire that also gives us the energy we need so we can begin our journey of ascent.In this episode, which is from my new online course Awaken Your Shamanic Witch Priestess, I share a short lecture on the four elements on how they live in the body, the goddess archetypes associated with each, and what we can do to be in balance with them.And finally, I guide you on a shamanic journey where you connect with the elements of earth, water, air and fire - and as this journey is based on my osteopathic understanding of the body, it is filled with Shamanic Body Magic (journey begins at 14.10).You can find out more about this new online course Awaken Your Shamanic-Witch-Priestess here. It starts on the Dark Moon, 10th of September, and you can benefit from the Early Bird Price until midnight on the Full Moon 26th of September.PS. If you want to soak up even more Feminine Wisdom, then you are most welcome on our free online Feminine Wisdom Summit. Find out more here.

Your womb is far more than a physical organ – it is a sacred portal, a gateway between worlds, a cauldron of magic, transformation, creation, life and rebirth.This is your seat of feminine magic, and in this sacred cauldron you find the gifts and medicine of the four feminine archetypes – Maiden, Mother, Queen and Crone.Just as spring, summer, autumn, and winter each offer their own gifts and medicine to the land, our inner feminine archetypes bring their own gifts and medicine to us too.These feminine archetypal presences live within every woman as inner wisdom keepers, guiding us to tune into the whispers of our heart and soul, so we can move through life in sync with the cosmic heartbeat of the Great Mother. The Maiden awakens and says YES to what lights her up. The Mother creates and births her dreams into being. The Queen claims the throne of her sovereignty and chooses with discernment what she gives her time, energy and focus to, and the Crone is the sacred elder who walks between worlds, holding the ancient codes of life, death and rebirth.In this episode, which is from my new online course Awaken Your Shamanic Witch Priestess, I share a short lecture on these four archetypes, and then I guide you on a shamanic journey to meet your inner Maiden, Mother, Queen and Crone (journey begins at 12.05).You can find out more about this new online course Awaken Your Shamanic-Witch-Priestess here. It starts on the Dark Moon, 10th of September, and you can benefit from the Early Bird Price until midnight on the Full Moon 26th of September.PS. If you want to soak up even more Feminine Wisdom, then you are most welcome on our free online Feminine Wisdom Summit. Find out more here.

Freya’s name means Our Lady, and the deepest root of her name means to love. She carries the golden light of our soul – the magical fire of love that is the essence of all creation.She is the witch in the Völuspá who was burned and reborn three times; and as she rose from the fire, she became the First Völva, the one who embodies the power of Seidr Magic. She then travelled the world, teaching the women Seidr, so they could awaken their inner feminine magic too.In this episode, which is from my new online course Awaken Your Shamanic Witch Priestess, I share a short lecture on Freya, and then you go on a shamanic journey with Freya, igniting the Fire of Love in your heart (journey begins at 6.12).It is this Fire of Love that is the compass the Shamanic-Witch-Priestess follows, so it becomes her guide, showing her where to go, what to do, what to say and to whom.You can find out more about this new online course Awaken Your Shamanic-Witch-Priestess here. It starts on the Dark Moon, 10th of September, and you can benefit from the Early Bird Price until midnight on the Full Moon 26th of September.PS. If you want to soak up even more Feminine Wisdom, then you are most welcome on our free online Feminine Wisdom Summit. Find out more here.

Did you know that there is an ancient feminine wisdom wired into your DNA, held in your mitochondria, which has been passed down from mother to daughter, generation after generation, for thousands of years? A living, golden thread that connects you, right now, to the Ancient Mothers of your maternal bloodline.In this episode, drawn from the introduction to my new online course Awaken Your Shamanic Witch Priestess, we journey into the sacred science behind this magic: how your mitochondria nourish, guide and protect you – like a Wise Mother from deep within – how your body is wired to receive the healing medicine from both the darkness and the light, and how our ancient shamanic traditions honoured this same feminine wisdom long before we had words for it.We also follow the golden thread of feminine magic through time, past the distortion and silencing of the feminine, all the way back to the truth that was never truly lost – a truth that has kept flowing, like a Golden River of Feminine Wisdom, deep within the mythical landscape of our soul.A truth that helps us remember that our ancient source of feminine magic is GOOD, and through this remembering our inner shamanic-witch-priestess awakens.You can find out more about this new online course Awaken Your Shamanic-Witch-Priestess here. It starts on the Dark Moon, 10th of September, and you can benefit from the Early Bird Price until midnight on the Full Moon 26th of September.PS. If you want to soak up even more Feminine Wisdom, then you are most welcome on our free online Feminine Wisdom Summit. Find out more here.

In this shamanic journey you’ll release the fears that block you from being the light that you are. You’ll also move through a deep initiation, being burnt three times to the ground. Each time rising, reborn into the truth of who you are.At the end of the journey, you’ll be meet the ancestral witch in your lineage, the Wise One, who will share her medicine and wisdom with you. This is a very powerful journey, which is around 50 minutes long.This journey is from the book Your Heart Knows How to Heal You  (and to make the most of this journey, I recommend you read Chapter 7 in the book, so you get the MAP for this journey, and you also get to meet Gullveigr, the witch who was three times burnt, three times born – and how she is the Norse goddess Freya. You can find out more about the book on Amazon here, and also on my website here.

Radiant Sun Goddess Sól,Keeper of the golden fire of life,I open my heart to receive your healing light.Let your golden rays shine through my mind,clearing away any confusion and doubt.Let your light flow through my heart,awakening the fire of love that lives within my soul.May your sacred light shine through me,bringing love and healing into our world.And so it is. And so it is. And so it is.Blessed be. Blessed be. Blessed be.

In this shamanic journey Mary Magdalene will be your guide, as she’s the mystical heart that embodies both heaven and earth.In this way, she can help you dance with the seasons of darkness and light, seeing through the eye of your heart, whilst weaving your heart’s loving wisdom into your life.On this journey you’ll be guided to the Isle of Avalon, the heart chakra of the world, situated in Glastonbury (England, UK), where you'll be connecting with the Red Spring (divine feminine), the Tor (a hill that is the gateway to the Otherworld), and the White Spring (divine masculine).This journey is from Chapter 8 in my book Your Heart Knows How to Heal You, which features nine shamanic journeys (one at the end of each chapter). All readers gain access to the audio recordings of these shamanic journeys.You can find out more about the book Your Heart Knows How to Heal You  here.

In this episode, I’m sharing an extract from a live webinar I offered on Mary Magdalene, part of the online course A Shamanic Journey of Resurrection and Rebirth (you can read more here).Mary Magdalene is a powerful Death Maiden – like a Valkyrie – guiding us through the sacred portal of death, life, and rebirth.She had to trust the spiritual eye of her heart when she witnessed Yeshua after he had risen. No one else could validate her experience. And still, she shared her visions, her soul gifts, and her healing medicine with others— the gift of her faith and the medicine of her courageShe wove her heart’s loving wisdom into the world.And I feel this is one of her greatest gifts to us: To help us trust our own deeper knowing.There are so many correlations between how her voice was silenced and distorted by patriarchy for over 1500 years, and how the voice of the feminine has been silenced for millennia.But just as the ancient feminine is now rising within us, so too are the sacred teachings of Mary Magdalene – calling us to reclaim our feminine wisdom, magic, and voice.You can also meet Mary Magdalene in my book, Your Heart Knows How to Heal You.  And if you want to listen to a free guided shamanic journey with Mary Magdalene (plus 8 more free shamanic journeys from the book), then just click here.