Monday, October 7, 2013

When a tree faery keeps your child soul safe

Prague

She came to my Shamanic Dreaming workshop because (she told us) she was seeking to find and follow the paths of her soul. She embarked on all our journeys with courage and high enthusiasm. What was quite unexpected, and life-transforming, was what happened when she accepted an invitation to visit the Magic Library.
     This is a real place in another order of reality, one I often call the Imaginal Realm. It is a realm of true imagination. Palaces and temples and schools and pleasure gardens are constructed here through creative interaction, and they may be visited by prepared and invited travelers over centuries or millennia of human time.
     In the Magic Library, access to any form of knowledge is possible. So is contact with master teachers in any field. In introductory workshops, I often invite participants to use their life memories to open the portal. Think of a favorite library or bookshop, museum or gallery where your imagination came alive in the presence of fresh images and ideas. Picture yourself at the threshold. When the drumming begins, step through the door. You'll find yourself in a deepening space. Its contents and possibilities go far beyond the memories you used to come here. Information may be stored here in many forms.
     The traveler I wish to celebrate picked a used bookstore that she loves, in her native city in another part of Central Europe. When she went inside the bookshop (as she told me) she found that a wall of books "peeled back", revealing a garden behind.
     She stepped out, with delight, into the garden, and then into the wood behind it. She paused at a certain tree because someone up in its branches was throwing sticks down at her. When she examined the sticks, she recognized Celtic designs that had been carved on them. Maybe they were Ogham sticks.
     She looked up, and saw a druid perched in the tree.
     She remembered one of the assignments I had suggested for this group journey. She told him, "I am looking for the story I am now living. Can you help me?"
    "Your story is about a Lost Girl," he responded. "When you were very young, a tree faery took part of your spirit because you world was not safe. Ever since then, the tree faery has kept that girl safe, inside a tree you know." The druid proceeded to identify the tree, and the park where it stands in her native city. She remembered the tree, and the park, very clearly from childhood.
    "You must go to that tree and retrieve your Lost Girl," the druid instructed.
     She promised she would do that, as soon as possible after she goes home. We discussed how, in Celtic folklore, people often sing to bring a soul back home, sometimes from a tree where it has been sheltered is is perching like a bird. She readily agreed she would sing for her Lost Girl, at the tree from her childhood, to entertain the faery and prove that she was ready to be a lively host for her child self. I am eager to hear the next installment.


For instructions on how to access the Magic Library, which I sometimes call the Secret Library or the Dream Library, please see Dreaming the Soul Back Home.

photo (c) Robert Moss

2 comments:

  1. Bravo! What a great journey experince. "I am looking for the story I am now living..." Brillant question. I feel excitement. From my voice here in America: Bring her home sister.

    Once I invited a group of friends to celebrate my lost girl coming home. I didn't officially say I was celebrating this soul return. In fact I just said I was having a dinner. One of my friends brought me a present, which was out of the ordinary and so delightful.

    Thank You for sharing this story.

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  2. Robert, a friend from Germany was in Prague at a women's business leader conference when you were holding this workshop. I shared this post with her in case there was any resonance. She wrote:
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    When in Prague, I met a healer - an executive coach with also extensive healer training. She helped me get through the turbulent second day, doing a little energy work and telling me she perceived I was not only here for the conference - I was here for the city. Something about the grounds, the town. She advised me to stroll through the streets, see what happens.

    I believed, nothing of big impact happened. I walked. Watched the buildings. Stood in front of a rabbi´s place - and there was this yew tree (I believe yew) - ancient. And I had the impulse to connect to it - with the triangle Deborah teaches us: heart chakra, 3rd eye... I could feel the energy flow..... it was nice. Grounding. In my.... should I say arrogance... I believed I helped the tree.

    Reading this blog ... GOOSEBUMPS...
    Tree healed me. Part of me returned. I am sure of that. The next day I was fine.
    And I believed I had missed the "appointment with my past" ....
    I am humbled - and overjoyed.
    Thank you Nancy, for sharing here what helps me grasp even more about my Prague adventure
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    Robert, thanks once again for your words, which have a wider reach than you may realize. See you in a few weeks!
    Love,
    Nancy



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