Healing is not linear. It travels in ever-twining circles and cycles, spiraling back inwards onto itself as we progress forward. Healing travels through generations by virtue of our blood, and we are living in a time when it is especially important—and miraculously possible—to heal our ancestry and our future, offering a blessing to this planet […]
The Serpent and the Seeker
Artwork by Jessica Perlstein Serpent comes winding across the path makes herself known and a swift runner stops to meet her eyes black diamonds of shivering fire. The seeker within stirs its sleepy coils. ~ Receiving this dark sight, the runner asks of Serpent Why am I afraid? If you bite me…Won’t it excite […]
Serpents in the Spine
The force of Life has many names—at least one from each culture and cosmology that speaks of this divine energy. Among these many names, a highly recognized term is Kundalini. This name comes from the ancient language of Sanskrit and translates roughly to “coiled one.” When we speak of Kundalini, we are talking about a […]
Ouroboros: The Infinite Serpent
Serpents have fascinated us for millenia, and have helped us to connect with worlds beyond imagination, and even to imagine the world before Creation itself. Long before Christ was born, humans recognized the power of serpents and honored them as wisdomkeepers—teachers of visionary awareness, oracles of transformation, guardians of abundance & fertility, and masters of […]
Serpent Moon
By Serpent Sanctum on April 14, 2018 in Health & Wellness, Offerings, Ritual, Serpent Sanctum, Serpents
Serpent Sanctum has always carried a mission of offering the healing medicine of Serpent Energy to women everywhere, supporting divine sisterhood, feminine leadership, and creative empowerment. We are delighted and honored to be dancing forward into the activation of this vision, joining Aya Iwasaki, of AyaPapaya and facilitator of Ancient Voices and Prayers of the Womb […]
To Dream of Serpents
One of the serpent’s favorite ways to communicate their powerful medicine is through the visionary realms of dreamtime… When a snake chooses to enter one’s consciousness in this way, it is a powerful messenger with wisdom to share. In our dream state, we are often more receptive to the subtleties and whispers of our serpent guides […]
All Snakes’ Day: The Hidden History of St. Patrick
By Serpent Sanctum on March 20, 2018 in Mythology & Legend, New Moon, Offerings, Serpent Sanctum, Serpents
St. Patrick is perhaps the most well-known Catholic saint in human history. He is celebrated internationally in the United States, Brazil, Australia, Britain, and of course, Ireland, where he has been honored as the patron saint of the country for centuries. Among the many miracles he supposedly performed, Patrick is said to have driven all […]
Asking for Permission
Try this—using your mind’s eye, imagine a room. It can be cluttered or spacious, light or dark, with windows or doors and furniture as you please. Visualize it clearly, noticing everything in the room. See all the details and greet each object with your thoughts. Notice that however full you’ve envisioned this room, you likely […]
Lunar New Year + Eclipse Wisdom
There are some moments that carry great weight throughout the fabric of time-space. When potent bodies align, new energy is easily available to be transmuted, reconfiguration occurs, and portals open for new acts of creation. These spaces invite us in—sometimes sweetly, other times through states of desperate necessity—but always with an invitation into greater awareness […]
Healer, Heal Thyself
By Serpent Sanctum on January 31, 2018 in Full Moon, Health & Wellness, Serpent Care, Serpent Sanctum, Serpents
Like the Goddess I serve, I am known by many names, and I walk the earth in many forms. Yoga teacher. Clinical psychologist. Dreamworker. Two-spirit. Tantrika. Dancer. Scientist. Snake lady. Modern day priestess. Medical researcher. Woman gone wild. You can call me Summer. This is the story of how I got here, and the answer […]