Blood and bone, life and death Serpent magic, power of breath Earth belly blessing, grounded and true The Moon and the Serpent whisper to you. ~ Watching, waiting, shedding, healing Visions, shivering heat revealing The winding path, a sacred spiral The Serpent calls us back into the Wild. ~ In silence, Stillness—the gift of the […]
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Stepping into Sacred Union
We move deeper into the Autumn season, the time of year where we shed and let go of old stories and skins. At this time of year, it’s easier to tune into spaces of grief and places where we are needing to release. The cry of the collective consciousness has become loud and clear: the […]
The Serpent & the Moon
By Serpent Sanctum on September 8, 2018 in Full Moon, Health & Wellness, Mythology & Legend, Offerings, Ritual, Serpent Sanctum
Waxing and waning. Bleeding and birthing. Emptiness and fullness. Light and shadow expanding and contracting constantly—although at first they may seem like strange bedfellows, the moon and the serpent have much in common. Many people are quite surprised to learn that within the Sanctum, our serpents align the shedding of their skin with the monthly […]
Serpents in the Summer
By Serpent Sanctum on June 26, 2018 in Full Moon, Health & Wellness, Ritual, Serpent Sanctum, Serpents
Art by Katie Scott The summer solstice has arrived, and the fiery heat of this sunny season has everyone in motion. Unlike the cold dark days of winter, when summer comes everyone seems to be out and about. The long, golden hours of daylight stretch into the evenings and we feel on top 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 […]
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 […]
To Everything There Is A Season
By Serpent Sanctum on January 4, 2018 in Full Moon, Health & Wellness, Offerings, Ritual, Serpent Sanctum
Welcome back, sunshine! As the days lengthen in the new year, we are leaving behind the darkness of winter solstice. At this time, we have an incredible chance to reclaim this light and energy in new ways. What will you do with all the new hours of the day? Old patterns may be left behind—if […]
Thinning the Veil: Samhain 2017
Samhain (pronounced SAH-win or SOW-in) is a Gaelic-Celtic pagan festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, beginning the “darker half” of the year. We are encouraged to turn our efforts inward to examine our Shadow places. As the old year passes and the new begins, we can see this time of darkness as the conception […]
What is Ritual?
“It is from the primal world that living faith arises.” ~Larry Harvey What is Ritual? It’s a simple word—yet many of us struggle to define it, feeling uncertain or even argumentative about how it should be defined. Some people use the word confidently and easily, while others feel uncomfortable and even threatened […]