Snake Magic
As most of you
know I have an affinity with nature. I am happiest and at peace when out
connecting with the elements, at one with all that is around me. I love all the
seasons… witnessing their changing cycles. I especially love to acknowledge the
signs nature gifts me along my journey. The messages guiding and encouraging me
to flow with the energy I feel.
I love
exploring the local bush, river waterways and of course our magnificent coastline…
always sharing this with my faithful doggy companion Mishy. To me, nature
contains all the magic of healing and wisdom.
Recently, the
snake energy has entered my
awareness. Like most people, I have always held a respectful yet ‘alerted to
danger’ kind of response to these beautiful creatures. Keep away from me….and I’ll
keep away from you!
On a recent visit
to the Greenough Wildlife Park with thirty plus Kindy kids in toe, we were all
offered to have a hold of the owner, Michelle’s, treasured pet carpet python. I
was the lucky last. I decided to face my fear and assumed I would have a little
hold like the others. NO! She gently placed her pet around my shoulder…turned
her back to me, and began to share her passionate teachings about Australian
reptiles! When you’re passionate about something, you tend to talk for a long
time…..this is exactly what happened!!!
I knew that this experience was meant to be, so I
surrendered and just allowed this snake energy to connect. I was surprised as a
wave of deep calmness flowed through me. This most beautiful creature dissolved
all remnants of fear I held….and I was enveloped in an energy of peace, of
trust, of love. I began to feel myself swaying with the snakes’ rhythm…and felt
that pull to be drawn into a meditative state. That is until I was brought back
to the reality of standing in front of a fair sized group of children, teachers
and parents!
Now snakes
are a regular sighting at this time of the year, with the weather warming up
and I am told it is also breeding season. The birthing of new life. My son, Izaac stumbled upon a snake in our
yard….and I also found a sign up at the church where our meditation classes are
held warning “BEWARE SNAKE”. I stood holding the sign looking around. Now I am
not sure if I was failing to get the message, but my latest encounter sure pushed
the point!
Walking home
from a morning walk along the beach, I was lost in thought about a beautiful
white fluffy feather that had floated on my path. I sensed a feeling of
protection. Like an angel was walking
beside me. Mishy suddenly alerted me
to a presence! A large dugite had sprang out from a hole underneath the pathway
I was walking. I remembered Michelle’s words of wisdom….to turn and calmly walk
away….but NO! This snake was protecting its home and proceeded to chase Mishy
and I along the path. A passing driver was witness to this and drove his car up
the curb ….the snake retreated back to its hole. I must say that this would
have been a hilarious sight. A funniest home video winner for sure. The snake
did not bite us…and believe me we were very close…..but I got her message.
Ok snake…I
think it’s time I listen. I felt her message in the symbolism of her shed skin
near the entrance to her hole. The shedding
of the old, a time of renewal…of
rebirth as she emerges from the
underworld of her hole….having faced the shadows of self, integrating the
changes to begin again the next cycle of life. Emerging out to receive the energy
of the sun … filling her renewed form with Light.
In meditation I decided to connect with this
exotic primordial energy of the Divine snake. I visioned a stairway leading up.
Each step forward I felt my energy rising…a new level of understanding
emerging. Within the temple, at the peak, I felt a powerful yet gentle
transformation as I saw the melding of the masculine
and feminine energies blend into a
potent Divine energy. A marriage and
I was the child. The snake energy flowed in an erotic dance of continual
evolution, rising higher and higher into finer and lighter frequencies….. expanding….balancing
and harmonising…leaving me with a deep sense of inner peace.
I too am
emerging from the stillness of my inner retreat and I am feeling the call to
step forward along my path, to share more of my journey. I wasn’t listening to
this call before, so this is the nudge I needed. A beginning of something new,
to trust as I am being guided forward …and to where this will be is yet to
unfold.
I give my eternal
gratitude and thanks to the message of the snake energy. This was the push I
needed to finally share my world and write a blog. So next time a snake crosses
your path…listen to the messages it shares. It may be just the sign you need.
In Love and
Light
Leanne xxx
I resonate
with the symbology this pathway represents. As we surrender to the natural
cycles of our existence…. Experiencing all the ebbs and flows, the ups and
downs…… The gears will shift again and the hands of time will reveal when we
are ready to stand naked in our truth and move into total acceptance of all
that we are….the transformation begins. Vulnerable yet strong…having withstood
the lessons of time….and grown in our faith…
