The moment my ancestors got on boats and travelled from their homelands of Romania, Scotland, Ireland and England much ancestral connection was lost, and I am not alone in this reality…
Most of us who live, work and call North America home and have done so for many generations are not actually, originally from here, our family members once were immigrants looking for a better way, or perhaps escaping poverty, starvation or in fear for their lives.
Those who left brought with them many things, deep grief being one of them, grief for what they had to leave behind, for the foods they loved and may not taste again, grief for the family left, their folklore, and the land that gave them a sense of place in the world.
They also brought gifts and personal stories and for some of us, these small precious things were lovingly preserved and handed down, but for others, because of so much grief, it was best for our ancestors to just move on and let all of it go…this is the story of what it is to live in a place that is not our ancestral homeland, and of going back in search of ancestral similarities….This kind of pilgrimage is what I have been interested in exploring since I was 25 and my dear friend and teacher Pookinak an Ojibway woman, lovingly directed my mis-guided projections of longing for the ways of my own ancestors onto her traditions as I looked for a spiritual place to call my own.
The moment she told me that I needed to discover who my own people were, it was like a light bulb went off and I started with a flurry of phone calls to my parents and grandmother…
At that time however not much information came forward as far as stories go, but I told that this line is Ukrainians from Romania, and I realize now that it was mostly because I did not know the right questions to ask, so it would take me another two decades to fully understand what to ask, and why I was asking in the first place…..
Not that I was looking for some sort of royal line, but the reality of our ancestors is often not a pretty one, and if we go in with ideas of poetry, then we are going to be greatly set straight!That is not to say that there is not beauty and wonderful gifts to discover, but more to say that the recent history of the ancestors is not pretty no matter where you come from and is more often one of starvation, colonization, oppression, and many, many wars.
But I digress, because before I could even set one foot into the door of understanding why I come from a lineage of mothers who all too easily abandon there daughters and fathers with heart disease and a stubborn streak that would shock the most stubborn of political leaders, and also a family with poetry in their hearts and the ability to cook anything thrown a them and make it taste good, I first had to turn to the spirit world, and I had to forgive it all….
I had also become a beekeeper after she showed me the ways of this line of ancestors as stewards of bees and medicine workers with honey and propolis, and I had learned how to clear my ancestral lines and heal them not just for myself but for others as well..
But all along something felt not quite in place and I understood that it was because I needed to visit the lands of my ancestral peoples, so I was confused as to why Ireland had not worked out yet because it should have been easy, and I found myself in England many times over the years with easy flights over, but not once did it happen, so I gave it up and decided to ask for guidance on where I needed to go first and was told Romania. I now understand why….
I remember his sweets and giant hands, and I also remember his funeral as it was one of the first I ever attended.
What I did not count on with this ancestral trip to his birth place was that it was going to be so intense, joyful and deeply grief filled…
He dropped us in front of an area that looked abandoned in the dark with graffiti everywhere and it was almost impossible to imagine that the nice Airb&B wen rented might be in one of the buildings, and as we stood there exhausted and smelling like stale cigarette smoke we were sure we had been somehow duped…
However inside that old building was indeed the nice apartment we rented and indeed by the light of day, the view of the river and parliament shown on-line was there, it was just nestled into what we would soon discover about Bucharest, an edgy and graffiti filled place containing both beauty and ugly.
However once we met up with our guide and began driving out to the countryside everything changed, the people and the deep knowing that I was home…
I understand now that Bucharest like most big cities, is full of people from many different countries, and there were lots of Russians, Hungarians and Polish folks, folks from everywhere really, including Romanians from the countryside looking for work and most of them are not happy, but who am I to say why folks are the way they are….
And so began our journey driving into the Carpathian mountains as we drove across Romania from Bucharest and into Transylvania and finally arriving in Bukovina the birth place of my great grandfather.
The deeper we got into the mountains I began to feel a sense of peace come over me, and I sat in awe of the beauty of the landscape and richness of the land…
There was a bone deep remembering that started to happen within me, as if I was waking up to the genetic coding within the cells of my body, and things began to feel familiar, especially the smells and foods, which lent themselves perfectly to this cellular awakening….
Breakfasts were the same, way too much food, and courses of cheeses and meat, followed by the most divine dough pastry things that when filled with the homemade jams were so good we ate too many, followed by strong coffee and usually rolled out and into our day fattened and happy..
It is said of Romania that when god was giving out gifts to the land–things like oil and precious metals, fruit trees and lush fertile soil there was an accident and St Peter dropped them all in Romania, but God said–“Not to worry because the people will not realize what they have”
This seems to be the case for Romania as they have not exploited their land the way many other countries have, and even the “tourist” places have not been turned into giant parking lots with chain restaurants and coffee shops dotting the area, rather the tourists are mostly Romanians on vacation enjoying their own land and everything around any kind of tourist area is owned by locals who make their living making home made food, treats and serving strong coffee to those wanting to enjoy.We deliberately avoided any kind of massive tourist area which seemed to be specifically around Bran’s castle–which as we learned was not the nicest castle in the area by far, and the prices were double the amount for a smaller cramped space, and besides that Vlad the Impaler did not even own this castle–it is just the one that Bram Stoker decided to set his novel to…
Instead we stayed in a small place next to where Vlad was actually born and went inside a stunningly beautiful castle where he actually lived and learned about the actual history of Vlad and many other invaders that seemingly over centuries tried, to no avail to take Romania over…..
Anyone who knows me knows that my love language is Gift giving and I have to say, after coming to Romania I feel that this must be in part where this comes form in me, because everywhere we went the people were generous to a fault!
One evening in particular we landed late-ish to a pensione and worrying about having some milk for our tea in the morning I was trying to ask for a small amount of it from the owners because I accidentally had bought a yoghurt drink instead of a small bottle of milk at the shop–not thinking, Zahra looked at the bottle and found the word for what she thought was milk and used it–15 min’s later they returned with two tubs of yoghurt!
Embarrassed and knowing we would never have time to eat it, I tried again to convey what I meant and this time I pretended I was milking a cow.
Another 1/2 an hour went by and thinking that we might have to have our morning cuppa black or try yoghurt in our morning tea a small knock came to the door and when I opened it the small older lady of the house handed me two giant bottles equal to 4 litres of milk!
Before that though she held them up to her cheeks to show me that they were warm–and I understood–she had literally gone and milked her cow and brought it to us!!
With tears in my eyes I gratefully accepted the gift and immediately drank a small glass of the warm delicious stuff..
But the story does not end there! another 10 min’s pass and we are finally just getting over the enormous gift she has brought when another knock comes to the door and there she is standing with a plate of freshly made crepes filled with homemade cherry jam!
Tears are pouring out of my eyes at this point and I am well beyond words, so we take the plate and saying thank, you thank you, and stumbling over the Romania word mulțumesc {meaning thank you} over, and over devour the warm crepes in stunned joyful delight!
There is something deeply soul filling about being given food that means so much and was made by hand from the heart.
My heart will be full from this offering for many many years to come…
There is an abundance of magic found in Romania, enough to last me a lifetime, and as I continue to learn and deepen into understanding the old traditions, weaving, and songs of these ancestral lands I am finding myself there more and more.A big part of this trip for me was the deep connection that I have been developing with my healthy ancestors in this line for many, many years now, one of which is an old beekeeper grandmother who has been showing me the old ways of sacred beekeeping and as I mentioned above, one of the reasons I got into beekeeping myself almost a decade ago, so to discover that all of the monasteries were actually run by nuns who also kept bees and made their own candles, {you know the ones they sell for pennies to light for loved ones} was a delight!
These candles were bought all along the way and many were lit for dead loved ones, ancestors and wishes for dear friends..
I also came home with a precious handful of them for sacred work here.
We were also fortunate enough to to be taken around back of one of the monasteries to visit the bees there and see the nuns working, as well as to visit a local beekeeper who was all too happy to sell us some of his honey that had literally been harvested the day before! These things were lovingly tucked inside of my suitcase and brought back for sacred use and ceremony…
Again, I am a bit at a loss for words here, and for now have tucked these memories inside my heart from further digesting and processing…
If you look at the image below one of them is of two small cups, one filled with the fresh cows milk gifted to us and the other with palinka, both of which were made as offerings to the local land spirits and my ancestors in deep gratitude for our time spent there and the legacy of who I am because of them….
I have forgiven them for this choice, I did so long time ago, however the grief of knowing that someone is alive and choosing to not engage can sometimes feel more painful then if they were dead–because at least if they were gone there would be no wishing and hoping that things would change–and I have learned over the past 30 years that no amount of hoping will change their {brainwashed} minds.
The image at the top of the above collage shows me with tears in my eyes smiling for the joy of the moment and deep grief because of what could have been, but simply is not.
Knowing what I do about death and the function of working with healthy ancestors as well as how to work and heal/cross those who are not well I also understand that this deep rift on both sides of my family comes from old ancestral patterns that I have agreed to heal and stop with my line, which means that I needed to deeply forgive and accept in order to become a good ancestor myself as well as for our children so they too can have a good chance at becoming good ancestors.
Michael Ctzuk may have been my great grandfather but he was my dad’s grandfather and I know there was deep love between them and many many similarities, I know that having spent my first 9 years on a hobby goat farm with chickens and pigs was my fathers dream, and all of the things that I too cherish about living off of the land {I have had bees and chickens at one point–in the city no less} and cooking/canning my own food is shared with these two men and the women who birthed them and on and on all the way back through the line of my Romanian/Ukrainian ancestors.
The grief runs deep here, and I let my tears fall many times and was deeply held by my family as they embraced me and wiped my tears and allowed me to talk about it all as much as I needed to come once again to peace…
My beloved husband Sohrab even cried a little with me, for he is so close with his family I know he cant even begin to imagine what it is like for me, but he loves me and I know it hurts him to see me sad and grieving.
Our daughter held my hand and wiped my years and offered me some tea and sat beside me holding me, and never once moving or shying away in discomfort and I could see and feel that her steadiness in holding space is going to be one of her greatest gifts.
What I have taken away from this deliberate time spent in Romania was a deeper understanding of the country itself, the history of many wars, invasions and peoples travelling through it, and finally of communism and its affect on the country before it too was overthrown….
The poeple here are rightly proud of what they have, because most everyone owns a home and property taxes are very low, so each family have a home with a garden and fruit trees, especially those who live outside of Bucharest.
I know I have not mentioned much about two things that tend to come to mind when folks think of Romania and that is Vampires which I touched on a little above and the Romani people here derogatorily refer to as the Gypsies…
So I would like to say a bit about this…
It is important to understand that the poeple referred to as “ROMANI” or Gypsies are not Romanian–because these are two different peoples from very different areas of the world!
“The Romani are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who live mostly in places such as Romania and all over Europe and the Americas and originating from the northern Indian subcontinent, from the Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab regions of modern-day India. Genetic findings appear to confirm that the Romani “came from a single group that left northwestern India about 1,500 years ago”.
The fact that so many of them settled in Romania is a coincidence and does not make Romanians, Romani by default….
The one thing that I learned also was that not all of them are poor, many many of them are very rich and we passed through as rich area of the Romani people in the mountains and their houses are spectacular! These people made their money due to hard work and the skill of working with metals, mostly making the most elaborate and wondrous roofs, ones that we saw all over Romania, but most especially evident for the Romani people because their homes looked like temples!
In fact I literally could write an entire post solely on the sacred meanings of these symbols along with the great may images I took during our time there of the houses painted with these symbols and looms and weavings I saw.. however this is already a very long post even for me!
During our time there I had a moment in a giant field of sunflowers where I wondered if I had seen these small flowers wrong and that perhaps they were sunflowers, only to realize that I had not seen the fluffy yellow flowers in my journey wrong, but that they do indeed exist and these small yellow flowers are sacred to the Romanian people at mid-summer, so although we had missed the festivities by only a few weeks there was so much for me to learn about there sacred flowers and their herbal and folkloric meaning…
These flowers are called Sanziene.
“Each year, on the 24th of June, Romanians celebrate the pagan holiday of Sanziene. Along with the Fates, Sanzieneleare part of the big and charming family of Iele – gracious fairies with magical powers. Unlike the most of Iele, Sanzienele are always good and kind to humans. It is said that on the night before their day, they use to fly over meadows, smelling and touching the wildflowers, enriching them with special healing properties. Sanziene is also the Romanian name of a wild yellow flower, commonly known as the Lady’s bedstraw, frequently used in ancient healing potions.
Sanziene’s Day has its own specific rituals, mainly focused on love spells. In some regions, especially in the countryside, it is common that the young girls to play the role of Sanziene. One of the girls is chosen to represent Dragaica, the most powerful Sanziana. After she is dressed in white and embellished with golden wheat spikes – the symbol of Sun and Summer – she must gather all the other girls into a big circle and dance. Then, they all go collecting Lady’s bedstraw flowers and create beautiful wreaths. In some regions, the girls throw their wreath in water while chanting their wishes of love. In other parts of the country, the wreaths are thrown over the house; if the wreath stays on the roof, the girl will marry soon, if not, the girl still has to wait.”
My blood and bones will never forget what it was to eat, sleep and play there if only for a short time…
Thank you my ancestors, thank you land spirits, thank you mother Romania….
Nikiah
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I did it!
Some of you may remember my sharing a video of a looooong piece of weaving I took off the loom about a month ago musing on what I might make with it…
Well after weeks of travel I arrived home ready to take the risk and cut into my precious weavings and sew them.
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The thing is I had no pattern and my sewing machine broke before I even had a chance to use it once!
But since I have taken some fabulous classes with my teacher India Flint @prophet_of_bloom where she shares her fearless use of scissors and patternless hand made sewing I decided to go for it and I am thrilled with the result.
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Having said that it helps that I am not even remotely type A, nor do I care about seams showing etc…
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It’s wickedly “handmade” and perfect for the essence I carried all through its creation which was all about this second half of my life, peri-menopause and initiation..
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These things have been messy, creative, hard, and I have learned so much!
Kinda like making oneself a coat from woven fabric without a pattern or sewing machine ha!
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Anyways I am back home now and excited to dive into some summer weavings and drum making, and pairing them together so that you can take them out on your outdoor adventures, stay warm at night and connect to the rhythm of the land..
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Stay tuned!
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Big love
Nikiah
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#weavings #saori #sacredweaving
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I am thrilled to have some of my weaving creations over in Salt Spring Island at @folklore_studio_co .
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@tarynstrong and her partner @sydwoodward_ have created a fabulous store supporting local artists as well as selling their own fabulous jewelry creations.
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I look forward to visiting them later this summer and seeing my weavings in the shop.
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Have a beautiful day everyone.
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This image was taken by @_infinitebody_ a few years ago now and is such a beautiful reflection of the many times we have worked together to create a story within an image within a myth..
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Images have always captured my imagination and I have long loved photography, so to be able to manifest what is in my mind and heart together in sacred collaboration has been a dream.
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If you have been in my website or here on insta with me for awhile you would have seen many of these images taken by Jennie, as we navigated shoots by waterfalls, the ocean, the forest, mountains, rivers and meadows..
All in search of beauty, mythic storytelling, ancestral connection and what it means to create art from our lives,guts and souls..
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For me the fact that I am in the image is not even remotely as important as the feeling or story I hope that you dear ones will experience once you lay eyes on it..
In fact I often wish I had a model instead of myself because it’s really about creating an image that evokes a feeling and a story..
This is the gift that Jennie has..
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Anyways Jennie @_infinitebody_ has some beautiful offerings happening right now if you are feeling called.. go check out her work.
♥️
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In the meantime I am back in beautiful B.C and soaking up the sun home and cherry blossom’s as we visit our daughter and prepare our home here for sale this coming summer.
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What does this image say to you?
What story does it tell or make you think of? I would love to hear your thoughts…
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I will post a bunch more tomorrow, and include some that I have never shared here before..
Perhaps we can create a story together..
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#sacredphotos #stories #unseeen #reddrum
Every now and then I sit with my website and read through it, because written words tend to become static once written, and I as a person am not.
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I continue to change, my work changes, and how I would even describe my own work changes too..
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So today I sat with my bio page and made some changes, sharing a little more about my own evolution, who I am and why I do what I do…
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I am not completely done with it yet but it feels better to me, kind of like when we outgrow our old skin, shedding needs to happen..
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Over the years my sites have constantly been in a flux of change and evolution, expanding and being fluid with growth as I do the same..
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Right now I am in another time of change, actually it’s been a few years of this, but slowly, ever so slowly my work is expanding, and getting itself ready for new iterations…
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So although all I worked on today was my bio page, I am feeling that there is much more to be added in the next few months..
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What does this kind of change feel for you? And how does it get reflected in your work? I would love to hear how others share change..
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Big love
Nikiah
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#change #evolution #website #animism
It’s a SCAVENGER HUNT! I’m part of the Ways We Witch summit this weekend, and it’s time for some fun! Search the tag #wayswewitch for four clues and enter them at www.wayswewitch.com/fun to play (I hear that everyone wins!). The summit is all about the different ways we practice connection in our lives and one of my favorites is brewing up herbal tinctures and syrups for my family to enjoy.
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Your scavenger hunt clue is MAGICK.
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#wayswewitch
Sometimes I just like to wander around my studio and see what inspires me.
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Some days it’s spinning or weaving, but sometimes I pull out alll my paints and go crazy for a few days, then leave it for what can be months before I get inspired again.
In fact I have a painting I started at the begging of Covid still waiting for completion haha.
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Sometimes I pull out all my beads and make several sacred pieces all at once!
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Last solstice I bought a ton of fabric and sewed like crazy making all sorts of different sized bags to replace the old fabric we had been using for years to wrap gifts..
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Spring inspires to forage especially for wild violets to make syrup with.💜
And the end of summer I forage wild roses for my tinctures.🩷
It really just depends on the muse at the moment…
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How about you? What stokes your creative fires?
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#creativity #beltane #studio #art #weaving #sacredmuse
The Ways We Witch Summit begins May 5th and is three full days of juicy, deep, Magickal offerings from a variety of incredible contributors!
Our box office is now open and at a very special price. Check it out by visiting the link in bio.
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#wayswewitch #redmoonmysteryschool #nikiahseeds #witchesofinstagram #witches
I am excited to be a part of this wonderful lineup of folks offering this summit. I have recorded a talk in animism that I hope folks enjoy.
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The Ways We Witch Summit box office is now live! This is an incredible Summit happening virtually May 5th-7th with both live and pre-recorded talks. You'll get lifetime access when you purchase your ticket so you can come back to a session at any time! With over 25 contributors and over 33 offerings between them, you'll be sure to learn something new whether you're a seasoned Pagan or baby Witch new on your path!
Currently, there is a fast track ticket option of $97 USD (more than 60% savings!) until Friday so it's the best time to save! This means it's less than $3 per session - that's wild! Afterwards, ticket prices will go up so hop on board now to take advantage of this incredible discount!
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Link in my bio…
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#thewayswewitch #witchlife #animism
Packing up these delicious welcome packages today as I welcome a new group into the Sacred Path Apprenticeship.
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The phenology wheel books you see here were a labour of love I created a few years ago now as a part of how we deepen our connection to the land, and the unseen.
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It’s just one part of many that make up the 13 month initiatory journey that is the sacred path…
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The doors will open again in the fall and from that point on I will only be opening up the doors once a year…
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This will allow folks time to sit with if it’s a good fit and for me to work on some other things I have been planning and dreaming of offering.
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Have a beautiful day everyone!
Nikiah
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#ancestral #phenology #animism #shamanichealing #spiritworker #priestesspath
In a world that often overlooks the importance of initiation, many of us find ourselves feeling lost and disconnected from our true selves. But what if we could remember and honor our own initiatory processes?
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As an animist teacher following the pathways of my ancestors, I invite you to join me on The Sacred Path. Through deep connection with the forest, your guide, your ancestors, and yourself, we will journey to reawaken the mythic soul within. 🌳🔥🌕
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Consider for a moment the impact on your life if you had experienced your initiations as important rites of passage. How would it have changed or shifted your view of the world, yourself, your gifts, and your purpose? And know this, my friends, it is never too late to claim those initiations for yourself.🌟✨
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The doors are closing soon so DM me to learn more about the Sacred Path Apprenticeship and how you can join. 🙏💚
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#animism #spiritualitytraining #ceremony #ancestralwisdom #connection #spiritworker
This is the longest piece I have woven on my saori loom to date and it’s taken me a few months, but I have loved the process, especially not knowing what the final piece would look like and just trusting the process…
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Next up-sewing it! This is the scary part because it will require cutting etc…
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Also happy New Moon folks!! 🌀⭕️🌀
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#saori #weavingloom #newmoon
A little introduction:
My name is Nikiah {pronounced Nik-Eye-Ah}, and I am a fourth-generation settler currently living on the unceded lands of the Lenape, Munsee, and Mohican First Peoples.
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My ancestors came to Canada via Romania, Scotland, Ireland, and England. The exploration of my ancestry has, and continues to, deeply influence my work and own healing.🌲🌳
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For over two decades, I have been creating ceremonies for the birth, death, and re-birth cycles that we as humans experience. I am a traditional animist Spirit worker/Healer, initiated into northern European animist tradition and guided by many teachers over the years.🐻
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I have raised two children with my partner of 25 years and am now focusing more on my community, both global and immediate.
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The Red Moon Mystery School is where we explore the deep wisdom of our ancestors, the natural world, and our place within it. 🌎
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Whether you are looking to deepen your spiritual practice, connect with your ancestors, or explore the unseen realms, I offer mentorship and leadership programs, sacred weavings and altar items, and initiation paths to support you on your journey.
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Join me as we reconnect with the sacredness of life, and honour the beauty and diversity of a spirit-led life.
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The doors are open now!
Pop me a message if you would like a direct li k. ❤️
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#Animism #Spirituality #Ceremonialist #Healing #AncestralWisdom #Community #Connection #spiritworker
The idea that we all have a wellspring of wisdom within us is a core belief that I carry in my own life and the work I put out into the world. I believe that by connecting with our ancestors, practicing animism, and working in the liminal spaces between, we can tap into a deep source of knowledge and understanding. Whether it’s through meditation, ritual, or simply spending time in nature, there are so many ways to access this inner wisdom and bring it into our daily lives.
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What happens when we take a moment to honour our ancestors, connect with the natural world around us, and embrace the magic of the liminal spaces? For me, there is ease and magic and a sense of feeling held.
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I’m curious to know what happens for you?
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And if you are new to exploring what it means to be in connection with your ancestors, with the land and the spaces in between, is this something that piques your interest and curiosity? 🌿✨🌙
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#AncestralConnection #Animism #LiminalSpaces #WisdomWithin
#Spirituality #Meditationn #Ritual #Nature #Magic #Inspiration
The doors to the Sacred Path Apprenticeship are open now, and close on April 25th.
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The Sacred Path Apprenticeship is an initiatory certification program designed for spiritual seekers, empathic coaches, visionaries, creative leaders and anyone longing to reclaim their own spiritual path by discovering a way of being that is unique to their own life and inner self.
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Learning how to journey is a big part of the Sacred Path apprenticeship, and over the course of 13 months together you will be invited to journey into a sacred grove of trees to meet the spirit of each tree in the grove and receive wisdom as it pertains to your life.
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Before this though, you will be invited to discover your own unique way of journeying, how to do it safely and you will meet an animal ally to accompany you on your journeys.
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This is what makes the sacred path different, perhaps form other courses out there, as journeying to communicate with a helping and loving ancestor, as well as a sacred animal ally over time become fundamental to our spiritual practices and experience with the seen and unseen world around us.
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Over the next few days I will be sharing more about what you will find inside the doors to the sacred Path, but if at any time you have any questions I am always happy to answer them, just pop me a DM and we can go from there.
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#sacredpath #ancestralhealing #walkyourownpath #intuitiondevelopment #redmoonmysteryschool
Images by @_infinitebody_
The doors to the Sacred Path are open. We begin May1st.
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Will you enter?
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The Sacred Path Apprenticeship is an initiatory certification program designed for spiritual seekers, empathic coaches, visionaries, creative leaders and anyone longing to reclaim their own spiritual path by discovering a way of being that is unique to their own life and inner self.
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On this path you are invited to journey into the unseen realms by first finding your own way of accessing and then trusting your own sacred gifts.
In this way you will walk the ancient pathways of the archetypal goddesses, and your ancestors.
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There are nine initiations we work within:
~ Journeying into the unseen realms
~ Archetypal and shadow work
~ Journeying into the forest & developing a sacred relationship to trees
~ Meeting the goddess cross-culturally
~ Creating a sacred archetypal bundle
~ Beginning an animist practice by working with the land spirits
~ Meeting a healing ancestor and beginning to create an ancestral spiritual practise
~ Working with the seasons and cycles of our bodies and the world around us.
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#spiritcommunication #animist #mysteryschool #everythingisalive #everythingisenergy #iching #journeywork #archetypes #dreaminterpretation #precognition #kitchenwitch #ancestorveneration #animism
The Doors to the Sacred Path Apprenticeship open today!
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I am going to be giving a talk at 1:00 EST to talk about it all.
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If you have been feeling called but would like to know a little more, or perhaps reading through everything on my site feels a little overwhelming, I will be sharing a ton of information about it all, and showing the wonderful contents of the welcome package that every student gets too :]
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If you can't make it though, not to worry, as I will also make sure to post the video on my wall here so you can watch anytime.
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If you have any questions you would like me to go over leave me a message here or pop me a DM and I will make sure to cover it.
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See you later today!
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Nikiah
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#sacredpath #mysteryschool #animism #ancestralhealing #spellwork #witches #priestesspath
I am so excited to be opening up the doors once again for The Sacred Path Apprenticeship.
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The Sacred Path Apprenticeship is an initiatory certification program designed for spiritual seekers, empathic coaches, visionaries, creative leaders and anyone longing to reclaim their own spiritual path by discovering a way of being that is unique to their own life and inner self.
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This course is also for folks wanting to sink into an intuitive way of deepening their own spirituality by following their own pace without the need for attending circles or zoom calls.
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Doors open up for folks on the waitlist on April 10th, so if you are curious or perhaps interested pop me a message below or send me a DM and I will send you a direct link to learn more.
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Lots of love
Nikiah
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#sacredpath #priestesspath #sacredcalling #intuitive #spiritcommunication #spiritjourney #shamanic #ancestors #mysteryschool
Looking back in my recent trip to Morocco today and seeing alll of the blue door photos I took I thought it might be fun to share a little reel of them.
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Morocco was the most magical place I have ever visited and we are already plotting out trip back.
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It was also so fun to bring back some of the magical things that were in my most recent giveaway, and I am happy to@say that I have a few more tucked up my sleeve for the next one.
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For folks new to my account I love to give things away as much as I love creating and sharing my work so I am often found doing them every few months or so.
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The other thing that I loved learning about was the textiles and about the Majorellle blue that is found everywhere but most in doors.
It is used as an evil eye for protection of sorts and I even brought some back with me in the form of Indigo which I will be sharing more about soon.
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In the meantime enjoy this collection of beauty…
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Big love
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#morocco #doors #majorelleblue #majorellegarden #sacredportals
The one thing we often do not talk about is all of the little things that go into the creation of intentional pieces.
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Like with these elemental shawls you see me folding here.
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There are many small steps that need to happen before they are ready to find their new homes…
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Things like tying the tassels just so at the bottom of the weaving after its finished, wet washing the pieces so the fibers bind together and make the fabric stronger.
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Then, there is the time spent describing all of the beautiful yarns that I have chosen for each piece with intention, as I like to create a palette of colors before I begin each piece, kind of like painting…
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Because each piece is created with an intention or a theme i like to really work with that aspect as I work on the piece, such as when I was weaving the fire elemental shawl you see here I had lots of candle lit around me, and my water fountain was sending out the most wonderful watery trickling sounds as I wove the water shawl, and well you get the idea….
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Then there are photos to be taken so the uniqueness of each creation can be seen and finally they are all folded up ready for their new homes to find them….
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These elemental pieces were such a joy to make and are now ready to find their new homes….
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#intentionalweaving #intentions #sacredweaving #ancestralweaving #fire #earthgallery #air #water
What an amazing journey. Thank you for sharing.