The Boreal Shaman

Rowan: Rowan is an ancient magic that opens up the mind of the user to new possibilities and understandings by enhancing you innate psychic abilities. Also know...n as Mountain Ash, Witchwood, Sorb Apple and Quickbeam, the rowan has long been known as an aid and protection against enchantment by beguiling. Sacred to the Druids and the Goddess Brigit, it is a very magical tree which is used for wands and amulets. A forked rowan branch can help find water; wands of rowan wood are for knowledge, locating metal and general divination. Indeed, this is the wood to use for making any magical tool which has anything to do with divining, invocation and communication with the spirit realms. The rowan has the ability, perhaps more than any other tree, to help us increase our psychic abilities. It has a beneficial energy which will increase our abilities to receive visions and insights. In the past it was valued as a protection against enchantment, witches, unwanted influences and evil spirits. Sprigs of rowan were placed over doorways and fixed to cattle sheds to protect the animals from harm. Speer posts, magically protective house timbers inscribed with runes and magically charged patterns, were traditionally made of rowan wood. Rowan bushes were often grown near stone circles as protective devices. Rowan will help you to discriminate between what will do you harm and good and help you deal with anything which threatens you. Also called the Mountain Ash, and Quickbeam for its powers of bestowing and enhancing life, Rowan is sacred to Capricorn. It especially bears the power of the Dark Goddess, the Crone aspect of Mother Earth, and through her the power of fiery Abban, Vulcan, Lord of craft, mountain, and metalwork. Rowan flowers and bright orange berries are marked by the pentagram, symbol of the five Elements; the berries, often retained through Winter, symbolize the endurance of Life through the dark of the year. Also called Witchen or Witchbane Rowan has been considered the enemy of all evil witchery, and protects against one being carried off to Faerie against one's will. A tree of astral vision and protection, particularly good for warding off evil spirits, Rowan traditionally is said to avert storms and lightning, and bring peace. The fondness of songbirds for Rowan berries, gives the tree a link to the bards, and the Goddess Brigid in her role as Muse of poets. It is a tree associated with serpents and dragons and sacred places, the leylines or dragon-lines of Earth energy. The dragon embodies primal energy, a strong force of creativity and natural flow, which cannot be "slain" or "tamed". Indeed "slaying the dragon" in Christian legend is sometimes confused with modern technology's notions of dominion over Nature. Dragon energy is drawn into harmony when we enter into partnership with it through the erection of standing stones at intersections of the dragon lines, or by directing it in a Rowan wand. Rowan's power is doubled by the inclusion of a dragon-scale core when it is fashioned as a wand. Its Elvish name, Luis, comes from the root lu "time" also found in luras "to judge." Elves frequently hold their judicial assemblies under old Rowans. Especially suited for magic giving form and order, ritual, growth, fertility, protection, women's autonomy, poetry, weaving and spinning, and geomancy or work with ley lines.

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something sepa...rated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. -Albert Einstein Robbie Warren, Otter Woman Standing www.otterdance.com #ShamanicHealing

We are going to be really feeling last nights New Moon energy through the rest of the week. We are still in an Aquarius Stellium through the rest of the month.... Yesterday and today are the strongest days of this Stellium. All of the planets are completely aligned. A Stellium really is it’s own Energy Portal. That means we are making big Shifts right now! We also have a ton of Galactic Energies coming into the planet right now. We have lots of energies streaming in from Sirius, Orion, Mintaka and the Pleiades. These High Frequency Light Codes are bringing lots of Light Body Upgrades with them. We are going up in frequency fast. If your a Starseed you are probably really feeling these energies. Remember the trick is to stay High Vibe. This months energy can be intense as we continue to have a lot of different energies coming in, and lots of powerful alignments. In a few days Saturn will Square Uranus. This is the first of three times this alignment will happen this year. This will be bringing lots of New Energies with it. Uranus happens to be the ruler of Aquarius. It’s known as the awakener and is all about freedom. Saturn is our karmic teacher and is all about structure and rules. We are going to feel a lot of tension between these two energies as they collide. This month is assisting us in clearing the old and moving forward with a new perspective... www.sparksofdivinelighthealing.com art: @limitlessmindgames