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Priestess. Witch. Wild Woman. (Part 2)

9/15/2019

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Priestess. Witch. Wild Woman.
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All of these and more.
Last week I shared a few words about my thoughts and my lived experience as a Priestess.
There is so much to talk about.

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But what about the witch?
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That word....

I did not call myself a witch until just a few years ago when it finally landed in my soul.
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The witch and Priestess. Are they the same?
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Probably. Yes.
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Yet for me the words carry different energies. At least on some days.
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The witch in me helps me to put my foot down. With a vengeance.
She helps me call upon the power in my yoni and womb and truly connect.
The witch is ready to crush patriarchy. Before lunch time, preferably.
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But hey, isn´t that what a Priestess does too?
It sure is.
Confused yet?
That is life.
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Words and labels carry different energy and meaning for different people.
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I claimed the label Priestess after a three year training, and that was just the start.
The label Witch came much later, and it really landed in my body after spending 5 months in a coven led my the always amazing Lisa Lister..
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I can´t say what being a Priestess or Witch should be for you, but what I can say for sure is that it is a continuous journey with many turns in and out of the labyrinth.
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It is a label, a title we take on for ourselves because we make the commitment to lead a different kind of life.
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What can it include, this kind of life? And how does one start? Curious?
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Stay tunes, lovelies!
I will share more.
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​Love, Elin xx
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Bottom of blog love:
If you are curious of the path of the pagan and witch, then have a look at my online course
Awakening to the elements. It is a beautiful and powerful start, or a re-charge and re-connection process for any witch or wild woman looking to return to a more cyclic way of living, and re-awakening with witch within.
Click here for more info of the English version.
Klicka här för mer information om den svenska versionen.

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Priestess. Witch. Wild Woman (part 1)

9/8/2019

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Priestess. Witch. Wild Woman.
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I am all theses things, these words, these labels.
And I am a hermit, I feel weak, less than, disconnected. dis-illusioned.
Sometimes I am a little bit of all of them at the same time.
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The words, the labels are for me. Claiming the word Priestess after my three year training in Glastonbury was a way of stating how I want to live my life. What I am aiming for.
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It was a start of my journey of calling back my power.
Of standing tall and proud as who I am.
Of not hiding behind masks.
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I learned a lot in my Priestess training. It was truly life-changing. It was a roller coaster ride in and out of the labyrinth. Down into the cave and out again, only to go back in.
It was the start of something new.
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I am so incredibly grateful for my teacher Kathy Jones and all the Sisters and Brothers I have met on that journey.
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What about being a witch?
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I will tell you more... Next week.
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​Love, Elin xx

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The process of rewilding

8/3/2019

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Again and again I go back to Lisa Lister´s amazingly powerful book Witch. As some of you know I was part of her 5 month online coven about a year and a bit ago and there we journeyed through a lot of what is described in the book. The different parts of woman. The different parts of a witch.

In the book she writes about Rewilding. I LOVE that word and I LOVE the concept. 

Rewilding is basically letting go of all the shit society tells us about how to be and how to look and going deep inside to find our roots and finding who we are and what works for us.

We each have to find our own way back to our rewilding. Or through our rewilding. But being inspired by others can help. Seeing how other women around us are doing it can give us ideas and sow seeds deep in our soul.

My rewilding ways include:
barefoot living
dancing
yoga
meditating
breathing
speaking my truth even when my voice shakes
letting go, letting go, letting go
walking with my back straight
not caring if people think I am weird
allowing myself to experience all the feelings in my body

It is about doing all the things we need to find our way back to the absolute knowing that we are Source. We are the universe embodied. And knowing that just makes everything awesome. Really AWEsome.

I struggle. I find it. And I lose it. And find some again. It is a process.
I love it and sometimes I don´t.

But I LOVE that we are doing it together!

Love, Elin

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Find out more about Lisa Lister´s work at lisalister.com and Instagram: sassylisalister
She also has a Patreon page which I highly recommend supporting.



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Resisting meditation?

5/4/2019

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Resisting meditation even though you love it?
Here are my top tips of the day to sneak that meditation into your life easily.

Resisting meditation? I am with you! Some days I can come up with a lot of excuses why not to meditate. Too tired. Will do it later. It is boring. Don´t have the time. I am too stressed. As if I don´t have 5 minutes to spare? Or one minute? As if meditation won´t give me energy or lower my stress? Did you know that the same part of the brain lights up when we try to avoid something as when we experience negative emotions?

So maybe it is not that strange that we find it difficult to convince ourselves to do things we would just not rather do right now.

But there are ways to get through.

My top tips are:

-Be kind to yourself and say that you will just sit down for three breaths. Perhaps ten? And maybe a minute. It is not a competition.


-If you find sitting in stillness just breathing too boring, find a meditation app that you like. i use InsightTimer which is amazing! So try guided meditations, meditating to music or sounds of water.

-Go outside and close your eyes and just listen to the sounds of nature or of the city. And breathe. You can do this on the way to work. Just stop for 30 seconds and be.

-Sit down on a chair and close your eyes. Just check in with what is going on in your body. Notice any sensations, emotions.... Just for 30 seconds. Then open your eyes.

And if none of those work: Feel the resitance and do it anyway. Explore what happens!

Love, Elin xx


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To pay or not to pay for Priestess trainings

2/17/2019

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A few years back I listened to a podcast by a witch in the US. She spoke about different topics, and I enjoyed many of the episodes. But when she started talking about Priestess trainings, and how she thought it was ridiculous to charge for trainings, I stopped listening. 

Her argument was that learning how to become a witch or a Priestess was something that either we can do on our own, or that kind of knowledge can not be charged for. It should always be shared freely.

As you probably have understood, I do not agree.

My Priestess training was life-changing. It went to a depth I could never have reached on my own. The wisdom and experience of my teacher touched my heart and soul. Some of the sisters I met during the training have stayed some of my closest friends.

I am willing to pay for that.

Being guided through the Wheel of the Year for the first time, being introduced to the Goddess and all Her aspects, learning to know and feel the energy of the land. Learning how to facilitate ceremony, how to hold sacred space alone and with others. How to open up to the energies around me. And how to share that with others.

I am willing to pay from that.

When I came to my Priestess training I had been on the pagan path for about 6 or 7 years. I had learned a lot. But woman, I could not have become the witch and Priestess I am on my own.

Perhaps that is just personal. Some people might not need the guidance. 

But I did. And I got it. And I am so grateful.

And the person who is teaching and sharing all her wisdom, why would she have to do that for free, in her spare time? It makes absolutely no sense to me. 

It is one of the biggest blessings in my life, to be part of a worldwide Priestess community. To have been on such a roller coaster journey with my Sisters and Brothers. And to still be on that journey. Never ending. Learning more all the time. 

What a blessing.

With love, Elin xx




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