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Many people around the globe feel a quickening: a call to a greater level of awareness, consciousness, and Wisdom. Whether pushed by pain or pulled by vision — or a combination of the two — we're feeling nudged from our slumber and compelled to reconnect in a new and deepened way to our Wisdom and faith traditions and ancestors. The journey to full remembering and reconnection to Spirit includes moments of vastness, joy, love, inspiration and awe; as well as moments of seeming lostness, anger, numbness, sadness, or even utter despair. It includes times of bright clarity and connection, as well as through the valley of the shadow, via negativa, or "dark night of the soul." In Western culture, particularly, there can be a disconnection from wholeness, from Wisdom, from the naturalness of this journey, and even from Spirit. And certainly we've been long-disconnected from the Feminine or right-brain awareness and gifts. For more than a few cultural reasons, it can be more traumatic for Westerners who find themselves stirred towards awakening or in the midst of a "dark night." And yet as the poet Theodore Roethke wrote, "In a dark time, the eye begins to see." While everyone's journey to remembering, to deepened connection with God, Universe, Spirit and Wisdom is unique, there are also some similarities along the path. There are kindred spirits and shared resources; there are avenues to reconnect with the deep Wisdom of our ancestors; and there is an abundance of "new wisdom" that joins the ancient. Regardless of where or how you're on the journey to reconnect with Spirit, to reawaken to the vastness and grandness of the cosmos and its amazing Divine Intelligence that is in, around, behind and before all things, it's helpful — very helpful — to have resources, information, and sources of empathy and support. There are timeless stories and ancient, indigenous traditions that still contain the wisdom to guide us through these initiations -- these Hero/ine Journeys of transformation. Sharing a few of these resources is the purpose of this Ivy Sea Portal. If you've found your way here, you may be in the midst of your own journey to awakening. We welcome you. May you find your way ... |
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— Sleepers Awaken! Your attention and gifts are needed! — Wisdom Speaks: Women and Wisdom after 40 — The "dark night of the soul" - one journeyer's story — Navigating the entrepreneurial "dark night" — Practices for connecting with sacred Ancestor Wisdom — Color wisdom series - Get out of neutral, and color your world — Ivy Sea Online Intuition Portal — Mastering transition: Allowing vs. forcing — VIP: Finding clarity when you're feeling foggy |
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Copyright - "Fountain of Renewal" by Gilbert Wiliams |
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Ivy Sea Founder Jamie Walters and Ivy Sea allies offer counsel, inspiration, and a guiding light as you navigate from clear-vision to inspired action in this New Paradigm. Having navigated a radically transforming 'Dark Night of the Soul' and initiation into the Feminine, Jamie holds a lantern and shares the pearls and practices from her journey with her Transformation-Session clients and through the Feminine Mojo V-School's Mystery School programs. Send along an email to info 'at' ivysea 'dot' com to schedule a tele-session series or more indepth consultation. For more information on program offerings, visit our Services and Store sections, or start with Begin. |
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| Inspiration to further your reconnection to Spirit:
• What the Bleep Do We Know? Poetic Inspiration for Awakening & Dark Night • Sweet Darkness, by David Whyte Resources about myth, symbol, and archtypes: • Myths-Dreams-Symbols (Jungian) Resources about "dark night of the soul" and shamanic awakening (see above for Hero's Journey): • Jeannie Zandi's Dark Night of the Soul Page Resources about spiritual emergence, Kundalini awakening, spiritual crisis or emergency, and spiritual psychology: • Spiritual Emergencies Blog The above resources are included because we found them to have helpful information; the links do not constitute an endorsement of the practitioners or the broader web sites. Please surf and apply your findings mindfully. Only you know what's appropriate for you. |
