Author Archives: elizardbitz

Every summer I have the honor of caring for a friend’s land and animals while she is off doing her own spiritual and ancestral work. I have formed a close relationship to the land spirits and energy of this magnificent place throughout the years. Because of the way my friend lives in alignment with herContinue reading “An altar for the land spirits”

Back in May this year, a group of lovely female friends came over to my place to pamper me before a big ceremony I was having for myself the following weekend. Audrey, who was organizing the event, had a dream about putting me into one of the flower mandalas. The results were amazing! Since myContinue reading “Dragon Priestess”

Last weekend I returned to the spot where I had made the nature shrine I called the “Earth shrine.” You can see it in another post. There is a beautiful flat stone in the river where I had created the piece about four years ago. I felt drawn to go back to that same locationContinue reading “Earth Shrine 2 (Directions)”

On Dreamland, the sacred land of the Green Mountain Druid Order (GMDO,) there are a few sacred sites. There is the Dragon temple which is a stone circle, the labyrinth, and the faerie Well. The faerie Well has recently been redesigned and turned into a temple, with smaller stone circle built around it. It wasContinue reading “Shell Mandala at the Faerie Well”

  In my Druid training course work, the second year of training is called the Ovate year. Ovate translating to “egg.” The Ovate year is about facing one’s own inner shadows and disruptive phycological patterns that do not serve your highest good in life. At one point during this year one undergoes a “Death ceremony.”Continue reading “Bird’s Nest Mandala”

Today I decided to build a shrine in a new area I have been walking lately. A friend and I walked here recently and felt a lot of energetic activity in the land here. That day we were also discussing a “Vision Fast” we would be taking. We were both asking for guidance around this.Continue reading “Earth Shrine (first)”

I’ve been contemplating closure these past few days. In reality nothing ever truly ends, it only transforms. Energy can not be created nor destroyed. It is however, still advisable to mark the ending of things ceremonially. It is good practice for our emotional/ mental health. A few recent conversations have brought up the parallels betweenContinue reading “Mandala/ Gratitude and Closure”

Today’s nature shrine, and yes there is snow in May here! My shrines often come from a place of what’s going on in my own inner world, as well as in the greater world. Uncertainty came to mind today. I think as we open the world back up a bit we are all feeling uncertain.Continue reading “Uncertainty/ The Eye”