Thank you for this study on the fox! They have been an elusive animal in my life, but the occasional sighting is always exciting and an invitation into the subtler realms.
These past couple weeks, I have been diving in with the snake. While I’ve studied the snake a lot, I haven’t had many physical encounters in my life prior to this past season.
In North Carolina a couple week ago, I happened upon an eastern diamond back rattlesnake crossing the road after eating a large meal. They moved slowly with intention, their thick belly dragging through the dirt. I was brought into a meditation on the satiation of desire.
On my journey back west, I stopped in Santa Fe and found myself in the courtyard of the St Francis Cathedral downtown. Among many lovely sculptures in the garden, was one titled “Mary Untier of Knots.” The dark bronze statue was of a young Mary (hard to tell if it was the Mother or the Magdalene), standing on top of a snake tied in a knot.
Back home on Colorado, my partner had a rattlesnake slither right in front of his feet and curl up under the truck tire. He has a deep relationship with the snakes.
The following day, we were on a walk along the river and a very small Bull Snake was in the middle of the path. As we approached, she came slithering toward us - odd behavior for such a small snake. We stopped and looked at each other for a long while, one foot from each other. Then, she moved forward. I opened my feet wide and she moved right between my legs! And as soon as she was on the other side, an insect (it may have been a bee but I don’t think it was) bit me twice on the forearm, directly on the head of a letter S in one of my tattoos.
These are my snake stories from the past couple weeks. I am sifting through the particular medicine for me at this time. It is an activation. An invitation. A beckoning into my primal desire and sensual body. A call to listen to my inner wisdom (“wise as serpents”) and move within my connection to Mother. There are aspects of my spiritual practice that are being made clear to me, and asking me to dive deeper with my discipline.
Thank you for this article and posing the inquiry into animal medicine. With gratitude,
I love Snake. Very strong magic! I love how you recognize that the medicine is an activation (as well as an initiation!). In my own experience with Snake it was a call to embrace the Feminine more, to live with greater ease, to be more receptive (and less action-oriented)..Thank you for being here and for sharing these stories Joanna!
Worth reflecting on "feline" attributes. Leopards, panthers are synonymous with magic, shamanism, the sacred feminine and then of course lions sovereignty among other things. The Tiger in Chinese lore is associated with YIN energy (again the sacred feminine). Thank you for your comment Anna Marie!
Love, love foxes! I see them once in a while in town and one of my most beautiful memories of them is of going jogging at night 2 days after my December wedding, with beautiful sparlky snow falling and a superb fox bolting out from a small wooded area and both of us running side by side for a few seconds! pure joy amd beauty!
Fascinating .. I never knew the fox was just a revered and mythical creature.
They're such beautiful and graceful animals! Thank you for reading Jane ❤️
Thank you for this study on the fox! They have been an elusive animal in my life, but the occasional sighting is always exciting and an invitation into the subtler realms.
These past couple weeks, I have been diving in with the snake. While I’ve studied the snake a lot, I haven’t had many physical encounters in my life prior to this past season.
In North Carolina a couple week ago, I happened upon an eastern diamond back rattlesnake crossing the road after eating a large meal. They moved slowly with intention, their thick belly dragging through the dirt. I was brought into a meditation on the satiation of desire.
On my journey back west, I stopped in Santa Fe and found myself in the courtyard of the St Francis Cathedral downtown. Among many lovely sculptures in the garden, was one titled “Mary Untier of Knots.” The dark bronze statue was of a young Mary (hard to tell if it was the Mother or the Magdalene), standing on top of a snake tied in a knot.
Back home on Colorado, my partner had a rattlesnake slither right in front of his feet and curl up under the truck tire. He has a deep relationship with the snakes.
The following day, we were on a walk along the river and a very small Bull Snake was in the middle of the path. As we approached, she came slithering toward us - odd behavior for such a small snake. We stopped and looked at each other for a long while, one foot from each other. Then, she moved forward. I opened my feet wide and she moved right between my legs! And as soon as she was on the other side, an insect (it may have been a bee but I don’t think it was) bit me twice on the forearm, directly on the head of a letter S in one of my tattoos.
These are my snake stories from the past couple weeks. I am sifting through the particular medicine for me at this time. It is an activation. An invitation. A beckoning into my primal desire and sensual body. A call to listen to my inner wisdom (“wise as serpents”) and move within my connection to Mother. There are aspects of my spiritual practice that are being made clear to me, and asking me to dive deeper with my discipline.
Thank you for this article and posing the inquiry into animal medicine. With gratitude,
Joanna
I love Snake. Very strong magic! I love how you recognize that the medicine is an activation (as well as an initiation!). In my own experience with Snake it was a call to embrace the Feminine more, to live with greater ease, to be more receptive (and less action-oriented)..Thank you for being here and for sharing these stories Joanna!
Foxes are such beautiful mythical creatures. I often dream of a big cat. Not sure what it means.
Worth reflecting on "feline" attributes. Leopards, panthers are synonymous with magic, shamanism, the sacred feminine and then of course lions sovereignty among other things. The Tiger in Chinese lore is associated with YIN energy (again the sacred feminine). Thank you for your comment Anna Marie!
Love, love foxes! I see them once in a while in town and one of my most beautiful memories of them is of going jogging at night 2 days after my December wedding, with beautiful sparlky snow falling and a superb fox bolting out from a small wooded area and both of us running side by side for a few seconds! pure joy amd beauty!
Oh what a precious memory!! Yin magic! A blessing bestowed on your union.❤️