Why I claim the word ‘priestess’
I was introduced by a colleague who said; ‘This is Sarah, she’s an artist, model, guide and shamanista..’
And I adjusted her, saying I’m on the Shamanic path, I’m not a shaman.
The word priestess I do own. I don’t take this lightly. There’s many reasons. I’ll name a few.
A couple of years ago, I had a vision of a circle of priestesses. They were in a circle formation and there was an empty spot. I was on the sideline watching. They told me there was a place for me. I asked them; ‘What do I need to do?’ They answered; ‘Be more of yourself. It’s already yours.’
There was another moment I started hearing about the priestesses of the Rose and my whole body started shaking, tears flowed. Something in my body knew that’s what I’d always been and would always be. After that, I learned the priestesses of the Rose is a lineage of divine feminine devotees dating all the way back to Mary Magdalen, Egypt and some say (and I agree) Lumeria. It’s hard to explain how I knew that was my path, but I knew. I was initiated as a Rose Priestess as well, but that’s not what’s important.
There were other moments in ceremony where I saw past lives as priestesses. These were immensely transformative experiences where I was told that’s what I came here to do; to rebalance the feminine with the masculine and be a priestess (a devotee) to the sacred feminine path.
There was one priestess, a powerful black woman, that’s been with me ever since. To try and describe her would be to attempt to explain God. She is me and I am her and she is one of my greatest allies.
To be a priestess is to be the bridge between ‘here’ and ‘there,’ to be strong in your devotion, in the mundane and the sacred (which is essentially the same) and to be the guide (or permission slip) for others to remember their divinity and sovereignty.
It isn’t something you learn in a workshop. It’s an embodied remembrance. Priestess is a name that finds you, not the other way around.
A priestess is on the path of healing always, which means showing up to whatever needs to be alchemized. It’s not an easy path, but a powerful one, that is.
And it is my path.