Day 29 and Day 6

Water has always been the sacred energy of the feminine.

When one follows the leylines in the earth, the Mary line
curves and spirals around wells and you will find
cathedral and churches built on the power points of the Michael
lines (as they are known in the UK)
The feminine has always been worshipped at wells
and it is quite noticeable what an important role the well
plays in Judeo-Christianity and its stories and they
usually involve a woman..

From the very first days, miraculous cures have been granted at Lourdes to many who drank or bathed in the spring that Bernadette discovered at the Lady’s prompting. The Catholic Church is extremely slow and meticulous about acknowledging the validity of a cure and so most of the cures claimed there are never officially recognized. Even so, there are dozens of totally recognized cures that have happened at Lourdes that have been documented by the Church and the medical profession. The first healings happened almost immediately in 1858 and continue until the present day. 

This healing is brought to us on many, many levels.

A picture taken by myself of the Grotto and the spring
and the pyramid of candles

Water has the power to drown us or to quench our thirst.
We know Mary as the loving nurturing mother and also
as the Mater Dolorosa, the grieving mourning mother,
dressed in black, mourning the loss of her son.

In Lourdes you will see hundreds of pilgrims carrying large
containers of water from the sacred spring home every day.
We bring tiny bottles of the healing waters home with us.
Mary is called a Vessel of Spirit, a Vessel of Honour and here in
Lourdes she is the Vessel of the Sacred Waters.

Mary as Alchemical Vessel

In alchemy the vessel is the container in which the

various ingredients are mixed and transformed by each other.

It was believed that the alchemists were looking for

a way to turn lead into gold, but this is a metaphorical

journey of transforming darkness into light.  Or of

finding joy and peace amidst sorrow and hardship as we live

in a world of radical opposites and many challenges.

Mary is the vessel for the divine incarnated in herself as 

the Immaculate Conception and in

giving birth to her Son

and then as all of us.  

water containers at Lourdes

She is also the spiritual vessel in which

opposites combine.  As we are tested and challenged, like Bernadette,

we have the choice to obey the instructions of the voice of the Lady

that no-one else sees or to listen to the incredulous villagers and

Cure.  As we follow the calling of our heart, we are led to dig where

no-one else thought to look and we will uncover a spring that will

feed and nourish thousands.

Prayer for today :

I open myself to your presence, o Great Mother;
I commit myself to your priestesshood of miracle thinking
and the practise of faith in the extraordinary.
I am willing for my eyes and heart to be broken open
by your divine and blinding presence;
as I priestess your love and compassion in the world.

blessings

Hettienne