•Here Be Dragons•
November 27, 2023 | Full Moon
I’ve been quiet lately. So much alchemy has been taking place and transforming every aspect of my life. I know it’s because of the conscious decision to live my life in accordance to my truth, embodying my highest self.
Back in May of this year, I began my journey into studying Reiki Energy Healing. I chose to study two modalities, Shakti Reiki with Chianni Powell, and 5 Element Dragon Fire Reiki with Erin Ryan .
here Be Dragons
Very much like following a trail of breadcrumbs, I’ve found that Dragons have always been present in my life. I just wasn’t always consciously aware of them and their influence until recently.
On the night of the Winter Solstice of 2021, I had a dream that I was walking a cobblestoned road with a group of women. We stopped off at a shop that had herbs hanging in the pained windows. We walked into the shop and found it brimming with books, baubles, and a so much more on dark wooded shelves. Definitely a spiritual shop or apothecary of sorts. I was greeted by a familiar woman wiping her hands on her apron. A kind smile surrounded with wildly long curly brown hair pulled back from her face with a handkerchief.
She eyed by up and down and said, “Why’re ye ‘ere? Ye kin what ye should be doin’." She winked with a smile, and the next thing I know, I was wide awake with a recipe in my head.
I wrote it down on whatever I could find so I wouldn’t lose it:
Dragons Blood
Cinnamon
Sandalwood
Rose Petals “as red as the blood in my veins”
Black Charcoal Dust
Ashes of Your Intentions
Gold Flakes
Red Pepper
Skullcap
Eyebright
Shedding of Reptile *ethically sourced
It wasn’t until I was done writing the ingredients down that I realized it was ingredients for Summoning a Dragon.
Summoning A Dragon
After a few months, It was February 2, 2022 (2/2/2022) I was prepping for my Imbolc / Candlemas ritual when I received a message that I needed to call the dragon to me right then. I remember verbally saying, “but I have no idea how to go about this”. The voice said to just trust. Spirit will guide me.
So I walked about my studio, and intuitively grabbed what I felt called to. I grabbed the ingredients I was given, and as I was gathering, I received a download of symbols, which I was called to draw on my body.
Once I began to create sacred space, the last thing I remember was my body getting very hot. After that, I really have no memory of the rest of the ritual, Only that when I came to, I spoke:
Artorias, King of the Flame
Be by my side, walk with me
Teach me to spread my wings
and to kiss the skies.
I felt a strong masculine energy enter my space as I heard them speak.
I have been with you for lifetimes not yet remembered. I will be with you for lifetimes to come. In due time, more will be revealed. Trust in your process. Trust in your divinity. Trust in your self.
I am here. I have always been here. I will never leave. Sleep now and wake with the comfort that you are not alone. We are together, reunited once more.
That night, as I slept, I could feel myself surrounded by such a protective presence. Like a heavy comforting hug, sleeping with a weighted blanket.
Within the next weeks to come, a local Reiki master was offering courses on a form of Reiki incorporating the use of dragons. At the time, I thought Reiki was not for me. Little did I know a year later, all that would change…
Sacred Beginnings
In a year’s time, so many bricks were laid to bring me to my first attunement. I was trudging through another Dark Night of the Soul. For months, my depression and chemical imbalances were guiding me through a mass exodus of the much of all I was holding onto. Fear, Anger, Depression, Frustration, Solitude… Dark were my days. But, I put the work in to better myself. Before long, I noticed this urge to start working with energy healing. I officially began my Reiki journeys in May 2023. I go further into detail about my Reiki Journey in this blog posts: Sacred Beginnings and Rebirth.
While I explored the art of Shakti Reiki with Chianni, I found myself being called to also study 5 Element Dragon Fire Reiki with Erin. So I signed up.
The very first time I experienced the Meridian Activation I fell asleep… but I noticed when I woke up- I felt like really heavy and very warm. I had no memory of the activation. I remembered creating the Microcosmic Orbit with my Ren and Du Meridians, breathing deeply, and then was out. I woke up as Erin was concluding the recording. I noticed my body felt very warm and heavy. I went to bed right after.
I tried it again two days ago, this time I felt the need to be outside in nature. I sat in the grass, crating a crystal grid around me, while burning some Palo Santo. I listened to the entire recording of the Meridian Activation. I could feel the power stirring, building, and activating within me. As I allowed the Meridians of my body to be connected, activated, dredged, and nourished, I was given a command. Not from the recording but from someone or something else.
Inhale Light. Exhale Fire.
As the recording finished, I found myself once again the heaviness and warmth to the extent that it made me feel nauseous. My energy felt so deeply grounded for the first time. After all the months of work I’ve been pouring into myself, the warmth I was experiencing was the circulation of the energy in my body regulating and balancing the energy.
I was now ready to move onto the first Attunement and to meet my Dragon.
The First Attunement
During the first level of Attunement, students are guided to meet their Dragons. I found myself in a familiar golden field with trees in the distance. I’ve dreamt of this meadow more times than I can count. The sun setting in the sky, painting everything in its warmth. As I walked up just over a small hill, I saw them, sitting patiently waiting for me. Absolutely breathtaking and massive. Artorias.
It was like coming home for the first time in a long time. My heart swelled and my eyes filled with tears. White iridescent scales with gold flashing, soulful amber to golden eyes. He was laying down, much like a cat on the highest part of a cat tree staring at their kingdom. As I approached, He stood. Four muscular legs, two glistening wings that glistened in the glow of the setting sun. A long tail with spikes trailing down to its tip.
Our eyes met as as we connected telepathically.
He welcomed me. And told me there wasn’t much time at the present to go into more details. He informed me that it was time to work together once more. While I will be working with many draconian creatures, I will also come across another dragon he referred to as his kin. I got the image of a darker colored dragon in my mind, but couldn’t make out details. This dragon will be helping with the more darker aspects of things to come.
Artorias said that there will be a female dragon that will be working with me as well, however it will take me a bit more time to get to that point. She will be watching though. When she flashed in my head, I saw indigo and like a white labradorite luminescence. She will come when she determines that I am ready. (Remember her. She comes back later.)
He mentioned that my body was adjusting and acclimating to these newer energies. Water is essential. Grounding is essential. But also mindfulness is essential.
Keep going down this path, but not to rush. All will be revealed in due time. Healing. Nourishing. Cleansing. Protecting. Remembering who I once was. Who I am. As I become more adept in these practices, I will continue to alchemize, expand, and grow.
In the months that followed, I did exactly that.
