Cat Shepard

A human being’s power center in is our core, that place deep inside, where the connection to the creative force of the universe dwells.  It’s encoded in our DNA.  Ancient whispers in our blood and bones.  Whispers that speak of ties with the moon, planets, and stars.  Forces that control the ocean’s tides and powers of nature.  These are the whispers that bind us to each other and with the creative forces of the Web of Life.  They pull us from our sleep-trances, no matter who

An aura of mourning pervades my awareness in the same penetrating fashion as this full moon’s light pervades the atmosphere around us.  In “the Olde Country”, as I remember my elders calling their European homelands, there were, and are, celebrations around the rituals of death and the dying season.  I can hear echoes of their stories in my memories. The presence of my ancestors comes forth sharply and more quickly as I delve into my ritual practices for exploring the mysteri