Cat Shepard

An Ancient MotherSpirit is SoulSpeaking to Me… In my solitary quest for understanding The door closes behind me as I pray with Silent vigils & tiny ceremonies honoring the simple breath Inhaling love & pausing Exhaling gratitude And pausing… Looking for the crack between the worlds A force of Nature calls me to journey within. To the Ancient One who is always with me… She breathes with me, Teaching me, guiding me towards Truth. She goes by many names, too. She lives in the la

The following Invocation is in response to an invitation from Kitty Love, a sister-priestess, esoterica-seeker & mutual explorer of the arts & ritual, to participate in a global meditation & visioning of a new world.  A world after the quarantine.  A world that lives up to humankind’s fullest potentials. I accepted the challenge. I consider it a taking part in the collective consciousness’ possible evolution into experiencing true unity while reaching for a world that is bet

Since the beginning of this Time of Cocooning, my focus has honed more sharply into the present. Even as I try to “plan” for the future. I’ve gotten the message that my visioning, my creative & sacred ritual arts from the past 30 years has all contributed to helping me through this historic time. I grew up during the civil & political unrest of the late 1960s & ’70s. Coming of age in the 1980s caused me to reconsider my family’s traditional path for a woman; marriage, mort

I AM From the Mystery… By Cat Shepard – March 2020 Sacred messages from the Uni-Verse Riding on the winds of Change I AM Searching for the Ecstasy underneath it all Challenged to fully comprehend the wild-wisdom As the ruins of my past are put to their final rest I AM diving into my wild soul’s Depths Swimming towards the silence Rediscovering the truths of my inner realms Illuminating the treasures hidden there Exploring freedom, enlightenment & empowerment Because of the tr

It’s been three weeks now since the balance of the Light & Dark at the Gate of the Autumnal Equinox.  A time of marking time. A time to pause.  A time to re-member, to reflect, be grateful, celebrate the victories, grieve the losses, & honor the harvests. This is my record of reflection for this year’s Harvest Gatherings.  Stopping to breathe deeply as I notice where I am & how I got here.  Pausing serves me in that I can rest & regain my bearings during a hectic, somewhat ch

HECATE AT THE CROSSROADS: She has mysterious origins. According to scholars, She has different origins than that of the archetypal Grecian gods’ mythological pantheon.  She is older than the deities of Mount Olympus.  Older even, then those of the Titan lineage, She is a chthonic earth goddess who is omnipresent and omnipotent. She is strange, weird, different, scary, and enduring. Her magic extends into the ancient realms and reaches forward into the realms of the future.  S