Inspiration & Resources

MONTH ONE: Facing the Flame with Shieldmaiden, Hervör

Ground into the fertile, knowing layers of the Earth, in tune with the Tree of Life.

Light a candle and discover what The Sacred Flame wants to reveal to you.

Three writing prompts to support deeper connection with your Inheritance as Woman Storyteller, avoiding traps, and restoring imagination.

Gaze upon what the Sacred Flame has revealed to you (perhaps through the unique framework of your Shield).
Locate The Gift ~ Your Inheritance.
Take a few moments witnessing, softening your grip on your pen.
Call It To You. Sing It To You.
{writing notes: melodic, seductive, watery}
What traps seek to destroy your newly retrieved relationship with this aspect of your Inheritance, your Re-Membering?
With the eyes of a Huntress, look within. Look ahead.
Take a moment to let the trap materialize in frequency and visual.
Write a short story or poem of a Heroine who has just retrieved her Inheritance, and is faced with a cunning, dangerous trap.
{writing notes: focused, bold, agile}
How will the enmeshment of this Inheritance shape ~ infuse ~ color ~ strengthen ~ heal ~ empower your ancestors, your body, your lineage?
{writing notes: ancient, visionary, oracular}

Loosen tension and create space in the body with this simple, gentle shaking and swaying practice.

Expand to hold more of your Creative Process with trust and grace by meeting, softening, and creating harmony amongst inner contradiction.

Five writing prompts to cultivate fluency with your Creative Process through Heart and Womb Connection.

There are parts of my heart that long to soften from cold stone into warm flesh.
When I lift my Heart to the Sun...
The Sacred Heart Speaks:
“Pierced and Flowering
I Create through Love.
My Love reveals...”
There is a long line of women
behind me,
connected by a red thread
through our wombs.
When I trace the red thread behind me...
Take up the lens of Slow, Sensual, Loving Wonder.
Then witness the unfolding state of your current creative process, held within the dark warmth of the Womb.
The Womb Speaks...
Take a few moments to attune to the connection between Heart and Womb.
What does the Womb say to the Heart?
How does the Heart reply?

MONTH THREE: Sing Back with Ancient Female Prophets

Five Writing Prompts to inspire and strengthen your connection as Mouthpiece of the Divine.

Write of the Song
that Spirit has been
singing to you
since this Council began.
qabbātu: Ancient Hebrew professional speaker-prophet who speaks for a deity, in service of the deity and the king in the political sphere. The qabbatu also supplies her interpretation of the prophecy.
A King Approaches.
In his hands he reveals a scene of concern
for the Kingdom.
He asks you to Witness.
He asks for your Consult.
Let the scene sing to you, body and soul.
Then pick up your pen and, with Divine Guidance, sing back.
āpiltu: Ancient Hebrew professional prophetic answerer or respondent - a dialogue partner of her god or goddess who often dwelled within the Temple as Oracle Priestess.
Welcome in a Divine Being of Earth or Sky.
Allow the climate to change in their presence.
Arrive fully in the Temple.
Enter into a back and forth dialogue.
raggintu: Proclamation-prophet or “Conjurer”, who holds the ability to make words come to pass and predicts the future. The dominant category of prophets in the Ancient Near East, with use of the messenger formula “By the mouth of the woman X”.
Close your eyes.
Allow the Void to fill your vision.
When you are ready, look ahead in time.
Write of the image that spontaneously unfolds,
following it like a film.
Write TWO LINES that summarize your writing journey today.

Nadia Waheed