Years ago, at a weekend Wild Women retreat I facilitated at Crescent Moon Lodge in Oklahoma, a journey was made for our group of wild women with the intention to dream onto the path of our ancestral gifts. As I drummed for the group, I was visited by an impressive Stag whose big brown eyes drew me in on a soul level. The Stag turned and walked slowly along a path where a beautiful sacred grove arched over the path. Golden pollen floated down all around and the path itself was laden with golden pollen, until it opened into a golden field where I continued to walk following the deer as I was then taken deeper into the journey by the buzzing of bees and the guidance of bees taking me in search of pollen in the field of dreams where I stood. The pollen was intoxicating and the honey wisdom of bees gave teachings on community and healing. On the return journey I found myself feeling altered for quite sometime afterwards, and wanting to just lay down and enter dreaming once again. Each person that shared their journey spoke of bees as a guide, and the feeling of wanting to take a nap and return to dreaming. This was a surprising result of our journey, together, to have so many share similar experiences confirmed our mutual dream of entering the path of pollen. Afterwards we all went and took a nap and dreamed with the bees.
This journey was transformative and deer has since become a constant guide and ally in waking and dreaming realities. I discovered the connection with the bees and the deer goes back to ancient Turkey and the Goddess Artemis of Ephesus, where coins from that region show a bee on one side and a Stag on the other. The Goddess Artemis of Ephesus is known as the many breasted goddess who has appeared in dreams as an embodiment of the wild goddess. She has deer and bees carved into her statue along with other wild animals of the wood.
The potent mystery of the path of pollen speaks of an embodied gift connected with the old ways of the bee priestesses of ancient Crete. This wisdom of the Goddess lives within so many of us and many are heeding the call to return to the old ways, and dream with the potency of this path of dreaming.
Awaken the Sacred Dream 