August 16, 2022

The last time this landed was in 1999. I had just returned from Ireland and my first significant encounter with the ancestral spirits and otherworld energies. Although at that point I had no clue what had happened and no spiritual practice to ground or guide me. My first day back, Dennis went work and I stayed home to unpack, do laundry, and rest. However that’s not exactly what happened.

When I started to unpack and put things away I was overcome by a huge compulsion to get rid of things. By the time Dennis got home, I had my head in the Christmas closet and was surrounded by black trash bags filled with things for our local charity shop. He was concerned. I was curious. Where was this compulsion coming from? 

I would soon find spiritual guidance and understand that the compulsion came from a knowing that it was time to clear out the old to allow space for what was coming. It was time to empty my bowl. While it was a metaphysical clearing, the physical manifestation was in alignment. It felt good and right.

Returning from the extraordinary and powerful time in Ireland, it’s no surprise that this compulsion, this urge to purge, has again landed full force. At least this time Dennis and I are more prepared.

Clearing out so much of what I’ve accumulated in the last twenty years is essential to where I now stand on my spiritual journey. Yet this is also the work of Crone. We are called to lighten our load. We are called to hold in our bowls only what is essential for our elder journey. We are called to prepare for what is coming. 

And perhaps we are called to an urge to purge.

Blessings of Crone Wisdom,
Judith