SHAMAN SNAKE WOMAN by Lizanne Corbit

I believe that crisis is best handled by the sacred feminine within us….

Feminine energy is deeply aware and in tune with the cycles of life. Thus, in her wisdom, she knows that crisis is always followed by rebirth. Because of this awareness, I best cope with and flourish out of crisis when I allow my feminine energy to surface during these events.

I see two keys to personal growth: that darkness serves a purpose in our lives and that, if we surrender to that purpose – rather than succumbing to the darkness – we will grow.

When I find myself in what feels like the bottom of the abyss, I think back on this. It helps me look around for the light. And, when my world is filled with joy and light again, I never forget the darkness I had to pass through to get there, as remembering helps me connect with others when they face their own darkness.

This poem was written from that deep, dark place of transformation that we all go through in life. The Shaman Snake Woman in my poem is the wisdom of the ages reassuring us that our souls come alive in the depths and the darkness of transformation. She is the beauty in the blackness of change.

Shaman Snake Woman

Hiss Hiss

Rattle Rattle

Shake Shake

Hiss Hiss

Rattle Rattle

Shake Shake

I am the bone collector

I am the soul reclaimer

I am the initiated old woman

Who sings over your bones and brings them back to life

Soul infused

Spirit filled

Divine inspired are thee

Having lost thyself to the tragedies of living and life

I collect your bones

Soul fragments

And truths unspoken

I gather them, tend them,

I Sing over them

Calling them to life

After every fall into every resurrection

I am the bone collector

Praying over your bones

That the unique soul imprint comes alive again

After it has died for the hundredth time in

the umpteenth initiations you have endured

My spirit sings you alive again & again & again

Hiss Hiss

 Rattle Rattle

Shake Shake

Shake up the old, toss it about and out

of its naiveté and uninitiated self

slam it up against the wall to be broken open cracking the old form to reveal the tender DNA, the marrow, open and vulnerable

everlasting and evermore resurrected from the aging body that no longer works or fits your knowing being

Hiss Hiss

Rattle Rattle

Shake Shake

Let me sing over your marrow

Let me call the spirits to come for you

Let me send the soul into your bones to gestate,

come alive, pulsate and enliven your skeleton

Let me raise energy to raise you up once again

for this turn of the wheel of initiation

combining the Self, the Feminine and the Soul

emerging anew with new skin for this new adventure as

this newly birthed initiated female

Hiss Hiss

Rattle Rattle

Shake Shake

Hiss Hiss

Rattle Rattle

Shake Shake.

~

Lizanne Corbit M.A. I am a licensed professional counselor and life coach. I have been in private practices as a psychotherapist since 1990. My passion for spirit, soul and essence has guided me in all avenues of my life and work. In addition to seeing clients individually, I facilitate women’s group and personal growth workshops and retreats. Presently, I am facilitating Soul Speaks Groups and Soul Speaks Retreats. I am also sharing the message of the Diving Feminine to audiences and groups through the reading of sacred writing from my book The Night Star Reflections on the Path of the Divine Feminine. I share the Divine Mother’s message through my poetry and writing to support women and men on their journeys in life. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to hear and share the Mother’s messages of love, inspiration and healing. For more information, you can visit mywebsite here, find me on facebook. 

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