“Whatever she wants,” was the beautiful, unsatisfying answer I received when interviewing a womon, a priestess. Eventually I discovered for myself what she meant, when I became a priestess myself.

A priestess is a womon who knows herself. In fact, it was a priestess, the Oracle at Delphi, who gave the world famous adage, Know Thyself.

She has called forth the archetype of the priestess, from within herself. Because this role comes from within, the way each womon expresses herself as priestess is completely unique.

One womon works with incarcerated abusers. One with typically marginalized womyn as a professor. Another priestesses through her hands, as a massage therapist. Another as a tantrika. I choose to express myself as priestess through spiritual guidance, energy healing, and writing. The possibilities are as endless as the number of womyn choosing to embrace their inherent priestess selves.

What are we priestesses of?

The Earth. Nichole Christine, the womon who birthed my lineage, wrote that all men and womyn are priests and priestesses of the Earth. This place is our Temple, our home is our Temple. We are Priestesses of the Temple of the Living Earth.

And so are you.

Perhaps you express your priesthood in a different way. Perhaps you are a Doctor of the Temple of the Living Earth. Or, perhaps you are an artist in residence at this Temple. Perhaps you are teacher to our future priests, doctors, and artists here in this Temple.

Because we bring forth this priesthood from within, so too do we invoke our authority as divine beings. In my lineage, no person bestowed upon me the privilege to call myself priestess. I stood in my personal spiritual authority and proclaimed myself Priestess. It was a powerful moment; the shifts and changes are continuing to unfold in my life.

The Archetype who breathes within me demands a deep commitment to spiritual integrity. She demands that I walk my talk. She demands that I express her to the best of my ability, continually shedding and growing, creating an ever more perfect channel. She demands that I share what she teaches me.

And so, I write. I write to support the awakening happening within everyone, to support the awakening priests and priestess of this Living Temple.

Let us all awaken to our truest selves, our god natures. Let us awaken together on this planet, this Temple spaceship. Let us expand together beyond archetype, beyond anything we have ever imagined. Let us grow into ever deepening expressions of Love.

Blessed be.