I Am a Priestess Warrior

Yesterday I was working with Modern Day Mystic, Carrie Asuncion. As we talked, she told me that I had lived at least fifteen lifetimes as a priestess of the Goddess.

FIFTEEN LIFETIMES! No wonder I have felt this call to HER my whole life. Considering how women have been treated over the last thousands of years, no wonder I have been afraid of openly admitting that I follow the Goddess.

Following that session with Carrie, I listened to a past life regression with Dr. Brian Weiss. In that regression I saw myself as a priestess of the Goddess, somewhere in ancient Greece. That priestess’s life ended when invaders came to destroy the temple, and she stood to defend it.

This morning on my walk, the words priestess warrior came into my head. When those words popped into my thoughts, I viscerally felt as though I had been called to be a priestess warrior throughout those 15 lifetimes. But what is a priestess warrior?

As I pondered this question, it came to me that a priestess warrior is the perfect balance between the Sacred Feminine and the Sacred Masculine, the balance between Yin and Yang, light and dark. A priestess warrior connects receptivity with action and compassion with fierceness. A priestess warrior is like the mother who protects her children fiercely and lovingly. She is ever vigilant, fierce, wise, beautiful, open, and alert.

A priestess is a teacher, wise woman, practitioner of faith, keeper of mystery, encourager, storyteller, and healer. It is through her lineage that our species learns how to relate to the great mother Gaia and to all of the natural world.

A warrior is a fierce defender, protector, fighter, and one who bravely faces the enemy, even when she is afraid.

When the world is in balance a priestess does not negate the warrior, nor does the warrior negate the priestess. When they are in balance, they are in perfect harmony. Together, they become the image of the Goddess herself.

I am called to be a priestess and a warrior.
I am called to protect and defend the altar of the Goddess.
I am called to teach the ways of the Goddess and her message of balance and wholeness.
I am called to be the keeper and protector of the Great Mystery.
I am called to be strong – to be brave in spite of my fear.
I am called to be a fierce encourager and a mystical healer
I am called to speak the truth as it is revealed through the Goddess.
I am called to be wise – to re-member the stories of the Goddess through the ages.
I am called to be filled with ‘fierce grace’.
I am called to restore the balance between Sacred Feminine and Sacred Masculine, between the Priestess and the Warrior, so that balance may be restored to the world.

I am quite sure that many of us who follow the Goddess are priestess warriors. We just have to remember who we truly are.

Barbara Garland