Spiral Path of the Sacred Witch
A.K.A. the Mystic
Moonrise Mystic is the journey of a novelist connecting her love of story with her passion for the mystical into one moving, breathing prayer. It’s for those who love to read fantasy stories and intuitive writings that explore expanding through the initiations of life, death and rebirth, and transmuting shadow to light. Thank you for being here!
“I pray that while you are down there, at the depths.
The only person you have to keep you company, is you.
I pray that you choose to gather up the pieces.
And with no idea how and in what order, begin putting them back together one by one.”
~A poem snippet from Rebecca Campbell, published in Light is the New Black
I’ve been reveling in synchronicities lately. It began when I shared the Liberation of the Witch a few weeks ago on Substack. If you haven’t already, you can read it here.
As soon as I posted it, I began connecting with other women on the same journey of returning to the ways of the witch that I also call the way of the mystic. Some of it could have been algorithms, sure. However, I choose to see it as a divine blessing, showing me that I’m not alone on this journey.
There is a community of women and men who are stepping forward now to claim this way of being as good and powerful, not just for humanity’s healing but for the healing of Mother Earth. It warmed my heart to see how quickly the cosmos responded to me with this support as I shared my truth.
Other synchronicities began to flow from this moment within my personal life as well. It’s as if this simple act of posting my liberation story activated a path that I didn’t see before. Of course, there are other aspects to this path opening up that I may share later after I’m able to process them some more, but there truly has been a power rising within me since I spoke openly—for the first time in a public space—about the calling of the witch within me.
The witch… is also the mystic, is also the priestess, is also the healer, is also the wise one.
Whatever you choose to call yourself, you know you’re on the path of reclaiming your inner power when you find yourself on the spiral path. The spiral path winds you inward toward the descent. To that conversation with Death about what needs to be released. The spiral path spirals you back outward, following the path that led you in—only now, you’re a changed person, and you see your life, yourself, in a whole new way. More empowered, more you.
I’ve never walked a labyrinth, but I would like to. The physical embodiment of carrying a stone representing that which you are ready to release, spiraling in, to the center of the labyrinth where you lay the stone to rest before walking back out, free from this old belief, burden, fear, way of being.
Having been in the midst of the deepest center of descent along my own spiral path the past several months—a descent that began over a decade ago—is what has given me the courage to begin to speak from my place of power and from my place of truth.
This descent included a constant cycle of cracking open over and over. Just when I thought it was over, I would crack open again. I thought, How long can this possibly go on?
Turns out, I was better off not knowing the answer.
And now, here I am, a mystic feeling almost ready to emerge from the cave, renewed. Almost ready to step into her destiny life that awaits with open arms when she’s ready. Almost ready to dive deep into her own heart and never doubt herself again.
Almost, but not yet.
The itch to begin anew has begun, but I also know the time isn’t quite here yet. There’s just a little further to go along the outward spiral, and each step is to be taken with deep self-love, self-compassion, and without hurry. The beauty calling to me isn’t going anywhere. It’s mine, as soon as I’m ready. Because I said yes to the descent, yes to the shadow work, yes to the alchemization of my soul—even if that meant walking away from people I thought would be around forever or allowing my entire life to crumble to the ground.
Now, at last, I feel the breath of fresh air from a different perspective, in a body that has changed at a cellular level, with a soul that’s shining as she was meant to shine. That is until the next spiral inward calls me on another journey. Life is cyclical, after all, and the spiral path, the path of the mystic, requires a willingness to spiral both ways to truly live.
If you’re spiraling in now, if you’re descending right now, as many people are, know that there’s nothing wrong with you. You’ve simply chosen the path of the mystic, the healer, the witch—a path not for the faint of heart. It’s a path for the ones who came here to go first and to lead the way along the descent to show others that it’s okay... nothing waits in the darkness that you can’t handle.
Your soul made sure of it. 🔥
And on your way back out, you’ve become more of who you came here to be.
I wrote this initiation in January of this year, 2024. I wrote it for myself as the returning to my inner witch began, but haven’t had the courage to share it until now. May it help you along your own spiral path. 🌹🌀
Download the Sacred Witch Initiation.
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Read more from Moonrise Mystic
Tears of Courage
The theme of my life over the last month has been one of death and rebirth. Just when I think I’ve made it through the darkness, another aspect of my life falls away and spirals me down to alchemize once more.
As my natal chart would suggest, I’ve chosen a deep journey of being stripped away of everything until all that’s left if my soul power. Yet, I wasn’t ready for how literal this theme would be in my life.
Liberation of the Witch
I’m supposed to be sitting down to write a scene for my next novel, yet I find myself called to write this instead. Maybe it’s a sign of procrastination of the work that really needs to be done. Or maybe the rising witch in me is calling me to speak on this while it’s fresh in my memory. Either way, enjoy.
We are being asked to return to the sacred circle, the spiral dance- after a period of unrest and with the memory of our witch wound gaping wide open for all to see. In a lot of ways it is such an amazing time to be alive as a practitioner of the magickal arts- but it is also asking a lot.
We are being asked to forgive.
Forgive ourselves and all those who have wronged us- past, present and future.
We are being asked to forget.
Forget about the hurt, the struggle and the discomfort, because the only thing that can matter to us now is our present, if we are to secure our future.
We must be strong, compassionate, loving, understanding and perhaps most of all- we must be BRAVE.
I believe we have the strength to do this, but isn't it amazing how, as we are called, we easily come together and find one another when the time is right and the soul is ready. Sisters and Brothers of the Moon, Earth and Sky. I am glad to have found you, sister.
Thank you for your bravery and for sharing your stories and your journey with us. The mystic's path is seldom an easy one, but thank the Goddess we have one another.
Many blessings to you.
Here's to the next adventure <3
This has the ring of truth around it.I love the hearing quote, as really we use our ears but we really need to open oulyrselves to hearing things and as a mystic it may be people but could be the geography of a place the elements,the behaviour of animals, the intuitive process. Btw if you want to walk a spiral you can make a small one out of lights-say Christmas tree lights, or tealights and walk it placing your offering or your released symbolic object in the middle.I did this with a group of people at night in the woods and it was very evocative. Blessings to you and all here on your path 🙏.