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Water is more sensitive
than we even realize.
Speaker:Water has the ability to respond
to our moods, our thoughts,
Speaker:and these subtle lines of energy
running throughout our lives.
Speaker:Hello and welcome back to
Remember Why You're Here,
Speaker:a podcast for seekers and sensitives
where you can relax, receive,
Speaker:reconnect to yourself, and remember
the most important thing of all,
Speaker:why you're here. In this
audio episode today,
Speaker:I wanted to revisit one of the
most popular transmissions I
Speaker:ever put up online.
Speaker:I'm always curious to see the things
that really hit the most or the things
Speaker:that the most people are interested in.
Speaker:And so this video that I posted on
YouTube a handful of years ago called
Speaker:A Beginner's Guide to Water Magic is
one of the most popular things I've ever
Speaker:shared, and it's something I've been
thinking about a lot this summer.
Speaker:So I know I mentioned in
the reading for this month,
Speaker:and I talked about how we had this two
of cups cardin come in for this month,
Speaker:I talked about the importance of
bringing in water to meet us this year.
Speaker:So we are past the halfway point
now in this year of the fire horse
Speaker:where it's just like in the Chinese
zodiac. It's just fire, fire, fire, fire.
Speaker:And I've really been seeing it.
I've really been feeling it.
Speaker:I've been seeing it and some of my
friends are having inflammatory conditions
Speaker:kind of run away with
them or having mind fire,
Speaker:whatever it is that drive that
feeling of kind of burning oneself
Speaker:up.
Speaker:And I think it's really important
as we are heading down the
Speaker:runway of the rest of this year,
that's what I've been calling it,
Speaker:that we start to call in
also these healing waters,
Speaker:also the counterpoint. It's like
we've got the fire this year.
Speaker:And I think that's the reality of where
we're at is that we have the fire.
Speaker:We don't need to call in more fire to
make our visions manifest. Actually,
Speaker:we need to call in more
water to hold us as
Speaker:we navigate having all
this fire of being able to
Speaker:orient, take these steps. And I see so
many of you taking so many brave steps.
Speaker:I just really want to honor you and your
life and what you've set into motion
Speaker:this year.
Speaker:But working with water magic
is a beautiful way to hold
Speaker:us, to hold ourselves
as we are really doing
Speaker:this gorgeous work of
meeting, of meeting this year.
Speaker:So water magic's the
oldest magic on earth.
Speaker:Water is magic when you really stop
Speaker:and look at it. Water is what makes
life possible here on our planet.
Speaker:Water has the ability to cleanse.
Speaker:Water has the ability to revive.
Speaker:Water has the ability to erode the
Speaker:unerodable,
Speaker:to erode and slowly dissolve
that which seemed immovable,
Speaker:something as immovable as
stone. So water as an energy,
Speaker:as a sentience on this
planet, incredibly potent,
Speaker:incredibly powerful. I always feel
like I'm brought back into the magic of
Speaker:water
Speaker:right around this time of the
year when we are just inundated by
Speaker:the lakes, the streams,
the rivers, the rain.
Speaker:We get these afternoon thunderstorms
every single day here in Southern
Speaker:Appalachia.
Speaker:And I watched my garden just explode
with life because of sun, yes,
Speaker:but also because of water.
Speaker:So I am re-sharing this recording
Speaker:today for anyone who's interested
in working with water as magic,
Speaker:water as medicine. Water is literally
the basis of so many of our medicines,
Speaker:whether you're talking about a tea or
whether you're talking about a flower
Speaker:essence.
Speaker:And so these very simple tools of
working with water can really open up a
Speaker:whole realm of magic and a whole
new way of thinking about ourselves
Speaker:and about the world.
Speaker:So get yourself a
beautifully tall cup of water
Speaker:and tune in here to this
beginner's guide to water magic.
Speaker:In the Northern Hemisphere,
we're currently entering fall,
Speaker:the time of the year on the Celtic
wheel that is associated with water.
Speaker:When I first moved down to
these mountains to study plants,
Speaker:I knew that I was interested in
medicine, specifically herbal medicine.
Speaker:What I didn't know is that
I'd get incredibly fascinated
with water as medicine.
Speaker:Where I live is a very
water-rich landscape.
Speaker:Water in many ways is the
first medicine of this place.
Speaker:So while I love continuing
to work with plants,
Speaker:I also deepen my appreciation
of water as medicine every day.
Speaker:The American anthropologist and
nature writer, Loren Eiseley,
Speaker:is quoted as saying, "If
there is magic on this planet,
Speaker:it is contained in water." And
really, I couldn't agree more.
Speaker:Water is the foundation of life
here on our planet. Without water,
Speaker:life as we know it wouldn't exist.
Speaker:Is there anything more magical than that?
Water covers three-fourths of our
Speaker:planet and it makes up 65% of our body.
Speaker:It is also the only natural substance
found at all three states of being,
Speaker:liquid, vapor, and solid at the
earth's normal range of temperatures.
Speaker:With this, we can see that
water is a shape shifter.
Speaker:Water has the ability to move and grow and
Speaker:change depending on its environment.
Speaker:Water is also the universal solvent.
Speaker:Water dissolves more
substances than anything else.
Speaker:And it's at the building block of how we
function and how all the beings on this
Speaker:planet function as well. For example,
Speaker:plants use water as a medium to actually
create photosynthesis with their cells.
Speaker:Water is also incredibly responsive.
We see this anytime we make tea.
Speaker:Water has this ability as a universal
solvent to take up the qualities of
Speaker:those herbs.
Speaker:But water is also responsive to things
like the moon. We see this with the
Speaker:tides.
Speaker:We also know that water will respond
to the earth's magnetic field
Speaker:as well as explosions on the sun.
Speaker:So really water is so much more
sensitive than we thought before.
Speaker:On a more esoteric or energetic level,
Speaker:I've loved watching the work
of Dr. Masaru Emoto unfold and
Speaker:reach a wide audience throughout the
world. So if you haven't heard of him,
Speaker:Dr. Masaru Emoto is a Japanese
scientist and researcher who
Speaker:studied the way water interacts with
thought and water interacts with
Speaker:intention. Water interacts with music.
Speaker:What he did that was really interesting
is he took pictures of the water as it
Speaker:crystallized.
Speaker:And he found that the same water
would crystallize in totally different
Speaker:formations depending on
which thoughts, intentions,
Speaker:or music it was exposed to.
Speaker:It's a really beautiful set of experiments
that he did and something that has
Speaker:really inspired me to
see how water is more
Speaker:sensitive than we even realize
that water has the ability to
Speaker:respond to our moods, our thoughts,
Speaker:and these subtle lines of energy running
throughout our lives. Water of course
Speaker:is foundational to the belief systems
of all land-based and indigenous
Speaker:peoples. Water very literally is life.
Speaker:Even today, if you go and visit
sacred sites across Europe,
Speaker:you'll find that many of these sites
were actually built on top of previous
Speaker:sacred sites, many of which
were there to enshrine a spring.
Speaker:Natural springs are
the proto-sacred sites.
Speaker:They're the first sacred sites
that human beings truly observed,
Speaker:and it makes sense. Springs are
literally a bastion of life.
Speaker:Springs are places where we know no
matter what's happening in the world,
Speaker:we can still be nourished and fed.
Speaker:I had the opportunity once to
take a class with David Winston,
Speaker:an herbalist who now
lives in the Northeast,
Speaker:but who has a background
in Cherokee medicine.
Speaker:And he was down here in these mountains
to give a workshop about Cherokee
Speaker:medicine,
Speaker:which is a tradition he was trained and
invited into. And one of the things that
Speaker:he said that struck me so deeply before
we even started talking about plants was
Speaker:that the first medicine in
the Cherokee pharmacopia
Speaker:is water.
Speaker:And what he said about this is that in
traditional Cherokee society, even today,
Speaker:the first medicine is always take it to
the water. Whatever you're experiencing,
Speaker:whether it's heartache or a
cold, take it to the water.
Speaker:Even children who are experiencing colic,
Speaker:it was traditional to
take them to the water.
Speaker:And living here in these mountains,
Speaker:I can see why water would be
considered the first medicine.
Speaker:So now whenever I'm
struggling, I ask myself,
Speaker:can I just take this to the
water and let it wash downstream?
Speaker:So there are a few practices that I've
developed over time to work with water as
Speaker:the medium of magic that it truly is.
Speaker:So the first practice is what I call water
whispering. If you've ever sat by the
Speaker:ocean or a bubbling brook,
Speaker:you know that there are many voices to
water and we can receive messages just by
Speaker:sitting with the water.
So in water whispering,
Speaker:I go and sit by the creek
normally outside my house,
Speaker:but sometimes to wilder places
in nature. And I simply,
Speaker:I put my worries, my
questions out to the water,
Speaker:and then I listen. Now for me,
Speaker:it doesn't normally come in as words that
I hear physically hitting my eardrums,
Speaker:but more like an inner
state of communication.
Speaker:I've been amazed sometimes what I've
been able to see and understand and
Speaker:feel just by sitting with the water and
listening to how it's whispering to me.
Speaker:If you don't have any running
water nearby your home,
Speaker:if you don't live by any
kind of river or streams,
Speaker:you can try this exercise with a bowl
of water. I actually think gazing into a
Speaker:bowl of water or gazing into a chalice
of water is what predates crystal
Speaker:bowl gazing.
Speaker:So get yourself a bowl of water and enter
into a meditative state staring onto
Speaker:the surface of the water and just notice
if you can receive any kind of message
Speaker:or input from the water as you let
yourself sink into this relaxed state of
Speaker:being.
Speaker:The next water magic
ritual are water elixirs.
Speaker:So we've already explored how water
can be a medium for actually taking
Speaker:on not only the chemical
constituents of say a plant,
Speaker:but also the energetics of
plants, but also words, thoughts,
Speaker:ideas.
Speaker:So the easiest kind of water elixir
you can make is to actually make an
Speaker:intention and tape it onto a bottle
of water and let it sit overnight.
Speaker:This is a beautiful way to get clear on
what kind of magic you want to manifest
Speaker:in your life and ask that water to become
a part of it. And then of course you
Speaker:can drink this water,
Speaker:you can use this water
outside to sanctify a place,
Speaker:however feels good to you
to work with this water.
Speaker:You could even put it in your bath
water or wash your hands with it.
Speaker:And then of course we can get even more
complex with some of our water elixirs.
Speaker:For example, you can make a stone elixir.
Speaker:Working with any stone
in the quartz family,
Speaker:like clear quartz or rose quartz
is a safe way to go about making an
Speaker:elixir.
Speaker:And the way that you do this is you
just put the stone in a glass of water
Speaker:overnight and then you drink
it first thing in the morning.
Speaker:I like to use clear quartz for this
because I find that clear quartz has this
Speaker:ability to actually take on my
intention. It's highly programmable.
Speaker:This is why we use clear quartz
in all of our technology.
Speaker:You can also make flower
essences with water.
Speaker:Most people are familiar with the practice
of flower essences through Dr. Edward
Speaker:Bach, who was the physician around the
turn of the century who first started
Speaker:experimenting with floating flowers and
water and then using that diluted water
Speaker:to treat all kinds of ailments,
both physical and emotional.
Speaker:But the truth is that you can make
an essence from anything with water.
Speaker:If it's true that water responds to our
thoughts, our intentions, our emotions,
Speaker:then you could set a jar of water
out in the middle of a gathering to
Speaker:capture the energy of that gathering.
Speaker:You could set a bowl of water out
underneath the full moon and capture that
Speaker:energy.
Speaker:I was once at an event where a circle
of women were weaving and someone put a
Speaker:bowl of water in the middle of that
circle to capture the energy of women
Speaker:weaving. The key with this kind of
magic is the more you're clear on
Speaker:your intention, the stronger this
medicine will be. As we've seen,
Speaker:water responds to thoughts.
Speaker:So if you are clear with your intention
of what you're asking this elixir
Speaker:to become, then the medicine will
turn out that much more potent.
Speaker:I think this is important to think about
going back to the fact that we are 65%
Speaker:water. If water is that
programmable and that sensitive,
Speaker:is it not the case that the water inside
of our body is actually reacting to our
Speaker:thoughts, specifically our
thoughts about ourselves?
Speaker:So I love thinking about water magic in
part as actually learning how to program
Speaker:myself and the water inside
of my body to resonate with
Speaker:frequencies of joy, love, and gratitude.
Speaker:The last water magic ritual is anointing.
Speaker:Anointing is a very old
and very sacred practice,
Speaker:and it's one of my favorite things
to do on a daily basis here. So
Speaker:I tend to anoint with
spring water around my home.
Speaker:There's a bunch of springs that
seep out of the hillsides here,
Speaker:and I normally will visit them and
just dip two fingers in and anoint my
Speaker:temples, anoint my crown, anoint
my heart or the back of my neck.
Speaker:I have access to this
amazing spring water,
Speaker:but no matter where you are in the world,
you can anoint yourself with water.
Speaker:To anoint yourself, just get the most
energetically special water you can find.
Speaker:So whether that's water that you've made
an elixir from or water from a sacred
Speaker:place in the world,
Speaker:or maybe water from a local stream that
even if it's not the cleanest water,
Speaker:perhaps if you've worked
with it in prayer,
Speaker:you might want to use this as
an anointing water as well.
Speaker:I also have water that I've collected
from sacred springs around the world,
Speaker:and sometimes I'll use this
water to anoint as well.
So the process of anointing
Speaker:is similar to how we think about anointing
within the church with quote unquote
Speaker:holy water. From this perspective,
all water is holy, however,
Speaker:and so we use this water
to bless ourselves.
Speaker:You can also use this
water to bless others.
Speaker:So one practice is actually
dipping a bundle of fresh
Speaker:herbs into water like this and actually
cleansing yourself that way or bringing
Speaker:it into a sauna if you have access to
that and showering yourself with those
Speaker:droplets. What an amazing
way to anoint yourself.
Speaker:You can also anoint the world around you.
Speaker:So I love giving back
some of the sacred water,
Speaker:water that I have been a part of
collecting or sanctifying to the earth.
Speaker:And so on this note,
Speaker:one of the things that makes water so
magic for us is that we have such a
Speaker:deep relationship with it. So one practice
that I like to do to continually give
Speaker:back to the water is to bless the water.
Speaker:And there's one really easy way to do
this that gives you a beautiful container
Speaker:to create this prayer.
Speaker:And that is to go out to
a source of wild water,
Speaker:to cup the water in your hands.
Speaker:And during the time that it takes for
that water to slip out your fingers and
Speaker:back into its stream or into
the lake, pray with the water.
Speaker:Bless the water in whatever way makes
sense for you with the prayers that you
Speaker:call on or a song or just the
heartfelt intention that this
Speaker:water go back into its source
and bring with it your blessings,
Speaker:your love, and your prayer for
all the waters on our earth.
Speaker:I really just feel soothed even
thinking about working with water.
Speaker:Is it just me? It was so
wonderful to revisit this.
Speaker:And I'm wanting to bring
this in with me as I
Speaker:sort of enjoy this last month where I
can really be submerging myself in the
Speaker:water, really fully being
with the water in this way.
Speaker:So if you were intrigued about this,
Speaker:I actually have a whole free resource,
Speaker:a whole free PDF about ways to work with
Speaker:water magic where I go deeper
into some of these practices,
Speaker:then I share even more
practices and perspectives.
Speaker:So if you're interested in
that totally free resource,
Speaker:I'll put the link down here below.
Speaker:And I created it because so many people
were interested in this video and in
Speaker:this concept of water magic.
Speaker:So this feels like a perfect time of the
year to start to work with water magic
Speaker:in the wheel of the year that I follow,
Speaker:that's connected to the Celtic wheel of
the year. Water magic starts to come in
Speaker:as we approach fall.
Speaker:And so it feels like I'm
taking the deep swimming ocean
Speaker:visits that I've had this
summer that I'm currently on.
Speaker:I'm currently at the beach. When
this will release, I will be seaside,
Speaker:but it feels like I'm taking all these
encounters with water with me as then I
Speaker:move into sort of the watery
season that is the fall season.
Speaker:So if you're interested in that,
Speaker:I will put that link here in the show
notes or wherever you are listening.
Speaker:And I am curious to hear how this month is
Speaker:unfolding for you. As I talked about,
Speaker:there's a big thing on offer this month
that feels like this opportunity for
Speaker:soul retrieval, for soul reunion,
Speaker:for those parts of ourselves
that want to come back online.
Speaker:I've been loving hearing y'all's
reaction to the intuitive reading that
Speaker:I did last week over on the Substack,
Speaker:and I just released a soul
retrieval meditation over there,
Speaker:if that's something that you
want to go deeper into. So I am
Speaker:just sending you buckets and
buckets of blessings for this month
Speaker:ahead. May it be one of
grounding in yourself,
Speaker:coming home to yourself, of
drinking the tall glass of water,
Speaker:feeling resourced, remembering
the magic that is in this world,
Speaker:and of also remembering that most
important thing of all, why you're here.
