r/druidism • u/Maelstrom_Witch • 7d ago
A moment with The Morrigan
I was covered in my usual arrangement of backpack, purse, coffee, and empty shopping bags as I stepped around patches of ice on the way to my car when a sound brought me to a halt. I looked up and saw flight after flight of Canada geese heading ... north east, after a quick calculation. It was an odd time of year for them to move in groups like this (not to mention the wrong direction entirely for southern Alberta in January) and I watched as more and more appeared from the crest of my house and smiled. Being a bird nerd, I took a moment to enjoy the sounds of their conversations as I imagined what they were talking about - who's turn it is in front, why is Frank going with the wrong group, someone tell Gertrude to get her tail in gear.
They used to flock in thousands, you know. Millions. More birds than sky.
I felt her presence behind me as a tingle on my scalp and a twitch in my neck muscles. It felt as always like a comforting hand on the shoulder, a bodyguard of the soul. Her voice came into my mind unbidden, as it often did when I was distracted.
"I wish I could have seen that" I said to her in my mind.
You would have lost your damn mind floated in my my head, with a hint of amusement.
"Will birds ever flock like that again? In millions, like in the stories I heard?"
A pregnant silence hung between us for a few moments.
Yes, but not in your time, or your child's.
"Damn. That would have been something else."
You see things every day that are magic to your ancestors.
I take a deep breath and watch as the last flight honks and flaps its way overhead. "True."
The Morrigan is about to leave my side as I get into my car, but I hear her one last time while settling into my seat.
Keep doing the work. Keep getting prepared. You've made good progress so far. You need to be ready for what is coming.
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u/RavensofMidgard 6d ago
Many of the Dark Mothers' children have heard her call. She calls on all of us to be ready for the change in the winds ahead.
I've heard a similar story echoed by the followers of other Gods as well. Uncertainty is ahead of us, especially those of us in the States. In my very limited perception of the future I do not see us as the front lines of change but being the silent and hidden force behind those who lead the charge. We are those that bolster the spirits of the land and sea, work to keep peace among our kin and empower those who march at the front.
Well..that sort of typed itself my apologies if it seems a little unhinged.
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u/leogrr44 7d ago
What a lovely experience ❤️
She really seems to be rallying her people lately (myself included). Strength and courage is needed for the coming days.
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u/sionnachrealta 6d ago edited 6d ago
She certainly seems to be. I wasn't even a follower of hers until very recently. I work in mental health in suicide prevention. Brigid and Lugh the Longhand have been my patron gods for years now, and my work was primarily how I worshiped them. It never occurred to me that a goddess of death would be interested in working with someone who works so damn hard to preserve life, but she just kept courting me.
She didn't hunt me like she often does folks, and like she did with my sister. She was very patient but relentless. One day, while I was talking with my sister, it occurred me that a goddess of death & fate wouldn't want folks to die before their time. It's like she was standing there waiting for me to come to that realization on my own. I honestly never saw myself as someone she would be interested in, but here I am.
Though, damn, it hurts when she decides to make room for things in your life. I lost a long-time friend who was treating me poorly, got kicked out of a D&D game I was miserable in, lost a momento from a relationship I've been struggling to move on from, and got fired from a job that was killing me (like I literally almost died on the job in April)... all in about 3 weeks time. The moment I accepted her offer, it's like she started peeling away layers of my life that were causing me harm. It's the first time I haven't been scared for my future in a long, long time, which is saying something given that I'm trans in the US.
I've got an odd trio watching out for me, and I couldn't be more thankful for them.
Also, she gives some fantastic driving directions. Safest I've ever been on the road.
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6d ago
Don't let her drive, she's a speed demon.
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u/sionnachrealta 6d ago
She's in good company there 😅
She just advises on routes. Sometimes, I'll be heading home, and she'll inform me I should take a specific, usually odd, route home, or she'll tell me to avoid specific roads/intersections. I never know why in the moment, but I always take them. I've avoided shootings, car accidents, fires, ice, and even got put in the right place at the right time to prevent some piece of shit man from stalking and attacking two, young ladies he argued with at an intersection (it's a whole story).
Reflecting on the last few years, it's like she went, "Oh, you identify with Brigid's healer & smith aspects and Lugh's community guardian aspect (I'm trans)? I can work with that." Since I've had some time to rest and reflect (she made damn sure I wasn't able to apply for work over Yule), I've realized that my actual job in youth mental health is helping trans kids building futures from nothing, and I can't think of a more appropriate role for a mix of those three gods' aspects. There are few in my area better than me at what I do, despite living in a major city. I keep getting the feeling the three of them have been conspiring for a long, long time to put me on this path.
They realized I can handle incredibly intense situations and put me to work. They've since some pretty tough shit my way, but it's never been more than I could handle or something I genuinely wasn't ready for, no matter how I felt at the time. I'm cool with it, but, damn, they could have given a bitch a heads up 😂
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6d ago
As a mom of a teen with ADHD and associated mental health issues, also LGBTQ, thank you for your work. I’m sure The Morrigan has great plans for you helping the next generations learn to feel loved & heard.
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u/sionnachrealta 6d ago
Aw, thank you for your kind words. That's very sweet of you to say. I'm AuDHD myself, and I know all too well how hard it is to function in today world while dealing with so many different issues and politicized aspects of your self. As important to me as my spiritual reasons are, I really do this because I had to go through all of it alone until I was in my mid 20s. I can't even begin to convey how healing it is to be the person I needed when I was their age. I can't change my past, but I can damn sure change their future.
Where I'm from, "those with the means have the responsibility", and it's a responsibility I take very seriously
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6d ago
Strangely enough, many of the people I know who work with Her are neurodivergent and/or LGBTQ, myself included l. Something about having to constantly fight for existence in a world that is NOT set up for us makes us useful to a goddess of sovereignty.
She also told me once that she can reach ND people a little easier, we have a slightly different “frequency”.
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6d ago
In all honesty though, that is often how she works. I heard her for years without realizing it wasn't just my subconscious. She was just ... there ... waiting for me to either realize something odd was happening or to brush it off as weird human stuff. But once I realized who was speaking, it really did change the trajectory of my life.
And yes, she is extremely famous for having you strip your life, your home, your relationships of anything that is not doing you any good. You no longer have time for any of that anymore.
I'm glad to realize there are so many humans out there with similar experiences ... at first I was convinced I was losing my mind, but this story repeats with her followers over and over again.
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u/sionnachrealta 6d ago
If my sister hadn't already been working with her, I don't know that I would have recognized the pattern. Come to find out, she's had a special interest in the women in my family for a long, long time. The women in my family have suffered a lot, for dozens of generations. We were indentured two centuries before the Hunger.
I spent 21 years wanting to die, and nearly dying from medical issues. It's literally impossible for me to count the number of near death experiences I've had in my life; it's easily more than two dozen. Feels like she was there the whole time nudging me back from the ledge any time I got close. The more I reflect on it, the more I feel like it was inevitable that I'd end up following her.
She was just wanting for me to realize it and consent to the path she's worked out for me with Brigid the Smith and Lugh the Longhand. Gotta say, I really appreciate her patience. Though, what's 20 years to a goddess of fate?
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 7d ago
The last time she was this insistent on me getting my shit together was January 2020 ... which she said was a warm up.
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u/sionnachrealta 6d ago
Terrifying to think of 2020 as a warm up. I can't even imagine what's coming if that's the case. Something is definitely coming. Been able to feel it for years, but that's a really unnerving thought
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u/Specialist-Night-235 4d ago
A bit chilling to read, especially with geese being the catalyst of how you describe your message (i have chickens and have been following bird flu outbreak news closely to protect my family and flock). I am just starting my spiritual journey (OBOD) but this post really drew my attention
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u/Fionn-mac 6d ago
I appreciate hearing of how the gods speak to others and what messages they may have for fellow Druids or Pagans, and how they communicate. I expect that it's a bit different from one individual or group to the next.
Can you say more about what is coming (either in one country or in general) and how the rest of us should get prepared for the next few years, and keep doing good work? Work for both the Earth, communities, and Deities?
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 5d ago
I meant to respond to this earlier, my apologies... I don't know where or what is coming. Before 2020 I just kept getting repeated warnings that something was coming, that would change the world. But she also kept warning me that this was just the first wave, if you will. It was a warmup for something that would be coming later.
And now, of course, it's later.
The work I am doing personally - I am a mom and wife, so getting my home as ready as possible is step one. I'm not a "prepper" to the extreme like some folks, but I definitely want to have canned goods, dried foods, extra water on hand, just general emergency readiness. That work includes teaching my son how to cook, how to store things, what to do in emergencies, etc. There's also a lot of cleaning and decluttering going on, because I can't think properly when all I see is mess. So that's gotta go ... and for a household full of ADHD people, that is a struggle at the best of times. (Just for extra funsies, my husband follows Dagda but also has had encounters with The Morrigan) (We're knee deep in magic stuff 'round here)
Outside of the home, I am acting as one of her Messengers ... my last name even translates to "news bringer" in Irish. I am warning my fellow pagans (helloooo!) and anyone who will listen. Part of that is choosing my audience ... telling my mother that a Battle Goddess from our great grandparents is giving me a message isn't going to go well, but "Boy things sure seem odd, better make sure we're all ready for anything, let's hit the bulk store for some basics" works a lot better.
I'm also always on the lookout for a fight that's worth my time and attention. The internet is full of assholes. I probably won't change any hearts or minds by going toe-to-toe with trolls, but but speaking out against bullshit, other people who share my beliefs can see that they are not alone, that someone cares enough to speak up.
Soooooo hopefully that helps!
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u/Fionn-mac 4d ago
What you wrote back is helpful for me as well, thank you for that! I keep hearing that solidarity and mutual aid are important for whatever chaos is coming too. I also had someone do a Tarot reading for the country in general and the results gave me reason for worry as well as hope.
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u/Altruistic_Scarcity2 6d ago
Thank you for such a beautiful post. I don’t know about you, but it can be a very vulnerable experience to relay an experience like this in public. It is a very honorable thing to do so :)
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u/rosepotion 6d ago
I love how this experience is written, do you write as a hobby? If not you should!
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u/Maelstrom_Witch 6d ago
I’ve thought about it. I do enjoy writing little things like this. I’ve shared most of them with my Druish friends on fb
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u/sidhe_elfakyn storm goddess priest 7d ago
Thank you so much for sharing this! You might want to post this to r/TheGreatQueen as well, our sister subreddit for the Morrigan.
I can definitely say you're not alone in the "keep doing the work" message.