Hiking to Raven Creek Falls was truly about the journey and not the destination. Not to say that the falls at the end of the hike wasn’t magical, however what happened midway through the hike was the highlight for me.
Arriving at the trail head was filled with sweet surprises. When I stepped onto the path, I did a centering meditation, the Earth Sky Attunement. It’s a beautiful spiritual technology that the Faery people taught me years ago, and it helps to the heart and harmonize your energy field to the frequency of Nature. It’s really as grounding as it is cosmic. I teach it to all my students, as it is a crucial step to not only walking in harmony with All That Is, but also to position yourself to reestablishing a relationship with Faerie.
So I began with this, and then, as is customary for me I send out a streaming blanket of love-light that acts as a greeting to all the land and its Faery inhabitants. I love this part because I can feel an immediate energy in response to my greeting. Oftentimes, I feel it as a warm and very receptive welcome. Other times it is more of a curiosity than anything. This is because there are some areas that are much less accustomed to human interaction, even if they see a lot of humans.
I sensed a warm welcome from the overlighting deva of the forest area. In fact, there seemed to be two beings, one male and the other had a female essence. I didn’t see them at this time, but I could feel their presence.
The other “younger” nature spirits and fairies were quite curious about it all. I noticed movement just off the trail, to my right. I walked over to the small stream and knelt down. Just across the flowing water, on the other side, I saw dozens of faery lights zipping in and out of the small bushes and plants that were low to the ground. Then I noticed swirling poofs of light hovering above the stream. Water sylphs and sprites danced merrily on the rippling water’s surface.
Along the trail, I glimpsed many gnomes; a few creatures similar to brownies appeared out of the tree bark; and a little elf tipped his hat to us as we passed by. I hadn’t seen or felt this much faery activity since my trip over in Ireland and England this past May. The area had such a vitality and shine to it.
There were millipedes, too – exceptionally large millipedes. And for anyone who knows me, this is still the one creature that I am learning to harmonize with. I am quite willing, but a visceral terror wells up and grips me from deep within. Yeah, it was a past life trauma, and it’s a work in progress.
At some point, I felt this intense pull downward and to my left. We walked down to the water’s edge where there was a tiny cascade. Not the main one, but nonetheless it was magnetic in its effect on me.
I took off my shoes and hopped along the damp rocks to get closer to the cataract. As I drew near, a song rose up within me. Almost instinctively, I began to hum this haunting melody. Through humming out loud I became more and more attuned to the waterfall.
Eventually, a beautiful being materialized in the pool just below the falls, floating ever so daintily above the spray. Her auric field was of white light with pastel hues of lavender, blue and a light rose color. She appeared to have hair of steaming white, and yet this was just how her energy field manifested, as it wasn’t really hair.
I realized the more I hummed, the more clearly she came into view. She and I communed for what seemed like forever. She was quite surprised by this interaction, and yet there was a familiarity there, too.
The more I hummed, the brighter she became. Suddenly, I realized it was her song I was humming. I understood then that this is one way – a very beautiful way – we can interact with one another – Faery and Human – by singing each other’s song.
I left the falls feeling uplifted and complete. What a gift this water spirit had offered me! What a gift and a blessing!