The Magick of being an Avatar Wytch
For the last few nights all of my family members who have passed away have been visiting me in my dreams. In quite a humorous way, it took me days to realize I'm only dreaming about dead people. One of the most unresolved and painful experiences I had as a little girl was the banishment and rejection from my father. I know that I am not even remotely unique in my daddy issues, but still i think the insight into fully giving and being fully received is relevant here. I think when we are rejected by core people in our lives at a young age, there is no way to process the deep feelings of abandonment, trauma, and rejection. For me taking on this pain at an age too young pushes it into our shadow. At the core of our shadow are unmet needs that get played out over and over again in dysfunctional patterns. For me this meant I was presented again and again with instances of rejection that just piggy backed on the initial trauma of my father's rejection. This meant that I...