Full Description
Awaken the wisdom of your heart for healing, rebirth, and transformation
• Discover the medicine found in your heart's four chambers through a shamanic initiation with your heart as your teacher
• Explore the ancient wisdom of spirit animal guides and Goddess archetypes, such as the Black Madonna, Persephone, and the Valkyries
• Experience nine powerful shamanic journeys, as well as transformative exercises, chakra work, and visualizations
PREDOMINANTLY MIND-FOCUSSED, Western thinking often disregards more intuitive insights. This leads to a disconnect between head and heart that, over time, leaves us dissatisfied with life. When Cissi Williams had a heart attack, she recognized this as an invitation to awaken and, enlisting her heart's wisdom, learned to heal not just her body but also her life.
Sharing the teachings of her healing transformation, Cissi invites you on an intuitive journey through the four chambers of the heart, connecting deeply with the ancient wisdom of spirit animal guides and Goddess archetypes such as Persephone, Inanna, Mary Magdalene, the Valkyries, and Cerridwen:
• In the first heart chamber, the Chamber of Healing, you focus on letting go and shedding what's no longer needed.
• Stepping into the second chamber, the Chamber of Transformation, you are asked to process your shadow parts in the holy fire of the Dark Mother, along with the shamanic spirit animal guides Wolf and Raven.
• The third chamber, the Chamber of Magic, helps you ignite your inner magic, so you can manifest your dreams with the support of Mama Bear.
• Carried by Eagle and Phoenix medicine in the fourth chamber, the Chamber of Rebirth, you rise from the ashes, stronger than before.
Presenting nine powerful shamanic journeys alongside transformative exercises, chakra work, and visualizations, Cissi guides you through a feminine heart-centered initiation, allowing you to transform your wounds into wisdom, reclaim your authentic power, and awaken your inner Wise Woman.
Contents
Foreword by HeatherAsh Amara
A Note from the Author
Introduction
Who Is This Wise Woman?
PART 1: From the Head to the Heart
1. Your Heart Is a Teacher
How the Four Chambers of the Heart Mirror the Four Seasons
What Is Shamanism?
Guidelines for Using the Shamanic Journeys in This Book
Shamanic Journey into Your Heart
2. Mapping the Path
Tuning Into Your Tree of Life
Wisdom Teachings: Mary Magdalene, the Tree of Life,
and the Seven Gates
The Chakra System
Shamanic Journey to Cleanse Your Chakras and Tune Into
the Tree of Life
PART 2: Journey into the Sacred Medicine
of the Four Chambers of Your Heart
3. The Chamber of Healing
Letting Go and Healing Your Roots
Heal Your Roots and Ancestral Lineage
Serpent Mother Medicine: Shedding the Old
Shamanic Journey with Persephone to Release the Past
and Heal Your Ancestral Lineage
4. The Chamber of Transformation
Wisdom Teachings: The Descent of Inanna through the Seven Gates
into the Underworld
How the Dark Mother Helps Us Heal
Our Unconscious Wounds
Meet the Dark Mothers: Hel, the Black Madonna,
Cerridwen, and Hecate
Discovering Your Shadows
Wolf and Raven Medicine: Protectors in the Dark
Shamanic Journey Through the Seven Gates into the Underworld,
Meeting the Dark Mothers, Transforming the Darkness into Light
5. Returning to Source
Wisdom Teachings: Birthing the Light from the Darkest Night
Weaving Your Dreams into Being with the Spirit Weavers
Owl Medicine: Seeing the Light in the Darkness
Shamanic Journey to Meet the Spirit Weavers and Source for
New Visions and Dreams
6. The Chamber of Magic
Wisdom Teachings: Persephone and Inanna Emerging
from the Underworld
Receiving the Light to Ignite Your Inner Magic
Meet the Light Mothers Freya, Idun, and Brigid
Mama Bear Medicine: Receiving Nourishment from the Feminine
Shamanic Journey to Meet the Light Mothers and
Ignite Your Inner Magic
7. The Chamber of Rebirth
The Witch Who Was Burned and Reborn Three Times
Releasing What Stops You from Receiving the Light So That
You Can Move Through Your Own Rebirth
Rising from the Ashes Reborn
Eagle and Phoenix Medicine
Shamanic Journey of Initiation: The Wise Woman
Rising from the Ashes
PART 3: Weaving Your Heart's Wisdom
into Your World
8. Re-Writing Your Story
The Ancient Wisdom of Mary Magdalene Is Rising Again
Mary Magdalene Is the Mystical Heart Embodying Both
Heaven and Earth
The Heart Chakra of the World
Shamanic Journey with Mary Magdalene to the
Heart Chakra of the World—the Isle of Avalon
9. Living a Heart-Centred Life
Flying with the Valkyries
Listening to the Whispers from Your Heart
Finding the Structure for Birthing Your Dreams
Shamanic Journey to Weave Your Heart's Loving Wisdom
into Your World
Closing Words
Closing Prayer to the Divine Mothers of Darkness and Light
Resources
Shamanic Journeys and Exercises
Acknowledgements
About the Author
