30 Days of Deity Devotion: What I Wish I Knew about Santa

Here's what I still want to know...

(1) Is there a Mrs. Claus?

(2) Can we learn his magic? (I sure hope so)

(3) What does he do during the Christmas season? How does he help?

(4) Are there elves & reindeer or were there at some point?

(5) What is his vision or plan for me?

What would you ask if you could?

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: Worst Misconceptions about Santa that I've Encountered

What I believe people get wrong about the Santa I am coming to know...

(1) That he isn't real. That he is just the made-up version created by Coca-Cola. I have come to believe he is very real.

(2) That he is some woolly elven half-man trickster. I am still getting to know him but what I know so far is that he is gentle and loving and kind.

(3) That his ultimate goal is getting as much commercial merchandise into the hands of well-behaved children as possible. I believe that his goal for us is healing and transformation and helping us to create the lives that are waiting for us.

What do you think people get wrong?

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: How My Santa Relationship with Santa Has Changed Over Time?

Over time, my connection to Santa has deepened and grown stronger, though I still see it as being in the developing stages. Here is a journal account as I was looking back on how it has changed over the past few years...

My Santa Experience Now-ish: I have felt what I believe is Santa's presence. And adding that to my Santa dream six months ago where it felt like a calling, I think it really is him. 

One afternoon last month while walking I felt like my dream sort of came to life. It was in my mind's eye that Santa was on the sleigh, zooming in, taking off again and then circling back, but I also felt his energy. I have felt his energy increasingly in the past couple of months.

My Santa History: I have always loved Christmas. And for the past year or so, have felt a stronger connection sometimes when watching Xmas movies or thinking about Xmas. 

January gets harder every year. And then, last Xmas, I started to feel like I believed in Santa,in some capacity, though it was vague. 

Then in March, I had a dream encounter with a Santa zooming around me on a sleigh. It had a "road to Damascus" feel, with faerie overtones (white horses in the clouds, etc). It felt like some kind of calling but I didn't really know what to make of it.

Asking for Guidance: Asked a month and a half ago for dream guidance about this. Was it really Santa? And what are these Santa experiences for? Is there something being asked of me? And I asked for clear answers that I could easily understand.

Here's what happened:  I woke up with the sense that it really was Santa but couldn't remember anything specific that told me so. And had the thought that I should clarify for myself that he is not the typical story of the jolly, laughing guy w/ the red suit who delivers gifts once a year to good boys & girls. 

Closer to the magical faerie-like Santa what we sometimes see in movies who intervenes in the lives of adults, families and children to change and empower their lives so they have the experiences, make the connections and have the insights they need to heal, have better lives, etc.

In the dreams I remembered, what I saw about me was that something would happen and then info about a person would be given, intuited or appear in front of me (sometimes on a screen) and I would know what needed to happen next for them. 

It was a systematic process, one right after another. Helping people get what they want or need. And that that was part of my calling. 

So there you have it, my Santa story & relationship. What's your relationship with Santa like?

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: A Time When Santa Helped Me

Here's a pathworking and ritual experience led by The Sage Goddess I had earlier this year (end of March) during which Santa was one of my guides...

In the meditation, I went to Ireland. My guides were Santa and a Native American. I recognized the place as land I have seen in other meditations. 

And then I saw myself in 3 different forms. I saw an older woman's hands and knew they were mine. Then a redheaded younger woman (I've seen "her"/me before, too) and then, I didn't see me but I saw a young redheaded girl run toward me calling me Mommy! 

Scared me so much I almost wouldn't continue. All my guides showed up in the room to calm me. 

I kept saying, "was she my daughter?" and "Was I a mother?" 

Because my understanding, thus far, about possible alternate lives does not include motherhood but is some kind of healer/helper/shaman/etc who could materialize at will and kept having to leave so that the people I loved wouldn't be hurt. I could leave but they couldn't and it was during times when strange people (witches, etc) would be killed. So now I am wondering if I had to leave an actual daughter. 

Santa said no, but told me that she had known me almost all of her life, was motherless, and wanted me to be her mother. And that it broke my heart to leave her. 

And I felt that!!!! Felt the deep pain of having to leave to keep her safe. He told me that's part of the reason I didn't want to have children at first IRL.

So he really helped me understand what the heck was going on during that strange meditation. 

Have you ever seen Santa in a meditation?

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: Writing about Santa as Shaman & Spirit Healer

(et101.net)

"The word shaman comes from Siberia and means "one who sees in the dark" (the hidden realities), and widely refers to those who are medicine women/men, healers, and seers. Shamans believe that all problems, physical, emotional or mental, have their root cause in spiritual imbalance."~Robin Gress, Sacred Shamanic Healing

"Many of the traditions we see across the world that are tied to the Christmas holidays have a surprising similarity to the ancient traditions of Siberian Shamans. Through the description below, you can easily see the role of Santa Claus being filled by the local shaman. You may have heard of the word “shaman”, which is a word from the Tungus-speaking people of Siberia, to connote a religious specialist.(1)  The Tungusic are Russian indigenous people who live in the arctic circle (north pole) and they are reindeer herders." ~Shaman's Well

"The word Shaman is a cognate to the word Saman, first used by a Tungus-speaking people, the Evenk, in Siberia. The role of the Shaman in his/her society was/is a vital one. They talked to spirits and animals and saw visions of the future. Born from the reverence early humanity had for their surroundings and the eternal wonderment of the spirit world, Shamanism held a distinction as being different than a magician or healer in early society. For the Shaman would walk the pathway to the spirit world routinely. Through altered states of consciousness induced with or without the aid of a catalyst, the Shaman would converse with the spirits. As a faith, Shamanism fits into many types of belief systems, due to the fact that is independent of dogmatic, institutionalized religion.

Shamanism is one of the oldest divinatory practices in the world to promote healing and spiritual wellness. By archaeological and anthropological evidence the practice has existed for some 20,000 to 30,000 years. Evidence of Shamanism has been found globally in isolated regions of the Americas, Asia, Africa, regions of Europe and Australia." ~Shaman's Well

"Santa's famous magical journey, where his sleigh takes him around the whole planet in a single night, is developed from the "heavenly chariot," used by the gods from whom Santa and other shamanic figures are descended. The chariot of Odin, Thor and even the Egyptian god Osiris is now known as the Big Dipper, which circles around the North Star in a 24-hour period. In different versions of the ancient story, the chariot was pulled by reindeer or horses." ~Dana Larsen

Read more about shamanism here.

What do you think about the idea of Santa as shaman?

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: Music that Makes Me Think of Santa

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: Santa Art I Love

My son drew this for me, and is my very favorite piece of Santa art...

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