The Chalice Essence

I had felt the gentle whisper to visit the Chalice Well Spring for a while. It became stronger over the summer, and each day that presented the opportunity, something more important came up, or the English summer weather had taken a turn. Once particular weekend in August on the day of Lammas, the pull felt particularly strong. Others I was with had other plans for the day and I remember an overwhelming feeling of being bereft, like I should be somewhere else and I couldn't bring myself to enjoy the moment.  It felt so strong, that I made a promise to myself to go the next day. 

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The sun was shining on 2nd August and it was perfect weather to make an essence. I couldn't think of a better place to create my third bath essence with the healing waters of this special place, so I prepared my bottles, created a label and we headed off.

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On arrival I felt welcomed, as always, to these sacred lands. At gardens, there was still evidence of Lammas offerings of bread and flowers, tea, incense and other items visitors left to honor the energies of this sacred land. 

At the Lions Head, I joined the line to collect the spring water, so I could create my essence, and created the mother tincture then and there. 

 

It felt like such a blessing to stand under the old oak tree, abundant in acorns, and made my way up to the well. I meditated at the well and said a prayer and then suddenly felt a moment of guilt for not bringing anything to offer. On the way back down the hill, a gentleman was handing out an abundance of apples he had brought with him, and I made my way back up the hill, to offer one as thanks. 

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At the bottom of the gardens, I found a beautiful rose bush, with abundant flowers, and asked for permission to cultivate an essence with one. I collected the flower and place it in the water with the sunshine in full, while it sat in the flow spring. 

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While this was very much a spirit-led creation, compared to the other two essences, I was, I must admit, a little disappointed there wasn't a more direct transmission for this essence's creation. But then later at home, as I sipped on the left over waters of the Chalice Wells beautiful Rose essence, I quickly realized that being spirit led and following ones intuition is something sacred in itself.​

Spirit must have been listening, and in the early hours I woke from a dream of the scared well with the message that these waters help to "clear what clings". 

A day later upon chance conversation with a friend who wanted to return to these ancient lands, who had no knowledge of me going the day before, mentioned the White Spring. I realized that I still hadn't visited the White Spring, but pulled to, as it always in the back of my mind.

A few nights later, after journeying the Chalice Essence, it came to me to combine the essence of both springs (luckily I made the mother essence them separately!) It was a calling to bring the masculine ley line (St Michael) of the red spring and feminine ley line (St Mary) of the white spring together, the red and the white springs, to combine these two powerful energies.

I realized the feeling I was having was that the essence was not yet complete.

​It was just by chance that I was travelling this way on holiday, in alignment with the Lions Gate Portal 08/08 and the date of launch of this website. I collected the white springs water and made a mother tincture.

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I invite you to step into these sacred energies to help renew and replenish. To clear away what is not serving your highest purpose, and emerged renewed after balancing the energies within you.

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