Feathers

A couple days ago I needed to find a small backpack I knew I had in my closet. It’s actually more of a back sack, really, as it has no lining, no compartments, not even a zipper. It simply cinches shut with drawstring, and a flap flipped over the tied drawstring stays put with Velcro slipped through a metal ring.

Simple.

Extremely basic.

Not a backpack in which you might find treasures hidden in a secret pocket or compartment. Not a satchel that’s conducive to stowing sacred objects.

Imagine My Surprise

After rummaging through my closet, I finally located the pack under a variety of objects that had been randomly and haphazardly tossed on top of it. My purpose in searching for it was to consolidate my healing tools to accommodate a long trip. It was empty, as I’d expected, and I carefully added my rattles and notebook, my pendulum, and a few other items. My mesa too, of course, was going along for the ride.

Imagine my surprise, then, when I arrived at my destination and began unpacking these sacred items in preparation for a session with a client, only to find two these two feathers. I pulled out my mesa and underneath this cloth bundle filled with stones, crystals, and other sacred objects were these two beautiful, amazingly intact and unmolested feathers.

Confirmation of the Magic

To me, this was confirmation of the magic that infuses my life and, in particular, the ‘rightness’ of the work I was about to engage in. The details of how I’d come to have the appointment with the client I was traveling to see were a primer on synchronicity all on their own. I’d felt the importance of us meeting face to face, even though I could have easily arranged to work with them ‘long distance.’

But this time, for whatever reason, it felt important to establish a personal, tangible, eye-to-eye connection. Trust was essential. And the trip felt worthwhile.

Finding the feathers as I created sacred space were Spirit’s way of telling me, “Yes. This is important. Magic is afoot.”

And so it was.