What is a “Priestess”?

To me, the word “Priestess” is associated with a woman who serves her community in a spiritual capacity.

She is a female leader who honors the Sacred Feminine aspect of Divinity. She may or may not have been “initiated” into a particular lineage, but she has studied long, works on herself personally and has skills and experience in various healing modalities, counselling, ceremonial facilitation, and at least a pinch of magic.

Her service may be her primary vocation, or her avocation.

A Priestess can hold space for others as they move through the more painful emotions and difficult life experiences we all face from time to time.

A Priestess owns her own shit. She does not play the “blame game” or devote time and energy to judging others for their human foibles.

She has faced her own shadow with courage. She has fallen down in life and picked herself back up more than once. She has overcome difficult, often painful losses, and she has mastered her skills and abilities through dedication, consistency and time.

A Priestess takes good care of herself and her family. She enjoys the pleasures of life and does not take vows of poverty or chastity, for she understands that All Acts of Love and Beauty are Sacred.