For Riochar

My dear friend, Riochar, and soul sister died

Wednesday, 12 Februar, 2013

@ 8:15 pm

after a long hard battle with liver cancer.  Her physical body now deceased, her Light Body can live and return to source.

I first met Riochar in 1995. She made contact with me after reading my Faery Wicca books. She was then known as MorningWolf and followed her Native American Indian heritage and spiritual practices, but she was drawn to me and very much wanted to go to Ireland with me on a sacred pilgrimage. We did.  In fact, we journeyed to Ireland four times, once the day after her own father's death... a journey of great healing for her.

Riochar quickly became a close friend, and together we went through many changes. We shared with each other our woes and our celebrations. She was my student for many years, but I pulled her out of that role and into her own mentoring role for others.

An example of how much delight she took

 in guiding others on their own spiritual journeys!  (lol) 

Another very important journey we made together was with our dear friend Sharon. The three of us spent 10 days together in Ireland, where we traveled to visit Tom MacNamarra, our traditional seanachi (storyteller). During that visit, he welcomed us into his home, serving us tea and having me cut the cake and serve it. He allowed us to visit the two stone circles on his farm not open to the public. Most importantly, these two dear ladies and close friends were there to witness his bequeathal of his personal journals into my hands, proclaiming that I was his successor, and from that day considered by him to be the seanachi of Lough Gur... naturally, I was stunned, we all were, and though I instantly refused such an entitlement, knowing the type of trouble that could bring me by the locals of the province who would clearly have a tissy-fit over this, I was humbled beyond measure and shocked to learn in a personal handwritten letter from his own daughter of his death three days after our visit.

Riochar stuck by me through thick and thick, just as I did for her. When others disparaged her, I lifted her up. When she would wallow in her own self-pity, I would pull her out of it. She always did the same for me.

Together our journey deepened, taking us into private work together as Arch-Druidesses in the Druidic Clan of Dana. Our spiritual work was personal and also for the continued direction and guidance for our beloved community of FFN.

She celebrated with me some of my greatest joys and all of my sorrows. For a number of years, we spent almost every Thursday night together. She joined with my family every Thanksgiving until this last year, when her illness had taken it's toll on her and she was unable to come.

The relationship she and I shared was very private for her, not something she shared with many, though anyone involved in her life knew of me. No, Riochar shared with me a very unique side of herself she kept from others. In my heart I know I was honored with knowing her authentic soul, the woman whose hopes and dreams and visions and, yes, sorrows, she kept from others.

Yes, my Riochar was beautiful, soft, loving, a faery queen. Macha.

To you my dear heart, the one whose wisdom I always sought out, whose insights always lit the way, whose reassurances always strengthened my resolve, your physical presence on this earth will be sorely missed, the audible sound of your voice hungered for as the months go by... but just as the light illuminated my house two nights ago when I woke at 2am and said to the ethers, "Riochar, are you there?"  I know, you are, for you are one of the new Ascended Masters, Avatar,  Sidhe, Angel, Star Being; my dear friend whose transition had always been aligned with the New Earth and the New Ways to be one of the Enlightened Ones to guide us forward on this new 26,000 year cycle.

You shall never be forgotten!

Deep Peace & Blessings Be!

I love you Riochar.