We’ve been experiencing daily afternoon thunderstorms and rain here, which has been a lovely shift that earns the “June gloom” term to a “T”. Although, we’ve been having it far longer than just June, as these clouded skies and rolling in moisture have been ongoing for a few weeks now and are looking to continue through the month. Before that it was like a day or two a week and then has moved into consistency of experience. In fact, as I write this, loud thunder has been crashing, lightning flashing, and wetness is all I see through the window.

It reminds me of our time traveling the Rockies from south to north into Canada while in the Magick Bus. Without fail, every afternoon while we were out hiking, the clouds would roll in and a downpour would take place around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and stop after an hour or two. We seem to be mirroring that Rocky Mountain weather now. A huge swing shift from drought days, making historic Winter records for snowfall, and now continuing with more moisture than we’ve ever seen since living here. The East seems to be getting much of what we in the West have had, so there’s a lot of teeter-tottering and balancing out taking place.

We’re loving the coolness, as it makes for great outdoor hiking and biking and the moisture is assisting the regeneration of the land here – including being the perfect timing of nourishment for the wildflower seeds we newly planted. It’s also a time of prolific fungi friends lighting up the forests.

From small to large – and I mean large, as you can see by the size comparison of these two bunches next to my hand – mushroom magick is abound!

I’m loving the beautiful clouded skies that turn from white puffy bursts during the warmer parts of the sunshiny days and then darken into interesting dramatic skyscapes by later in the day. All of which make way for portal openings and interesting formations.

I love the dramatic and expansive landscapes, of which I’ll share more of in an upcoming post along with my take on this sweep of cleansing and gush of watery flow we’ve been experiencing.

That also means that we’ve been having a lot of lightning activity and that goes hand-in-hand with the lightning theme that keeps showing up, as well as the energy of electric change that ignites a beautiful rebirthing.

Like this tree I saw just yesterday on a hike, the lightning may strike, but it’s not that Tower card kind of destructive energy in order to rebuild, but rather an igniting into full activation and potential without the trauma.

This tree not only got zapped by lightning – and quite profoundly, as you can see the deeply etched line from top to bottom – but it had also been burned in the recent fire of two summers ago – a fire that only scorched the outside bark. Both the lightning and fire could not destroy this tree. It stands tall and strong, and very much alive, with only superficial wounds it wears with pride of using them as a form of regenerative and recreative alchemy.

A testament to our own power and ability to do the same with things we may experience around us, or even get touched by. They do not have to be our destruction, hindrance, or disruption…they can be the fuel to our strength…the seed to our potential…the ingredients for transmutation. A reminder that we have the power to write our own story and not be told what the story is.

During all of this I’ve continued having messengers show up in waking and dream life. Dreams have consisted of people I know going through things and animal spirit guides helping me to go through things. Bear showed up again a few days ago, as well as frog. My dream with frog messenger had an abundance of tiny frogs in it – all different colors and with different markings. I remember one specifically that had polka dots. These little ones were jumping all about when I opened something in the house and again some jumping in my hand. That same dream also had chipmunks and squirrels running about with the frogs.

And of course this has been mirrored in waking life with lots of chipmunk and squirrel interaction, and hearing frogs chirping away in the meadows we cross on one of our favorite hikes.

I’ve also been having a lot of interaction with lizards. From babies to full grown, black and brown ones, and even the sweet one above regenerating her tail.

I actually laid on the deck just inches next to her and we tuned in. Her eyes were half open, as we both soaked in the warm sun and I talked to her. The way her thick tail had been clipped made her almost look like she had two heads at both ends – embodiment of an ending and beginning as one. Duality within unity, balance, harmony, and inner peace struck a chord in me about her too. And of course that regeneration and rebirthing energy personified in her beautifully healed tail.

There’s also been an influx of feather finds including quite a few from Great Horned Owl, many from Steller’s Jays, and also Northern Flickers. Not pictured is Osprey, as I found a feather one dropped near a lake we hike and didn’t photograph it at the time.

I even found the ever-so-perfect little throne you see above next to the Steller’s Jay feather, naturally carved from a tree by the elements.

As soon as I saw it I knew EXACTLY who it was meant for.

My parents had given me this perfect little crystal rabbit I just adore and knew she needed a more fitting place to sit of her own. You can see how this royal throne was so meant for her and felt fashioned by the Fae themselves.

And the magickal energies continue, with raw crystal finds and bird eggs.

The two little quartz above are so beautiful in person – hard to tell in the photo, but the right one is completely clear with tiny rainbow flashes and the left is mostly translucent – each sparkly in the light.

The Robin’s egg was a full half shell, which I found first. Then the little speckled egg – I’m not sure from what bird – between the quartz was a full egg with only a tiny hole in the back from a fall.

Eggs are always so potent to me and speak to that birthing of new energy, life, and potential. I’m quite partial to the “cosmic egg of boundless potential” symbolism.

But back to mushrooms and lightning energy…recently I was guided to get these enchanted little mushroom and faery house baskets – being told that some of my crystals wanted to be housed in them, together. Interesting since mushrooms are a gridwork connection and so, too, are crystals gridding connection. This also making it easy to move them around, keep them protected, bring collectives together, and easy to reach in and work with where ever I am. Not to mention, helps keep everyone organized and not taking up so much room.

Aren’t they sweet?

The bottom one houses some of my larger powerhouses tucked safely together next to my chair so I can reach in with ease.

Mushroom themes of that connective network energy has been running through everything and highlighting key elements of our foundations, connections, resiliency, and regenerative potentials.

Much like lightning has been speaking of in terms of the flash of vitality that can activate instant knowing and remembrance of wholeness and boundless, creative life force.

It’s no wonder that lightning struck crystals have been potent messengers even more these days. My first little lightning strike starbrary came to me back around 2013. And now, 10 years later I find myself with a handful of powerhouse lightning strike beings that take my breath away in the most beautiful and expansive ways I could have imagined. And since their arrival, I have aligned more than ever with this lightning energy as the very force that I have within myself to call up as desired.

They’ve helped reshape the relationship to strong energies I have within and harness that without a fear around it being destructive or harmful, but instead can be channeled with great precision and regenerative potential. This is helping me to unleash more of my personal power that long ago was locked away.

Many of my dragon energy crystals guide me in much the same way…and I am grateful.

I have been a crystal cocreator for quite some time – this life and beyond – and yet the recent influx of crystal family that I have reunited with most recently is helping to bring a whole new level of experience into being like never before.

It is a mix of what I’ve once known from past me’s, mixed with the spaces held of future me’s, all merging with the knowing of the now me. Multi-dimensional indeed and although this has been a known – that this is in fact who and what we are – it’s never been more clear and tangible until now. And I know this is just the beginning.

I have been loving so much to see how others are lighting up in their relationship to crystals these days too. It’s a connection that always was, but now is coming alive and to the forefront.

Even when people aren’t sure as to what to do with a crystal being they are drawn to, they are subconsciously doing exactly what they’re meant to. It’s fun to see people find joy in and receive confirmations of these connections and how their intuition has genuinely channeled the unique way the energy of that bond with their crystal friend/s has ignited.

These major Earth and collective shifts are awakening a surge of support to emerge in many forms – be it messengers from the elements, ancient crystal beings, guides and tools of all sorts, new friendships that are simply soul family finding each other, and even our own inner remembrance. It is time.

We have never had more support and never been less alone. Every particle of energy around us embodies consciousness that is connected to us and has keys to our questions. They also have love to share as a unique, creative spark that knows the language of that love in its unlimited forms. Love comes in many ways and so, too, does support. The capacity of our minds to embrace that boundlessness is our doorway there.

I’ve recently mentioned how a crystal skull collective has also been forming here, alongside my other crystal friends. And this has taken on a whole life of its own that I have simply surrendered to and trusted, without knowing the full story.

One recent skull being mirrored that lightning energy I’ve been sharing about, quite literally. The story of his coming to me is but one of the numerous stories that fill my heart to bursting. I share it simply to demonstrate alignment and the power of our surrender.

My dear friend Lisa of The Lemurian Rose had an amazing offering of fascia jasper skulls created by the incredible, world renowned master carver Leandro De Souza – considered the finest by many. Her story of how this came to be is beyond magickal itself, and now she is the exclusive source for Leandro De Souza fascia jasper skulls in the U.S. She recently had a small group of the first 22 magickal child skulls available in a live sale. Because there were so few, she decided on a different approach for claiming them. Each person got to choose an animal spirit card from her tarot deck. Then on the day of the online sale, if one called to you, you’d place the name of your animal and their number into the queue. She then gathered all of the cards for each person, turned them upside down, gave them to her husband to mix up, placed them out in front of the skull and did a muscle test on them to see which one the skull chose as their cocreator. If there was any fogginess, she’d then use a pendulum as a last decisive measure. The latter only happened like once or twice…it was very clear who was meant for each other.

I actually didn’t at first feel like any were for me, although was excited about them. But I chose a card just in case – Rabbit 30. I was talking to a dear friend of mine about the sale and when she asked if I was interested in them I said, “Unless my star family sends me a lightning bolt through my heart about one, then none will be coming home.” When Lisa posted the 22 skulls the day before so that people could feel into which ones they may want to claim, I decided to look through them to confirm my feeling. As I looked, no one stood out. But then my statement hit me over the head…or rather through the heart.

I got to this one skull and immediately I noticed the very clear lightning bolt at the third eye and felt it….then said omg! And then I noticed the rare amethyst vein at the crown – also kind of lightningish. It was the only skull of 22 that had this. I felt the instant connection to my words and what they were getting across to me, yet still knew about how the process would be up to the skulls and Uni/verse through Lisa’s muscle testing from the claims…so I was like okay, well if my star family wants it for me, it will be.

Again, it was the only one I connected with, but felt a strong clear stream. I surrendered it to the highest good. During the live I noticed the lightning bolts at the back of the cards, which I hadn’t made any mental connection with until all of this happened…that was like triple whammies of that lightning bolt to the heart. The lightning bolt comment I made was an odd one and not a me thing to say, so I knew it was sent to me so I would recognize it all. It felt like my future self speaking through to the past me, to give me the clues for the now.

Then the skull came up and several people were interested and through Lisa, the skull chose the rabbit card and when she turned it over, it was like I knew, but also literally was knocked over at how clear it all had been and that there was simply no mistaking alignment. It was humbling to say the least.

And this kind of alignment and unfolding synchronicity, along with how crystals and crystal skulls magickally show up, are on sale suddenly, or manifest by intention of desire for a particular stone type, has been ongoing dominos all falling in synchronous chain-like, double choo-choo train mode!

As my own unfolding alignments and wild cocreation I had no idea would be as it is have been happening, I’ve witnessed others having a whole new relationship to crystal skulls ignite. For me it was something that came easily when I first really consciously in this life started bringing home crystal friends. For others, it’s been the development of a whole new relationship that kind of blew their mind, since skulls weren’t really on their radar, they may have held old belief patterns around them, or just really hadn’t been the time yet for the relationship to unfold. But what I’ve seen is the minute it does, and one being wiggles their way into their life and heart, it has the potential of opening a flowing stream, as abundant as the gushing waters running off the mountains here from a deep snow packed season.

I have close friends who have simultaneously found themselves being guided to bring in their own crystal skull collective and I have been overjoyed to even assist with this and help bridge the connections. I sense that this is unfolding as an alignment to the rapid collective shifts and upgrades taking place…so what seems like out of the blue and out of character, is actually years and lifetimes revealing themselves and an inner knowing helping us catch up to speed on the shifts finally ready to take form.

Like lightning we are striking up our own inner electrical sparks, igniting those latent dna, and activating greater embodiment of who we really are.

It’s stunning to witness…and yet that isn’t even reflective of the brilliance I feel from it.

I can sense this grid of lights getting turned up across the globe, like fireflies across a pond lighting both the sky above and the water below mirroring starlight so that one can’t tell where the cosmos ends and begins.

There is much more yet to come on the share around crystal skulls. For now, I’ve been immersed in listening to their guidance, doing some activations with the moon, planets, and elements for some of the skulls that are connected with others working with their own collective, and creating bridges so that the work we do can be amplified with that ripple effect across the cosmic waters.

These days, nature and listening is where I’m called most to be. The crystal beings help me always to stay as best I can in the nature of myself and to walk in the remembrance of who we really are.

And of course, Astrid is my greatest ally within it all. She has been so instrumental in the crystal connections and was part of helping to bring that lightning magickal child to us here at the Forest Portal.

She’s also assisted in creating this newest collection of offerings: Crystals of the Fae Realm

There are seven magickal pieces that include one ancient “elemental king” skull. We invite you to explore them here: Creations & Crystals Closet

Until next time, crystal magickal beams of love, alignment and connection to your heart from ours.