Once upon a time there was a little girl with huge brown eyes and thick dark hair who lived in a magical world of eternal wonderment. Her beloved apple tree was her best friend and guardian. Fairies danced through the scented patches of flowers and angels that knew her by name pushed her high into the sky on her rope swing.  Then she entered school, where angels and guardian trees were unacceptable companions. As her mind filled with numbers, symbols and facts, her childhood playmates faded into never never land, where they were only read about in fairytales. That little girl was me, and I suspect it may have been you as well.

It wasn’t until years later that mystic world once again revealed itself to me. In 1999, a voice in meditation invited me to sell my personal possessions, leave my work and move to Spain. Despite the facts that I loved my work, couldn't get a visa, didn't speak the language and didn't know anyone there, I did it!  I threw all my credentials to the wind ending my professional career as a physical therapist, energetic healer, and spiritual coach. Thus, I began a new phase of my life as I surrendered to the Mystic call of the Divine.

Upon my arrival in Spain, a renaissance Black Madonna statue was placed in my care. Under her tutelage, I surrendered to the alchemy of Love, my fear was transformed into trust, doubt into wisdom, tears into grace, judgement into compassion, and chaos into harmony. It became clear that all the turmoil in my life was part of my soul journey to realize self Love, my inner Wisdom and my Divinity. I learned to trust that my Soul only knows how to support life and my heart’s cauldron of Divine Love runneth over.

For seven years I traveled with the Black Madonna throughout Europe, the Caribbean and the United States. During that journey, a total stranger gifted me with a harp. When I lifted it from her hands, it was as if a missing part of me had returned home. My fingers slid naturally over the strings like a bard from ancient times, striking a chord within me that opened me to a whole new world as the mystic voice of the Divine.

Just as the world has evolved, so has the path of the Mystic. Unlike the ancient Mystics, who cloistered themselves off from the world in a convent or monastery, we are being asked to consciously engage with the world by expressing our own unique Divinity. We are not here to escape our earthly sojourn, we are here as the creators of a new world, to create heaven on earth and shine our light.

“Spirituality does not remove us
 from the material world;

it takes us deeper 
into all its superlative layers.”
~ Sharon Lyn Shepard ~

The present day Mystic walks the earth living from the sanctity of their heart and inner domain, trusting their own Wisdom rather than being influenced by the outer world. At his or her very core, a Mystic is committed to their relationship with the Divine, recognizing the Divinity within everything, including themselves. There are no gurus or teachings to become a Mystic, for it is not an intellectual path, it is an experiential path. You are already the embodiment of the Divine and it is simply a choice to engage with your own Divinity allowing it to reveal itself to you in your present day life.

As our consciousness continues to expand, so does Mysticism. As present day Mystics we have evolved to a new level of consciousness as creators of a new world based on our expanded multidimensional perception of reality with the ability to see through the eyes of our Divinity. Our hearts sing in many different ways, whether it’s through the arts, nurturing our children, or creating a business. We are all creators each expressing in our own unique ways.

As a present day Mystic, I am very active on Facebook.
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After seven years of bohemian travel with a Black Madonna statue in my backpack and a harp in tow, I've nested in the forest on an island in the Pacific Northwest. As a young child, it was through the faerie kingdom and the angelic realms that I first met the the Earth Goddess. As an adult, it was through the Madonna that I finally met my GodSelf. I’ve now come full circle engaging with the magic of nature and the Divine expression of my inner muse dancing on the Wings of Spirit.

“When you see the world as a child believes,
the magic will  find you."
~Sharon Lyn Shepard~