Chrysalis Healing Arts

10/03/2026

335 BC

The city of Thebes had fallen.
Alexander the Great’s army had broken through, his men pillaging, ra**ng, looting, taking captives.

One of his Thracian commanders entered the house of a noblewoman, Timoclea, and r***d her.

Then -he demanded she give him her treasures.

She told him her best possessions were hidden where no soldier would find them.
In the garden.
In a well.

He followed her to the garden, to the well. He peered in. She said the treasures were there, below. He peered deeper.

She pushed him in.

She threw stones at him. On him. Stone after stone. After stone. In the well. Upon his head. Until he was dead. Burying him.

The End.

For every Jane Doe.
For survivors of sexual assault of all genders:

May you know your fierceness.
May you know your teeth.
May you know the strength of your own hands.

May you throw what you need to throw into the well
stone by stone.

May you walk away free.

Artist: 1659 painting by Elisabetta Sirani

10/01/2026

Venus goes retrograde in Scorpio October 3rd, and this Scorpio Rising, Neptune exact, and Scorpio Moon conjunct is feeling the descent of Venus. This is the mythic underworld journey of Inanna, where she enters the 7 gates of the underworld, and releases her symbols of power through each gateway. She has come to visit her Sister Erishkigal, Queen of the Underworld, who is grieving the loss of her husband, Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven. (Who Inanna had a hand in his death). Ereshkigal is overcome by grief, and sets the evil eye upon her sister Inanna, who falls dead and is placed on a meat hook for three days, until she is given Holy intervention assistance and her breath returns. She moves back through the seven gates and reclaims her implements of power as Queen of heaven, and returns to her throne in Mesopotamia. She finds her love Dumuzi has usurped her throne for himself in her absence, and she sends him to return to the underworld in her place, and regains her throne. Dumuzi convinces his devoted sister to take his place for 6 months of the year, so that he only has to serve 6 months in the underworld for his betrayal.

10/01/2026

Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit! October Blessings to you on this first day!

09/27/2026

Come journey with the Ancestors, rooted in the tree of life, we travel into the otherworld guided by the sound of the drum. The drum is Ancient technology that brings us into the depths of a waking dream state. The drum holds a familiar primordial sound, like the heartbeat of the Earth, or the resounding heartbeat of the Mother’s Womb that carried us Earth-side. Together we journey into the dreams of the Ancestors that brought us here, who guide us still, waiting for an invitation to assist us from the Otherside. We have entered into the dark time of year, when the Ancestors are near, and the veil is thin. Listen to your bone wisdom and remember the ancestors. Join us for this online journey circle, guided by the drum, learn how to cultivate your own drumming and dreaming practice, to travel into ancestral lands, enter the world behind the world, collaborate with intention setting for your nightly dreams, and grow a dreaming community with dream sharing in a safe and sacred way. Valley Reed guides us to explore the multiverse of dreams with Collaborative Dreaming. We invite our more than human relatives into dreaming and open the doors of perception to reveal a holistic approach to dreaming as part of a community of beings in this world and the otherworld. Valley shares decades of experience as a trusted guide to engage with the unseen world, and the mysteries held in dreams. Bring your dream journal, frame drum or rattle, a dream to share, and an offering for our collaborative ancestral altar. Zoom link sent with your $20 registration through Venmo -Reed. Recording available for paid registrants.

09/18/2026

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09/17/2026

Women gather round, arrive on sacred ground. A holy container embodied in Dreamlines and lineages, bloodlines and images, womb wisdom and Moontime. Burning away, clearing a path, walking the labyrinth, from first to last. Drumming between worlds, calling upon the ancestors, inviting dreams to guide us through, to give us glimpses of the truth, as we navigate these troubled times. We gather together as Women and open our minds.
Bringing up the bones of memory, and divination, dancing through flames of suffering, division. Drumming up names of beloveds, we remember, we are never alone. We are always dreaming. The ancestors accompany us in our journey, in this realm and across thresholds to the Otherworld. The Fall Equinox Portal turns the wheel towards the dark season, where dreams are found, and the ancestors are near. We go within, and let yourself in. Opening intentions to the in between and unseen realities, where dreams tell you more than you know. Bring your best magic and let yourself go. By Valley Reed 2026

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Welcome Home! Back to Southern OK at Crescent Moon Lodge 🌙 as we circle round the fire, circle round the labyrinth, circle round with the Ancestors, and Otherworld Portals at this turn of the wheel from Summer to the Fall Equinox. A point of balance when the veil begins to thin between this world and the otherworld, where the ancestors are near. This is an invitation to Welcome yourself Home, into the body, into Earth wisdom, and into Dreaming with a sacred circle of Women. We have a few spots remaining, so reserve your place to join us. Register Now! Doors close September 10th. Register at chrysalishealingarts.org

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

Save the date for Monday, October 19th as we gather round for this journey circle in collaboration with the ancestors, guided by the sound of the drum. This one is online, so join us from wherever you are, when the veil is this and the ancestors are near. Journey circles are an intergalactic, and integral part of collaborative dreaming, where we enter into conscious group dream states to explore intention setting to navigate the territory of dreams, and deepen connections with unseen worlds, and more than human relatives. As part of a whole, of a community of beings, we are never alone, and we are always dreaming.