MiddleWorld Mysteries in Motion: Stone Cairns

Our MiddleWorld Mysteries community has had the opportunity to build a number of cairns. 

Stone cairns have significant meaning in various wisdom traditions around the world and serve as powerful symbols of guidance, memory, and connection to the earth and the spiritual realm. They can be markers of pathways, memorials, places of dedication, community gathering posts, or spaces where sacred work happens. 

The outdoor area we gather at is encircled by five cairns, each honouring a different energy. 

At its entrance, a beautiful cairn built upon a traditional Peruvian Apacheta holds recognition and honouring of all spiritual paths. As you walk into the circle, you are met on your left by our Ancestor cairn, built from beautiful rose quartz stones, which honours the memory of all those who have moved on from this realm. Moving moonwise, the next cairn is our Spirits-of-Place cairn, held well by big clear and smoky quartz stones, that honours all creatures and beings of this place we are in. Continuing along, the next cairn is built of many stones collected from the others and holds honouring to the bigger view, 'the Gods' so to speak. Our last cairn is a magical one with a river of small stones and sparkles at its front and faerie doors at its rear. Wind chimes hang above ready to whisper the messages of the magical beings that linger in the in-between. 

All cairns were built with stones collected and carried by the many hands of inspired volunteers.

The cairns are dressed regularly with flowers and offerings, scented waters and smoke. They feel like friends joining us in our gathering circles. They also serve as places to reflect and consider next steps, past memories, or present moment thoughts. 

They are beautiful and rugged, and enjoyed by all the critters as stone kingdoms. They are part of our story and travel with us through the seasons. 

Tucked within the folds of Ninth Wave Arts programming is our MiddleWorld Mysteries - Druid Wisdom offering. This offering is more than a program. It’s a growing community remembering itself as part of cycle and the greater population of seen and unseen beings. We strive to have good relations with each other, the spirits of place, lineage lines and the ancient ones.