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It’s harvest time in many parts of the world. A time to savor the bounty of nature as days get a bit shorter and cooler. We begin to draw inward, slow down and prepare for winter. The call from Our Lady of Bees this season has me contemplating these threads of honey’s symbolism.
Honey as Embodiment of the Divine Feminine
Honey flows; it is nourishing, golden, warm. In many spiritual traditions, sacred feminine energy is likened to fertility, to abundance, to the life-giving. Honey’s sweetness echoes that generous, maternal presence: untamed, soft yet resilient.
Alchemy of Bees, Hive, and the Sacred Community
Each bee contributes, each cell of the honeycomb holds purpose. The hive is a microcosm: we see what is possible when individuals live in harmony, focused on common sacred goals in community. The honey itself is born from this collaboration.
My rosaries and prayer beads themselves become communal touchstones, honey reminds us that our devotion, the prayers or mantras we say with each bead, the stories we share, are like many cells of a honeycomb—connected, supporting, nourishing.
Honey as the Elements & Time
Honey is the mediation of the: from the flowers of the earth, fire of the sun, the water and of course, the bee a creature of the air. It takes time to make honey and it does not spoil. This suggests something timeless, the essence of what endures (love, faith, kindness).
Practical Ways to Pour Honey into Your Practice
- Anointing: Use a bit of honey to anoint hands, forehead, the throat—places of speaking, speaking your truth, or healing.
- Offerings & Altars: A small pot of honey on an altar is an offering of gratitude and sweetness.
- Rosaries, Prayer Beads, Symbols: Let each bead be like a drop of honey, each prayer a taste of love.
- Tasting Ritual: Slow tasting—letting it melt on the tongue. Allowing sweetness in where there might be bitterness.
Honey is not just food. It is metaphor, conduit, offering, ritual. For those walking the wild feminine path, it is reminder: divine generosity is sweet; community is sacred; transformation is possible; presence is holy.
May honey sweeten your prayers, glue together your wounds, and remind you of the luminous sweetness already within.
After a very busy late summer vacation, a canoe voyage from Maui to Lāna’i and back and many weddings, I’m getting back into my rosarium more and creating new rosaries and prayer beads. Visit my shop to see the latest co-creations!
Free Range Priestess 