Mourning Dove Magic

‘Coincidence’ or encouragement from the spirit realm?

Working with the spirit world is always good for a heartfelt giggle. There is no such thing as coincidence, is there?

I have been working on a book I am getting ready to publish later this year about a spirit I met at a local pub. As part of my interaction with the young spirit, not one but two guardian spirits stepped forward to encourage me to write this story. One guardian spirit was the beautiful soul in this image. An Indigenous woman named Humishuma, aka Mourning Dove.

Among the many wonderful things this exceptional soul did in her lifetime of advocating for First Nations Peoples was her coup at being cited as the First Native American woman to publish a novel written from a First Nations perspective. This book was titled Cogawea. Today, I was reading a second book she is famous for, titled Coyote Stories, in which she shares stories told in traditional Indigenous fashion.

The delightful sequence of coincidences I found today are these:

1. I haven’t picked this book up for several years.

2. I have been working hard over the past several weeks finalizing the manuscript on the story I am writing that describes the author of Coyote Stories, Mourning Dove, as a guardian spirit.

3. Since Mourning Dove appeared in my visions I have been trying to find a direct connection with her to the spirit in my story, whom I call White Dove.