Scroll IX: The Flame of Return — Coming Home to the Circle
A Transmission from the Ancient Grandmothers
~ Fourth and Final Flame in the Fourfold Teaching: “The Flame That Changes Everything” ~
“You are not lost. You are on your way back.”
We are the Grandmothers of Circle and Drum,
of Birth and Bone,
of Silence and Story.
We welcome you now into the final teaching:
Return.
Not return to a place,
but return to a way of being.
A return to the circle,
to community, to reciprocity,
to a rhythm where no one is forgotten,
and no part of you is cast away.
🌀 What Does It Mean to Return?
It means coming back to the wholeness you never lost,
only misplaced.
It means taking back the pieces of your voice, your joy,
your intuition, your dreams—
and weaving them into your life again.
It means walking as if the Earth knows your name.
Because She does.
It means remembering that you belong.
🔥 The Story: The Elder Who Waited with the Fire
There was once a girl who ran far from her people,
ashamed of a choice she had made.
She wandered until her feet bled.
When she could go no further,
she saw an old woman sitting by a fire.
The woman said nothing.
Just nodded and made space beside her.“How did you know I was coming?” the girl asked.
The woman answered,
“I never left. I knew you’d remember your way back.”
🌾 The Act: The Returning Thread
Take a piece of thread, yarn, or ribbon.
Hold it to your heart and speak:
“I return now to the Circle.
To my truth, to my people, to my path.
I forgive the detours.
I gather the pieces.
I come home to myself.”
Tie it to your altar, wear it, or give it to the land.
It is done.
✨ The Sacred Truth:
“You were never meant to walk alone.”
Invocation of the Grandmothers’ Flame of Return
Grandmothers of Circle and Flame,
I have wandered, I have known shame.
But now I sit beside your fire,
And feel my breath, my roots, rise higher.
Thank you for waiting, without demand—
I return now, and I understand.
We are loved, we are valued, and the Source of Oneness awaits us Remembering and our Choice to Return. The fire is lit and the feast awaits.
In 1997 I experienced the return to the fire with the Grandmothers. They were sitting at a fire just like this and made room to welcome me home. I had a long path still after that meeting, but I always knew after that what the story of the prodigal son really meant. The Beings of Love and Light are always awaiting our decision to return home.
I thank the Grandmothers for their four fold message of the many aspects of the Flame of Love that is existence itself.
© Heart Manna 2025
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