One of our MiddleWorld Mysteries folk recently had a dream.

In the dream, she was shown how to create a vessel—a “soul pot.” A clay form meant to hold beads, each one representing a soul. Souls of those known well, those who have walked within this work of

MiddleWorld Mysteries and have since died. A way to remember them. To speak their names. To hold them, still, within the circle.

The instructions came clearly.

The vessel was to be hand-built of granite clay and fired in a bonfire, in the old way. The beads, too, were to be shaped by hand—each one formed with intention—and then strung around the neck of the pot. The vessel itself was to be crowned with a felted “crane” bag (a story for another time).

There was no question of whether to follow through.

Hands met clay. Form took shape. Fire was built.

And through that process, Anati Dabaka—the soul pot—came into being.

It now sits as a quiet presence within the community. A place where remembrance is held in a tangible way. Where stories can be spoken. Where those who have passed remain woven into the living field of the work.

A gift to the community.

Carried in through a dream, and shaped into form through willing hands.

MiddleWorld Mysteries is a core offering of Ninth Wave Arts — a multi-year Druid Wisdom program grounded in seasonal practice, story, craft, and community learning. Over time, it becomes more than a program. It becomes a circle of people learning to live in relationship with land, cycle, and one another.