(Originally aired on The Feminine Alchemy Podcast)

In this powerful episode, Stella Porta joins Julie Dean Richards to explore the ancient roots and embodied practice of oracular dreamwork through the lens of the feminine.

Stella shares the origin story behind her dream practice, weaving her lifelong relationship with dreams into a grounded, animistic path of remembrance. Together, they explore how dreams are not just subconscious fragments but messages, oracles, and creative seeds that shape our waking reality when tended with intention.

Topics covered include:

• What dreamwork really is and how it differs from modern interpretations

• The practice of animistic dreaming: how to dream with the land, the womb, the bees, and ancient priestesses

• Why Melissae means "bee" in Greek and how the Melissae were bee and serpent priestesses of the oracle at Delphi

• The connection between the bee, the serpent, the womb, and dream prophecy across goddess traditions

• How ancient oracles like the Pythia channeled prophecy through the womb, not the crown

• What it means to dream from the womb

• The return of dream weaving as a divine skill and collective healing

• Why the symbol of the hexagon offers a portal for protection, insight, and feminine alchemy

This episode is rich with myth, history, and tangible practice. Whether you’re new to dreamwork or deep in your own initiatory journey, Stella’s wisdom will leave you seeing dreams—and your own body—in a whole new light.

✭ NEW masterclass about the herstory of the bee and serpent priestesses: ⁠Oracles of the Earth: Tracing The Lineages of Nectar & Scales

✭ The Hive & The Womb: A Doorway to Dreaming Masterclass:

www.honeywomb.com/hiveandwomb

✭ My FREE guide to symbols of the Sacred Feminine: ⁠⁠www.honeywomb.com/symbols-guide⁠⁠

CONNECT WITH STELLA:

✭ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@stella.porta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

✭ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.honeywomb.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

✭ Intro & outro music by my love: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Justin Goncalves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

CONNECT WITH JULIE:

✭ Website: www.femininealchemyst.com

✭ Podcast: Feminine Alchemy

✭ Instagram: @astrologicalattorney

✭ Personal Website: www.astrologicalattorney.com