Remembering the Soul Passage Priestess
- Amanda Handy
- Apr 4
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 6
In every ancient culture, there were women who stood at the edges of life - not only to welcome new souls into the world, but to guide them home when their time was complete.
These women were not feared. They were revered. Known as Soul Passage Priestesses, they held the quiet, powerful role of supporting the sacred transitions of birth, death, and everything in between.
The Role of the Soul Passage Priestess
A Soul Passage Priestess is one who honors the soul’s journey at its most vulnerable points - when it enters this world, when it leaves, and when it lingers. Her presence is calm, grounded, and deeply intuitive. She doesn't rush the process. She doesn't interfere. She listens. She witnesses. She guides.
Her work is not always visible, but it is deeply felt. She may:
Sense when a soul is lingering in grief or confusion
Assist in the release of spirits who died traumatically or suddenly
Create ritual and ceremony to bring closure to those who remain
Offer energetic support to unborn or miscarried children
Guide ancestral souls who are still woven into a family’s energy field
This role exists outside of time. And although forgotten by modern systems, it is alive in the memory of the body.
Ancient Lineages of Soul Passage Work
A forgotten role at the threshold between life and death.
Egypt – She Who Knows the Gates
In ancient Egypt, women were trained as temple priestesses to anoint the dying, chant the names of the dead, and guide the ka (life force) into the afterlife. They worked with oils, sacred geometry, sound, and astronomy to map the soul’s return to the stars.
Greece – Keepers of the Eleusinian Mysteries
In the Mystery Schools of Greece, priestesses guided initiates through symbolic deaths and rebirths - preparing them for both spiritual awakening and eventual physical death. The veil between life and death was considered thin and sacred, not something to fear.
Celtic & Indigenous Wisdom – Midwives of the Veil
Celtic wise women and indigenous shamans around the world held ceremonies to guide souls across thresholds. They worked with earth, fire, water, and air to cleanse the spirit, speak to the ancestors, and ensure a peaceful crossing. In many tribes, the soul’s transition was considered a communal event, and these women were the honored facilitators.
Why This Role Is Returning Now
Our modern world often avoids conversations around death and energetic release. Yet so many people walk around carrying unresolved grief, ancestral pain, or even the lingering presence of souls who were never fully guided home.
As our collective consciousness awakens, ancient roles like the Soul Passage Priestess are rising again.
She is needed. Her work is sacred. And her remembrance is rippling through the bodies of those who are called - through dreams, synchronicities, and the feeling that something unseen is asking to be released.
Remembering What You Already Know
I did not choose this work. It arrived during healing sessions when spirits would gently interrupt the moment, asking for help.
Each time, my body knew what to do. My breath slowed. My hands shifted. And a ritual would unfold - quiet, unplanned, holy.
That’s how I remembered: I am a Soul Passage Priestess.
Sacred Crossings
If you've felt the presence of a soul needing release… If grief lingers longer than it should…If something in your field feels heavy, unseen, or unfinished - Sacred Crossings may be the space you’ve been searching for.
This is my distance offering to support these soul-level transitions through ceremony, crystal portals, and Spirit-guided healing.
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