Ancient Sips: The Healing Power of Mead and Honey
Exploring how bees, honey, and mead carry ancestral wisdom, intuitive nourishment, and reconnection
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By Jess | Reiki Healer, Akashic Records Guide
The Sacred Story of Mead 🍯
A warm cup, ancient roots, and the cosmic wisdom of bees
A few weeks ago, we went to a mead tasting at Redstone Meadery on Pearl Street in Boulder. We brought home a bottle of their vanilla bean mead, and it honestly tastes like fall in a cup. Spiced, soft, slightly floral, and somehow deeply familiar.
That visit has been living in the back of my mind ever since. This past weekend, Josh and I decided to pour ourselves a glass as a sweet way to end the day. We had been active, read our books, spent time outside with Bagel, completed some training with her, and checked off a bunch of chores. Our cups already felt full in the best way, and we figured — why not actually fill them with mead? It was simple and unplanned, but it brought this sense of calm and contentment that felt really grounding. It was one of those small moments that ends up meaning more than you expect.
This post is a love note to mead, its ancient roots, and the quiet ways it might be guiding us back to something we already carry. 🐝
Honey, Rain, and a Little Magic
Did you guys know the first mead wasn’t even made on purpose? It just sort of happened. Bees would build their hives in hollow trees, and when rainwater mixed with the honey and wild yeast in the air, something magical took place. The mixture began to ferment naturally, completely on its own, without any human help. Nature was doing her thing, quietly creating this golden, slightly fizzy, sweet-tasting drink deep in the woods.
Eventually, someone stumbled upon it. Maybe they were gathering honey or just curious about the strange liquid pooling at the bottom of a tree. But when they tasted it, they discovered something entirely new. It wasn’t just sweet. It had depth, a little warmth, a little sparkle. Something that made you feel different, in the best way. That was the beginning of mead. Not through science or intention, but through accident, alchemy, and nature working in harmony.
There’s something about that story that feels kind of magical. Like the earth herself wanted to share something with us. Something that felt like celebration and connection long before we had words for it.
Fun fact: Archaeologists have found pottery in Northern China dating back to around 7000 BCE with traces of fermented honey and rice. That actually makes mead one of the oldest known alcoholic beverages on the planet! It’s simple. But it’s lasted for thousands of years, and that alone I think, says something.
Bees as Sacred Messengers
In ancient Egypt, honey was believed to be the tears of Ra, the sun god. It was used in burial rites, medicine, and offerings. In Greek mythology, bees were thought to collect nectar from the heavens. Mead was known as the nectar of the gods, carrying spiritual energy in a tangible form.
Bees have always represented more than just nature. They carry symbols of harmony, communication, fertility, intuition, and service. Their energy is steady, quiet, and deeply intentional. They work for the collective, protect sweetness, and live in rhythm with the Earth. If you’ve ever felt connected to bees, there’s a good chance your soul might this!
Ancient Lineages and the Syrian Connection🌌
Bee symbolism doesn’t stop in Egypt and Greece! In ancient Mesopotamian and Syrian cultures, bees appeared in carvings, stories, and rituals. Bee priestesses and symbols like the pollen bag were tied to fertility, divine order, and spiritual remembrance.
These cultures saw bees as more than sacred. They were part of how life remained in balance. Some believe this energetic thread is also connected to Syrian starseed energy, which is deeply rooted in sound, light, harmony, and collective care. If that resonates with you, it’s probably not by accident. 🙌🏼
More Than a Drink
Mead has always carried a sense of ceremony. It showed up in weddings, rites of passage, and seasonal transitions. In the Rigveda, honeyed drinks like soma were tied to bliss, insight, and spiritual clarity. Vikings and Celts used mead to celebrate unions, fertility, and creativity.
Even the word honeymoon comes from an old tradition. Newlyweds would drink mead for one full moon cycle after their wedding, a ritual meant to bless their union and encourage new life. It wasn’t just about celebration. It was about grounding something sacred in the physical. Sharing that drink symbolized shared intention, shared hope, shared future.
This part resonates with me in such a personal way. So many of my friends are getting engaged or married right now, and it's been both a beautiful time and a huge learning process. One of my best friends from childhood just got engaged this past Fourth of July. They’re so good for each other and honestly the perfect cat parents — they have seven. It’s so special, and I can’t wait to celebrate her!🤍💍 Learning about traditions like this makes everything feel even more meaningful. It’s like the past is gently weaving itself into the present, reminding me that love and connection have always had these quiet, powerful customs wrapped around them. The more I think about it, the more I realize how these small gestures and shared experiences, like raising a glass together, add up over time into something deeply meaningful. Something lasting. Something that holds the weight of memory, intention, and love.
When Cravings Are Clues
Lately I’ve been craving all the golden foods — honey, cinnamon, apples, sweet potatoes. The kind of ingredients that feel warm, safe, and deeply nourishing. I’ve been juicing apples, thinking about baking apple crisp, and honestly... can you tell I love fall? 🍂 At first, I thought it was just seasonal, but now I know it’s more than that. It’s like my body is remembering something old. Something ancient and wise.
These aren’t just comfort foods. They carry life force. They help me feel grounded and calm. They bring me back into my body in a way that’s steady and deeply supportive. I’ve been intentionally cooking with more vibrational, life-giving ingredients. Foods that make me feel alive, whole, and awake. I even wrote about it recently in this post: The Gut Reset That Helps You Feel.
And it’s been resonating with something I explored in another recent piece I wrote, Your Gut Feeling Is Real. In that post, I talked about the difference between intuition and anxiety, and I featured insight from my dear friend and energy healer Nadia, whose wisdom has helped me understand just how much of what we need is already within us. We just have to remember.
That message has stayed with me. Because so much of this season, the cravings, the cooking, the listening, has been about exactly that. Remembering. Reconnecting. Coming back to what I already know deep down.
One of the most beautiful parts of this time in my life is realizing that I don’t need to look so far outside myself anymore. There is wisdom in the body. There is clarity in the quiet. I feel lighter. I feel more awake. I feel like I’m finally living with less weight and more purpose. It’s such a special time, and I’m grateful for everything I’m learning and unlearning. If there’s one thing I hope to share through all of this, it’s that you can come home to yourself. You already hold the knowing. And when you return to your body, there’s nothing quite like it.
Sip With Intention
Whether you're sipping mead or just stirring a little honey into your tea, this can be your moment to reconnect. It doesn’t have to be fancy to be sacred!
Light a candle if you feel like it. Wrap both hands around your mug. Close your eyes for a second and say,
"With honey’s sweetness, with bee’s blessing, I remember who I am."
Then take a slow sip. Let it actually land in your body. Feel it. Breathe with it.
And maybe offer a quiet thank you. To the bees. To the Earth. To your ancestors. And to yourself, for being here. For showing up. For choosing presence, even in the smallest of ways. That alone is enough.
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Jess 🌿
Reiki Healer, Akashic Records Guide, and Founder of Vibrational Bloom
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