I live and work near the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, where The Elemental Lantern has grown from my creative, intuitive, and energetic practice. Through energy fieldwork, deep listening, creative reflection, and spirit-born art companions, I offer spaces for peace, meaningful encounter, and gentle self-recognition.

I have always been a deeply creative soul, drawn to the quiet beings of the earth, the trees, the waters, and the subtle layers of life that exist just beneath the surface. That sense of wonder has accompanied me throughout my life.

The forest became one of my greatest teachers during a time of profound grief after my daughter passed unexpectedly. It was the one place where my broken heart could breathe without explanation. Among the trees, I slowly began to feel myself again.

When a little light returned, I wanted to give something back to the place that had held me so generously. Through a series of serendipitous moments, I discovered flower fairy dolls and began creating them, leaving them anonymously throughout the forest. People found them, loved them, and began reaching out through my creative page, Cosmically Earthen. Over time, those little fairies traveled across the world, each one created in honor of my precious daughter. I will share more of that journey in my blog.

As the years unfolded, I began to recognize that my work was not always about doing more or finding answers. Sometimes, simply being fully present created room for something meaningful to emerge. That understanding continues to shape The Elemental Lantern and the peaceful space I offer others to reconnect with themselves in their own way.

The Ground Beneath This Work

A quiet philosophy that guides every session, every companion, every page, and every offering I create.

Nothing exists alone. Everything is revealed through relationship.

I have always seen the world through relationship.

Every tree in conversation with the sky.
Every wind shaping the landscape.
Every memory influencing the present.
Every symbol finding meaning through what surrounds it.

The Elemental Lantern grew from this understanding: that through relationship, we come to recognize ourselves, one another, and the living world. Sometimes, what asks to be seen is a feeling, a pattern, a memory, or a quiet truth waiting beneath the noise of everyday life.

I do not believe people need to be told who they are or where their path should lead. Through intuitive listening, attentive observation, creative witnessing, and presence-based fieldwork, I offer a peaceful space where recognition can arise naturally, without being hurried toward an answer.

The sessions, writings, images, maps, and handmade companions I create are not intended to replace your own wisdom. They are invitations to return to an encounter, perhaps discovering something new each time.

A session packet may reveal something months later. A piece of art may hold a feeling that words could not reach. A small companion may quietly remind you of something true.

The offering does not end when the session or creation is complete. Its life continues through the relationship you form with it.

How I Listen and Work

In simple terms, I listen for what is shifting beneath the surface: quiet movements, patterns, images, sensations, and impressions that may be ready to come into awareness.

My practice of gazing is a form of embodied presence. I sit with the living world, often with trees, light, shadow, or the experiences someone shares with me, allowing what is ready to be noticed to arise naturally.

Sometimes, I perceive through images, words, emotional tones, symbolic impressions, or subtle patterns and movement. My background in drafting, together with years of meditation, energy work, and attentive observation, has shaped the way I recognize relationships and structure within these experiences.

What emerges may become written reflections, panoramic companion artwork, a Thread Map, symbolic drawings, or other creative expressions that allow an encounter to be revisited.

My role is not to counsel, diagnose, direct, or decide for you. I listen, witness, reflect, and hold a steady space of care. Anything offered is an invitation for your own reflection. You remain the authority of your experience.

At the Heart of My Work

Presence. Listening. Sensing.

Reflection. Recognition. Connection.

Peace.

I meet what emerges with openness, curiosity, and care, creating space for what is already present to be heard, seen, and recognized.

Path & Practice

My path has brought together energetic practice, creative expression, and a lifelong relationship with the natural world.

I have received Usui Reiki Master Level attunements twice, completed Master Level Shamanic Reiki training, and become certified as an Angel Card Reader. I've also studied Charlie Goldsmith's energetic approach, further exploring my sensitivity to subtle movement and sensation.

My certifications in Sylvotherapy and Geobiology have deepened my understanding of the relationships between people, forests, landscapes, and built environments. These studies complement my longstanding curiosity about the visible and less easily described qualities of place.

Alongside this work, I hold an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and have completed my Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Nonfiction at Southern New Hampshire University, earning Summa Cum Laude honors. Writing has become another way of listening, witnessing, and giving form to experiences that might otherwise remain unspoken.

Reiki, intuitive awareness, creativity, and attentive observation are not separate compartments of my life. They have become interwoven into the way I encounter the world, create, and hold space for others.

Whatever arises within my work is offered as a reflection rather than a fixed truth. Each person remains free to receive what resonates and leave what does not.

The Art of Encounter

I have come to recognize that the heart of my work is presence, listening, and relationship.

Whether I am sitting with a person, a story, a symbol, or a handmade creation, I enter into relationship with what is present. I listen for what may be hidden, tender, scattered, luminous, or becoming, allowing each encounter to find expression through words, images, reflections, or tangible form.

My sessions, spirit art, writing, and handmade companions all begin with this same quiet practice: becoming still enough to notice what is asking to be seen, and honoring what emerges without needing to define or direct it.

The form may change.
The presence remains.

Closing

Everything you find within The Elemental Lantern has grown from lived experience, deep listening, creative devotion, and a quiet relationship with what asks to be seen.

My intention is to offer a space of presence, peace, and genuine encounter, where you are welcomed as you are, without pressure to become anything other than yourself.

I am not here to become your compass.

I am here to honor the moments that help you remember your own.

In Soulful Gratitude,

DeAn’Na