Mitakuyepi, my friends in the Sundance way of life. It has been a while since I wrote a post, and this short understanding is for those who sun danced or sungazed over the eclipse on August 12th 2026. .
For sense bound souls, this event is insignificant but for those who are spiritually minded and electromagnetically aware, this ‘happening’ carries with it a great spiritual lesson and understanding.
On this day, the sun was darkened, blotted out in its own throne room, negated in its own domain in the sun’s own sign of Leo.
The cosmos turned the King’s light off and extinguished it just long enough to show what else was shining in the darkness.
The stars, pinpoints of energy, and the King’s own crown, the flaming corona that can only be seen when the light of the sun is eclipsed.
This is esoterically important. So, what does this mean in a spiritual sense?
The two lights
There are two lights in play here. The attached sun light, and the true spiritual light that was real before anyone saw it. This is the light that shines in the darkness.
The attached light is all about us. It is our visibility, our performance, our follower account, how many likes we get on social media, the name on our door, the applause etc. All the attention that is wired through our visibility, being seen or listened to, our social standing, our ego which only thrives while others are watching…paying attention to us.
This is the attached light our ego needs to justify its existence. We think that if our light isn’t visible, isn’t witnessed, it doesn’t count and therefore, we strive and scramble to maintain remaining in the spotlight and shining in the face of others…..being visible. We need recognition of the attached light, we carry.
We all struggle with this don’t we? We want to be seen and heard….
Standing in the darkness
Instead of standing in the dark(eclipse) and asking ourselves what still glows when the attached light is eclipsed, our ego fights back. We struggle to perform harder, to post louder, to stay visible. We need the economy of being visible, with our faces and our words to justify the existence of I am.
But, what happens to us when our spotlight flickers and goes out? What survives when our light is eclipsed?
Esoterically, it is the starlight and the corona, the light that needs no audience to survive. This is the light of spiritual truth and understanding, the teaching light, we give away when no one is looking. This is the true radiance that does not need an audience to exist, the understandings(true light) that we share with others in those quiet moments of spiritual communion.
Maybe, the dark is a better teacher than the attached free light!
And, maybe, this is the spiritual message of eclipsed fire for all who are humble, and ready to receive it.
Love you all.
Elva Thompson was born in England in 1947 and moved to Rosebud Lakota reservation in 1987. She is the author of the Heartstar Series; Book One: The Key made of Air, Book Two: The Gates to Pandemonia, and Book Three: Walking In Three Worlds. Her other interests include organic gardening, ancient phonetic languages, sonic sound and their application in the healing arts. She is also a medical intuitive and teaches sonic re-patterning using sound, colour, and essential oils. Elva Thompson is on Amazon Author Central @ amazon.com/author/heartstar
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Iam
August 18, 2026 at 7:53 amThank you Elva!
Great insights of relativity with our experience.
Sending love and prayers to you!
ethompson
August 18, 2026 at 10:39 amThanks Iam.
Just think, praying to the sun while its attached light is extinguished exposes you guys to the spiritual light of the corona whether or not you could see it. The event deals with Ketu the south node of the moon and will remove the old reflexes from the past. This is a major ‘spiritual’ happening and I am so happy that you guys took part in it.
Love you much.
Rebecca Bucala
August 18, 2026 at 12:27 pmElva,
Thank you so much for the information that’s astounding to me in so many ways right now. Beautiful article .
Thank you
Becca
John Maloney
August 20, 2026 at 7:30 amGood Morning, Elva
Short, sweet, stirring and spot on!
Life has become magical on this path.
Thank you for your timely insights.
Sending much love and peace.
ethompson
August 20, 2026 at 10:35 amLife is magical, John. We had a beautiful hanbleceya camp this year. It flowed like a peaceful river. Everybody was working in the garden. I loved it.
Miss seeing you.
Samantha maloney
August 20, 2026 at 8:17 amHey Elva, my dad John and I actually looked up your blog in the car on the way up to Sundance this year. It sure has been a while. I’ve missed your articles…always loved reading what you have to say. I’ll keep pondering on this one. Miss you and much love to you!
Samantha Maloney
ethompson
August 20, 2026 at 10:33 amI miss you too, Sam.
Much love.
Peony
August 25, 2026 at 3:33 pmThank you Elva for your light. It is good to read you again.
Much love to you and everyobne here.
markfarrar
August 27, 2026 at 4:11 amwell , bugger me , you’re still here with us !
now I know that time and distance are bollocks !
Moon shadow washed slowly over Wessex and Wareham stopped .
hundreds of jackdaws watched , then flew off as one , unusually silent .
not quite sunset , not quite total , not quite darkness but a warm summer glow .
thank you elva , for writing again . I have missed the irreverent banter and shared Insight …..
ethompson
August 27, 2026 at 7:29 pmGood to hear from you, Mark.
Much love.