It is funny how I have just experienced the most extreme amount of magic, synchronicity and divine timing, I feel the urge to share, yet I am struggling to find the words. How could I share something that really needs to be felt in the heart. Also part of the experience I cannot share as they are far too personal, but I try my best to make you feel the magic anyhow.
To start with a bit of numerology, it is 2024, a year 8, and my personal year is also an 8. So, there is a huge potential for me to manifest my dreams.
On Monday evening, 22nd of January I sat down to create my vision board for the year, which is usually a few hours meditative process, cutting out pieces of magazines with no filter, anything that catches my eyes and placing them in an artistic way on a large piece of paper. Some of the items on it were a small suitcase and a standing globe, and an image of Greenland (which I never thought of before) and as I was talking to my friend afterwards, we agreed that more travelling is likely to come this year for me. Also, there was a note: “Thank you hill”. I felt strong that it needed to be on my vision board, but apart from loving hills, I had no clue what that message meant. That is pretty normal for vision boards.
Next day I had a session with a medium, which I never did before, but I felt the need when my trusty friend was telling me about his experience with this particular medium. I have received a lot of guidance what could help my soul journey, and when the medium asked me how I feel about Assisi, tears started to roll down my face. Even I was surprised how deeply that question touched me.
Ever since I was little, I had a deep connection to St Clare and St Francis. The movie Brother sun, sister moon from Franco Zeffirelli was a film that I have watched as a child and I was deeply touched by their love, dedication and bravery to bring in something new in a very distorted, money-oriented religious system.
I have come across St Clare and Francis quite a few times afterwards and 6 years ago, when I had some rather unusual body symptoms, I was guided to travel to the Nun’s island in Galway, one of the convents of the Poor Clare’s, which was a very powerful journey, with deep healing.
Returning to the session with the medium, she said I obviously have a connection, if it brings tears in my eyes. She suggested going on a pilgrimage, as Assisi is the place on this planet where I have lived a lifetime with the highest level of divinity, effortless divine love, deep connection to the land and it is time to reconnect with those energies. It actually came through my mind, how on earth did it never occur to me to visit Assisi, I have been to Italy a couple of times in the past, even learnt the language I loved it so much when I was young. I guess now is the divine time. She also said, that when I am there, I should climb the holy hill, connect to the saints and express my gratitude. That explains my vision board the day before: “Thank you hill”. So not only have I received an answer to the “Thank you hill”, but practically within a day I manifested a trip abroad.
By the end of the session, I knew I am going to Assisi soon. So, I tuned in, asking my divine guides for suggestions and the answer came back straight away, that it has to be that January. Wow, I thought that is soon enough, being the 23rd of January. I opened my diary and I could just about find 3 days in a row when I was free, the 27-29th. Only to find out that Perugia, the nearest airport, is not such an easy airport to get to, there are hardly any flights and no direct flight at all from Ireland. I had no other choice than book the 28-30th and postpone one of my events. Next morning I was sharing my upcoming adventure with some friends, and one of them being a karma astrologist checked how the planets aligned to my birth chart on the day of travelling. She said it is incredible, on the 28 Jan in my birth chart the Sun steps onto my Ascendant line, my rising sign. The soul chooses its ascendant before it incarnates to be in alignment with what is familiar, that is already known to the soul on a higher level. This is why I had to travel on the 28th not the 27th, to wait for the Sun to step onto my ascendent to be in perfect alignment, to be able to energetically connect to the divine incarnation. There are no mistakes in the divine plan.
Next day, just to bring back some of my memories, I watched Brother sun and sister moon again from Franco Zefirelli. I was actually amazed to find out that it was launched in the year when I was born. Just a coincidence. The movie gave me deep understanding of their role at the time and how I seem to follow similar wounds, patterns of theirs in my current life.
Although I was not even there yet, I was totally taken by the energies of Assisi. Waiting for the bus in Ireland, I was gazing into the sun, a load of information started to download. It felt like as if I held lots of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle from the past and now they started to come together.
I also spent some time reading online about St Clare and Francis. I like to play with numbers, so I checked St Clare’s birth bottle according to the Aura Soma healing system, only to find that her birth number and bottle is the same as mine, no wonder I could resonate with her life so deeply. I was not even surprised that the seat randomly allocated to me by Ryanair was also the same number.
I also started to check out the sacred sites in Assisi. I knew I am not going to target the famous tourist places, but I wanted to track down the true path and living places of St Clare and Francis. So San Damiano was the first destination, the church and later convent that Francis was guided to rebuild.
The holy hill that I am supposed to visit, where the hermitage of the Eremo delle Carceri is placed, is in a holy oak forest. Oak being my favourite tree, I was delighted. I suddenly remembered how the medium told me, that when I will be there, I will receive a shield of energy in my heart which is a large flame. I instantly envisaged Brigid, how she is always depicted with the eternal flame in her heart. Brigid’s place was built around an old oak tree. She was a great reformer just like Francis and Clare, as she managed to integrate druidism and Christianity in a harmonious way. She knew unity was the key, not separation.
The first day I was heading up to the hermitage. I knew I could be there in 10 minutes by taxi, but I wanted to say thank you to the hill, and respect it with my presence. So, I climbed it. I have to admit I did not expect it to be so steep. I had to stop a few times and there was a lot of emotional release from all the revelations of the past few days. I arrived to a crossroad with a sign of St Francis Camino. Well, I did feel like I was on a camino of my own. I carried on to the hermitage. Up until last minute, you cannot see it, it is so well nestled in the embrace of two mountains, but when it emerges, it is quite a sight. I was speechless when I was sitting on the courtyard of the hermitage. A place of total serenity and peace. I was taken by the beauty of it. I walked up to the forest area and found the statue of Francis lying on the ground stargazing. I love that statue. It expresses him so beautifully. I spent about 2 hours there and I had to head down as it would get dark and I did not like the idea of being in the woods on my own in the dark. I am brave but maybe not that brave. Instead, I walked down and took this amazing energy with me and visited Francis’s tomb. The Cathedral is beautiful, but Francis’s energy is not really there. I am super sensitive. All I could feel is density of the thousands of people going there. I never understand why people believe the tombs are the best place to connect to those who passed. Their soul is not connected to the dead body at all. Their soul’s energy is with us anywhere, especially where they lived and were alive and left their blueprints. The two places where I really felt him was the hermitage and the rose garden of the Basilica in Santa Maria degli Angeli. There his essence was palpable.
Next day I was heading to San Damiano. I will never forget the moment when I arrived to the olive grove of San Damiano. I hardly stepped on that piece of land I had tears rolling again. Not crying, touched by a deep remembrance of something powerful and profoundly beautiful. It was the end of January, but all the way through the 3 days of my stay it was sparkling sunshine. I looked around the convent with great reverence. Just breathing it in. And as I was walking up the olive grove I had to sit down at the circle of stone seats. I was sitting there, staring into the sun and I was sobbing like a child. I was so taken by the energy of bliss. I have never felt anything like that before. As if the holy spirit touched my heart and all I could feel is bliss and unconditional love. That hour changed something in me, in my core. I knew this trip is transformational for me. A deep initiation into a new version of me I cannot yet see or understand.
I went back to Assisi town and visited the Basilica of Santa Chiara. Again, nice place but I felt Clare’s energy was not the strongest there. However I love sitting on the edge of the fountain in front of the Basilica. There is something special about staring at the stone carved rose window of the Basilica.
The trip was far too short, but I had no doubt that I would return. And as you can guess, I did and it became a mission and Mystic Travel was born.
Lots of love and light
Nóra Hormay
Spiritual wayshower and guide
This blog is about my trip in January 2024, but only published it now, in Jan 2026
