Technology is interesting. When Prometheus stole fire from the Gods, when Eve plucked the pomegranate from the tree (or the apple, depends of whose Bible you read!), when Spider Grandmother petitioned Tawa to give us our voices... This is a universal archetype and there are plenty of these incidents to mention. A benevolent deity or [...]
This is Ishtar, also known as Inanna. Arguably Easter is named after her, some say it’s named after the German Goddess Ostera, yet there’s plenty of similarities between all Spring Goddess archetypes and Mythology is not a space of pedantry but curiosity. Ishtar is particularly interesting as her story reflects the Venus retrograde cycle. She [...]
During this time of year there's a gentle urgency to clean, clear, reassess and create a safe comfortable space allow the light to descend so the dreaming season can begin with better clarity. The New Moon in Virgo that just passed compelled many to action as to where they are going next, emotionally, spiritually, creatively [...]
A great key of being oneself is; remembering. We have endured a great forgetting. Forgetting ourselves as children, forgetting ourselves as one with nature, forgetting why we are here. As an Irish woman there are more depths to forgetting. Forgetting the names of the plants, the meanings of the mounds, the hill forts, the fairy [...]
On May 4th there was a New Moon in The Sign of the Solar Bull. This is the portal to the Summer/Winter axis. The full moon will be in Taurus around the time of Samhain, (or Halloween), later in the year, when the sun is in the constellation Scorpio and the portal between the worlds [...]
Today in Ireland, a little known festival is occurring. Today we honour the role of the Creatrix, depicted by Síle na Gig. Shakti (or the divine feminine) in the Irish sense. I offer you a thousand blessings of the Wise and Wild Women of this Island. I Encourage You to Honour your Wildness and [...]
The archetype of the Trickster is one of the strongest initiatory teaching medicines a person can encounter. In my practice there are no innately negative emotional processes. There are teaching emotions. There are no innately negative experiences. Only teaching experiences. The trickster in North American culture is often represented by a Coyote, who is also [...]
Hello Friends! So begins the colours and fickle winds of Autumn! Now is a time for harvesting a strong year. Over the summer I had the amazing opportunity to train with St. Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. The training was focused on the re-emergent concept of Spiritual Ecology. Spiritual Ecology is a response to [...]
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