divine feminine
Mid-century and 1970s cinema portrayed hagdom as a more internal battle against suffocating domestic roles. But the modern hag’s threat is measured not just by her failure to conform, but her ability to reshape the home to reflect her presence. Where Old Hollywood dramatized internal collapse, horror today emphasizes a more external ruin. The house... See more
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The film much more clearly literalizes the cultural anxiety surrounding the hag. She will come, seep the life out of you, and destroy the domestic space you once occupied. Every visual decision to dim the lights and clutter the counters emphasizes that the home is inseparable from the woman who performs its labors. And when she is absent or resiste... See more
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She is the end that every woman worries about. Her body is no longer desirable, her labor no longer necessary. What is monstrous about her is simply the fact that she exists past her usefulness. Because aging, bitterness, and decline are inseparable from womanhood itself, every woman has the capacity to become monstrous, and every woman is a consta... See more
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She receives—but she also gives. She inspires, transforms, and creates.
She carries the capacity to feel the sorrow of the world and still give birth to something new.
She is not a role to perform, but a presence to remember.
She carries the capacity to feel the sorrow of the world and still give birth to something new.
She is not a role to perform, but a presence to remember.
Michal Tolk • The Dance That Remembers Us
This is part of the sacred dance: the feminine feels and reveals. The masculine witnesses and responds. But it all begins with honest desire—with a woman being so deeply in touch with her body, her energy, her truth, that she can say: “ This is what I would love. ” And then, release it . Trust. Wait. Receive.
Michal Tolk • The Dance That Remembers Us
But it wasn’t until I began studying Tantra with Nina Lombardo that all this came home to my own body. In Nina’s groups, I learned about polarity not just as concept or state, but as an active practice. The feminine, I came to see, is not just a quality—it’s an energy we tend, an embodiment we grow into. I learned to feel the fullness of my emotion... See more
Michal Tolk • The Dance That Remembers Us
I’ve come to work with, the masculine is the energy of emptiness, stillness, consciousness, and containment. He offers presence, clarity, and structure. He is the Logos —the ordering word, the clarity of divine structure. The feminine , by contrast, is the energy of movement, matter, emotion, and life force. She is flow, expression, intuition, sens... See more
Michal Tolk • The Dance That Remembers Us
One of the most important things I’ve learned is that part of the feminine’s sacred responsibility is to know what she wants . To feel her longing. To know what would delight her, nourish her, open her. And then, to express that—not from neediness or control, but from authenticity, from embodied joy.
Michal Tolk • The Dance That Remembers Us
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