Intuitive Feminine Wisdom
Notes and takeaways from my online course.
Intuitive Feminine Wisdom
I’m seeking what the poet John Keats called negative capability, that intuitive mode of thought that allows us to reside in “uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”
Katherine May • Enchantment
Everyone comes here with their own story. No matter how close you are to a certain person, you can’t alleviate them of their story. This is hard for women in general because the tendency is to doctor everyone around you.
That hardship of karmic livelihood is both real and not real. The drama of the individual is for them to wake up out of. We as
... See moreAs we grow older, as we become elders, we’re carrying that responsibility of spirit for the community. That’s what how an elder makes a difference. You recognize it’s not about you - you’re part of the greater net that is holding and praying for the younger ones, for the next generations.
To be a very spirited and intuitive person, you have to leave room for impulsivity. You have to leave room for the unprecedented. You have to leave room for the miracle of joy. Call it sacredness. You have to leave room for sacredness in your life.
If you don’t leave room for those things, and it can be a token, then you’re strangling spirit in
... See morePonder on the cosmic quality of your existence.
We come from the infinite. In fact, it is a challenge to incarnate into a body. A woman is a fallen angel, and you always come with something needing repair. Whatever is hindering you, is actually your medicine, benefitting you and all of Earth. Accept that an angel fallen is still an angel.
“Black
... See moreNEW MOON : what does it mean for women?
The New Moon allows us to travel deeper into the female psyche, which is multi-dimensional, mysterious, and connected to profound waters.
At the bottom of the waters is sediment, which is stirred up by the new moon as it pulls back the tide. Old stories, energies, and archaic topics come up. We can move and
... See moreCreative work is the intuition. When the intuition flows, creativity flows. And joy is always there.
“Women are sacred manifestations of Spirit. In most ancient cultures, women receive intuitive feminine tools when they transform from adolescence to womanhood, from there to motherhood, and eventually crone grandmotherhood.
Our body is a spiritual tool — connects us to the sun, the moon, the sacred hoop of life, and helps us remember that we come
... See moreGrowing up in the Catholic church, I received “the sacraments.” I was so young, and these sacraments seemed intimidating to me. My first reconciliation, I was terrified. I remember feeling awful that I had to tell a stranger something “bad” I’d done. I was only 7 or 8 years old. It wasn’t something that felt joyful - it felt punishing almost. My first Eucharist, I didn’t completely understand why I needed to eat Jesus’ body and drink his blood. I didn’t want to consume a man’s body and blood. It all felt very strange to me. Now, I recognize that these “initiations” or “rituals” I experienced in the church were not really in celebration of me, or my growing up. They were rituals rooted in control, and the tool was shame.
I know, these rituals had nothing to do with my womanhood. Growing up, my transition into adolescence was riddled with secrecy and again, shame. My changing body was not something to draw attention to - for fear that it could draw the wrong kind of attention. I have no memory of my mother explaining much to me about what it meant to become a woman, apart from talks about safety, and how I had to be careful, and how there were people out there that might want to harm me if I was not alert and smart. Again, I don’t think I felt celebrated… it felt like I was being warned. No one ever mentioned to me that growing into a woman was a beautiful process, and that as a creator of life, I would be divinely connected with Spirit. No one ever mentioned the sacred power that I would be carrying. And that, sadly, may be the case by design.