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Amaterasu – A Guest Post by Lisa McLoughlin
This guest post by Lisa McLoughlin is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. Entering 2014, with Amaterasu as my Goddess of the year, felt exciting and full of possibilities… I pondered if this was finally the year for me to Shine and step into the life I had been dreaming of. I kept her in mind throughout the first few months of the year and sensed myself waiting and waiting for the moment I might Shine. At one point, I caught myself thinking that perhaps this was not the Goddess or word for me and…
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The Apples of Iduna, My Year with a Goddess – Guest Post from Sandi Davis
This guest post by Sandi Davis is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. My year with the goddess Iduna can be summed up with this encounter. I am in a heavily wooded forest alive with spring. The sun is shining brightly, the rich color so intense it almost hurts to look. Almost. A young maiden comes from behind one of the trees. She is dressed in soft light layers that float in the breeze, her hair lose and wild. She carries a large, flat basket piled high with apples. Smiling and…
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Returning for 2015 – My Word Goddess Readings
So, on Monday, I started accepting orders for the 2015 My Word Goddess Readings, and I sent out the first of them yesterday. Shrouded in sage smoke, I called out the names of each of the 78 goddesses that I work with most intimately, and then I began the process of matchmaking each reading request to the goddess that was stepping forward for them. This is an incredibly special offering – not least because it’s become a part of so many women’s sacred practice, but because performing this service year after year, I feel the very great reverence for the divine feminine infuse my whole being, and I am…
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A Birth-Day Like No Other
Today is my birthday! In more ways than one! I am celebrating my 36th birthday today in a way I certainly never dreamed I would. Because today, I am birthing my book of poetry From Revolutionary Lips!! This collection of poetry means so so much to me. Not just because it’s the culmination of over 18 months work. And not just because it’s the first publication to come out of my publishing house Red Thread Voices. But because this is the unleashing of my voice in the world. It’s raw, juicy and honest. And publishing it is probably one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in my life. I…
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A New Moon Creation Story
Gravity pulls me down onto my knees. It tugs at my belly and chest. It hugs my hips and it kisses my brow. I lie in Child’s Pose for a very long time. Pins and needles tingle along the sides of my feet, and my forehead begins to numb. But I stay there. Supine. Gifted to the gravity of this moment. And the next. Because sometimes, sometimes it’s all you can do to surrender everything to the ground, to the earth. Take this pain. Take this pain. Take this pain. And take this sadness too. For it is not mine. And it does not belong to me. The truth is…
