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07/23/2023

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05/12/2023

05/06/2023

Yes,
You are strong enough to survive this.
I know it seems like your world is over and maybe you can’t find the light right now, but hang in there.
I know your soul is weary and you feel like you can’t keep going, but don’t stop.
Your happiness may seem so far away, but it’s not as far as you might think.
Yes, the nights can be long and you don’t have any answers, but you don’t have to.
Breathe.
Take a moment and remember what all you’ve survived before now.
You’ve been through the fire and always found your way..your courage has been forged in the flames that tried to take you down.
Remember that- you’re a warrior who will continue to rise again.
It’s time to find your magic again and listen to your heart.
It knows the way, but you’ve gotten so weary that you’ve lost the path.
If you’ve lost faith in yourself and your strength is waning, know that you’re not alone.
You’re loved, you’re enough and I believe in you.
It’s always darkest before dawn and this is your time to start again.
Every end is a new beginning and your next chapter will be magical..
You just have to start believing in you like I do.
Like all the people in your life do.
I know you’re reading this and wondering how you’ll make it through this, I’m telling you..
You got this.
You are meant for more than to simply fizzle out like a dampened flicker of light.
You’re a wildfire capable of setting your soul and life on fire again.
Take my hand and let’s start climbing out of the darkness, day by day.
I know you’ve been looking for a sign, something to believe in..
Well, this is it.
Today is your wake up call and this is where you start again- you’re strong enough and you’re worth it.
It won’t be easy and it won’t be fast, but it will change your life if you’re ready.
These words were meant for you.
Are you ready to start again?
Believe, darling..in you, your destiny and most of all, in that you are meant for more.
Beginning today..get up, step up and start remembering the magic and dreams you lost along the way.
Anything’s possible if you just believe..
And I believe in you.

~ Ravenwolf

Art: Pinterest unknown

03/24/2023

Kali comes from the Sanskrit root word Kal which means time. There is nothing that escapes the all-consuming march of time. In Tibetan Buddhism Her counterpart is male with the name Kala.

Mother Kali is the most misunderstood of the Hindu goddesses.

The Encyclopedia Britannica is grossly mistaken in the following quote, "Major Hindu goddess whose iconography, cult, and mythology commonly associate her with death, sexuality, violence, and, paradoxically in some of her later historical appearances, motherly love."

It is partly correct to say Kali is a goddess of death but She brings the death of the ego as the illusory self-centered view of reality.

Nowhere in the Hindu stories is She seen killing anything but demons nor is She associated specifically with the process of human dying like the Hindu god Yama (who really is the god of death).

It is true that both Kali and Shiva are said to inhabit cremation grounds and devotees often go to these places to meditate.

This is not to worship death but rather it is to overcome the I-am-the-body idea by reinforcing the awareness that the body is a temporary condition.

Shiva and Kali are said to inhabit these places because it is our attachment to the body that gives rise to the ego.

Shiva and Kali grant liberation by removing the illusion of the ego. Thus we are the eternal I AM and not the body. This is underscored by the scene of the cremation grounds.

Of all the forms of Devi, She is the most compassionate because She provides moksha or liberation to Her children.

She is the counterpart of Shiva the destroyer. They are the destroyers of unreality. The ego sees Mother Kali and trembles with fear because the ego sees in Her its own eventual demise.

A person who is attached to his or her ego will not be receptive to Mother Kali and she will appear in a fearsome form. A mature soul who engages in spiritual practice to remove the illusion of the ego sees Mother Kali as very sweet, affectionate, and overflowing with incomprehensible love for Her children.

Ma Kali wears a garland of skulls and a skirt of dismembered arms because the ego arises out of identification with the body.

In truth we are beings of spirit and not flesh. So liberation can only proceed when our attachment to the body ends.

Thus the garland and skirt are trophies worn by Her to symbolize having liberated Her children from attachment to the limited body. She holds a sword and a freshly severed head dripping blood.

As the story goes, this represents a great battle in which she destroyed the demon Raktabija. Her black skin represents the womb of the quantum unmanifest from which all of creation arises and into which all of creation will eventually dissolve.

She is depicted as standing on Shiva who lays beneath Her with white skin (in contrast to Her black or sometimes dark blue skin).

He has a blissful detached look. Shiva represents pure formless awareness sat-chit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss) while She represents "form" eternally supported by the substratum of pure awareness.

01/30/2023

At her 1st period - a girl meets her Power.
Through her Menstruating years - she practices her Power,
and at Menopause - she becomes her Power.

~ Native American Saying

~ Art by Charlotte Mary Zink

01/27/2023

Sekhmet represents the sacred rage that keeps us protected and reminds the world of the pure strength of female power. Sekhmet is an Egyptian warrior goddess depicted with the head of a lioness and the body of a woman. The lion was considered the fiercest hunter in Egypt and a sign of protection. She is the daughter of the sun god Ra. The red solar disk that she wears indicates that she is a solar deity. She is known as The Powerful One, The Red Lady, She Who Mauls, and The One Before Whom Evil Trembles.

Holy rage, sacred anger, and positive aggression– these states of being are crucial aspects of the divine feminine. It’s the female power that ends wars, that brings home missing children, that seeks justice for the earth and for those who can’t defend themselves. The brilliant artist and mystic William Blake relates that, “The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.”. Sekhmet wants us to come face to face with our true strength. Power doesn’t come from passive aggressive behaviors. We don’t have to fear expressing our anger directly to an institution or a person that is acting unjustly. Sekhmet wants us to see that anger is an essential emotion.

And Sekhmet is the sacred call to move that anger from pure emotion into conscious action. She wants us to act with conviction and from love. She wants us to create the healthy boundaries we need so we aren’t injured again and again. Or so that we can free ourselves from a destructive pattern it’s time to end. We have a divine right to draw a sacred circle around us at all times. The protection we invoke for ourselves helps move us from feeling helpless to taking loving action. “

- Excerpted from “The Divine Feminine Oracle” by Meggan Watterson, illustrated by Lisbeth Cheever- Gessaman (SheWhoIs)

“Sekhmet”
Mixed Media
2018

12/30/2022

12/30/2022

The overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a long legacy of American Christian values being forced on Indigenous communities.

12/27/2022

It seems that the key to understanding is hidden in the word itself: ‘Under-Stand’, or Stand Under.

You can understand a tree by standing under it.

You can understand a woman by standing in her field of emotion.

Have you ever tried to understand a woman speaking in a ‘foreign’ language?

As long as you ‘try’ to understand with your mind – you will likely strain, struggle, labor, and get nowhere.

Yet switching to ‘Standing Under’ the feeling of what is spoken — immediately sends you into a different sphere.

You are now able to swim in that stream, you groke the meaning of what is spoken with something other than your mind…

Image: Pinterest, artist unknown

~ Red Tents In Every Neighborhood / DeAnna L'am

11/01/2022

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Art by Unknown

10/27/2022

“A nation isn’t defeated until the hearts of the women are on the ground.”

10/20/2022

It’s my birthday (soon) sale!

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10/13/2022

A female body that contains a strong and supple pelvic floor, the seat of the soul, is the foundation for great happiness. The condition of your pelvis effects your mood, sense of self, and multidimensional creative regenerative power. It's the literal foundation that supports your body physically, holding up your organs, but also emotionally in feeling more attractive, aroused and confident.

A female-bodied person with a strong, supple pelvis can wield her power and tends to experience less jealousy, insecurity, or appearance-crafted, low-quality love. A female's long term level of happiness is congruent to the condition of her body, especially her magickal pelvis; the center of her universe. With a strong, supple pelvis, she naturally moves through the world more uncommon, playful and happy because the energy of the universe is being expressed through her body.

— India Ame’ye, The Melody of Love, Opening to The Female Pelvis: The Center of the Universe/Orbiting cosmic energy inside makes the female body feel really luscious, beautiful, and connected from the inside out.

Ways to strengthen pelvic floor muscles:

1.
Regular gentle exercise, such as walking can help to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles.
2.
Kegel exercises: Train your pelvic muscle by contracting and relaxing your pelvic floor. Sit or stand comfortably and squeeze the (yoni) muscles 10 to 15 times. Do Not hold your breath or tighten your stomach, bottom or thigh muscles at the same time. When you get used to doing the exercises, try holding each squeeze for a few seconds. Try to do at least 30 to 40 Kegel exercises every day. Spreading them throughout the day is better than doing them all at once.
3.
Squats can promote a stronger pelvic floor and buttocks. To perform a squat, a person should: Stand with feet hip-width apart, keeping them flat on the floor. Bend at the knees to bring the buttocks toward the floor, going only as low as is comfortable.
4.
Yoga can also be an effective way to strengthen pelvic floor muscles without Kegels. Practice:
Happy Baby (Ananda Balasana), Child's Pose (Balasana), Knees to Chest (Apanasana), Reclined Bound Angle (Supta Baddha Konasana), Bridge (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana), Bird Dog (Parsva Balasana), &/or Seated One-Legged Bend (Trianga Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana) asana pose.
5.
Maintain good posture. Don't slouch. Sit and stand upright and erect.
6.
Get enough Vitamin D (the higher your vitamin D levels, the lower the chance of having a weak pelvic floor).
7.
Drink plenty of water to strengthen the pelvic floor (hydrates your body, flushes out toxins, and keeps colon intact), and eat: Bananas (or other magnesium rich foods such as potatoes, wholegrains, beans, nuts, dried figs, guavas, kiwi fruit, papayas, blackberries, raspberries, cantaloupes, and grapefruit. The daily value for magnesium is 420mg per day); Oily fish; Eggs; and Avocados.
8.
Practice Yoni, Sahajoli (regulates and tones the entire urogenital system) and the Moola Bandha mudras (hand yoga pose).

Remember:
Be your own wise counsel. Follow your own divine wisdom and inner guidance, do in-depth research, &/or consult a professional.
Lovingly,
Leesa | The Gypsy Priestess

09/30/2022

“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger, spiritually, than we were before.

Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening. Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.”

— Alice Walker

[ Art • “My Maker” by Eevien Tan ]

09/29/2022

A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few mammals on Earth that menstruate, and we also do it more than any other animal, even though it's a waste of nutrients, and can be a physical inconvenience. So where's the sense in this un...