Wise Woman

As the Heroine moves on through her life and through whatever new Journeys may come, the time will come to work on becoming Elder. The word ‘elder’, of course, can mean many things. The Elder may be fierce, eccentric, wild; she may be the Trickster energy that sets about disrupting the status quo. She may also (or later) repesent the deep, restful dark; the slow sinking back into the quietness within that is arguably one of the greatest gifts of extreme old age. To a woman of the Celtic nations, to become Elder is above all to become Cailleach: to represent the integrity and health of the wild places and creatures of this world. To become Elder is to become strong – strong as the white old bones of the earth, strong enough to endure the long, lonely vigil until the end of the world. To become Elder is to hold the power, stay the course. Above all, to become Elder is to become the ‘bean feasa’, the Wise Woman; the one who knows the secrets and speaks the languages of the land, who speaks with moral authority of the Otherworld, who weaves the dreaming of the world.

~ Sharon Blackie https://sharonblackie.net/

[Art: Alexandra Dvornikova @allyouneediswall ]

Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser .. View all posts by GreatCosmicMothersUnited