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Ep 18: Why do women turn towards the divine feminine to heal (men can also)?
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Ep 18: Why do women turn towards the divine feminine to heal (men can also)?

Women have recognised that the cause of trauma stems from a patriarchal society. Therefore, what comes first is the patriarchy and then the trauma.

How do women approach the divine feminine?

Research has found that this occurs through devotion to the divine feminine.

Women’s selection of the divine feminine is inclusive of Christianity such as the Virgin Mary, the Black Madonna, Eve, Mary Magdalene, the Holy Spirit but also saints including St. Teresa of Avila and St. Brigid.

Other’s express this devotion to deities of other religious traditions or from ancient Greek deities like Hecate and Diana or through the ancient archetype of the trinity Maiden, Mother and Crone.

Devotional practices include creating an altar, writing a song or poem, painting or contemplating on iconography, prayer, meditation, going on a pilgrimage, breathwork, yoga, and being in nature.

These are all considered offerings of love towards the deity asking for the reciprocation of that love from the divinity, a seeking to know her and feeling a pull towards her that won’t let go.

Ref. PhD thesis entitled: Prayer of the Body: Reflections on Archetypal Divine Feminine Figures in Embodied Spirituality, by Sarah Bond, in 2022.

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