the feminine principle
Cardigan
We all come from woman, from a mother, and yet woman and mother in today’s sense
of the word have become so mired in a sense of who we ‘should’ be rather than
who we truly are. Who is at the heart of ‘woman’ and ‘mother’, has been the
centre of my attention for as long as I can remember. Having been born to a
single 19-yr-old young woman in the 70’s, who suffered greatly bringing me into
the world, and had to face the uncompromising prejudice of her status in the
eyes of society and the health professionals who were supposed to offer care and
support for us both. Two years later, she would choose to give me up for
adoption, a decision which created a rupture in her relationship with her own
mother, my maternal grandmother, who fought for legal custody of me to save me
from a life in care. What behaviour and belief system drove this decision for
both women, as individuals as part of the collective? What made one woman choose
a different life separate from her child, while another dedicated her whole life
to me? Who am I between these two generations of the motherline, and how do I
reveal, heal and integrate the internal conflicts that arose for me as a woman
and a mother within them? These have been questions that have fuelled my
curiosity, desire and a deep longing to understand the hidden threads of the
feminine that connect us all and define and shape the relationship we have with
ourselves, others and our beloved planet from past, present and future, across
lands, cultures and generations. A journey which has taken me through a BA/BSc
in Psychology and Women’s Studies, Esoteric Goddess Wisdom and Matriarchal
Cultures, through to the transcendental and metaphysical realms with an
intensive 5-yr Shamanic Training, and an experiential path of Homoeopathy and
Astrology that opened the deep cavernous space within me to explore the soul’s
journey and the invisible threads that create our human nature.
