A rich and brilliant source for finding and living the new myth, grounded in the ancient and never-before-seen Wild Feminine, is Sharon Blackie’s poetic and revolutionary book If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of Celtic Women (2016) September Publishing.Ī psychologist, storyteller and writer, Blackie has written a mythic, eco-heroine’s journey. This new story asks us to learn to see in the dark, to find our wild medicine. So many messengers on the path showing “This way, this way.”Īt this time in our country, and the world, we are in need of a new planetary mythology as Joseph Campbell advised.

Ancient wisdom, prophecy, death and rebirth, transformation, the weaving path of the wild and sacred Feminine. The reminder to play, have fun, be curious like otter. The example of dignity, determination, grace, balance, standing steady as she waited for just the right opportunity to plunge. What gifts did I carry home with me? Heron medicine. On the way back, a black snake slithered across my path and into the grass. The water broke and rippled as an otter, sleek and shiny, playfully surfaced and dove over and over again in joy.Īt the beach, strings of brown pelicans streamed across the water along with smaller black seabirds and sharp winged white birds which just skimmed the waves, chittering and chirping.

It was a magical, breathtaking clear sky day where I watched a blue heron stand poised, present, patient at the edge of the blackwater pond spotted with bright green islands of plants. Author Sharon Blackie defines such a place as one where a soul is happiest on earth and, at the same time, most in touch with all that is eternal. Last week I visited a favorite “soul’s place of resurrection”, hiking the Tennessee Valley trail in Marin County to the beach. If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging

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