I love this. When I began to reject the faith, I was born and raised in, I realized how the divine mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary had become horribly sanitized and whitewashed by the patriarchy. Thank you so much for sharing this.
The Calleach has given me permission to do more than occasionally visit my shadow self. The abject within us is not so because it is where shame resides. It is where the righteous rage that we have been forced to swallow has taken up residence. She asks us to “keep to our own ways” when all else pushes us toward compliance and obedience. It is a lonely way that risks our expulsion from respectability.
I love this. When I began to reject the faith, I was born and raised in, I realized how the divine mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary had become horribly sanitized and whitewashed by the patriarchy. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thai is my favorite part 🤍
The Calleach has given me permission to do more than occasionally visit my shadow self. The abject within us is not so because it is where shame resides. It is where the righteous rage that we have been forced to swallow has taken up residence. She asks us to “keep to our own ways” when all else pushes us toward compliance and obedience. It is a lonely way that risks our expulsion from respectability.