WHAT ARE THE FIVE ARCHETYPES OF A WILD SOUL WOMAN?
The hero’s journey, the dominant narrative of culture and personal transformation, has little to offer us as women.
We are not damsels in need of rescue or passive bystanders patiently awaiting the hero’s return. We want, above all, to be the protagonists of our own tales, the creators of our own adventures.
Instead of slaying dragons, what if we embodied their ferocity and fire in service of all life? We are not separate from the forces of nature, nor do we wish to be.
And if our stories need to change, which they must, so, too, do our cultural metaphors. A woman seeking to regain her wildness will not find it in the upward path of striving, or by breaking the glass ceiling. We do not want to simply “lean in” to the masculine mode of doing things. No!
The soul path of the feminine is downward, inward, to the ground of the earth and into the very terrain our culture is attempting to exploit or silence.
If we are to become Wild Soul Women, we need to understand the immensity and potency of the wild woman archetype that is being called into consciousness at this time. And we require an initiation of our own—one that is feminine, instinctual, Earth-conscious.
That experience is the heart of the A Wild Soul Woman course, starting February 10.
What is a the journey of a Wild Soul Woman?
It’s an eco-heroine’s journey: It is feminine, embodied, and earth-centered. It flows with poetry, imagination, and is fueled by instinct and intuition.
It’s an archetypal journey: Like all mythic journeys it is centered around archetypes, only these are feminine Earth archetypes, wild and empowering.
It's a journey of transformation: It leads us from Barren Worlds (Desert Woman); to the Dark Womb (Forest Woman); to The Waters Break (Ocean and River Woman); to Giving Birth (Mountain Woman); to Nurturing the Newborn (Grassland Woman).
It’s a feminine soul journey: downward, inward, in the deep roots of our being where we connect to the wisdom of the earth, far beyond the reaches of patriarchy.
This creative, seven-month online journey begins next Thursday. There are only a few places left. It's designed for women who long to write more, dance more, be more, in order to show up fully, with all their gifts and gladness.
To find out more, or to register, please click here. Please Note: because the course is hosted online by Hawkwood College in England, the times stated are UK times. All sessions are recorded.
