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The Queen of My Self
The Queen Heals Her Wounds and Draws Strength From Her Scars
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Donna Henes
I loved the mothering years of my thirties. I did not bear children, but we don’t need to have given birth to be a mother. The archetypal Mother is not only a biological parent, She is a Mother of Invention, as well. She produces and reproduces — be it children, enterprises, careers or political…
Like the Goddess Isis, We Make the World Whole: An End of December Celebration
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Donna Henes
By Carolyn Lee Boyd The end of December is almost upon us. As we celebrate more familiar traditions of rebirth, renewal and the return of the light, let us not forget ancient Egypt’s Goddess Isis. As you may know, Isis deeply loved her brother and beloved, Osiris. Their brother Set murdered and dismembered Osiris, then…
The Darkest Night of the Year
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Donna Henes
The week leading up to the Winter Solstice is the darkest of the year. True, the week following the solstice is just as dark, but the energy is different. After the solstice, the dark gets a tiny bit lighter each day as the world as we know it on the Northern Hemisphere turns toward spring.…
Halloween – Spirits on the Loose
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Donna Henes
Halloween offers us a way to engage with our natural fascination with death in a way which is scary yet superficial. We get to acknowledge our fear of death while still having a good time. Halloween descends from Samhain, the most significant holiday of the Celtic calendar. Being a pastoral people, the Celts counted…
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