Maiden, Warrior, Mother, Crone: The Divine Feminine

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Maiden, Warrior, Mother, Crone: The Divine Feminine

Di Julie Peters

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Learn the stories of ancient goddesses and divine feminine figures from all over the world whose lessons can help us live fuller, richer lives. In this course, you will meet four legendary feminine figures from mythology and folklore who can teach us something about who we are today. Inanna, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of Heaven and Earth, is the Maiden, the feminine archetype of innocence and potential who wanders into the Underworld. Lilith, Adam's first wife in Hebrew mythology, is the Warrior, the one who rebels against a world that doesn't respect her. Skywoman, from the indigenous legends of the Haudenosaunee people of North America, is the Mother who creates life for all beings in collaboration with the land and animals. Dhumavati, the Tantric goddess of despair and disappointment, is the wise old Crone who teaches us what happens when we forget the great power of the divine feminine. The lessons in this course are separated into three parts: first, we sit back, relax, and listen to a good story. Then we learn some history and context, and finally we meditate together, integrating the lessons of each divine feminine figure. This course is for anyone who loves stories, who wants to learn about divine feminine belief and practice from all over the world, and who wants to feel inspired and empowered in their everyday lives. All genders welcome. These stories are read directly, and the course is adapted from Julie’s book Maiden, Warrior, Mother, Crone: Divine Feminine Archetypes for Modern Life, published by Verbena Books. Please note that this course includes content from ancient mythology that involves themes of death, change, and other topics that may be difficult for some listeners.

Julie Peters

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Julie Peters is an intuitive body-based counselor, Tarot reader, and yoga and meditation teacher living and working on Plains Cree and Blackfoot land in Treaty 6 Territory, also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is a staff writer for Spirituality and Health Magazine and has dozens of meditations and several courses available now on Insight...

Lezione 1

Inanna's Descent Into The Underworld

In our first story, we meet Inanna, the Queen of Heaven and Earth, a goddess beloved in ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Middle East). She travels to the Underworld to meet her dark sister Ereshkigal and learns lessons there she could never have accessed in the world above. This story is informed by and lightly quoted from the original Sumerian poem, the Descent of Inanna. Some listeners may find the dark themes of this story difficult, as there are many references to death.

Lezione 2

Inanna The Maiden: Lessons Of The Underworld

In this lesson, we talk about the goddess Inanna, a little bit about her history, and what her story means. This tale is not only an explanation for the cycling of the seasons, it's a metaphor for grief and the dark night of the soul. As the representative of our Maiden archetype, Inanna moves from a place of innocence, potential, and possibility, and ultimately learns great lessons from the goddess of Death. The original Sumerian poem, the Descent of Inanna, can be found in Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Kramer's book Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth.

Lezione 3

Meditation With Inanna: Descent Into The Underworld

In this meditation, we will consider the Underworld--the imaginary place Inanna visited along with the metaphorical Underworld, the darkest place you've been in your life, a time of difficulty, confusion, loss, and/or sadness. Please have an unlit candle and some form of lighter with you, as well as your journal if you wish to write down your reflections. Try to do this meditation in as much darkness as is possible for you.

Lezione 4

Lilith's Rebellion

In this story, we meet Lilith, known as Adam's first wife in Hebrew mythology. In this retelling, she has moved from Inanna's world as a priestess and appeared in the Garden of Eden. For her, however, it is far from a paradise. Please note this story may contain sensitive content for some listeners.

Lezione 5

Lessons From Lilith, The Warrior

In this lesson, we learn some of the history and context of Lilith, looking at her connection to Inanna and older goddess mythologies and how she may have been demonized with modern patriarchal perspectives on God. As the representative of our Warrior archetype, Lilith finds a way to fight back against her oppression, no matter what it costs her.

Lezione 6

Meditation With Lilith: The Power Of Your Anger

In this meditation, we work with our anger as a source of power within our bodies and our lives. We call it up and let it speak to us, like Lilith did, to see if we need to enact some change to be able to feel powerful, get our needs met, stand up for injustice, or escape. You may like to have a candle with you as you practice this meditation as well as a journal if you want to write down any reflections.

Lezione 7

Skywoman Falls From Skyworld

In this story, we meet our Mother archetype, Skywoman, the creatrix of Turtle Island, which many of us know as North America, within the Haudenosaunee and Ojibway traditions. Iotsitsisen (pronounced yo-ji-jisen) was born in a beautiful place, Skyworld, where everything was perfect and she had everything she needed. But she needed to know what was underneath the Tree of Life in the center of the world. What was beneath it would change her life forever.

Lezione 8

Lessons From Skywoman: Mother Of Turtle Island

In this lesson, we discuss the story of Skywoman Falling, our representative of the Mother archetype. We reflect on what it means to create in collaboration, in community, in connection, even with others we don't know very well. This story was sourced from versions told in Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Potawatomi Nation; Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois by Joanne Shenandoah, a member of the Oneida Indian Nation, and Douglas M. George-Kanentiio, a member of the Mohawk Nation; Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac, a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation; and “This is History,” an essay by Mohawk writer Beth Brant.

Lezione 9

Meditation With Skywoman: Acknowledging The Land

In this meditation, we sit with our relationship with the land that we are on. We consider our history with this land, as well as the history of our ancestors here (or wherever they may have come from). In this gentle reflection, we allow ourselves to learn from and be in relationship with the land we are on as a part of the community of this earth.

Lezione 10

Dhumavati: Goddess Of Despair And Disappointment

In this story, we learn the origins of Dhumavati, the representative of our Crone archetype. She begins with Sati, a Maiden figure, who is a manifestation of the great power of the feminine in the Tantric conception. We learn all about Sati's experience and how Dhumavati was born from her loss, grief, despair, and disappointment.

Lezione 11

Lessons From Dhumavati: The Goddess As Crone

As our representative of the Crone archetype, Dhumavati expresses the power that can be expressed even in ugliness, widowhood, and old age. Here, we learn about a foundational belief of Tantra, which is that the goddess, Shakti, is everything, dark and light, good and bad, Maiden and Crone.

Lezione 12

Meditation With Dhumavati: The Smoke From The Funeral Pyre

In this meditation, we reflect on the smoke from Dhumavati's fire, created from the withdrawal after rejection and separation. Please have a candle or some form of fire available that you can put out so that you can sit with the rising smoke for a little while.

Lezione 13

Maiden, Warrior, Mother, Crone: Conclusion

We take a moment here to wrap up all the work we've done in this course, coming to conclude our cycle of Maiden, Warrior, Mother, Crone (which ultimately begins again, just like the seasons or the moon!). Please check out my bio for more information about me, including additional courses and meditations on Insight Timer. I'd also love to hear from you: don't hesitate to comment on this course with your thoughts and questions, I'd love to know what you think and have a chance to reply!

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Thank you, Julie, for your new book, which arrived for me last week. I have been in a process of composting and letting go of an identity that no longer serves. I have been experiencing death, loss, grief, despair, and loneliness. To feel into the full circle of the cycles of life has been a call to explore the depths, to learn, to grow, to unlearn, and to decompose.

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