Wounded Feminine

Grieving with Goddess

Trista Hendren, Claire Dorey

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Girl God Books
21 June 2024

Poetry; Alternative belief systems; Coping with death & bereavement; Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice

When state and religion collude to cement masculine power and undermine and control women, it makes sense to look to a spiritual age, before patriarchy even existed, where the Goddess held the power. Here the energy is compassionate, fierce and gentle, empowering and nurturing, creative and destructive - honouring every aspect of the Feminine.

Patriarchy's relentless denial of emotion stems from the fear of personal growth. Toxic masculinity stole our tears, impeded our healing, and denied our Wounded Feminine. We must reclaim, reframe, and contextualise the Grief Space so we can feel our feelings free of shame. Then, we can tell our stories, speak our truth, and let go. Then, when we are ready, we can move on, knowing we are connected to a powerful and wise female lineage and support network. We can raise and align our energy and vibration to this exquisite female energy - Divine Female Consciousness.

Patriarchy broke the bonds between women, shrinking love to fear. They were not beyond murder in their quest for supremacy as the 'witch hunts' - murder of free-thinking women - illustrate. In many ways Demeter represents the generational trauma and grief of the Divine Mother as she mourns for all her daughters, whose power is so closely tied to Mother Nature. We need to hold the Grief Space open for the Wounded Feminine because demonisation of Eve and Lilith represents the demonisation of all women and the silencing of Mary represents the silencing of all women. Goddess provides a safe space for the living to grieve.

Grief is a broken heart making sense of love and loss. It's milk and honey and tears of blood. It's a detour into a labyrinth to meet the dark stuff on the 'straight line' of our life plan. It's the cinematic subconscious processing difficult emotion in the Gothic shadows - Shock - Denial - Rage - whilst life goes on for others out there in the sunshine. To grieve is to feel alone.

What if I told you the Goddess holds space beneath her wings for those who seek it? The collective voice is a healing voice. Inviting shared experience into the Goddess Space is cathartic for those who tell their stories and healing for recipients. Here the gentle, nurturing Siren blows a blue bubble of hope deep beneath the ocean. The yoni portal opens within the pages of a book. Words are spoken in sacred circles raising vibration. The Grief Space is a wild cocoon for magic and alchemy - a doorway to self-expression, access to the dark shadow, a catalyst for change. Cry your tears and imagine negative experience transforming into wisdom.

By: Trista Hendren, Claire Dorey
Imprint: Girl God Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9788293725503
ISBN 10: 8293725508
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 21 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Trista Hendren founded Girl God Books in 2011 to support a necessary unravelling of the patriarchal world view of divinity. Her first book-The Girl God, a children's picture book-was a response to her own daughter's inability to see herself reflected in God. Since then, she has published more than 50 books by a dozen women from across the globe with help from her family and friends. She lives in Bergen, Norway. You can learn more about her projects at www.thegirlgod.com. Claire Dorey, Editor: Wounded Feminine: Grieving with Goddess, the Girl God Books. She is a regular contributor at Girl God Books, Return to Mago E-Magazine, and has been published in She Summons: Why Goddess Feminism, Activism and Spirituality, 2021, and Celebrating Intercosmic Kinship of the Goddess, 2023, both Mago Books. She illustrates her written work.Her initiation upon the Goddess path occurred via ceremonial blessings by Priestesses in India. She is currently researching and intuitively interpreting meaning in ancient symbols from a feminist and cosmic perspective, using observation skills from her artistic training and by accessing creative wisdom from studying various healing practices, to try to see what ancient artists saw and feel how they felt.Goldsmiths: BA Honors, Fine Art. Main Employment: Journalist and Creative, UK and overseas. Artist: Most notable group show, Pillow Talk at the Tate Modern. Included in the Pillow Talk Book. Curator: 3 x grass roots SLWA exhibitions and educational events focusing on Female Empowerment: Violence, Healing and Self. Current Artistic practice derives from the meditative, which she calls sending postcards from the dark subconscious. She runs two 'closed' FB groups, Esoteric Hissstories and Sirens at Source. Teaching Work-shops: Sculpture and Drawing. Extra study: Suppressed Female His-tory and Goddess studies; Accessing Creative Wisdom; Sound and Breath Work; Reiki Master; Colour Therapy; Hand Mudras; Reflex-ology type massage; Sculpture.

Reviews for Wounded Feminine: Grieving with Goddess

"""Wounded Feminine is a magnificent chorus, which wades in the mind/heart/soul of the reader churning the long-lasting waves inwardly. Animating the legacy of the collective grief and strife for love and connection with the whole, many voices of the anthology reshape the consciousness of what was lost and transform the subconsciousness into the power of the Cosmic Mother. This anthology is the seeds of deep thoughts, the indispensable steps for matriversal soteriology.! -Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, author of Reader: Toward Magoist Cetaceanism (Mago Books, 2023) ""For those of us whose hearts rest in the Goddess, we are afforded a safe and healing place in which to feel, acknowledge and express our grief. Loss in all its sizes is a necessary part of every life--learning to wrap it with ceremony and holiness does much to lessen its weight. This book is an entry point for those who need it as well as a resource for those profoundly engaged with this very human mystery."" -H. Byron Ballard, priestess, author A Feral Church ""Wounded Feminine: Grieving with Goddess is another exquisite and deeply moving anthology from Girl God books. The importance of women's voices being expressed and heard in today's patriarchal society cannot be underestimated. Reclaiming grief from guilt, and encouraging the fullest range and outpouring of women's grief is deeply liberating, for both writers and readers. As I read the different perspectives and experiences of grief, pain and suffering my heart broke open many times from empathy with, and love for, my sisters. I was also uplifted by the shared and lived experiences of the holding and healing of Goddess, alongside the strength and balm She can bring to us all. I loved the honouring and acceptance of women creating, writing and drawing in their own unique style, using the words that feel most authentic to them. Beautiful, moving and transforming.""-Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE, author of Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel: A Post-Patriarchal Paradigm"