Lest a sweeter dream take you but tame you by fear.”
I opened my eyes, and I was alone.
Back in disguise and missing the Crone.
To hear her dare speak of the breeze, brook, and flame;
It’s the closest to prayer that I’ve ever came.
Contents
Foreword by Bayo Akomolafe, PhD
The Priestess of the Wild Earth Archetype: Meeting the Sovereign Maiden
Prayer of the Underworld Goddess Returned: My Muddy Wings Are Wide
Parable of Eden’s Lost Heroine: Revisioning Lilith
Blessed Be These Many Gardens: Where She Ripped Up Her Roots
Rebellion as Reclamation: The Forbidden Fruit of the Wild Feminine
Initiation in Sacred Solitude: Walking the Red Road
The Red Road: A Parable of Feminine Fortitude
Coming Home to the Wilds: Building the Living Altar
In This House, I Brew with Crone Magick
Hallowed Be Your Heathen Heart: Toward a More Soulful, Earthen Joy
Your Inner Earth Altar: A Ritual for the Everyday Warrioress
Blessing the Forbidden Fruit: A Ritual of Rebellious Nourishment
Repowering the Witch: A Ritual for Healing the Feminine Soul-Wound
The Road to Manifestation: A Ritual of Movement Alchemy
Priestess Rising from Ground: A Ritual of Self-Initiation
To Wed Sacred Solitude: A Soul-Marriage Ritual for the Too-Much Woman
Bedtime Incantations: A Ritual Prayer for the Pilgrim Priestess
The Lilith Mandala: A Magick Spell for Welcoming What Comes
Pathworking in the Underworld: Meeting the Goddess Below
Body Prayer of the Shadow: A Moving-Magick Practice of Integration
Pathworking and Forgiving the Maiden: Return to the Underworld-Garden
Earth Reflection and Final Prayer: Embracing the Between Times
Lost Verses of the Holy Feminine: I Will Not Be Lost
The Maiden of the Unbridled Sensual Archetype: Calling Home Our Authentic Joy
Tale of the Prodigal Temptress: Revisioning Salome
The Holiness of Our Desire: Honoring Our Most Soulful Wants
Come to the Waters, Priestess of the Holy Obscene: Psalm of Wild Longing
Our Wild Art and Unbridled Sensuality: Embodying the Crone-Mermaid
Freya’s Battle of the Beasts: Communing with the Artist’s Underwater Shadow
The Maiden’s Moon: Hope and Longing at the Water’s Edge
The Temple of the Maiden’s Body: Four Seasonal Rituals for Reclaiming Worth
Sacral Healing through Integration: Ritual Body Prayers for the Energetic Womb
Dance of the Seven Masks: A Ritual Unveiling
We Belong to the Water: A Three-Part Ritual of Communion, Cleansing, and Succulence
Divination by Art: A Ritual of Reclaiming Creativity
Thirteen Days of Spiraling Through: A Strategic Ritual Sadhana
Benediction of the Rooted Erotic: A Ritual Morning Prayer of Maiden Ferocity
Crafting the Cosmic Egg: Manifestation Magick for the Wild Maiden
Our Wildness, Our Masterpiece: A Practical Magick Elixir for the Underwater Creatrix
Dreaming the Watery Maidenscape: A Vision-Tale of Feminine Redemption
Making Holy Water: Evening Blessing Prayer of the Ocean Maiden Come to Shore
Water Reflection and Final Prayer: To the Maiden Who Has Worn Many Masks
Lost Verses of the Holy Feminine: Charge of the Magick Maker