The Mother's Most Misunderstood Faces

on Baba Yaga, Kali, and serving the non-rational and the darkness

What’s up, swimmers?! We have our first eclipse of the year on Monday, March 25th. I’m sending your nervous system so much gentle love as we allow our ships to be divinely rerouted.

I’m going to be sharing some of my week with you today, and the ways in which the winds of winter aren’t going out without a fight. And while yes, I am safe, supported, and loved, if you have been thinking about supporting my work here by becoming a paid pal, or getting a reading with me on Moonlight for the new year, eclipse season, or a question on your heart and mind—it would mean so much to me right now. Thank you for being here, thank you for your support.

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote,

It’s okay if [The Great Work] feels far away or intangible to you. That is the work of this month. To rexamine, redirect energy, rewrite narratives, and resource ourselves for the world that is coming—the one we will nurture together, out of the ruins of the one that is no longer serving us. That is what lies in the lap of the Divine Mother.

I also wrote that she teaches us how to die as much as she teaches us how to live.

However, we kept it light. We greeted her with sweetness and beauty. We united with her; we worshipped her; we embodied her.

This week, we’re going to get to know some of her scarier faces; her most misunderstood faces—Baba Yaga and Kali.

“Last Week on SITS—”

Here’s what you’ve missed this month on The Year of Yearning:

First,

• I wrote about the numbers of March 2024: three, eight, and eleven/two, and how important—and difficult—it is to stay soft in the seat of severity.

• I introduced our Mentors of the Month: The Empress with Keep Up the Good Work, and the Seven of Swords with Reset. These cards have asked that for March, we commune with the Divine Mother in ways that allow us to shed “The Myth of Not-Enoughness.”

• I shared about my shroom-induced painting sesh at the beginning of my last three-ruled year, which produced a pregnant figure—The Mother as bearer, as birther, as channel.

• We acknowledged that while her children, her body, her planet are sick with grief, violence, and disease, it is not too late to (re)commit to the Great Work. We also noticed our resistance to this work, and the fear that it might—we might—not be enough.

• Ram Dass helped us to unite and merge with the Mother, and Hanna Williams reminded us that we may experience the Divine as cyclical experiences of concealment and revealment. So I offered ritual actions that we can take to know her.

Then,

• I wrote about another experience I had with mushrooms, during the most recent Pisces Cazimi, and how it didn’t exactly go according to plan.

• I also shared about some things that I’ve been loving on lately, including an excerpt from

  Rob Brezsny
  ’s essay Rebranding God, a potent note from a pal, and another piece of Seven of Swords wisdom from Lindsay Mack.

To read this Love Letter in full, as well as continue on to today’s second lesson of March, which dives into the Mother’s less pleasant, but no less holy forms, please subscribe to be a paid pal! Thank you for your support! I love you! xx