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Asha Sanaker's avatar

Your words this morning remind me of something I wrote recently, in part about the Heroine's Journey as opposed to the Hero's Journey. We love the Hero's Journey because it is active and masculine in the classic, archetypal sense. But the experience we've been having in this pandemic is much more of an archetypal, feminine Heroine's Journey, not unlike Persephone walking along, picking flowers and minding her own business, and then being snatched by Hades down to Hell where she is raped and forced to accept the mantle of Queen of Darkness, at least part-time. It is the experience of being done unto, and then having to integrate (as opposed to conquer) darkness.

I think one of the things that so confronted people about Jesus were his "feminine" qualities-- his nurturance, his acceptance of others, his connectivity, his sanctification of service and self-sacrifice. For me, this moment of Resurrection feels particularly potent because of the ways it pulls these two examples of re-emergence and integration together.

May we all find the space to breathe and integrate, so that we may re-emerge transformed and reminded of our holy wholeness. https://ashasanaker.substack.com/p/sht-to-help-you-show-up-march-26

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Tried to go to Church this morning - Easter. There were too many people for my long latent PTSD. I sat it out in the car, while my husband and Mom enjoyed the service. My introverted self enjoyed a podcast/sermon, and relaxed. It pays to pay attention.

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