Mother of the Sword Podcast

My Ancestral Lands Bleed with Devotion


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I am here in Paris, on a journey of exploration… a new birth this month for my 43rd solar return, and the 18th anniversary of my father’s death. In today's Mother of the Sword, we speak of listening while speaking, moving while sharing—this is the embodiment of the feminine mystery. Not linear, but spiral. Not fixed, but flowing. It’s how the Oracle spoke. It’s how dancers pray. It’s how healers channel.

This Mother of the Sword podcast explores about what to do with the birth that’s wanting to come through us, even in the midst of unknowing, rebirth, conflict and yes even, death. About how much our relationships suffer when we choose not to unhook ourselves from the systems that keep us bound and learn the relational skills necessary for liberation.

I’m heading this week to the land of my father’s grandmother, Rosa, in Calabria—then to Mary Magdalene cave.. Have a listen to the episode to learn more about the bloody devotional very raw and real rituals practiced there since pre-Christian times. (I am also currently bleeding.)

This is the Magdalene path: no more explaining, no more placing our safety in others—but instead, becoming liberated in our service, in our inner knowing, and in the fierce listening it takes to truly follow. With the skills to relate, imperfectly and honestly.

You bleed, you descend, you listen, you rise. The sacred marriage is in that movement. The Magdalene path honors both the descent and the resurrection.

What does it mean to listen while speaking?To be moved while sharing? To die to the ego, in service to all the soul still has left to share? We will love again—not the way we did before, not blindly, not out of need or habit—but with eyes open. With hearts that remember how much was lost when we turned away from ourselves, from each other.

Even if it kills us… maybe that’s the point.A kind of ego death. A breaking open.The Magdalene path. Love as initiation.

Have a listen and let us know wha you notice! Special thank to our beloved friend Jeff from Cosmic Cousins for editing this episode! GO follow them here.



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Mother of the Sword PodcastBy adriana rizzolo