Ruby Ray

Host Jaclyn Norton explores the lessons behind the headlines of the Johnny Depp trial. She explains how beyond the drama are potent teachings about the healing of the masculine and feminine energies occurring in society right now, the inverted masculine/feminine polarity, the hidden lessons, and how to use this event as a catalyst for healing wounding between the masculine and feminine.

Spiritual Midwife and Womb Alchemist Rebecca Wilson joins the podcast to discuss how to awaken the heart-cervix connection. We discuss why the cervix is so different than any other part of our body, embodiment practices to awaken and activate this channel of energy running between the cervix and heart, and the benefits of awakening the cervix.

We also talk about:

• How to open the deeper channels of our heart
• Benefits of awakening the cervix
• Finding wholeness through differences

Resources:

• Rebecca Wilson's Website | Instagram
• Jaclyn Norton's Website | Instagram

Katinka is a priestess and wisdom keeper of the Goddess Rhiannon, who is the Goddess of Sacred Sexuality. In this episode we talk about Rhiannon's mythology, and the deeper meanings behind it. We discuss the three archetypes of Rhiannon as The Lover, The Explorer, and The Wild Maiden. She shares how Rhiannon teaches us how to walk through life with an open heart, dance with the masculine, and become the healthy embodiment of the Lover.

We also talk about:

• How to come into intimate kinship with life and own the true desire of your heart
• The shadow aspects of The Princess & The Shielded Maiden
• How to identify, integrate & love home shadow aspects of Rhiannon

Resources:

• Katinka's Website | Facebook
• Read Katinka's Book "The Teachings of Rhiannon, Sacred Sexual Priestess Empowerment"
• Jaclyn's Website | Instagram | Pinterest

This episode Jaclyn shares how we can kindle our own sacred flame. Our fire is our creativity, sexuality and power. When out of balance, we can create stagnancy and destruction. When in balance, we experience growth, insight and fruition. Jaclyn shares the energetic, historical and astrological influence of these times, ways to kindle your own fire, and how to cultivate your own fire medicine and ignite the sparkle of your soul.

Resources:

• Jaclyn Norton: Website | Instagram

In this episode I speak with practitioner and guide of the Venusian temple arts and the secret tantric teachings of The Rose Lineage Shona Keeli. We talk about connecting with our eros as a way of life, the imprinting of the distortion around our original and erotic templates, women reclaiming their eros energy, and how to deepen into the deepest anchors of our eros innocent essence.

Resources:

• Shona Keeli: Website | Instagram | Facebook
• Daughters of the Rose Program:
• https://theroselineage.com/daughters-of-the-rose-lineage-2022/ 
• The Land of Rose Milk and Honey Immersion (FREE): https://theroselineage.com/the-land-of-rose-milk-and-honey-online-portal/ 
• The Rose Lineage Grounding Meditation (FREE): https://theroselineage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Sound-Meditation-Audio.m4a 
• Jaclyn Norton: Website | Instagram

Former midwife, woman's mysteries teacher, and founder of School of Shamanic Womancraft Jane Hardwicke Collings joins the podcast to talk menstrual healing. We discuss how snake medicine is the healing for this reclamation of our menstrual cycles. Jane shares about her movement to decolonize the feminine body, and how we can learn to see our menstruation as spiritual.

We also talk about:

• The rites of passage within a woman's lifetime
• How to heal internalized patriarchy
• The Pill—what it really does to our bodies
• The Lunar Phase Return & its connection to surprise pregnancy

Resources:

• Jane Harwicke Collings: Website | Instagram | School of Shamanic Womancraft
• Mentioned in Episode: Snake Medicine, Shedding Menstrual Shame Course, The Lunar Cycle: Astrological Fertility Control book by Francesca Naish
• Rename & Reclaim Campaign | Video
• 13 Moons: A Cycle Charting Journal and Handbook by Jane Hardwicke Collings
• Jaclyn Norton: Website | Instagram

This episode is an energy report and celebration of the Spring Equinox and turning of the Wheel of the Year. I interview mystic, artist and teacher Laura Daligan about the energy of Spring Equinox and how to harness it in your body.

We talk about rituals and practical ways we can bring this potent energy down into our bodies and our lives right now. We discuss the excitement about the potential of life again, and cultivating the rumble of possibility about the life we want to create.

We also talk about :

• Getting into the energy of what makes us feel excited about life
• Following joy as a thread to our highest alignment
• Awakening our divine inner child who knows exactly what it wants

Resources:

Laura Daligan: Instagram | Website | Youtube

In honor of Sheela Na Gig on Sheela's day, teacher and author of, "Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power," Starr Goode joins us. We discuss Sheela Na Gig and the iconography, history and symbolism of the Vulva. Starr shares why it is the cosmological center of human imagination—and why beloved Sheela is returning to our collective consciousness now.

We also discuss:

• How the imagery of Sheela endured through patriarchal times
• Why Sheela is returning to the human consciousness now
• Why the icon of the vulva is a way for women to know their true heritage

Show Notes:

• 9:50—The Vulva symbolism in the Paleolithic cave art 40,000+ years ago
• 12:40—Why Sheela Na Gig is an image that gives contemporary women what they need
• 17:56—The Symbolism of the Vulva + how the Sheela arrived through history
• 24:00—How Sheela is guiding us out of patriarchal times
• 42:00—Why Sheela Na Gig is the Comological Center of the Human Imagination
• 50:00—The secret of the Sheela's
• 58:40—Celebrating Sheela's day

Resources:

• Starr Goodes website | book | tv series.
• Read "The Icon of the Vulva, a Basis of Civilization" by Starr Goode
• Mentioned by Starre Goode: Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, Venus of Willendorf, The Civilization of the Goddess, The Language of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutus

Mythologist, Founder of the Avalon Rose Chapel in Glastonbury and Scholar of the Avalon, Rose, Celtic and Gnostic Lineage Annabel Du Boulay joins us on the first episode of season two. We discuss the Venus Lunar Cycle and its connection with the Rose Lineage. Annabel shares the archetypal, mythological and historical teachings of The Rose Moon—which holds the mysteries of the Venus Lunar Cycle and the Rose Lineage. We discuss the Rose Lineage Mythos from ancient Sumeria and the archetypal journey of the Venus lunar cycle, and why it matters now.

We also talk about:

• The mythological significance of the 5-point Star of Venus
• The Sacred Marriage archetypal journey in the gnostic myth
• Sacred pilgrimages and how to activate planetary gridlines

Resources:

• Annabels Website | Instagram | Avalon-Rose Chapel
• Mentioned by Annabel in show: "The Myth of the Goddess"
• Upcoming: Annabel's Rose Moon Membership | Avalon Rose Practitioner Training

Artist, feminine practitioner and teacher of sacred intimacy, Nina Lombardo, joins the podcast for a conversation about yearning. We discuss why yearning is the inherent state of the feminine, plus what it really means and how to amplify it. Nina shares specific practices to magnify, liberate, and feel into this part of ourselves in order to come into a deeper connection with our true feminine core—and radiate love from this authentic place. 

We also talk about:

• The energetic quality of yearning
• What we’re actually yearning for
• Why our yearning is our power 
• How to embody our yearning is safe containers 
• Forming a daily feminine practice 
• Love and consciousness—feminine and masculine polarity 

Resources: 

• Nina’s Instagram | Website
• Mentioned by Nina in episode: Rumi, Mirabai, Women Who Run with the Wolves
• Upcoming: Nina’s Wild Wisdom Program