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What does it mean for our cultural moment that we are awash in a sea of zombie TV shows and films? Carl Jung said that when we’re unsure of what’s going on in our unconscious, we may project it outward, and we seem to be focusing on this projection of the zombified expression of human consciousness. What can we learn from this creepy, brain-devouring monster, and what are the deeper roots of this trope?

This episode explores all things un-dead, from its origin in Haitian culture, themes of death and loss, grief and ghosts, and larger questions of mass consciousness, or perhaps better put, mass unconsciousness. The symbol of the undead is an expression of our feeling of living a half-life, one in which mindless consumption is prized over the fight for individuation. 

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Witches are people who have the power to heal or to harm, the sacred encapsulation of life and death. As a result of this, witches are personified as revolting, terrifying, uncontrollable expressions of the dark feminine, often banished to the edges of society. 

Just in time for the thinning of the veil, this episode of Soror Mystica explores the symbol of the witch, in all her complex detail. 

Many of us seek to “reclaim the witch,” but what does this really mean? What is it that we seek to re-integrate, and how can we deepen our understanding of the witch in the process of that reclamation? 

We chat about the myth of Lilith, the binary of the maiden temptress and the “evil hag,” Circe, Medea, Hekate, projections of the masculine, the shadow of the witch, and so much more. We hope each witch listening finds something inspiring here. 

Mariana presents a tripartite dream of crabs - a horseshoe crab, a stone crab, and a hermit crab - for our analysis. 

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The pearl! A luminescent, oceanic gemstone, created in the briny deep, the result of an intrusive grain of sand. Pearls are usually associated with the feminine, with Venus-Aphrodite, as a symbol of purity and beauty, or perhaps an expression of lunar consciousness. 

This episode pushes the understanding of the pearl beyond these expectations, as we explore adjacent stories in which characters are searching for the soul. From the gnostic story of Thomas searching for a pearl at the bottom of the ocean, to Percival and the Grail Myth, the famous Medieval “Pearl” poem about a lost daughter, St. George and the Dragon, we explore whether the search for the pearl is about the redemption of the feminine, or unification with the self. 

This episode’s listener symbol is a dream about a toad!

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Cristina’s School of Divine Sympathies: a Foundational Course in Mythic Astrology is open for registration! Learn the art of chart interpretation in this live, nine-week course. Check out registration info here, doors close October 4th. 

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What does it mean to be “maiden”? The maiden is most famously known as one-third of the feminine triad, and along with the mother and crone, symbolizes a particular kind of life force in the cyclic flow of life. But what happens when we hold the maiden on her own, what does her form suggest, and how can we better understand this symbol? 

In this episode, we explore the archetypal details of the maiden, from Kore Persephone to the Vestal Virgin, touching in again and again with the reminder that the maiden is a symbol of completeness, of self-enclosed power and self-knowing, of authenticity, imminence, and potential. 

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We live in a magical moment where so many of us are turning away from established religion, and seeking spirituality on our own in nature, in divination, and so many other modalities. But when we step away from the church or the temple, we suddenly realize that we need to create a sacred space of our own, which can be quite daunting!

This episode explores what it means to create a space to connect with the divine, no matter where you are, and on your own terms. Making our own sacred space is a crucial step in reclaiming our relationship with spirit, and recentering ourselves, in the process. We chat about the creation of altars, but go beyond simple how-to’s and contemplate how to find sacred space no matter where you to in this world. 

Our listener symbol this episode has us contemplating the synchronistic appearance of horses in dreams and tarot pulls. 

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At first blush, the swan impresses us with its dazzling white feathers and graceful posture, conjuring images of ballerinas or fairytale settings. But what does the swan offer us beyond the image of beauty and grace?

Swans appear in myths often as emblems of solar, masculine gods, like Apollo or Zeus. In alchemy, the swan symbolizes  a union of opposites, and can be found in the “albedo,” or the whitening phase of bringing clarity to the soul. 

And what of the “swan song”? According to the ancient Greeks, the swan was thought to sing a beautiful song of lament, to greet death as it approached us. Join us in this episode as we explore the swan as a symbol of duality, far more complex than meets the eye. 

Our listener dream symbol asks us to consider the appearance of a trickster-witch. 

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ART REFERENCED

The Work of Hilma af Klint

Works by Hildegard von Bingen