tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720628347769075290.post7740192652726627364..comments2023-11-28T15:06:05.031+11:00Comments on Offerings from the Wellspring: Witchlines: Snake WomanTherese Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13377141096944060498noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720628347769075290.post-69993427832170200742018-06-03T14:53:00.439+10:002018-06-03T14:53:00.439+10:00Thank you, Sarah. Thank you, Sarah. Therese Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13377141096944060498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720628347769075290.post-58048902233801737372018-06-02T07:43:24.026+10:002018-06-02T07:43:24.026+10:00So fabulous!!So fabulous!!sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818420999930644450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720628347769075290.post-88258867158299468632018-06-01T13:30:07.592+10:002018-06-01T13:30:07.592+10:00Thank you!
I think that is one of the things I lo...Thank you!<br /><br />I think that is one of the things I love about the Neolithic Goddess—the fact that she is non-dualistic, the One who contains the multiplicity. She is life AND death, beautiful AND frightening, growth AND decay … Never one thing in isolation. I think the snake embodies these qualities so well.<br /><br />And thank you so much for that incredible video. Just wow!Therese Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13377141096944060498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720628347769075290.post-24949834954548014442018-05-31T23:36:10.168+10:002018-05-31T23:36:10.168+10:00snakes are so...otherworldly...for those of us who...snakes are so...otherworldly...for those of us who fear them (and most humans do, to greater or lesser extent), that chthonic quality is both compelling and disturbing. beautiful and frightening. commonplace and exotic. which seems a perfectly reasonable set of characteristics to expect in a deity... and who else than the snakes would know the underworld so well? <br /><br />i'm reminded of the old irish ritual words at imbolc:"today is the day of bride. the queen shall come from the hill. i will not touch the queen, nor shall the queen touch me." ( the hill being presumably either a local burial mound/barrow/ritual place, or natural hill associated with the faery realm.) and also reminded, inescapably, of kundalini, and of the serpent goddesses and rituals of india and southeast asia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHF-jbtrX3o) <br /><br />oh, and i like the painting!nofixedstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514617120008201743noreply@blogger.com