Asymmetrical Re-worlding, Part 1: The Pilgrim’s Path Beyond the Mountains of Dualism

Anger is a protective emotion that alerts us to boundary violations and wrongs, against ourselves and others we care about; but it’s also an energy that can be harnessed to help create positive change. Some of my best writing has been sparked by the fertile fire of anger, and this piece is no exception (though with a good deal of frustration and bewilderment thrown in as well). 

Called Asymmetrical Re-worlding, it will be published in parts over the next five weeks on Medusa Rising (a FREE subscription will give you access). In large part, it’s a response to the ridiculous, regressive and, frankly, embarrassing ideas of so-called ‘postfeminists’ (hence the anger, frustration and bewilderment). But it’s also a call for the revival of matriarchy, as an egalitarian social system that prioritises the care of women~children~Earth, and the conception of a new culture based upon a metaphysics of asymmetry and the symbol of the inyo, the Japanese version of the yin yang (thanks to Iain McGilchrist’s brilliant insights). 

You’ll have to wait to read the whole thing to find out what I mean by that. But along the way you’ll meander through and beyond the Mountains of Dualism; delve into the dance of difference and relationship; discover what matriarchy really means and how it (wo)manifests; learn that an end to male power is necessary if we want to survive as a species (that, in fact, the overcoming of male dominance was necessary for human culture to come into being in the first place!); and end the long journey with the enfolding of everyone back into the arms of the Goddess, who is Evolution. 

If you don’t like reading, you can also listen and hear me sounding awkward and mispronouncing French words. (If my voice sounds a bit hoarse or shaky, it’s because of my thyroid issues. My vocal cords tire very quickly.)

Stay tuned for Part 2: The Dance of Relationship next week. 

Here are some of the things I quoted in Part 1 to whet your appetite.