I can’t believe it’s already the last day of my blog tour. I had such a great time preparing these posts and responding to comments.
Welcome to the fourth day of my blog tour. So far it’s been a very interesting experience. We’ve had an especially stimulating conversation on Feminism and Religion, with many different viewpoints expressed and I’ve learned a lot about the kinds of issues that the women there are concerned about. If you haven’t read it yet, you can scroll down to Tuesday’s update.
Here we are on the third day of my 5-day blog tour. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m foregoing my usual twice-weekly posts to concentrate on five appearances at five different blogs this week. Each virtual “appearance” (in the form of a written post) has been tailored to the theme and audience of the site on which it appears. Here at Matrignosis I’m publishing a brief update every day to let you know where that day’s blog tour post can be found.
Today, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, I’ll be a guest blogger at Feminism and Religion, hosted by Rosemary Radford Ruether, Ph.D. The title of my post is Incarnating the Mystery with Psychological Awareness. Click here for the link.
I’m doing something different on Matrignosis this week. For the last few weeks I’ve been preparing guest posts for five different blogs for a week-long virtual blog tour. One new post will appear on a different blog each day starting today. I’ve not been apprised of the scheduled publishing time for each post, but assume they’ll all come out within a few hours after midnight (Eastern Standard Time) and last at least until midnight the next day. Some of them may remain on the sites for several days before being replaced.
For half my life I’ve struggled to break free of gender stereotypes; travel comfortably in my own space between mountain and air, matter and spirit; and write about my journey to heal my sacred divides. And now that I’m about to receive a wonderful acknowledgement of my life’s work, I’m possessed by a teen-aged girl whose trepidations about the prom have conjured up a scenario of potential disaster! Seriously?
Since I left my job to write in 1989 I’ve always been part of at least one women’s circle with sometimes as many as four ongoing groups at the same time. My Jungian study group was formed in 1989 and our weekly meetings lasted for ten years. The Purple Pro’s, my writing group, has met monthly since 1990 and usually shared home-cooked lunches. This year is the first we haven’t had a meeting because of changes in our lives that make it too difficult.
Easter is difficult for me to write about. Partly because I can’t think of anything to say I haven’t already said. I’d love to tell you a story about my favorite Easter as a child, but I don’t have one! We were Christians but we didn’t celebrate Easter in our house when I was growing up. Except for one year when my uncle dropped by and surprised Jimmy and me with Easter baskets. They probably had chocolate bunnies wrapped in foil, and yellow marshmallow peeps, and jelly beans, and green plastic grass. Until then I had no idea such things existed. Maybe that was my favorite Easter….
Ultimately, the symbols and motifs of every work of art are manifestations of the artist’s compulsion to understand and express him/herself, evolve into greater consciousness, and share what s/he has learned with others. Some artists know this; others don’t have a clue. Yet every artist grapples with these themes in one way or another simply because they are the core concerns of every soul.
Without Jung’s encouragement I would never have had the nerve to follow my passion for writing. Even if I had, I wouldn’t have had anything to write about. The only thing I know much about is the inner journey to self-discovery and the practices that guide me; and writing is the only job I’m good for!
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