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• Sobonfu Some talks about Women’s Wisdom and Grief

  Many of you are familiar with Malidoma Some’s work with men and initiation, flowing from his tribal connections to the African Dagara. His now ex wife Sobonfu Some has some equally powerful things to say about women’s processes. This video is especially Read More... Posted Sunday, December 20, 2009 12:25 PM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: aging gracefully, alchemy, ancestors, grief

• inter-dependent intersections

  Collage I made in mid May. It is one of a series of 7 that has to do with my friend A's life and death. This is about the crossing of the River Styx, Charon the ferryman, and also, on this side of the river, about her love of canoeing. A masthead of a Read More... Posted Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:05 AM by Beth Patterson | 24 Comments Filed under: alchemy, dreams, liminal space, one single impression

• It's elemental, Watson

  It's rudimentary, my dear Watson. Why do you struggle to experience yourself as separate from the basic building blocks of the universe? W hy do you discriminate between Sky God and Earth Goddess? How can you have one without the other? Fire's in our Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:32 PM by Beth Patterson | 7 Comments Filed under: alchemy, ancestors, burning, calling things by their right name, cartography, connections

• Men: Don't forget your map...or at least ask for directions if you're lost

  THE GEOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN... Sketch done by Maria Hodkins 'Lotus' Maria is in the 'Israel' phase. Between 23 and 30, a woman is like Europe ; well developed and open to trade, especially for someone with cash. Between 31 and 35, a woman is like Spain ; Read More... Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:17 AM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: aging gracefully, alchemy, ancestry, celebration

• 2nd of 3 movements

  Submission for this week's One Single Impression prompt: movement Turning the dregs and dung of broken relationship, prima materia , into the gold of unconditional love is the work of dreamers, mystics and alchemists . Glad we all fit into at least one Read More... Posted Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:59 AM by Beth Patterson | 26 Comments Filed under: alchemy, healing, one single impression