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Principle Female the With Healing Healing With the Female Principle Alanna Moore “If you can’t be a king, be a healer.”- Singhalese saying from Sri Lanka nls sO TT | es ap A Healing With the Female Principle Alanna Moore “If you can’t be a king, be a healer.”- Singhalese saying from Sri Lanka EDDC When health and healing were in the hands of the people, a free and spirited society lived in harmony with itself and the Earth. Gods and goddesses pro- vided empowering archetypes and Na- ture held respect as the Great Mother: creative, nurturing, healing - and destructive when necessary. In Europe the goddess was to suffer a cruel fate. Over a thousand years ago, the patriarchal era wrought traumatic changes. Tearing at the fabric of Pagan Individually it is our meditations, creative visualizations and sensitivity which help bring about healing on a grand scale - seeing life as a whole and not getting stuck in the fragments. We can learn to get in touch with ourselves, our friends and our planet with kind- nessand affection. Itis the balanced way of using both hemispheres of the brain - combining logic and intuition. Socially, we can express the anger of the inner warrior to right injustice and society, feudalism was imposed. The : fight for fairness. We can help to bring old Christian Church and land-holding Womens J {OLOca down many archaic structures and cre- nobilities wielded bloodthirsty control The latter-day Eve's ‘crime’ was to ate a new and better world. over the Pagan peasants, who cherished deal directly with bodily knowledge their sacred connection with the land and to use her senses, instead of Dows ING and staunchly opposed the social relying on the intermediary of the ine — wo of Church. A woman’s intuition was a or those who find the mind too sub- ‘0 quell their defiance the Inquisi- i ival, both , A . tion = imposed, a genocide lasting penne Sepa om “rive ‘ Litem = for tant, roe a million souls were burned at the stake, —_ intuition still carries a stigma from that ae a Ls R can give a readout of our supersenses 85% of whom were women and chil- — Medieval holocaust to today intuit i i ‘i A s . and intuition; a simple bio-feedback dren. Often their only stated crime was When the female principle was re- fall that of healing or midwifery. This alone ressed, slav and misery ensued. — bes = proved threatening to the Church. ie b : wae, eA in and ‘ be sc a alarmed.” me ECA TNE EN . J this wisdom is never passive, but rather Why? The village healers were re- powerless. Men wielded ‘power’; the spected by the community because of people became pawns. Soldiers fought their wise guidance and use of inner and died for violent, jealous rulers and power - and their knowledge of local gods. herbal remedies. f In one way weare the inheritors of They worked ‘the ways of the wise- a sick world, a fractured society, a spiri- craft’ with compassion, accepting the tual wasteland. We embrace addictions evidence of their senses and trusting 9 mind-numbing crutches and beliefs their intuition. The warrior within them inorder to lessen our sensitivity to pain. an enthusiastic dynamic of intense con- centration. Dowsing is a Western Yoga of the mind (Yoga means ‘union’) and provides a connectedness to all. Many healers have adopted dows- ing as a diagnostic mode, but are gener- ally secretive about it. They are wary of the stigma of the Left, for the intuitive right brain rules the left body side; in veld ey plane Be. We can become deaf to the cries of Latin ‘la sinistra’ has sinister connota- being of an individual could not be ourkindred and the Earth, free from the tions. Dowsing holds much for village ee responsibility of self-awareness. When barefoot doctors, anarchists and natural The Church deemed that only their our wellbeing is threatened, our healers god could sanction healing, thatwomen — may demand money and control, dis- healers. 00 were inferior to men and thattheymust —_ empowering us in our “dis-ease’. =“ Alanna Moore has recently written ; produce plenty of children as work and oi The Dowsing and Hea ling Manual A militia fodder. 'EALING concise encyclopedic mass of do-it- As the witch-healers knew the se- Sicknesstruly presents a challenge. It is yourself information on subtle thera- crets of birth control, they had to be a transforming process which should be pies and healing magic. A practical stopped - a woman’s right to choose the an empowering experience. Thehealing guide to seeking and finding health time to have her child existed no longer. force, the wellspring which we may all using the female principle - for women The witch-midwife knew the ways of tap into, has been all but forgotten. Our and a soothing labour, but the Church society desperately needs balance. ie tee soatiane tay ee ay id deemed that the mother must suffer Many men need to discover the goddess the author for $13 postpaid to: during childbirth as a punishment for within themselves, just as many women ALANNA MOORE, Eve's ‘original sin’. need to assert the god within. P.O. Box 122, Leura NSW 6 - Nexus New Times Two “If you can’t be a king, be a healer.”- Singhalese saying from Sri Lanka EDS When health and healing were in the hands of the people, a free and spirited society lived in harmony with itself and the Earth. Gods and goddesses pro- vided empowering archetypes and Na- ture held respect as the Great Mother: creative, nurturing, healing - and destructive when necessary. In Europe the goddess was to suffer a cruel fate. Over a thousand years ago, the patriarchal era wrought traumatic changes. Tearing at the fabric of Pagan society, feudalism was imposed. The old Christian Church and land-holding Individually it is our meditations, creative visualizations and sensitivity which help bring about healing on a grand scale - seeing life as a whole and not getting stuck in the fragments. We can learn to get in touch with ourselves, our friends and our planet with kind- nessand affection. Itis the balanced way of using both hemispheres of the brain - combining logic and intuition. Socially, we can express the anger of the inner warrior to right injustice and fight for fairness. We can help to bring down many archaic structures and cre- nobilities wielded bloodthirsty control The latter-day Eve's ‘crime’ was to ate a new and better world. over the Pagan peasants, who cherished deal directly with bodily knowledge their sacred connection with the land and to use her senses, instead of Dows ING and staunchly opposed the social relying on the intermediary of the ine — wo of Church. A woman’s intuition was a For those who find the mind too sub- ‘0 quell their defiance the Inquisi- i ival, both ; r i tion = imposed, a genocide eet penne Sepa pe rte bes a —. for erly roe a over three hundred years. Up to nine Yet the use of women’s ‘right-brain’ — sae The aoe casual million souls were burned at the stake, —_ intuition still carries a stigma from that + . Ls R can give a readout of our supersenses 85% of whom were women and chil- —_ Medieval holocaust to toda hse . r ; 4 edieval holocaus iy: and intuition; a simple bio-feedback dren. Often their only stated crime was When the female principle was re- al that of healing or midwifery. This alone ressed, slav and misery ensued. — bes = proved threatening to the Church. ie b i wae, eA in and 4 Wie See a ores ata me ECA TNE EN " J this wisdom is never passive, but rather Why? The village healers were re- powerless. Men wielded ‘power’; the spected by the community because of — beople became pawns. Soldiers fought their wise guidance and use of inner and died for violent, jealous rulers and power - and their knowledge of local gods. herbal remedies. : In one way weare the inheritors of They worked ‘the ways of the wise- a sick world, a fractured society, a spiri- craft’ with compassion, accepting the —_t yal wasteland. We embrace addictions evidence of their senses and trusting tg mind-numbing crutches and beliefs their intuition. The warrior within them in order to lessen our sensitivity to pain. an enthusiastic dynamic of intense con- centration. Dowsing is a Western Yoga of the mind (Yoga means ‘union’) and provides a connectedness to all. Many healers have adopted dows- ing as a diagnostic mode, but are gener- ally secretive about it. They are wary of the stigma of the Left, for the intuitive right brain rules the left body side; in veld ey plane Be. We can become deaf to the cries of Latin ‘la sinistra’ has sinister connota- being of an individual could not be ourkindred and the Earth, free from the tions. Dowsing holds much for village separated from that of society at large. responsibility of self-awareness. When Habe Sctors, atashininaddissural The Church deemed that only their our wellbeing is threatened, our healers god could sanction healing, that women may demand money and control, dis- were inferior to men and that they must empowering us in our ‘dis-ease’. healers. 0 - Alanna Moore has recently written produce plenty of children as work and ‘The Dowsing and Healing Manual’, militia fodder. HEALING concise encyclopedic mass of do-it- As the witch-healers knew the se- Sicknesstruly presents a challenge. It is yourself information on subtle thera- crets of birth control, they had to be —_attransforming process which should be pies and healing magic. A practical stopped - a woman’s right to choose the an empowering experience. Thehealing guide to seeking and finding health time to have her child existed no longer. force, the wellspring which we may all using the female principle - for women The witch-midwife knew the ways of tap into, has been all but forgotten. Our and a soothing labour, but the Church society desperately needs balance. ~ Copies available by mail order from deemed that the mother must suffer | Manymen need todiscoverthe goddess the author for $13 postpaid to: during childbirth as a punishment for within themselves, just as many women ALANNA MOORE, Eve's ‘original sin’. need to assert the god within. P.O, Box 122, Leura NSW fe) oniginal sin a g° 2A a _— _. — MN Individually it is our meditations, creative visualizations and sensitivity which help bring about healing on a grand scale - seeing life as a whole and not getting stuck in the fragments. We can learn to get in touch with ourselves, our friends and our planet with kind- nessand affection. Itis the balanced way of using both hemispheres of the brain - combining logic and intuition. Socially, we can express the anger of the inner warrior to right injustice and fight for fairness. We can help to bring down many archaic structures and cre- ate a new and better world. Dows Ing For those who find the mind too sub- jective a realm for clarity, dowsing may provide a key to new vistas of con- sciousness. The dowser’s pendulum can give a readout of our supersenses and intuition; a simple bio-feedback tool. While receptivity is a requisite state, this wisdom is never passive, but rather an enthusiastic dynamic of intense con- centration. Dowsing is a Western Yoga of the mind (Yoga means ‘union’) and provides a connectedness to all. Many healers have adopted dows- ing as a diagnostic mode, but are gener- ally secretive about it. They are wary of the stigma of the Left, for the intuitive right brain rules the left body side; in Latin ‘Ia sinistra’ has sinister connota-~ tions. Dowsing holds much for village barefoot doctors, anarchists and natural healers. 00 - Alanna Moore has recently written ‘The Dowsing and Healing Manual’, concise encyclopedic mass of do-it- yourself information on subtle thera- pies and healing magic. A practical guide to seeking and finding health using the female principle - for women and men. - Copies available by mail order from the author for $13 postpaid to: ALANNA MOORE, P.O, Box 122, Leura NSW Alanna Moore